Well Drillers Report Online By State
Things to look for:
- Static water level
- Date the well was drilled. How many years ago determines the accuracy of the data, what month determines the depth of the aquifer (typically spring is the highest static water level and late summer is the lowest).
- Well casing. See if there is a transition from the diameter at the surface and what may be lower down.
- Pump depth. Generally, the electric pump depth is 5-10 ft above the total well depth. A hand pump can not be installed below an electric pump. The difference between the static water level and the pump depth indicates how much “play” there is, static plus 10 is the general rule of thumb but the deeper the installation the better.
These states have the best online websites for finding your well online:
They all have a satellite image of the state and an icon to represent the location of every registered well in the state. Simply zoom into your property and click on the icon to get your well information. Most have a base map that you can select and layers that you can turn on and off to unclutter the screen.
In most cases an additional click can get you’re the scanned original, handwritten well drillers report which can be printed for your records. Keep in mind that the static water level of your well may have changed since it was drilled.
Idaho
https://idwr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=c9c65a636adb478fbc63057bc267d741
Indiana
https://indnr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=4b4f37e1dde744ce865e1be4d157ac93
Kansas
https://maps.kgs.ku.edu/wwc5/index.html?t=wwc5
Maine
https://www.maine.gov/dacf/mgs/pubs/digital/well.htm
Michigan
https://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/waterwellviewer/
Minnesota
https://mnwellindex.web.health.state.mn.us/
Montana
http://data.mbmg.mtech.edu/mapper/mapper.asp?view=Wells&
Nebraska
Nebraska Registered Wells Inventory
Ohio
https://gis.ohiodnr.gov/MapViewer/?config=waterwells
Oklahoma
https://owrb.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=ed61209c40ec4f53bc51d2ffd18aa39b
South Carolina
https://scdnr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=5052e9310cb242eaa5b07340b406ab5a
South Dakota
https://apps.sd.gov/nr68welllogs/
Tennessee
TN Water Well Desktop Application [3.0-PUBLIC]
Texas
https://www3.twdb.texas.gov/apps/WaterDataInteractive/GroundwaterDataViewer/?map=sdr
Utah
https://maps.waterrights.utah.gov/EsriMap/map.asp?layersToAdd=wellsearch
Alberta, Canada
http://groundwater.alberta.ca/WaterWells/d/
These states have decent websites for finding your well online:
They all have a satellite image of the state. Zoom into your property, you may have to click on the “grab” tool (a hand icon) to center the map. Once you have your neighborhood located, you will have to use the draw tool to draw a rectangle or other shape around an area that includes your home, then the well icons will appear. Wisconsin, you have to click on the map and a circle will appear with all the well icons. Again look for layers and base maps. Additional clicks may or may not get you the original hand written well log.
Arizona
Illinois
http://maps.isgs.illinois.edu/ILWATER/
North Dakota
https://mapservice.swc.nd.gov/index.phtml?active=Drillers
Washington
https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/wellconstruction/map/WCLSWebMap/WellConstructionMapSearch.aspx
Wisconsin
Wyoming
http://wsgs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=09ebeedba94048a0b1ec4dcfc71eb9b5
These states have websites but are very difficult or impossible to use…good luck:
Alaska
http://dnr.alaska.gov/mapper/controller?do=view&view=map#map=4/-16632245.12/8816587.34
California
https://maps.conservation.ca.gov/doggr/wellfinder/#openModal/-120.00251/36.57576/15
Colorado
https://gis.colorado.gov/dnrviewer/Index.html?viewer=mapviewer
Hawaii
https://www.higp.hawaii.edu/hggrc/wells/wells.php
Iowa
https://www.americangeosciences.org/critical-issues/maps/interactive-map-well-logs-iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
https://sites.google.com/site/louisianawelllogportal/
Missouri
https://dnr.mo.gov/geology/wrc/logmain/index.html
Oregon
https://apps.wrd.state.or.us/apps/gw/wl_well_report_map/Default.aspx
Vermont
https://anrmaps.vermont.gov/websites/anra5/
These states do not have a map-based search but have a database of wells:
Some of the databases can be searched by the public some you have to have submit a search request. Searches can often be done by address, the name of the homeowner who paid for the well to be drilled, PLS data, county, watershed or a well ID number.
Arkansas
https://geology2.arkansas.gov/ags/well-logs.html
Maryland
http://www.mgs.md.gov/groundwater/well_information_contacts.html
Massachusetts
https://www.mass.gov/service-details/well-database
Mississippi
https://www.egle.state.mi.us/well-logs/
Nevada
http://water.nv.gov/WellLogQuery.aspx
New Hampshire
http://www4.des.state.nh.us/DESOnestop/BasicSearch.aspx
New Jersey
https://www.state.nj.us/dep/watersupply/pdf/well_instructions.pdf
New Mexico
http://nmwrrs.ose.state.nm.us/nmwrrs/meterReport.html
New York
https://www.dec.ny.gov/cfmx/extapps/WaterWell/index.cfm?view=searchByCounty
Pennsylvania
These states have no online records of wells:
Alabama
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia