Well records by state

Every state keeps records of the wells drilled inside it. Pick your state to find the official source, and in the 19 states marked live, we search the database for you from just your address.

See the counts for every state in the State of US Well Records 2026 data report.

Official well record sources by state

Most states keep well logs online with the state geological survey, the water resources agency or the health department. Each row below names the agency and links its records page. Open it, search by address or parcel, and ask for the driller's log if the page lists one.

State	Agency and records page	What we read from it	Live lookup
Alabama	Geological Survey of Alabama well records	See the agency page	No
Alaska	Alaska DNR Well Log Tracking System (WELTS)	Total depth, Water level	Yes
Arizona	Arizona ADWR Wells 55 registry	See the agency page	No
Arkansas	Arkansas water well database (AWWCC/USGS)	Total depth, Casing diameter, Water level	Yes
California	California DWR well completion reports	See the agency page	No
Colorado	Colorado DWR well permit search (CDSS)	See the agency page	No
Connecticut	Connecticut DCP well completion reports	See the agency page	No
Delaware	Delaware DNREC well permits viewer	Total depth, Casing diameter, Water level	Yes
Florida	Florida DEP well construction (records at your water management district)	Total depth, Casing diameter, Water level	Yes
Georgia	Georgia EPD Water Well Standards (records held by drillers/counties)	Total depth, Casing diameter	Yes
Hawaii	Hawaii CWRM well records (release by request)	See the agency page	No
Idaho	Idaho IDWR well construction search	Total depth, Casing diameter, Water level	Yes
Illinois	Illinois State Geological Survey ILWATER	Total depth	Yes
Indiana	Indiana DNR water well record database	Total depth, Casing diameter, Water level	Yes
Iowa	Iowa DNR private well records (Iowa Wells / GeoSam)	See the agency page	No
Kansas	Kansas Geological Survey WWC5 well records	Total depth, Casing diameter, Water level	Yes
Kentucky	Kentucky Geological Survey water well search	Total depth, Water level	Yes
Louisiana	Louisiana DENR water well registration (SONRIS)	Total depth, Casing diameter, Water level	Yes
Maine	Maine Geological Survey well database	Total depth, Water level	Yes
Maryland	Maryland county health departments (via MGS well information)	Total depth, Casing diameter, Water level	Yes
Massachusetts	Massachusetts DEP well drilling database	Total depth, Water level	Yes
Michigan	Michigan EGLE Wellogic	Total depth, Casing diameter, Water level	Yes
Minnesota	Minnesota Well Index (Department of Health)	Total depth, Casing diameter, Water level	Yes
Mississippi	Mississippi DEQ water wells map	See the agency page	No
Missouri	Missouri DNR well records (WIMS)	Total depth, Water level	Yes
Montana	Montana Ground Water Information Center (GWIC)	Total depth, Water level	Yes
Nebraska	Nebraska DWEE registered groundwater wells	Total depth, Water level	Yes
Nevada	Nevada NDWR well log database	Total depth, Casing diameter, Water level	Yes
New Hampshire	New Hampshire DES water well inventory	Total depth, Water level	Yes
New Jersey	New Jersey DEP well permitting (DataMiner reports)	See the agency page	No
New Mexico	New Mexico OSE water rights reporting system (NMWRRS)	Total depth, Casing diameter, Water level	Yes
New York	New York DEC water well program	Total depth	Yes
North Carolina	North Carolina DEQ GW-1 records (also at county health departments)	Total depth, Casing diameter, Water level	Yes
North Dakota	North Dakota DWR well driller logs	See the agency page	No
Ohio	Ohio DNR water well log search	Total depth, Water level	Yes
Oklahoma	Oklahoma OWRB well record search	Total depth	Yes
Oregon	Oregon WRD well report query	See the agency page	No
Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania PaGWIS groundwater records (PaGEODE)	Total depth	Yes
Rhode Island	Rhode Island DOH private well records (by request)	See the agency page	No
South Carolina	South Carolina DES Coastal Plain well database	Total depth, Casing diameter, Water level	Yes
South Dakota	South Dakota DANR well completion reports	Total depth, Water level	Yes
Tennessee	Tennessee TDEC well log tracking system	Total depth, Water level	Yes
Texas	Texas TWDB driller's report database	Total depth	Yes
Utah	Utah Division of Water Rights well log search	See the agency page	No
Vermont	Vermont DEC well driller reports	Total depth, Casing diameter, Water level	Yes
Virginia	Virginia local health district GW-2 records (DEQ well registration)	Total depth, Water level	Yes
Washington	Washington Ecology well report viewer	Total depth, Water level	Yes
Washington, DC	DC DOEE well permits (records by request)	See the agency page	No
West Virginia	West Virginia county health departments (OEHS individual water supplies)	See the agency page	No
Wisconsin	Wisconsin DNR well construction records	Total depth, Water level	Yes
Wyoming	Wyoming State Engineer's Office e-Permit well records	See the agency page	No