Nebraska Well Data field records · 2026 survey

Nebraska Well Data · NeDNR

NeDNR well records, searchable by address

Every Nebraska well log is filed with the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources registered groundwater wells database. Those records are public, but they are organized by mapped location and record number — not by street address. We hold 267,260 of them and rebuild the index weekly, so you can start from an address instead.

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Search NeDNR records by address

Enter any Nebraska address and we return the wells recorded around it — every registered Nebraska well carries a mapped location, but the state files wells by section and township rather than by street address, so results show the records around a property rather than a single wellhead.

Free address lookup Full property report — $29
267,260NeDNR records indexed
93counties covered
1884–2026oldest to newest on file

What a NeDNR record contains

Not every filed report carries every field — older records are thinner, and what the state captured changed over the decades. This is the real coverage across all 267,260 records, so you know what to expect before you search.

FieldWhat it tells youRecords with itCoverage
Mapped location Coordinates, so the log can be found by address instead of by record number. 267,260 (100%)
Total depth How deep the hole was drilled, in feet. 256,454 (96%)
Date completed When the well was finished and the log filed. 253,198 (95%)
Static water level How far below the surface the water stood at rest. 237,472 (89%)
Tested yield Gallons per minute the well produced on the driller’s pump test. 189,932 (71%)

How this differs from going to NeDNR directly

Nothing here replaces the official record, and for a single well you already have the record number for, NeDNR is the place to go (dnr.nebraska.gov/groundwater/registered-groundwater-wells). What this site adds is the part that is hard from the source data:

NeDNR records by county

Hall County 6,654 records · median 79 ft Buffalo County 6,602 records · median 220 ft Lincoln County 6,591 records · median 220 ft Lancaster County 6,584 records · median 161 ft Merrick County 6,452 records · median 47 ft Holt County 6,280 records · median 138 ft Dawes County 6,224 records · median 520 ft Dawson County 5,697 records · median 200 ft Platte County 5,053 records · median 107 ft Cherry County 4,955 records · median 128 ft

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Common questions

Where are Nebraska well logs officially filed?

With NeDNR — the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources registered groundwater wells database. Every Nebraska driller files a completion report there for each well drilled, and that filing is the authoritative copy of the record. The official site is dnr.nebraska.gov/groundwater/registered-groundwater-wells.

Can I search NeDNR by street address?

Not directly — well records are filed against a mapped location and a record number, not a mailing address, which is the single most common reason people give up on the search. That is exactly the gap this site fills: enter an address on our free lookup and we return the recorded wells around that point, every registered Nebraska well carries a mapped location, but the state files wells by section and township rather than by street address, so results show the records around a property rather than a single wellhead.

Is this the official NeDNR record?

No, and it is not meant to be. This is an independent index built from the data NeDNR publishes, rebuilt weekly. For the authoritative copy of any single record, go to NeDNR directly. If our copy and the state's ever disagree, the state's is right.

How many Nebraska well records are there?

Our current copy holds 267,260 records across 93 counties, with completion dates from 1884 to 2026. That is everything NeDNR publishes in its bulk record set as of 2026-08-20. Wells drilled before the state's filing requirement — and hand-dug or unpermitted wells — were never filed anywhere, so they are in neither copy.

Does it cost anything?

Searching by address here is free, the same as searching NeDNR is free. What we charge for is the compiled property report — every recorded well near one address, with the statistics and the original log links, as one printable document for a sale or a loan file. That is $29.

Every NeDNR record near one property, in one document

The property report pulls every recorded well near an address — depths, water levels, yields, drillers — as one printable summary for due diligence.

Property report — $29

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