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Nevada well logs

Every time a well is drilled in Nevada, the driller files a completion report — the well log — with the Nevada Division of Water Resources (NDWR) Well Driller Reports database. We hold 145,798 of them and rebuild this index weekly, so you can find one by address instead of by record number.

✓ Verified against NDWR · 2026-09-28

145,798well logs indexed
17counties covered
1900–2026oldest to newest log on file
145,798link to the original filed log
Find the well logs near an address

Well logs are filed by location, not by house number. Enter any Nevada address and we'll pull the recorded wells around it — wells are plotted at the coordinates NDWR-licensed drillers recorded for each well driller report — GPS-verified, populated on essentially every filed report.

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What's in a Nevada well log

Not every filed report carries every field — older logs are thinner, and what the state captured changed over the decades. This is the actual coverage across all 145,798 records, so you know what to expect before you look anything up.

FieldWhat it tells youRecords with itCoverage
Original log document A direct link to the NDWR copy of the filed log itself. 145,798 (100%)
Date completed When the well was finished and the log filed. 144,938 (99%)
Mapped location Coordinates, so the log can be found by address instead of by record number. 143,641 (99%)
Total depth How deep the hole was drilled, in feet. 142,815 (98%)
Driller The licensed company that drilled the well and signed the log. 136,374 (94%)
Static water level How far below the surface the water stood at rest. 119,490 (82%)
Tested yield Gallons per minute the well produced on the driller’s pump test. 56,073 (38%)

When Nevada's wells were drilled

Dated logs by decade of completion (144,938 of 145,798 records carry a usable completion date). The shape of this chart is mostly the history of the filing requirement, not of drilling — thin early decades mean the logs weren't kept, not that nobody drilled.

DecadeLogs filed
1900s 2
1910s 4
1920s 10
1930s 45
1940s 1,305
1950s 6,084
1960s 7,086
1970s 12,639
1980s 13,587
1990s 36,505
2000s 30,721
2010s 23,101
2020s 13,849

Three ways to find a well log here

  1. By address — the free lookup maps an address to the wells recorded around it. This is what most people want: "how deep is the well on the place I'm buying."
  2. By county — each county page carries the median depth, water level and yield computed from every log filed there, plus the drillers working it.
  3. By driller — every log names the company that drilled the well, so the 378 Nevada drillers in our directory each have a profile built from their own filed logs.

Well logs by county

Clark County 46,880 logs · median 46 ft Washoe County 20,404 logs · median 155 ft Nye County 17,658 logs · median 160 ft Elko County 8,653 logs · median 180 ft Churchill County 8,533 logs · median 57 ft Lyon County 7,958 logs · median 169 ft Douglas County 6,926 logs · median 175 ft Humboldt County 6,857 logs · median 215 ft Lander County 4,073 logs · median 245 ft Eureka County 4,051 logs · median 361 ft Carson City County 3,004 logs · median 95 ft White Pine County 2,730 logs · median 200 ft

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Where these records come from

All of it is public record from the Nevada Division of Water Resources' Well Driller Reports database — the state's official record of water well construction filed by licensed drillers (water.nv.gov). We don't hold anything the state doesn't publish. More on that database and what a filed record carries: NDWR well records. What we add is that the records are indexed by location, the statistics are computed the same way in every county, and the whole thing is refreshed weekly. Our filters and the exact computation are on the methodology page (statistics use filed well driller reports from the Nevada Division of Water Resources; depths 0–5,000 ft).

Common questions

Are Nevada well logs public records?

Yes. Nevada drillers are required to file a completion report for each well, and those reports are kept by the Nevada Division of Water Resources (NDWR) Well Driller Reports database. Anyone can look them up. This site is an independent index of that public record — we re-read the source and recompute every page weekly.

How do I find the well log for my property?

Well logs are filed by location, not by street address, so you search the map rather than a house number. Enter the address on our free lookup and you'll see the recorded wells around that spot — wells are plotted at the coordinates NDWR-licensed drillers recorded for each well driller report — GPS-verified, populated on essentially every filed report. Each one shows its depth, static water level, tested yield, and a link to the original filed log.

How far back do the records go?

The oldest dated log in our copy was completed in 1900; the newest is from 2026. Coverage thins out the further back you go — older wells were often never filed, and filing requirements tightened over time.

Why can't I find a log for my well?

Most likely it was never filed. Wells drilled before the state's reporting requirement — and hand-dug or unpermitted wells — have no log at all. It also happens that a log exists but its recorded location is off, in which case it will show up under a neighboring property. Neither is something we can fix from the source data, and we'd rather say so than invent a record.

What does a well log actually tell you?

The useful parts for a buyer or a homeowner: how deep the well is, how high the water stands in it, how many gallons per minute it produced when tested, what the driller hit on the way down, and who drilled it. Together those say whether the well is likely to keep producing and what a replacement would cost.

Need every log near one property, in one document?

The property report pulls every recorded well near an address — depths, water levels, yields, drillers , and links to each original filed log — as one printable summary for due diligence.

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