How deep are wells in Indiana? Depth by county from 414,947 state well logs
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water keeps the logs drillers file for water wells of every use (its public file does not record use). Across the 397,669 that give a depth, the median Indiana well is 90 feet deep, and the middle 80% run from 44 to 183 feet. 92 of 92 counties have 30 or more logs and appear in the table.
90 ft median depth, statewide
44 to 183 ft 10th to 90th percentile
27 ft median static water level
414,947 logs in 92 counties
Deepest and shallowest counties by median depth
Among the 92 counties with 30 or more logs that give a depth. The logs column is the count behind each median.
| Deepest | Median depth | Logs | Shallowest | Median depth | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daviess | 195 ft | 2,499 | Ripley | 42 ft | 723 |
| Martin | 175 ft | 726 | Jackson | 42 ft | 1,713 |
| Greene | 165 ft | 1,508 | Scott | 44 ft | 56 |
| Owen | 160 ft | 2,970 | Franklin | 47 ft | 1,337 |
| Crawford | 155 ft | 488 | Jasper | 49 ft | 3,050 |
Every Indiana county with 30 or more logs
Depth is the total depth the driller reported. "Middle 80%" is the 10th to 90th percentile: one log in ten is shallower than the first number and one in ten deeper than the second. Water level is the median static water level (how far below the ground the water stood when the well was finished), from the logs that record one. Years: the span of the middle 90% of dated logs. Download the table (CSV).
| County | Logs | Median depth | Middle 80% | Water level | Years | Our town pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 2,544 | 120 ft | 70 to 206 ft | 32 ft | 1927 to 2008 | Berne |
| Allen | 12,564 | 104 ft | 60 to 191 ft | 39 ft | 1960 to 2007 | Fort Wayne |
| Bartholomew | 2,453 | 66 ft | 36 to 120 ft | 22 ft | 1956 to 2006 | Columbus |
| Benton | 857 | 105 ft | 46 to 250 ft | 23 ft | 1956 to 2013 | |
| Blackford | 829 | 117 ft | 71 to 220 ft | 38 ft | 1960 to 2007 | |
| Boone | 5,922 | 116 ft | 50 to 205 ft | 30 ft | 1959 to 2008 | |
| Brown | 494 | 100 ft | 48 to 202 ft | 25 ft | 1959 to 2000 | |
| Carroll | 4,738 | 103 ft | 52 to 187 ft | 34 ft | 1962 to 2009 | |
| Cass | 5,595 | 103 ft | 62 to 195 ft | 28 ft | 1959 to 2007 | |
| Clark | 506 | 67 ft | 33 to 123 ft | 25 ft | 1953 to 2001 | |
| Clay | 2,194 | 140 ft | 60 to 275 ft | 36 ft | 1959 to 2003 | |
| Clinton | 3,718 | 116 ft | 57 to 226 ft | 25 ft | 1961 to 2009 | |
| Crawford | 511 | 155 ft | 54 to 400 ft | 65 ft | 1953 to 2006 | |
| Daviess | 2,541 | 195 ft | 43 to 340 ft | 27 ft | 1954 to 2012 | |
| Dearborn | 424 | 50 ft | 25 to 127 ft | 18 ft | 1950 to 2005 | |
| Decatur | 2,035 | 80 ft | 42 to 140 ft | 21 ft | 1953 to 2004 | |
| DeKalb | 4,545 | 97 ft | 55 to 163 ft | 30 ft | 1963 to 2007 | |
| Delaware | 6,133 | 82 ft | 40 to 182 ft | 19 ft | 1960 to 2007 | |
| Dubois | 825 | 152 ft | 60 to 290 ft | 34 ft | 1953 to 2006 | |
| Elkhart | 28,413 | 61 ft | 36 to 137 ft | 18 ft | 1965 to 2012 | Elkhart, Goshen |
| Fayette | 2,059 | 52 ft | 28 to 120 ft | 20 ft | 1960 to 2004 | |
| Floyd | 223 | 80 ft | 50 to 150 ft | 31 ft | 1956 to 2000 | |
| Fountain | 2,393 | 110 ft | 60 to 220 ft | 30 ft | 1961 to 2009 | |
| Franklin | 1,511 | 47 ft | 28 to 100 ft | 21 ft | 1963 to 2006 | |
| Fulton | 4,131 | 80 ft | 51 to 134 ft | 19 ft | 1959 to 2009 | |
| Gibson | 1,223 | 88 ft | 36 to 200 ft | 21 ft | 1951 to 2006 | |
| Grant | 5,717 | 110 ft | 60 to 222 ft | 35 ft | 1949 to 2005 | Marion |
| Greene | 1,529 | 165 ft | 60 to 303 ft | 49 ft | 1956 to 2005 | |
| Hamilton | 9,900 | 97 ft | 52 to 200 ft | 29 ft | 1960 to 2008 | Noblesville |
| Hancock | 7,824 | 102 ft | 50 to 166 ft | 25 ft | 1963 to 2007 | |
| Harrison | 1,034 | 107 ft | 60 to 223 ft | 60 ft | 1953 to 2001 | |
| Hendricks | 11,846 | 99 ft | 52 to 179 ft | 30 ft | 1962 to 2006 | Brownsburg |
| Henry | 5,241 | 90 ft | 47 to 173 ft | 31 ft | 1960 to 2007 | |
| Howard | 7,600 | 122 ft | 68 to 202 ft | 22 ft | 1961 to 2004 | |
| Huntington | 3,678 | 133 ft | 75 to 275 ft | 42 ft | 1959 to 2007 | |
| Jackson | 1,864 | 42 ft | 30 to 100 ft | 15 ft | 1961 to 2008 | |
| Jasper | 3,252 | 49 ft | 28 to 157 ft | 11 ft | 1964 to 2008 | |
| Jay | 2,045 | 126 ft | 71 to 230 ft | 31 ft | 1950 to 2008 | |
| Jefferson | 290 | 82 ft | 50 to 148 ft | 30 ft | 1946 to 2002 | |
| Jennings | 875 | 81 ft | 42 to 145 ft | 28 ft | 1960 to 2003 | |
| Johnson | 4,105 | 77 ft | 43 to 154 ft | 24 ft | 1953 to 2006 | Greenwood |
| Knox | 2,683 | 80 ft | 34 to 190 ft | 20 ft | 1955 to 2004 | |
| Kosciusko | 18,622 | 86 ft | 47 to 154 ft | 19 ft | 1961 to 2008 | Warsaw |
| LaGrange | 9,978 | 82 ft | 44 to 145 ft | 23 ft | 1966 to 2011 | |
| Lake | 11,169 | 78 ft | 42 to 165 ft | 31 ft | 1955 to 2007 | |
| LaPorte | 12,744 | 70 ft | 38 to 131 ft | 27 ft | 1962 to 2009 | |
| Lawrence | 1,244 | 138 ft | 74 to 264 ft | 60 ft | 1957 to 2005 | |
| Madison | 10,939 | 94 ft | 48 to 202 ft | 25 ft | 1960 to 2006 | Anderson |
| Marion | 22,500 | 87 ft | 46 to 181 ft | 30 ft | 1950 to 2003 | Indianapolis |
| Marshall | 8,480 | 81 ft | 50 to 135 ft | 25 ft | 1961 to 2008 | Plymouth |
| Martin | 752 | 175 ft | 70 to 340 ft | 50 ft | 1951 to 2003 | |
| Miami | 5,634 | 122 ft | 65 to 239 ft | 30 ft | 1948 to 2006 | |
| Monroe | 1,544 | 130 ft | 75 to 243 ft | 50 ft | 1959 to 2003 | |
| Montgomery | 4,895 | 82 ft | 48 to 140 ft | 25 ft | 1961 to 2008 | |
| Morgan | 4,403 | 93 ft | 47 to 180 ft | 23 ft | 1960 to 2005 | |
| Newton | 1,618 | 50 ft | 30 to 203 ft | 12 ft | 1956 to 2011 | |
| Noble | 7,616 | 95 ft | 47 to 180 ft | 35 ft | 1960 to 2007 | |
| Ohio | 48 | 77 ft | 29 to 119 ft | 22 ft | 1951 to 2003 | |
| Orange | 1,116 | 155 ft | 83 to 325 ft | 70 ft | 1960 to 2004 | |
| Owen | 3,113 | 160 ft | 77 to 280 ft | 60 ft | 1959 to 2007 | |
| Parke | 2,665 | 125 ft | 59 to 220 ft | 45 ft | 1961 to 2007 | |
| Perry | 456 | 100 ft | 54 to 194 ft | 32 ft | 1959 to 2007 | |
| Pike | 648 | 120 ft | 52 to 236 ft | 28 ft | 1943 to 2001 | |
| Porter | 10,172 | 65 ft | 35 to 130 ft | 25 ft | 1960 to 2006 | |
| Posey | 1,788 | 150 ft | 50 to 278 ft | 50 ft | 1955 to 2001 | |
| Pulaski | 2,423 | 80 ft | 45 to 163 ft | 12 ft | 1961 to 2010 | |
| Putnam | 4,120 | 100 ft | 58 to 184 ft | 27 ft | 1954 to 2006 | |
| Randolph | 2,885 | 100 ft | 47 to 199 ft | 22 ft | 1959 to 2008 | |
| Ripley | 758 | 42 ft | 27 to 92 ft | 17 ft | 1949 to 2003 | |
| Rush | 1,776 | 71 ft | 40 to 134 ft | 18 ft | 1953 to 2006 | |
| Scott | 66 | 44 ft | 25 to 212 ft | 11 ft | 1938 to 1991 | |
| Shelby | 3,813 | 66 ft | 40 to 124 ft | 18 ft | 1953 to 2008 | Shelbyville |
| Spencer | 535 | 140 ft | 57 to 954 ft | 27 ft | 1950 to 2006 | |
| St. Joseph | 25,119 | 81 ft | 44 to 134 ft | 26 ft | 1963 to 2009 | South Bend |
| Starke | 2,915 | 68 ft | 40 to 110 ft | 10 ft | 1965 to 2009 | Knox |
| Steuben | 9,024 | 85 ft | 44 to 148 ft | 30 ft | 1964 to 2011 | |
| Sullivan | 1,421 | 96 ft | 40 to 226 ft | 17 ft | 1953 to 2005 | |
| Switzerland | 212 | 86 ft | 27 to 135 ft | 30 ft | 1951 to 2004 | |
| Tippecanoe | 10,383 | 112 ft | 58 to 200 ft | 51 ft | 1952 to 2011 | Lafayette |
| Tipton | 2,583 | 120 ft | 66 to 213 ft | 15 ft | 1961 to 2006 | |
| Union | 1,079 | 50 ft | 28 to 103 ft | 19 ft | 1960 to 2005 | |
| Vanderburgh | 1,397 | 100 ft | 40 to 196 ft | 35 ft | 1954 to 1996 | |
| Vermillion | 1,001 | 110 ft | 45 to 220 ft | 41 ft | 1961 to 2008 | |
| Vigo | 6,338 | 65 ft | 40 to 182 ft | 28 ft | 1960 to 2005 | |
| Wabash | 4,511 | 115 ft | 59 to 222 ft | 32 ft | 1952 to 2008 | |
| Warren | 1,955 | 140 ft | 59 to 260 ft | 49 ft | 1957 to 2012 | |
| Warrick | 502 | 98 ft | 45 to 220 ft | 26 ft | 1942 to 2006 | |
| Washington | 813 | 105 ft | 60 to 180 ft | 46 ft | 1959 to 1997 | |
| Wayne | 4,693 | 82 ft | 35 to 149 ft | 31 ft | 1951 to 2006 | |
| Wells | 1,847 | 123 ft | 70 to 251 ft | 30 ft | 1959 to 2007 | Bluffton |
| White | 4,926 | 103 ft | 49 to 172 ft | 22 ft | 1960 to 2010 | |
| Whitley | 6,844 | 120 ft | 74 to 220 ft | 48 ft | 1962 to 2007 | Columbia City |
Method
- Source: the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water, Water Well Record Database (IDNR Water Well Locations layer). We downloaded it on October 10, 2026 from the state's own server.
- Rows counted: water wells of every use (its public file does not record use). Field filter as run: all records; depth = dbldepth (0 = not recorded); level = dblstatic (0 = not recorded).
- Each log is placed in the county the state file gives, matched to Census county names. 414,947 logs matched a Indiana county.
- A depth outside 1 to 5,000 feet is treated as a typing error and left out. A water level counts only when it is above zero and shallower than the well's depth. Medians and percentiles use the standard linear method.
- A county shows figures only with 30 or more logs that give a depth (water level: 30 or more levels). Nothing is estimated or filled in.
Limits
- Well logs cover drilled wells that a driller reported to the state. They are not a count of every well: older wells, hand-dug wells and wells from before reporting began are often missing.
- Depths and water levels are as each driller wrote them on the day the well was finished. Water levels move with season, drought and nearby pumping, so an old reading is not today's level.
- Dates vary by county. The years column shows when most of the logs were drilled; a county with mostly older logs describes older wells.
- A county figure says nothing certain about one lot. Depth can change a lot across a county, from hilltop to valley. A local driller's logs for nearby wells are the better guide for a single property.
- Indiana's public file does not record what each well is used for, so its figures include wells of every use. It also places some older wells at estimated locations; the county is the one the record gives.
Data: Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water, Water Well Record Database (IDNR Water Well Locations layer), read October 10, 2026. CSV of this table. Built by WellsNear from the state file; the code is the same for every state.
How to cite this: WellsNear, "How deep are wells in Indiana? Depth by county from state well logs," updated October 10, 2026, https://wellsnear.com/research/well-depth-by-county-indiana/