Know the water before you buy the land
Buying rural property in North Dakota? The seller's well — or the well you'd have to drill — is a five-figure question. Every water well drilled in North Dakota files a report with the state. We turn those records into a clear report for any address.
This report covers the state's water-well records only. Oil, gas, geothermal, injection and monitoring wells are permitted by a different agency in most states and are not in ND DWR's well-log database.
What's in the report
- Every recorded water well within 2–5 miles of the property — typically 10–40 wells
- What each well was drilled for, and when — with distance from your parcel
- Links to every original driller's log in the state ND DWR database (lithology, casing, notes)
- Who drilled them — the drillers active around this property
- How long this ground has been drilled — the oldest and newest logs on file nearby
- Printable, shareable with your agent, inspector, or lender; delivered by email in minutes
Know more about the well? Narrow it down (optional)
In Google Maps, right-click the property and tap the numbers to copy them.
Zoom to the property and click it — we'll check the well records at that exact spot.
From recent buyers
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Well report only — $49
Every recorded well near the property, with the details and original log links.
Enter the property address right after checkout — report in ~10 seconds.
It reports the wells recorded near that address. If your own well was never registered with the state — common for older wells, and North Dakota files wells by section rather than by street address — it won't be in there. Not sure? Run the free check above first.
Using well data professionally? See the plans for drillers, agents & inspectors →
Questions
Is this the same data as the state's ND DWR site?
Same source — ND DWR is the official record. The state site is built for hydrogeologists; this report finds the wells near your parcel, computes the local numbers, and explains what they mean for a purchase decision. The free lookup shows you a preview first.
Will the report include my own well?
Only if a log for it was filed with the state. ND DWR holds what drillers actually submitted, and plenty of older wells were never registered; North Dakota also files wells by section rather than by street address, so no record is tied to a single lot. What the report always answers is what the water does around a property — which wells the drillers around it actually filed, and a way straight into each of those logs. If you specifically need your own well's log, run the free check above first: it tells you before you pay.
What if my address isn't found?
Rural addresses sometimes don't geocode. Reply to your receipt with coordinates from Google Maps (right-click → copy) and we'll generate the report from those — or refund you, no questions.
Does it tell me my exact well outcome?
No — geology varies. It tells you which wells your neighbours drilled and where their filed logs are, so you can read what they actually hit. That's the best available evidence, and exactly what a good driller looks at before quoting.