Idaho well lookup
Search any point in Idaho to see the well records the state holds nearby. Free, no account. Enter an address, paste coordinates, or click the map — rural addresses often will not resolve, so the last two always work.
The highlighted area is Idaho — the only state these well records cover. Basemap: U.S. Geological Survey, National Geospatial Program.
How to read these numbers
Every row is a well someone actually drilled and reported to the state. None of them is on the parcel you are looking at, so treat the set as a picture of the area rather than a prediction.
Total depth
How deep the well was drilled, in feet. Drilling is usually quoted per foot, so the spread between the shallowest and deepest nearby well is a rough budget range. A wide spread over a short distance means the aquifer is uneven and a quote could move a lot.
Depth to water
How far below the surface water stood once the well was finished — the static water level. It drives what pump you need and how much it costs to run. Note that a reading of zero is ambiguous in the state records: it can mean water at the surface, or that nobody wrote a figure down. We exclude zeros and tell you how many we excluded rather than guessing.
Reported yield
What the driller measured the well producing, in gallons per minute. A single household typically needs far less than irrigated pasture or livestock, so read it against your plans. Yield can also change with the season and with how hard the well is pumped.
Why location accuracy matters here
Only about a fifth of Idaho well records have a surveyed location. Most were recorded as a quarter-quarter section — a 40-acre block — so the true well could be up to roughly 900 feet from where it is plotted. We label every row with how it was located, so you can tell which distances to lean on. It is also why some map markers overlap: wells recorded this way share a section corner.
What is missing
The database holds most reports filed since July 1987. Older wells may be missing entirely, and plenty of records have blanks where a depth or yield should be. We show you the count behind every figure — "median depth from 83 of 108 wells" — so you can judge how much weight it carries.
What to do with this
- Get at least two quotes from licensed Idaho drillers, with a per-foot rate.
- Ask your public health district what septic site evaluation the parcel needs.
- Have a title company confirm water rights and easements.
- Have boundaries and acreage confirmed by a licensed surveyor.