New Hampshire Well Data field records · 2026 survey

New Hampshire Well Data · NHDES

NHDES well records, searchable by address

Every New Hampshire well log is filed with the NHDES Water Well Inventory. Those records are public, but they are organized by mapped location and record number — not by street address. We hold 106,477 of them and rebuild the index weekly, so you can start from an address instead.

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Search NHDES records by address

Enter any New Hampshire address and we return the wells recorded around it — New Hampshire records the well's own street address on nearly every report and the tax map and lot on four wells in five, so a well can usually be matched to its property — though the mapped point itself may be placed from the address or lot rather than surveyed at the wellhead.

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106,477NHDES records indexed
10counties covered
1900–2026oldest to newest on file
106,477link straight to the NHDES document

What a NHDES 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 106,477 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. 106,477 (100%)
Original log document A direct link to the NHDES copy of the filed log itself. 106,477 (100%)
Date completed When the well was finished and the log filed. 106,476 (100%)
Total depth How deep the hole was drilled, in feet. 106,425 (100%)
Street address A street address on the filed report (varies a lot by state and era). 106,091 (100%)
Drilling method Rotary, cable tool, auger, and so on. 105,969 (100%)
Tested yield Gallons per minute the well produced on the driller’s pump test. 103,429 (97%)
Static water level How far below the surface the water stood at rest. 63,498 (60%)

How this differs from going to NHDES directly

Nothing here replaces the official record, and for a single well you already have the record number for, NHDES is the place to go (www.des.nh.gov/water/drinking-water-and-wells). What this site adds is the part that is hard from the source data:

NHDES records by county

Rockingham County 25,665 records · median 305 ft Hillsborough County 21,505 records · median 385 ft Merrimack County 12,927 records · median 345 ft Carroll County 10,150 records · median 400 ft Grafton County 8,614 records · median 343 ft Belknap County 8,546 records · median 340 ft Strafford County 6,749 records · median 303 ft Cheshire County 5,255 records · median 320 ft Coos County 3,695 records · median 304 ft Sullivan County 3,357 records · median 360 ft

See all 10 New Hampshire counties → · What a New Hampshire well log contains →

Common questions

Where are New Hampshire well logs officially filed?

With NHDES — the NHDES Water Well Inventory. Every New Hampshire driller files a completion report there for each well drilled, and that filing is the authoritative copy of the record. The official site is www.des.nh.gov/water/drinking-water-and-wells.

Can I search NHDES 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, New Hampshire records the well's own street address on nearly every report and the tax map and lot on four wells in five, so a well can usually be matched to its property — though the mapped point itself may be placed from the address or lot rather than surveyed at the wellhead.

Is this the official NHDES record?

No, and it is not meant to be. This is an independent index built from the data NHDES publishes, rebuilt weekly. Every well we show links back to its own NHDES record, so you can always open the original filed log. If our copy and the state's ever disagree, the state's is right.

How many New Hampshire well records are there?

Our current copy holds 106,477 records across 10 counties, with completion dates from 1900 to 2026. That is everything NHDES publishes in its bulk record set as of 2026-08-23. 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 NHDES 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 NHDES record 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.

Property report — $29

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