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Jim W Bates II

Recorded as the driller on 79 water wells across 8 Kentucky counties in the Kentucky groundwater data repository (KGS) and Division of Water well records, most in Whitley County. Well-log records span 1986–2001.

79wells on record
since 2022
8counties served
105 ftmedian depth

Counties served

Wells drilled by Jim W Bates II, by county, across the full record.

CountyWells drilled
Whitley County 43
Knox County 18
Laurel County 5
Bell County 4
Mccreary County 4
Clay County 3
Pulaski County 1
Rockcastle County 1

Well characteristics

Across the wells Jim W Bates II has drilled, the median depth is 105 ft (middle half 85 ft–143 ft), median tested yield , and median static water level 43 ft below ground surface. These summarize the company's own filed logs, not a marketing claim.

"Records span 1986–2001" refers to the earliest and latest well logs attributed to this company in the KY DOW database — the state digitized older paper logs, so the first date is the oldest record on file, not necessarily the company's founding year.

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