# Barton County, Kansas — how far the water table has moved

> Depth to water before the aquifer was developed against 2022–2024, across 21 townships of Barton County. Median change 3.3 ft.

## Barton County

**208** measured sections across **21** townships. The median section has moved **3.3 ft** since the aquifer was developed.

### What has happened in Barton County

Median depth went from **11.3 ft** before development to
**14.2 ft** — a change of **3.3 ft**, over
208 of 551 sections. Deeper: 176. Shallower:
22. Sharpest fall, section 36 at
14.5 ft; largest rise, section 30 at 6.0 ft.

[Why some sections have
risen](/how-far.md).

### Township by township

*Townships attributed to this county, most measured sections first. A township without a link has too few measured sections or too few named drillers to carry a page of its own; it is still in the search box.*

| Township | Measured | Median change | Drillers |
|---|---|---|---|
| [20S13W](/township/20s13w.md) | 36 | 2.8 ft | 29 |
| 20S12W | 36 | 3.7 ft | 12 |
| 20S14W | 34 | 4.3 ft | 15 |
| 20S11W | 32 | 3.2 ft | 19 |
| [19S13W](/township/19s13w.md) | 26 | 2.3 ft | 90 |
| [19S12W](/township/19s12w.md) | 20 | 4.7 ft | 29 |
| 19S14W | 11 | 3.3 ft | 29 |
| 19S11W | 9 | 3.3 ft | 38 |
| 20S15W | 4 | 5.1 ft | 11 |
| 18S13W | 0 | — | 36 |
| 18S15W | 0 | — | 19 |
| 16S11W | 0 | — | 13 |
| 17S11W | 0 | — | 25 |
| 17S12W | 0 | — | 19 |
| 17S13W | 0 | — | 22 |
| 17S14W | 0 | — | 13 |
| 17S15W | 0 | — | 8 |
| 18S11W | 0 | — | 20 |
| 18S12W | 0 | — | 6 |
| 18S14W | 0 | — | 17 |
| 19S15W | 0 | — | 12 |

### Who has drilled in Barton County

*Drillers of record across the county, busiest first. The last column is the median depth their wells were taken to.*

| Driller of record | Wells | Townships | Median depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC | 1,809 | 21 | 83.0 ft |
| Kelly's Water Well Service, INC | 1,562 | 21 | 73.0 ft |
| Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | 784 | 21 | 76.0 ft |
| Geocore Services INC | 581 | 10 | 20.0 ft |
| Sam's Water Well Service | 234 | 19 | 65.0 ft |
| Associated Environmental, INC | 226 | 6 | 25.0 ft |
| Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC | 201 | 16 | 60.0 ft |
| Coranco Great Plains, INC | 186 | 6 | 32.0 ft |
| Larsen and Associates, INC | 174 | 5 | 20.0 ft |
| Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 163 | 6 | 35.0 ft |
| Geotechnical Services, INC | 152 | 4 | 30.0 ft |
| Jb Environmental Drilling | 119 | 3 | 20.5 ft |
| Geocore, INC | 108 | 6 | 35.0 ft |
| Pratt Well Service, INC | 91 | 3 | 18.0 ft |
| Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | 87 | 14 | 120.0 ft |
| Terracon, INC | 82 | 3 | 23.5 ft |
| Greenfield Contractors, INC | 77 | 2 | 32.0 ft |
| Jack Goodman Water Well Drilling | 73 | 13 | 80.0 ft |
| Greenfield Contractors | 69 | 2 | 20.0 ft |
| Charles C. Myers Water Well Service | 67 | 14 | 64.0 ft |
| Well Owner | 63 | 20 | 36.5 ft |
| Larsen & Associates | 56 | 3 | 23.1 ft |
| Bluestem Environmental Engineering INC | 54 | 1 | 18.0 ft |
| Associated Env | 47 | 3 | 18.8 ft |
| Gsi Engineering | 47 | 4 | 35.0 ft |
| Kelly Starnes | 44 | 1 | 30.0 ft |
| Coranco Great Plains | 42 | 2 | 37.5 ft |
| Layne-christensen CO | 39 | 2 | 25.0 ft |
| Scs Engineers | 39 | 1 | 20.0 ft |
| Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC | 38 | 9 | 80.0 ft |
| Layne Western | 37 | 2 | 25.0 ft |
| Funkee Drilling Service | 35 | 3 | 32.0 ft |
| Kdhe | 33 | 4 | 25.4 ft |
| Env. Priority Srvc | 33 | 4 | 40.0 ft |
| Kansas City Testing Lab | 32 | 2 | 32.0 ft |
| Below Ground Surface, INC | 27 | 5 | 25.0 ft |
| Gsi Engineering, LLC | 27 | 4 | 35.0 ft |
| Clarke Well & Equip | 26 | 11 | 55.0 ft |
| Maxim Technologies, INC | 25 | 3 | 28.9 ft |
| Kansas Geological Survey | 23 | 3 | 15.0 ft |
| Hws Technologies INC | 20 | 1 | 24.5 ft |
| Geocore | 20 | 1 | 35.0 ft |
| Vista Geoscience LLC | 18 | 1 | 20.7 ft |
| Aquaterra Environmental Solutions, INC | 17 | 2 | 15.0 ft |
| Environmental Priority Service, INC | 17 | 1 | 20.0 ft |
| Kgs | 16 | 2 | 60.0 ft |
| Kurtz Environmental Service | 15 | 2 | 25.0 ft |
| Clarke Well & Equipment, INC | 14 | 8 | 79.0 ft |
| Roland Davis Environmental Drilling | 14 | 2 | 25.0 ft |
| Whitetail Drilling, LLC | 13 | 2 | 20.0 ft |
| Pratt Well Service | 12 | 1 | 20.0 ft |
| Melvin B. Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | 11 | 5 | 80.0 ft |
| Associated Drilling, INC | 11 | 5 | 109.0 ft |
| Tsi Engineering | 10 | 2 | 62.0 ft |
| Geocore, LLC | 10 | 3 | 14.7 ft |
| Grogan Ebberts Drilling | 10 | 1 | 20.0 ft |
| Red Tiger Drilling CO | 9 | 4 | 140.0 ft |
| Accurate Drilling Services INC | 9 | 1 | 27.0 ft |
| Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 9 | 2 | 21.0 ft |
| C and C Loop Drilling | 9 | 1 | 150.0 ft |
| Atlas Technical Consultants | 9 | 1 | 17.9 ft |
| Groundwater Technology | 8 | 1 | 18.0 ft |
| Darren Hayse | 8 | 1 | 30.0 ft |
| Joe Jezek Water Well Drilling | 8 | 3 | 172.0 ft |
| Envirotech Eng. & Consulting | 7 | 1 | 21.8 ft |
| Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | 6 | 3 | 65.0 ft |
| Razek Environmental, LLC | 6 | 2 | 25.0 ft |
| Bushell Water Well Drilling and Service | 6 | 4 | 140.0 ft |
| Ues Exploration #531 | 6 | 1 | 45.0 ft |
| Goodman Water Well Drilling | 6 | 3 | 50.0 ft |
| Kp Hydrotech | 6 | 2 | 122.0 ft |
| Sunflower Backhoe and Trenching | 5 | 3 | 49.5 ft |
| Geoprobe Systems | 5 | 2 | 27.0 ft |
| G.g. Dozer | 5 | 1 | 15.0 ft |
| Central Well & Pump, INC | 4 | 3 | 60.0 ft |
| Kdot | 4 | 1 | 17.0 ft |
| White and Ellis Drilling, INC | 4 | 3 | 82.0 ft |
| Max's Enterprise | 4 | 1 | 17.0 ft |
| Will Purdon, Maximum/kansas City Testing | 4 | 1 | 14.0 ft |
| Clarke Well and Equipment INC | 4 | 2 | 144.0 ft |
| Louis Bushell Water Well Drlg & Service | 4 | 3 | 88.0 ft |
| Peterson Irrigation, INC | 3 | 3 | 75.0 ft |
| Pawnee Drilling | 3 | 3 | 55.0 ft |
| Peterson Drilling, LLC | 3 | 1 | 40.0 ft |
| Prairie Land Environmental Remed | 3 | 1 | 25.0 ft |
| Rich Edwards | 3 | 1 | 15.0 ft |
| Whitetail Services, INC | 3 | 1 | 20.0 ft |
| Hayse Management Services | 3 | 1 | 100.0 ft |
| Great Bend Feeding | 3 | 1 | 88.0 ft |
| Stone Sand Co., INC | 3 | 1 | 14.0 ft |
| Associated Drilling, Inc. #990 | 3 | 3 | 110.0 ft |
| Mikon Corporation | 3 | 1 | 15.0 ft |
| Great Bend Packing CO | 2 | 1 | 65.0 ft |
| Smoky Hills, LLC | 2 | 2 | 30.0 ft |
| Hoskins Welding & Backhoe Service, INC | 2 | 2 | 61.0 ft |
| H-30 Drilling, INC | 2 | 2 | 82.0 ft |
| Community Bank/rick Schenk | 2 | 1 | 22.0 ft |
| Quad State Services, INC | 2 | 1 | 13.5 ft |
| Ladd Petroleum Company | 2 | 1 | 45.0 ft |
| Be and K/terranext | 2 | 1 | 22.7 ft |
| Small's Water Well Drlg & Serv | 2 | 1 | 84.0 ft |
| Danny Rogers | 2 | 2 | 34.0 ft |
| David Byers | 2 | 1 | 35.0 ft |
| Phillips Petroleum CO | 1 | 1 | 63.0 ft |
| Michael Peterson Irrigation, INC | 1 | 1 | 130.0 ft |
| Hoskins Backhoe | 1 | 1 | 24.0 ft |
| Lynn Peterson | 1 | 1 | 59.0 ft |
| L.d. Drilling CO | 1 | 1 | 65.0 ft |
| H-30 Drilling INC | 1 | 1 | 100.0 ft |
| L. D. Drilling, INC | 1 | 1 | 75.0 ft |
| Edgar Swank Water Well Drilling | 1 | 1 | 40.0 ft |
| Mcneish Oil Operations | 1 | 1 | 92.0 ft |
| Miller Drilling | 1 | 1 | 60.0 ft |
| Unknown | 1 | 1 | 25.0 ft |
| George Fabin | 1 | 1 | 19.0 ft |
| Steven Krouse | 1 | 1 | 27.0 ft |
| Eugene J. Zorn | 1 | 1 | 28.3 ft |
| Harry Schwindt | 1 | 1 | 22.0 ft |
| Donald P. Kaiser | 1 | 1 | 20.0 ft |
| Donald C. Sesso, Maxim Tech./kansas City | 1 | 1 | 16.5 ft |
| Catherine E. Pekarck | 1 | 1 | 32.0 ft |
| Ron Adams | 1 | 1 | 20.0 ft |
| Terry Vink | 1 | 1 | 25.0 ft |
| Layne Christensen | 1 | 1 | 20.0 ft |
| Layne-western | 1 | 1 | 20.0 ft |
| Howard Baker | 1 | 1 | 63.0 ft |
| Darrell Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 28.0 ft |
| James and Diana Swan | 1 | 1 | 29.0 ft |
| Smoky Hill, LLC | 1 | 1 | 22.0 ft |
| Scs Aquaterra | 1 | 1 | 15.0 ft |
| Hoskins Backhoe and Welding | 1 | 1 | 15.0 ft |
| Scs Engineersl | 1 | 1 | 14.0 ft |
| Black Walnut LLC | 1 | 1 | 35.0 ft |
| Greg Dodson | 1 | 1 | 60.0 ft |
| Sid Tomlinson | 1 | 1 | 60.0 ft |
| Ladd Petroleum Corporation | 1 | 1 | 40.0 ft |
| Ellinwood Packing Plant INC | 1 | 1 | 37.0 ft |
| Wayne Ahrens (agent) | 1 | 1 | 169.0 ft |
| Raymond Oil Co, INC | 1 | 1 | 250.0 ft |
| David Cruse | 1 | 1 | 180.0 ft |
| Doonan Specialized Trailer, LLC | 1 | 1 | 77.0 ft |
| Strata, LLC | 1 | 1 | 41.5 ft |
| Virgil Keller | 1 | 1 | 40.0 ft |
| Pray's Heating and Ac INC | 1 | 1 | 25.0 ft |
| Hb Septic | 1 | 1 | 25.0 ft |
| Larry Woods | 1 | 1 | 64.0 ft |
| Don Clarke | 1 | 1 | 70.0 ft |
| Hoskins Welding and Backhoe Service INC | 1 | 1 | 27.0 ft |
| John B. Birzer | 1 | 1 | 40.0 ft |
| Duke Drilling CO | 1 | 1 | 60.0 ft |
| Rhea Grandon | 1 | 1 | 56.0 ft |
| City of Ellinwood | 1 | 1 | 40.0 ft |
| Don Lang | 1 | 1 | 30.0 ft |
| Greenfield Construction | 1 | 1 | 20.0 ft |
| Basgall Geothermal Drilling | 1 | 1 | 100.0 ft |
| Crowdis Ww Srvc | 1 | 1 | 50.0 ft |
| Below Ground Surface | 1 | 1 | 20.0 ft |
| Alan J. Baster | 1 | 1 | 32.0 ft |
| Westech Energy | 1 | 1 | 80.0 ft |
| John F. Ney | 1 | 1 | 86.0 ft |
| Handex Environmental, INC | 1 | 1 | 29.0 ft |
| Mildred E. Meitner | 1 | 1 | 37.0 ft |
| Associated Drlg | 1 | 1 | 139.0 ft |
| Karst Water Well Drlg | 1 | 1 | 285.0 ft |
| Dallas Boeken & Burrows Water Well CO | 1 | 1 | 138.0 ft |
| Red Tiger Drilling | 1 | 1 | 160.0 ft |
| Kelly's Ww Srvc | 1 | 1 | 165.0 ft |
| Ellsworth Co. Water Quality Coordinator | 1 | 1 | 77.0 ft |
| Wagner Water Well Drlg | 1 | 1 | 62.0 ft |
| Prosser Dirt Construction | 1 | 1 | 40.0 ft |
| Presser Dirt Construction | 1 | 1 | 132.0 ft |
| Bushell Ww Srvc | 1 | 1 | 80.0 ft |
| North Heating & Electric | 1 | 1 | 30.0 ft |
| Randy Demel | 1 | 1 | 39.0 ft |
| Glynn Mortimer | 1 | 1 | 120.0 ft |
| Richard Lacey | 1 | 1 | 128.0 ft |
| George Goad | 1 | 1 | 142.0 ft |
| Bobcat Backhoe | 1 | 1 | 30.0 ft |
| Mai Oil Operations | 1 | 1 | 44.0 ft |
| Bobcat Backhoe Service | 1 | 1 | 4.5 ft |
| Goreham, Robert | 1 | 1 | 52.0 ft |
| Clayton Engel | 1 | 1 | 155.0 ft |

### Buying or drilling in Barton County?

The median section here has moved 3.3 ft. What that means for one quarter section takes someone on the ground. Tell us where; we pass the request on.

We are nobody's agent and have no arrangement with any firm today. [What we do with this](/privacy.md).

### Counties of a comparable size

- [Greeley](/county/greeley.md) 23 townships
- [Hodgeman](/county/hodgeman.md) 23 townships
- [Stevens](/county/stevens.md) 23 townships
- [Logan](/county/logan.md) 22 townships
- [Morton](/county/morton.md) 22 townships
- [Stafford](/county/stafford.md) 22 townships
- [Gove](/county/gove.md) 20 townships
- [Kiowa](/county/kiowa.md) 20 townships
- [Lane](/county/lane.md) 20 townships
- [Pratt](/county/pratt.md) 20 townships
- [Scott](/county/scott.md) 20 townships

A sliding window, not a ranking: the list moves with the county. [All of them](/county.md).

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Página: https://ks-water-table.pages.dev/county/barton/
Fonte: Kansas depth to water, predevelopment against 2022-2024 — Kansas Geological Survey, joined to WWC-5 well completion records
Recolha: 2026-08-23