Barton County
208 measured sections across 21 townships. The median section has moved 3.3 ft since the aquifer was developed.
21Townships
208Measured sections
3.3 ftMedian change
182Drillers
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.
Township by township
| Township | Measured | Median change | Drillers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20S13W | 36 | 2.8 ft | 29 |
| 20S12W | 36 | 3.7 ft | 12 |
| 20S14W | 34 | 4.3 ft | 15 |
| 20S11W | 32 | 3.2 ft | 19 |
| 19S13W | 26 | 2.3 ft | 90 |
| 19S12W | 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
| 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.
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