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

> Depth to water before the aquifer was developed against 2022–2024, across 30 townships of Ford County. Median change 26.2 ft.

## Ford County

**977** measured sections across **30** townships. The median section has moved **26.2 ft** since the aquifer was developed.

### What has happened in Ford County

Median depth went from **77.7 ft** before development to
**107.8 ft** — a change of **26.2 ft**, over
977 of 1,068 sections. Deeper: 817. Shallower:
142. Sharpest fall, section 31 at
109.7 ft; largest rise, section 11 at 54.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| [25S22W](/township/25s22w.md) | 36 | -4.7 ft | 21 |
| [26S25W](/township/26s25w.md) | 36 | 36.2 ft | 85 |
| [26S21W](/township/26s21w.md) | 36 | -4.1 ft | 22 |
| [26S22W](/township/26s22w.md) | 36 | 4.5 ft | 20 |
| [27S25W](/township/27s25w.md) | 36 | 39.7 ft | 46 |
| [26S26W](/township/26s26w.md) | 36 | 44.5 ft | 31 |
| [27S21W](/township/27s21w.md) | 36 | -0.4 ft | 22 |
| [27S22W](/township/27s22w.md) | 36 | 24.2 ft | 30 |
| [27S23W](/township/27s23w.md) | 36 | 48.0 ft | 28 |
| [27S24W](/township/27s24w.md) | 36 | 34.9 ft | 64 |
| [27S26W](/township/27s26w.md) | 36 | 48.4 ft | 29 |
| [28S21W](/township/28s21w.md) | 36 | -1.6 ft | 25 |
| [28S22W](/township/28s22w.md) | 36 | 5.2 ft | 33 |
| [28S23W](/township/28s23w.md) | 36 | 27.0 ft | 23 |
| [28S24W](/township/28s24w.md) | 36 | 33.4 ft | 30 |
| [28S25W](/township/28s25w.md) | 36 | 37.5 ft | 28 |
| [28S26W](/township/28s26w.md) | 36 | 51.3 ft | 22 |
| [29S21W](/township/29s21w.md) | 36 | 8.6 ft | 33 |
| [29S22W](/township/29s22w.md) | 36 | 8.3 ft | 28 |
| 29S23W | 36 | 20.2 ft | 18 |
| [29S24W](/township/29s24w.md) | 36 | 20.4 ft | 21 |
| [29S25W](/township/29s25w.md) | 36 | 34.4 ft | 33 |
| [29S26W](/township/29s26w.md) | 36 | 71.9 ft | 20 |
| [26S24W](/township/26s24w.md) | 35 | 34.3 ft | 66 |
| 25S26W | 31 | 25.6 ft | 14 |
| [26S23W](/township/26s23w.md) | 26 | 36.5 ft | 24 |
| [25S21W](/township/25s21w.md) | 23 | 7.9 ft | 20 |
| [25S23W](/township/25s23w.md) | 18 | -20.8 ft | 22 |
| 25S24W | 10 | -11.8 ft | 18 |
| 25S25W | 6 | 21.5 ft | 23 |

### Who has drilled in Ford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe's Well Service, INC | 496 | 29 | 185.0 ft |
| Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC | 311 | 24 | 180.0 ft |
| Coranco Great Plains, INC | 307 | 3 | 85.3 ft |
| Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair | 200 | 25 | 165.0 ft |
| Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 197 | 8 | 64.0 ft |
| Merle Cragg Water Well Drlg | 166 | 25 | 180.0 ft |
| Geotechnical Services, INC | 147 | 4 | 56.0 ft |
| Geocore Services INC | 144 | 4 | 35.0 ft |
| Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC | 135 | 24 | 232.0 ft |
| Bartel Well Drilling, INC | 134 | 27 | 151.0 ft |
| Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO | 128 | 26 | 187.0 ft |
| Carl Hayse Water Well Service | 118 | 17 | 140.0 ft |
| Ace-hi International, INC | 107 | 24 | 220.0 ft |
| E. Willie Hodde, Jr. Drilling Company | 103 | 16 | 162.0 ft |
| Layne-christensen CO | 82 | 12 | 158.0 ft |
| Jantzen Water Well | 80 | 21 | 240.0 ft |
| Nash Water Well Service, LLC | 80 | 23 | 205.0 ft |
| Albert & Roland Brau Drlg Co., INC | 68 | 17 | 150.0 ft |
| Terracon, INC | 65 | 3 | 31.5 ft |
| Dan Hayse Water Well Service | 64 | 15 | 120.0 ft |
| Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 63 | 5 | 100.0 ft |
| Associated Environmental, INC | 61 | 3 | 45.0 ft |
| Well Owner | 49 | 17 | 120.0 ft |
| Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | 46 | 10 | 142.0 ft |
| Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC | 46 | 19 | 186.0 ft |
| Kelly's Water Well Service, INC | 45 | 14 | 200.0 ft |
| Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC | 43 | 17 | 230.0 ft |
| J.o. Johnson Drilling Company | 42 | 11 | 224.0 ft |
| Pratt Well Service, INC | 41 | 3 | 85.0 ft |
| Cahoy Pump Service | 40 | 1 | 145.0 ft |
| High Plains Drilling & Supply | 39 | 14 | 253.0 ft |
| Funkee Drilling Service | 39 | 1 | 35.0 ft |
| Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC | 39 | 13 | 237.0 ft |
| Larsen and Associates, INC | 38 | 3 | 83.8 ft |
| Geocore, INC | 37 | 3 | 100.0 ft |
| Layne Western | 35 | 4 | 70.9 ft |
| Prairie Land Environmental Remed | 34 | 2 | 176.0 ft |
| Joe L. Crick, Joe's Well Service, INC | 32 | 12 | 210.0 ft |
| Professional Serv. Industries | 31 | 1 | 45.0 ft |
| Michael Woofter Drlg. INC | 31 | 11 | 199.0 ft |
| Leo Knoefler Drilling | 30 | 9 | 135.0 ft |
| Thiele Geotech, INC | 29 | 1 | 26.7 ft |
| Jonagan Water Well Service | 29 | 9 | 149.0 ft |
| Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | 29 | 11 | 323.0 ft |
| Midwest Well & Pump, INC | 24 | 6 | 143.0 ft |
| Donald R. Dunham Drilling, INC | 23 | 12 | 195.0 ft |
| Sam's Water Well Service | 22 | 7 | 127.0 ft |
| Jonagan Drilling CO | 22 | 10 | 170.0 ft |
| Jantzen Water Well Repair | 22 | 10 | 180.0 ft |
| Nash Ww Srvc | 21 | 13 | 200.0 ft |
| Jack Cline Drilling CO | 19 | 9 | 195.0 ft |
| Central Well & Pump, INC | 19 | 8 | 132.0 ft |
| Ues Exploration #529 | 18 | 1 | 150.0 ft |
| Roy Senior, Western Well & Pump, INC | 18 | 2 | 250.0 ft |
| Jb Environmental Drilling | 17 | 1 | 40.0 ft |
| Reuben Bartel Well Drilling, INC | 17 | 11 | 156.0 ft |
| Donald C. Sesso, Maxim Tech./kansas City | 17 | 2 | 90.5 ft |
| Defenbaugh Industries, Inc. (t.e.s.t.) | 17 | 2 | 35.0 ft |
| Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair | 16 | 5 | 115.0 ft |
| Kurtz Environmental Service | 15 | 1 | 44.0 ft |
| Below Ground Surface, INC | 15 | 1 | 51.0 ft |
| Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC | 14 | 9 | 200.0 ft |
| Aquaterra Environmental Solutions, INC | 14 | 1 | 47.0 ft |
| Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | 14 | 9 | 180.0 ft |
| Geo Core INC | 14 | 1 | 120.6 ft |
| Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC | 13 | 8 | 220.0 ft |
| Groundwater Technology | 13 | 2 | 112.0 ft |
| Jonagan Water Well Service LLC | 13 | 4 | 168.0 ft |
| Gsi Engineering, LLC | 13 | 1 | 34.6 ft |
| T & W Water Well Serv., INC | 13 | 4 | 200.0 ft |
| Halling Water Well Service | 11 | 7 | 160.0 ft |
| Lot Taylor, Prairie Land Environmental Remed | 10 | 2 | 62.4 ft |
| Greenfield Contractors, INC | 10 | 1 | 100.0 ft |
| Cascade Drilling | 10 | 2 | 170.0 ft |
| Halling Ww Srvc | 10 | 5 | 320.0 ft |
| Layne Christensen CO | 10 | 2 | 350.0 ft |
| Halling Water Well Service, LLC | 9 | 8 | 152.0 ft |
| Bluestem Environmental Engineering, INC | 9 | 2 | 100.0 ft |
| Woofter Pump and Well, INC | 9 | 4 | 205.0 ft |
| Pratt Well Service | 8 | 2 | 150.0 ft |
| Downey Drilling, INC | 8 | 6 | 310.0 ft |
| Ues Exploration #531 | 8 | 1 | 32.0 ft |
| Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | 7 | 6 | 244.0 ft |
| Geocore, LLC | 7 | 2 | 65.0 ft |
| Env. Priority Srvc | 7 | 2 | 87.0 ft |
| Tyler Water Well Service, INC | 7 | 2 | 245.0 ft |
| Woofter Pump & Well INC | 7 | 2 | 94.0 ft |
| Subgrade Const. CO | 7 | 1 | 31.0 ft |
| Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | 6 | 5 | 155.0 ft |
| Terracon Consultants #416 | 6 | 2 | 153.7 ft |
| Dunham Drilling, INC | 6 | 3 | 160.0 ft |
| Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC | 6 | 3 | 105.0 ft |
| Gsi Engineering | 6 | 1 | 101.0 ft |
| Crust Buster/ Speed King | 6 | 1 | 45.7 ft |
| Dean Waterhouse Drilling | 5 | 4 | 100.0 ft |
| Joe's Well Service | 5 | 2 | 165.0 ft |
| Ron Wood, Deffenbaugh Field Services | 5 | 1 | 43.9 ft |
| Greenfield Contractors INC | 5 | 1 | 36.0 ft |
| Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC | 5 | 3 | 188.0 ft |
| Lorraine F. Johnson Drilling Company | 5 | 3 | 224.0 ft |
| Aquadrill, INC | 5 | 1 | 75.0 ft |
| Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC | 5 | 4 | 180.0 ft |
| Gt Water Well Drilling LLC | 5 | 3 | 251.0 ft |
| Fire and Ice Geothermal, LLC | 4 | 2 | 200.0 ft |
| Environmental Priority Service, INC | 4 | 1 | 63.0 ft |
| Jantzen Water Well LLC | 4 | 3 | 228.0 ft |
| Layne-western | 4 | 4 | 220.0 ft |
| Usgs | 4 | 2 | 115.0 ft |
| Boart Longyear CO | 4 | 1 | 195.0 ft |
| Tribal Water Well Drilling | 4 | 2 | 219.0 ft |
| Ark Valley Pump and Supply | 4 | 3 | 245.0 ft |
| Destal Tyler Water Well Service | 4 | 1 | 280.0 ft |
| Layne Christensen Company | 4 | 1 | 57.0 ft |
| Woofter Pump & Well | 4 | 1 | 93.0 ft |
| City of Spearville | 3 | 1 | 46.0 ft |
| Brau Drlg Co., INC | 3 | 1 | 100.0 ft |
| B & B Drilling | 3 | 2 | 184.0 ft |
| Flint Hills Drilling #914 | 3 | 1 | 152.0 ft |
| Howard Drilling CO | 3 | 3 | 240.0 ft |
| Dirks Farms | 3 | 1 | 135.0 ft |
| Red Tiger Drilling CO | 3 | 2 | 185.0 ft |
| Agricultural Engineering Assoc | 3 | 1 | 35.0 ft |
| Alan C. Eaton | 3 | 1 | 65.0 ft |
| Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc | 3 | 2 | 255.0 ft |
| U.s. Geological Survey | 3 | 2 | 157.3 ft |
| Clarke Well and Equipment INC | 3 | 1 | 128.5 ft |
| Rosencrantz- Bemis Ent INC | 3 | 1 | 230.0 ft |
| Maxim Technologies, INC | 3 | 1 | 95.0 ft |
| C and C Loop Drilling | 2 | 2 | 210.0 ft |
| Peterson Irrigation, INC | 2 | 2 | 205.0 ft |
| City of Dodge City | 2 | 1 | 97.0 ft |
| Sargent Drlg #946 | 2 | 2 | 223.0 ft |
| Tyler Water Well, INC | 2 | 2 | 226.0 ft |
| Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145 | 2 | 2 | 270.0 ft |
| Bartel Well Drilling INC | 2 | 2 | 190.0 ft |
| Gspf Irrigation Service | 2 | 2 | 183.0 ft |
| Gt Water Well Drlg | 2 | 1 | 200.0 ft |
| B & M Services Swk, LLC | 2 | 2 | 240.0 ft |
| Livingston | 2 | 1 | 231.0 ft |
| Charles C. Myers Water Well Service | 2 | 2 | 246.0 ft |
| Blue Sage Services | 2 | 2 | 200.0 ft |
| Western Well & Pump, INC | 2 | 2 | 360.0 ft |
| Dan Hayse Ww Srvc | 2 | 1 | 260.0 ft |
| Allen & Rawlins Drlg CO | 2 | 1 | 280.0 ft |
| Gerard L. Lix | 2 | 1 | 70.0 ft |
| Donald Fulton Drilling CO | 1 | 1 | 98.0 ft |
| Ken Heele | 1 | 1 | 80.0 ft |
| Gladden Excavating INC | 1 | 1 | 180.0 ft |
| Thuan M. Tran | 1 | 1 | 17.0 ft |
| Susan Davis | 1 | 1 | 16.0 ft |
| Handex Environmental, INC | 1 | 1 | 48.0 ft |
| Victory Life Fellowship | 1 | 1 | 15.0 ft |
| James Puyear Contractors, INC | 1 | 1 | 120.0 ft |
| Kdhe | 1 | 1 | 47.5 ft |
| Wade Ewbank, INC | 1 | 1 | 84.0 ft |
| Robert Issinghoff | 1 | 1 | 140.0 ft |
| Abc Drilling, INC | 1 | 1 | 185.0 ft |
| Dodge City Ffa | 1 | 1 | 140.0 ft |
| Jim's Water Well Drlg | 1 | 1 | 140.0 ft |
| Vernon Wilson | 1 | 1 | 138.0 ft |
| H-30 INC | 1 | 1 | 35.0 ft |
| Nrcs Richard Counce | 1 | 1 | 30.0 ft |
| Kent Travel | 1 | 1 | 48.0 ft |
| Cramer Drilling CO | 1 | 1 | 160.0 ft |
| Wilson Water Systems | 1 | 1 | 96.0 ft |
| Layne-western CO | 1 | 1 | 25.0 ft |
| 4 Brothers LLC | 1 | 1 | 245.0 ft |
| Patchen Pump & Well Drlg | 1 | 1 | 212.0 ft |
| Al's H20 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 ft |
| Darren Hayse | 1 | 1 | 104.0 ft |
| Crowdis Ww Srvc | 1 | 1 | 138.0 ft |
| Bart Services | 1 | 1 | 124.0 ft |
| Ai's H20 Service and Repair | 1 | 1 | 95.0 ft |
| Mh Drilling | 1 | 1 | 170.0 ft |
| Unknown | 1 | 1 | 0.0 ft |
| Spohr Farm | 1 | 1 | 285.0 ft |
| Thomas G. Schnittker Revocable Trust | 1 | 1 | 220.0 ft |
| Jag Construction | 1 | 1 | 220.0 ft |
| Clt INC | 1 | 1 | 122.0 ft |
| Razek Environmental, LLC | 1 | 1 | 129.0 ft |
| Ford County Planning, Zoning & En. Health, Sanitarian | 1 | 1 | 0.0 ft |
| Jantzen Water Well - 1046 | 1 | 1 | 135.0 ft |
| Midwestern Well Service | 1 | 1 | 190.0 ft |
| Assocd. Env. Industries Corp | 1 | 1 | 260.0 ft |
| Ray Cramer Drilling CO | 1 | 1 | 240.0 ft |
| Txo Production CO | 1 | 1 | 130.0 ft |
| Southwest Windmill | 1 | 1 | 97.0 ft |
| A1's H2o Service and Repair | 1 | 1 | 140.0 ft |
| 3-b Drilling | 1 | 1 | 291.0 ft |
| B & M Srvcs. Swk | 1 | 1 | 200.0 ft |
| Ford County Planning, Zoning & Env. Health | 1 | 1 | 0.0 ft |
| Griffin Dewatering Corporation | 1 | 1 | 41.0 ft |
| Kenneth L. Gladden | 1 | 1 | 140.0 ft |
| Gladden Excavating | 1 | 1 | 122.0 ft |
| Red Tiger Drilling | 1 | 1 | 203.0 ft |
| Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | 1 | 1 | 198.0 ft |
| Ksu | 1 | 1 | 57.0 ft |
| Gerald L. Lix | 1 | 1 | 60.0 ft |
| Anthony Indiek | 1 | 1 | 120.0 ft |
| Basgall Geothermal Drilling | 1 | 1 | 200.0 ft |

### Buying or drilling in Ford County?

The median section here has moved 26.2 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

- [Finney](/county/finney.md) 32 townships
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- [Meade](/county/meade.md) 30 townships
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- [Gray](/county/gray.md) 24 townships
- [Kearny](/county/kearny.md) 24 townships
- [Trego](/county/trego.md) 24 townships
- [Greeley](/county/greeley.md) 23 townships
- [Hodgeman](/county/hodgeman.md) 23 townships
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- [Logan](/county/logan.md) 22 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/ford/
Fonte: Kansas depth to water, predevelopment against 2022-2024 — Kansas Geological Survey, joined to WWC-5 well completion records
Recolha: 2026-08-23