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

> Depth to water before the aquifer was developed against 2022–2024, across 16 townships of Grant County. Median change 186.9 ft.

## Grant County

**576** measured sections across **16** townships. The median section has moved **186.9 ft** since the aquifer was developed.

### What has happened in Grant County

Median depth went from **89.9 ft** before development to
**283.3 ft** — a change of **186.9 ft**, over
576 of 576 sections. Deeper: 576. Shallower:
0. Sharpest fall, section 31 at
292.9 ft; the smallest fall is section 34 at 85.8 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

[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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| [27S35W](/township/27s35w.md) | 36 | 192.2 ft | 25 |
| [27S36W](/township/27s36w.md) | 36 | 174.7 ft | 24 |
| [27S37W](/township/27s37w.md) | 36 | 186.3 ft | 20 |
| 27S38W | 36 | 211.8 ft | 16 |
| [28S35W](/township/28s35w.md) | 36 | 164.1 ft | 25 |
| [28S36W](/township/28s36w.md) | 36 | 180.1 ft | 24 |
| [28S37W](/township/28s37w.md) | 36 | 192.3 ft | 51 |
| 28S38W | 36 | 212.7 ft | 16 |
| [29S35W](/township/29s35w.md) | 36 | 159.5 ft | 26 |
| [29S36W](/township/29s36w.md) | 36 | 192.9 ft | 23 |
| [29S37W](/township/29s37w.md) | 36 | 207.5 ft | 26 |
| [29S38W](/township/29s38w.md) | 36 | 205.8 ft | 20 |
| [30S35W](/township/30s35w.md) | 36 | 137.5 ft | 22 |
| [30S36W](/township/30s36w.md) | 36 | 143.6 ft | 21 |
| [30S37W](/township/30s37w.md) | 36 | 200.1 ft | 27 |
| 30S38W | 36 | 211.2 ft | 16 |

### Who has drilled in Grant 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO | 228 | 16 | 411.0 ft |
| Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC | 211 | 16 | 455.0 ft |
| Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC | 161 | 16 | 420.0 ft |
| Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC | 101 | 16 | 515.0 ft |
| Destal Tyler Water Well Service | 75 | 16 | 460.0 ft |
| Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC | 57 | 13 | 380.0 ft |
| Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | 46 | 12 | 602.0 ft |
| Martin's Well Service | 37 | 14 | 515.0 ft |
| Prairie Land Environmental Remed | 33 | 2 | 366.0 ft |
| K.i. Drilling CO | 32 | 10 | 506.0 ft |
| Tyler Water Well, INC | 30 | 14 | 541.0 ft |
| Well Owner | 26 | 9 | 355.0 ft |
| Associated Environmental, INC | 24 | 1 | 70.0 ft |
| Nash Ww Srvc | 23 | 11 | 540.0 ft |
| Will Purdon, Maximum/kansas City Testing | 23 | 1 | 90.0 ft |
| Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | 19 | 8 | 665.0 ft |
| James Ray Smith Pump Service | 18 | 10 | 400.0 ft |
| Coranco Great Plains, INC | 18 | 1 | 65.0 ft |
| Dwayne Wagner, Wagner Drilling | 17 | 10 | 400.0 ft |
| Martin's Well Srvc | 17 | 2 | 396.0 ft |
| T & W Water Well Serv., INC | 17 | 8 | 400.0 ft |
| James Puyear Contractors, INC | 17 | 1 | 80.0 ft |
| Cascade Drilling | 17 | 1 | 70.0 ft |
| Ktm Drilling, INC | 17 | 1 | 393.0 ft |
| Downey Drilling, INC | 16 | 9 | 623.0 ft |
| Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC | 15 | 7 | 552.0 ft |
| Howard Drilling CO | 13 | 9 | 480.0 ft |
| Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 12 | 4 | 265.0 ft |
| Nash Water Well Service, LLC | 12 | 7 | 500.0 ft |
| Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC | 12 | 4 | 427.0 ft |
| Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO | 11 | 4 | 477.0 ft |
| Ray Cramer Drilling CO | 11 | 8 | 420.0 ft |
| Downey Drlg #748 | 11 | 5 | 735.0 ft |
| Maxim Tech./kansas City | 10 | 2 | 250.0 ft |
| Maxim Technologies, INC | 10 | 2 | 250.0 ft |
| Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc | 9 | 5 | 480.0 ft |
| Milco Environmental Services | 9 | 1 | 78.0 ft |
| Downey Drilling, Inc. #748 | 8 | 4 | 644.0 ft |
| Steve's Drilling | 8 | 5 | 520.0 ft |
| Peterson Drilling and Testing INC | 8 | 1 | 110.0 ft |
| Joe's Well Service, INC | 7 | 6 | 566.0 ft |
| Layne-christensen CO | 7 | 5 | 462.0 ft |
| Donald Fulton Drilling CO | 6 | 6 | 483.0 ft |
| Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC | 5 | 3 | 460.0 ft |
| H.d.c. Ag, LLC | 5 | 2 | 420.0 ft |
| Layne Western | 4 | 1 | 39.5 ft |
| Cramer Drilling CO | 4 | 2 | 420.0 ft |
| Southwest Windmill | 4 | 2 | 310.0 ft |
| Jantzen Water Well | 3 | 2 | 535.0 ft |
| Gspf Irrigation Service | 3 | 2 | 526.0 ft |
| Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145 | 3 | 3 | 602.0 ft |
| Floyd Norden Brothers, INC | 3 | 3 | 400.0 ft |
| Woofter Pump and Well, INC | 3 | 2 | 350.0 ft |
| Geocore Services INC | 3 | 1 | 73.0 ft |
| Fire and Ice Geothermal, LLC | 3 | 1 | 250.0 ft |
| Larsen and Associates, INC | 3 | 1 | 90.0 ft |
| Woofter Pump & Well INC | 3 | 1 | 340.0 ft |
| Hull, Howard | 2 | 1 | 325.0 ft |
| Wagner Drilling | 2 | 2 | 470.0 ft |
| Gt Water Well Drilling LLC | 2 | 1 | 440.0 ft |
| Steves Drilling | 2 | 1 | 398.0 ft |
| Layne-western CO | 2 | 1 | 592.0 ft |
| Roland Davis Environmental Drilling | 2 | 1 | 75.0 ft |
| Geostat Environmental | 2 | 1 | 85.0 ft |
| Sand Creek Consultants, INC | 2 | 1 | 361.0 ft |
| Norman Patterson | 2 | 1 | 392.0 ft |
| Paul Slocum Water Well Drilling | 2 | 2 | 260.0 ft |
| Tarbet Construction | 1 | 1 | 404.0 ft |
| Mh Drilling | 1 | 1 | 536.0 ft |
| Henkle Drilling and Supply | 1 | 1 | 390.0 ft |
| Jonagan Drilling CO | 1 | 1 | 300.0 ft |
| High Plains Drilling & Supply | 1 | 1 | 529.0 ft |
| Charles C. Myers Water Well Service | 1 | 1 | 298.0 ft |
| Swearengen Drlg CO | 1 | 1 | 483.0 ft |
| Steve's Drilling - 888 | 1 | 1 | 409.0 ft |
| Midwest Well & Pump, INC | 1 | 1 | 359.0 ft |
| B & M Services Swk, LLC | 1 | 1 | 455.0 ft |
| Maxim Technologies | 1 | 1 | 89.0 ft |
| Ralph A. Cadwallader Enterprises | 1 | 1 | 250.0 ft |
| Houck Brothers Drilling, INC | 1 | 1 | 400.0 ft |
| Houck Brothers Drilling | 1 | 1 | 343.0 ft |
| Cramer Drilling Company | 1 | 1 | 380.0 ft |
| Martin's Well Sevice | 1 | 1 | 255.0 ft |
| Mw Drilling | 1 | 1 | 475.0 ft |
| Blue Sage Services | 1 | 1 | 390.0 ft |
| Webber Supply | 1 | 1 | 317.0 ft |
| Southwest Windmill and Water Well | 1 | 1 | 435.0 ft |
| Kenny Martin | 1 | 1 | 385.0 ft |
| Clt Incorporated | 1 | 1 | 340.0 ft |
| Johnson & Johnson LLC | 1 | 1 | 340.0 ft |
| Dan C. Sullivan Trust | 1 | 1 | 350.0 ft |
| Rollin R. Hagerman | 1 | 1 | 530.0 ft |
| Johnson & Johnson L.l.c | 1 | 1 | 265.0 ft |
| Houck Brothers Drilling CO | 1 | 1 | 159.0 ft |
| Grant County Feeders | 1 | 1 | 523.0 ft |
| Martiins Well Service | 1 | 1 | 210.0 ft |
| Layne Christensen CO | 1 | 1 | 385.0 ft |
| M&t Pump Service LLC | 1 | 1 | 418.0 ft |
| L & N Pump | 1 | 1 | 365.0 ft |
| Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 1 | 1 | 335.0 ft |
| Hydro Res. Mid Continent #548 | 1 | 1 | 599.0 ft |
| Dick Grosch Lrrigating Co., INC | 1 | 1 | 260.0 ft |
| Lane L. Spencer Trust 2 | 1 | 1 | 400.0 ft |
| Martins Well Service | 1 | 1 | 0.0 ft |
| Pratt Well Service, INC | 1 | 1 | 90.0 ft |
| Marvin W. Jones Drilling Company | 1 | 1 | 405.0 ft |
| Fischer, Milton | 1 | 1 | 350.0 ft |
| Johnson, David A | 1 | 1 | 300.0 ft |

### Buying or drilling in Grant County?

The median section here has moved 186.9 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

- [Seward](/county/seward.md) 20 townships
- [Stanton](/county/stanton.md) 20 townships
- [Wichita](/county/wichita.md) 20 townships
- [Pawnee](/county/pawnee.md) 18 townships
- [Clark](/county/clark.md) 17 townships
- [Edwards](/county/edwards.md) 17 townships
- [Haskell](/county/haskell.md) 16 townships
- [Ness](/county/ness.md) 16 townships
- [Barber](/county/barber.md) 10 townships
- [Comanche](/county/comanche.md) 10 townships
- [Sherman](/county/sherman.md) 6 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/grant/
Fonte: Kansas depth to water, predevelopment against 2022-2024 — Kansas Geological Survey, joined to WWC-5 well completion records
Recolha: 2026-08-23