Grant County

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

16Townships

576Measured sections

186.9 ftMedian change

108Drillers

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.

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	36	192.2 ft	25
27S36W	36	174.7 ft	24
27S37W	36	186.3 ft	20
27S38W	36	211.8 ft	16
28S35W	36	164.1 ft	25
28S36W	36	180.1 ft	24
28S37W	36	192.3 ft	51
28S38W	36	212.7 ft	16
29S35W	36	159.5 ft	26
29S36W	36	192.9 ft	23
29S37W	36	207.5 ft	26
29S38W	36	205.8 ft	20
30S35W	36	137.5 ft	22
30S36W	36	143.6 ft	21
30S37W	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.

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