Gray County
820 measured sections across 24 townships. The median section has moved 92.8 ft since the aquifer was developed.
24Townships
820Measured sections
92.8 ftMedian change
137Drillers
What has happened in Gray County
Median depth went from 89.6 ft before development to 189.9 ft — a change of 92.8 ft, over 820 of 864 sections. Deeper: 819. Shallower: 1. Sharpest fall, section 31 at 186.6 ft; largest rise, section 01 at 2.3 ft.
Township by township
| Township | Measured | Median change | Drillers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24S27W | 36 | 26.4 ft | 15 |
| 24S28W | 36 | 36.1 ft | 14 |
| 24S29W | 36 | 57.4 ft | 17 |
| 24S30W | 36 | 68.6 ft | 23 |
| 25S27W | 36 | 35.2 ft | 11 |
| 25S28W | 36 | 58.7 ft | 13 |
| 25S29W | 36 | 91.4 ft | 30 |
| 26S29W | 36 | 118.9 ft | 38 |
| 25S30W | 36 | 94.9 ft | 19 |
| 26S27W | 36 | 69.6 ft | 29 |
| 26S28W | 36 | 110.8 ft | 42 |
| 26S30W | 36 | 132.2 ft | 33 |
| 27S27W | 36 | 59.1 ft | 18 |
| 27S28W | 36 | 93.8 ft | 23 |
| 27S29W | 36 | 141.9 ft | 28 |
| 27S30W | 36 | 172.7 ft | 31 |
| 28S29W | 36 | 97.5 ft | 39 |
| 28S30W | 36 | 145.7 ft | 35 |
| 29S29W | 36 | 115.3 ft | 22 |
| 29S30W | 36 | 136.2 ft | 24 |
| 28S27W | 27 | 77.1 ft | 20 |
| 28S28W | 26 | 92.4 ft | 16 |
| 29S27W | 26 | 116.7 ft | 21 |
| 29S28W | 21 | 125.6 ft | 16 |
Who has drilled in Gray County
| Driller of record | Wells | Townships | Median depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe's Well Service, INC | 411 | 23 | 197.0 ft |
| Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC | 338 | 21 | 245.0 ft |
| Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC | 316 | 24 | 275.0 ft |
| Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair | 277 | 22 | 235.0 ft |
| Donald R. Dunham Drilling, INC | 163 | 15 | 270.0 ft |
| Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 136 | 5 | 220.0 ft |
| Jantzen Water Well | 117 | 20 | 275.0 ft |
| Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | 81 | 17 | 316.0 ft |
| Nash Water Well Service, LLC | 72 | 18 | 260.0 ft |
| Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO | 70 | 19 | 230.0 ft |
| Jonagan Drilling CO | 70 | 19 | 215.0 ft |
| Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC | 66 | 16 | 276.0 ft |
| Coranco Great Plains, INC | 65 | 1 | 59.0 ft |
| Prairie Land Environmental Remed | 43 | 3 | 152.0 ft |
| Bartel Well Drilling, INC | 42 | 10 | 216.0 ft |
| Well Owner | 41 | 10 | 240.0 ft |
| Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC | 40 | 11 | 215.0 ft |
| Layne-christensen CO | 39 | 15 | 268.0 ft |
| T & W Water Well Serv., INC | 38 | 8 | 280.0 ft |
| Downey Drilling, INC | 37 | 14 | 308.0 ft |
| Nash Ww Srvc | 33 | 15 | 360.0 ft |
| Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC | 31 | 14 | 220.0 ft |
| Geocore, INC | 31 | 5 | 140.0 ft |
| Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC | 25 | 11 | 300.0 ft |
| Dunham Drilling, INC | 24 | 9 | 240.0 ft |
| Donald Fulton Drilling CO | 20 | 3 | 192.0 ft |
| Associated Drilling, INC | 20 | 1 | 145.0 ft |
| Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | 17 | 8 | 412.0 ft |
| Ace-hi International, INC | 16 | 9 | 220.0 ft |
| Sam's Water Well Service | 15 | 8 | 211.0 ft |
| Jantzen Water Well LLC | 14 | 7 | 500.0 ft |
| Jb Environmental Drilling | 13 | 1 | 55.0 ft |
| Woofter Pump and Well, INC | 12 | 2 | 260.0 ft |
| Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC | 11 | 6 | 258.0 ft |
| Max's Enterprise | 11 | 1 | 55.0 ft |
| Geocore Services INC | 10 | 3 | 155.0 ft |
| Dirks Farms | 10 | 2 | 215.0 ft |
| Jantzen Water Well - 1046 | 10 | 7 | 271.0 ft |
| Kelly's Water Well Service, INC | 9 | 6 | 206.0 ft |
| Downey Drlg #748 | 9 | 5 | 310.0 ft |
| Jantzen Water Well Repair | 9 | 4 | 230.0 ft |
| Red Tiger Drilling CO | 8 | 7 | 210.0 ft |
| Layne-western | 8 | 7 | 255.0 ft |
| Pratt Well Service, INC | 8 | 2 | 152.0 ft |
| J.o. Johnson Drilling Company | 8 | 6 | 245.0 ft |
| Milco Environmental Services | 8 | 1 | 64.5 ft |
| Don Dentor | 8 | 1 | 0.0 ft |
| Associated Environmental, INC | 8 | 1 | 140.0 ft |
| Woofter Pump & Well | 8 | 1 | 145.0 ft |
| Midwest Well & Pump, INC | 7 | 6 | 240.0 ft |
| Geo Stat Environmental | 7 | 1 | 75.0 ft |
| Defenbaugh Industries, Inc. (t.e.s.t.) | 7 | 1 | 145.0 ft |
| Layne-western CO | 6 | 1 | 150.0 ft |
| Howard Drilling CO | 6 | 4 | 280.0 ft |
| Central Well & Pump, INC | 6 | 4 | 170.0 ft |
| Merle Cragg Water Well Drlg | 6 | 3 | 140.0 ft |
| Jonagan Water Well Service | 5 | 3 | 178.0 ft |
| Layne Western | 5 | 3 | 295.0 ft |
| Dick Grosch Lrrigating Co., INC | 5 | 4 | 270.0 ft |
| Tyler Water Well, INC | 5 | 5 | 285.0 ft |
| Michael Woofter Drlg. INC | 5 | 5 | 252.0 ft |
| Jonagan Water Well Service LLC | 4 | 2 | 268.0 ft |
| Ark Valley Pump and Supply | 4 | 2 | 254.0 ft |
| Accelerated Remediation Technologies | 4 | 1 | 67.6 ft |
| Dunham Drilling INC | 4 | 3 | 231.0 ft |
| Envirodrill | 4 | 1 | 135.0 ft |
| L & N Pump | 4 | 3 | 310.0 ft |
| Gt Water Well Drlg | 4 | 2 | 440.0 ft |
| Leo Knoefler Drilling | 3 | 1 | 57.0 ft |
| C.o. Water Well Drlg | 3 | 3 | 257.0 ft |
| H.d.c. Ag | 3 | 1 | 220.0 ft |
| Red Tiger Drilling | 3 | 1 | 237.0 ft |
| Gspf Irrigation Service | 3 | 2 | 296.0 ft |
| James Puyear Contractors, INC | 3 | 1 | 80.0 ft |
| Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC | 3 | 3 | 383.0 ft |
| Rosemary Smith | 3 | 1 | 15.0 ft |
| Vernon Hanna | 3 | 1 | 30.0 ft |
| Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair | 3 | 2 | 262.0 ft |
| Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc | 3 | 2 | 475.0 ft |
| Usgs | 2 | 1 | 187.4 ft |
| Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC | 2 | 1 | 183.0 ft |
| U.s. Geological Survey | 2 | 1 | 149.0 ft |
| High Plains Drilling & Supply | 2 | 2 | 298.0 ft |
| Downey Drilling, Inc. #748 | 2 | 2 | 475.0 ft |
| Forget-me-not Farms | 2 | 1 | 250.0 ft |
| Don Denton | 2 | 1 | 0.0 ft |
| K and K Water Wells, LLC | 2 | 2 | 320.0 ft |
| Sw Env. Engineering | 2 | 1 | 144.8 ft |
| Ues Exploration #531 | 2 | 1 | 145.3 ft |
| Elite Irrigation & Drlg | 2 | 1 | 560.0 ft |
| Dan Wehkamp | 1 | 1 | 170.0 ft |
| Davidson, E. A | 1 | 1 | 97.0 ft |
| Swearengen Drlg CO | 1 | 1 | 303.0 ft |
| Ray Cramer Drilling CO | 1 | 1 | 220.0 ft |
| Mh Drilling | 1 | 1 | 236.0 ft |
| Petroleum Property Services | 1 | 1 | 60.0 ft |
| Petroleum Property Services INC | 1 | 1 | 60.0 ft |
| Mw Drilling | 1 | 1 | 190.0 ft |
| Danny H Rogers | 1 | 1 | 54.0 ft |
| Allen Isaac | 1 | 1 | 220.0 ft |
| Richard Batman | 1 | 1 | 190.0 ft |
| Lehl & Son Water Well Drilling | 1 | 1 | 263.0 ft |
| W R Renick INC | 1 | 1 | 15.0 ft |
| Albert & Roland Brau Drlg Co., INC | 1 | 1 | 106.0 ft |
| Halling Water Well Service | 1 | 1 | 270.0 ft |
| Norma Hale | 1 | 1 | 9.0 ft |
| Lavon Timken | 1 | 1 | 200.0 ft |
| Vince Sauer | 1 | 1 | 10.0 ft |
| Madge Immroth | 1 | 1 | 0.0 ft |
| Clarence R Lee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 ft |
| Ed Ray | 1 | 1 | 40.0 ft |
| Virgil Koehn | 1 | 1 | 30.0 ft |
| Rhonda Cohoon | 1 | 1 | 7.0 ft |
| Ed Jantzen Drilling | 1 | 1 | 25.0 ft |
| City of Cimarron | 1 | 1 | 0.0 ft |
| Tony Bleumer | 1 | 1 | 270.0 ft |
| Martin's Well Service | 1 | 1 | 335.0 ft |
| Rieschick Drilling CO | 1 | 1 | 205.0 ft |
| Eugene Nally | 1 | 1 | 150.0 ft |
| Nally Land & Cattle | 1 | 1 | 215.0 ft |
| Max Davidson | 1 | 1 | 263.0 ft |
| Gsi Engineering, LLC | 1 | 1 | 190.0 ft |
| Travis Isaac | 1 | 1 | 190.0 ft |
| Gary Jantz | 1 | 1 | 300.0 ft |
| Gt Water Well Drilling LLC | 1 | 1 | 530.0 ft |
| Gierhord Wieler | 1 | 1 | 0.0 ft |
| Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | 1 | 1 | 185.0 ft |
| Db&e Co, LLC | 1 | 1 | 481.0 ft |
| Environmental Priority Service, INC | 1 | 1 | 280.0 ft |
| Clarke Well & Equip | 1 | 1 | 397.0 ft |
| Stone Pumping | 1 | 1 | 150.0 ft |
| Cragg Well Drilling | 1 | 1 | 200.0 ft |
| Allen & Rawlins Drlg CO | 1 | 1 | 210.0 ft |
| E. Willie Hodde, Jr. Drilling Company | 1 | 1 | 185.0 ft |
| Carl Hayse Water Well Service | 1 | 1 | 198.0 ft |
| Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO | 1 | 1 | 223.0 ft |
| Brent L Koehn | 1 | 1 | 106.0 ft |
Buying or drilling in Gray County?
The median section here has moved 92.8 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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