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

> Depth to water before the aquifer was developed against 2022–2024, across 23 townships of Greeley County. Median change 24.9 ft.

## Greeley County

**515** measured sections across **23** townships. The median section has moved **24.9 ft** since the aquifer was developed.

### What has happened in Greeley County

Median depth went from **118.5 ft** before development to
**147.7 ft** — a change of **24.9 ft**, over
515 of 732 sections. Deeper: 434. Shallower:
79. Sharpest fall, section 05 at
106.8 ft; largest rise, section 23 at 33.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16S39W | 36 | 71.3 ft | 17 |
| 16S40W | 36 | 70.3 ft | 14 |
| 16S41W | 36 | 81.2 ft | 13 |
| 16S42W | 36 | 34.5 ft | 11 |
| 17S39W | 36 | 29.0 ft | 10 |
| 17S40W | 36 | 22.7 ft | 13 |
| 17S41W | 36 | 45.4 ft | 6 |
| 17S42W | 36 | 19.1 ft | 5 |
| 18S39W | 36 | 13.3 ft | 9 |
| [18S40W](/township/18s40w.md) | 34 | 22.2 ft | 21 |
| 20S39W | 34 | -15.1 ft | 5 |
| 19S39W | 33 | -2.7 ft | 4 |
| 18S42W | 22 | 31.4 ft | 3 |
| 18S41W | 20 | 35.4 ft | 7 |
| 16S43W | 12 | -16.3 ft | 1 |
| 17S43W | 12 | 5.7 ft | 2 |
| 19S40W | 11 | 20.6 ft | 5 |
| 20S40W | 8 | -13.8 ft | 5 |
| 18S43W | 5 | 20.0 ft | 1 |
| 19S41W | 0 | — | 3 |
| 19S42W | 0 | — | 4 |
| 19S43W | 0 | — | 2 |
| 20S41W | 0 | — | 2 |

### Who has drilled in Greeley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Destal Tyler Water Well Service | 77 | 18 | 176.0 ft |
| Weishaar Drilling & Supply, INC | 54 | 16 | 175.0 ft |
| Kemp's Well Service | 39 | 11 | 128.0 ft |
| George Kemp's Well Service | 31 | 11 | 138.0 ft |
| Ark Valley Pump and Supply | 26 | 7 | 210.0 ft |
| Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC | 23 | 7 | 235.0 ft |
| Prairie Land Environmental Remed | 23 | 2 | 118.5 ft |
| Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 21 | 5 | 210.0 ft |
| Kemp's Well Service #213 | 20 | 9 | 129.0 ft |
| Donald Fulton Drilling CO | 14 | 6 | 180.0 ft |
| Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | 12 | 1 | 198.0 ft |
| Woofter Pump and Well, INC | 11 | 5 | 223.0 ft |
| Clt INC | 8 | 3 | 210.0 ft |
| Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair | 7 | 5 | 190.0 ft |
| Grosch Lrrigation Co., INC | 6 | 1 | 245.0 ft |
| Leah A. Meyer | 6 | 1 | 59.7 ft |
| Blue Jay Drilling Co., INC | 5 | 1 | 184.0 ft |
| Walter Woofter Pump & Well | 5 | 1 | 246.0 ft |
| Bartell Drilling & Machine Works | 4 | 2 | 123.0 ft |
| S&h Drilling Co.,inc | 3 | 2 | 256.0 ft |
| Sager's Pump Service | 3 | 3 | 145.0 ft |
| Dmw Well & Pump Service | 3 | 1 | 198.0 ft |
| Smith Ranch | 3 | 1 | 160.0 ft |
| Midwest Well & Pump, INC | 3 | 3 | 124.0 ft |
| Well Owner | 3 | 3 | 130.0 ft |
| Tyler Water Well, INC | 3 | 3 | 163.0 ft |
| Milco Environmental Services | 3 | 1 | 118.9 ft |
| Schaal Drilling Ltd, LLC | 2 | 1 | 220.0 ft |
| Ruben T. Schaal Drilling CO | 2 | 2 | 280.0 ft |
| Adams Electric | 2 | 2 | 150.0 ft |
| Ksu | 2 | 2 | 182.0 ft |
| Terracon, INC | 2 | 1 | 126.0 ft |
| Western Sprinklers INC | 1 | 1 | 240.0 ft |
| Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 1 | 1 | 185.0 ft |
| Downey Drilling, Inc. #748 | 1 | 1 | 244.0 ft |
| Martin's Well Service | 1 | 1 | 188.0 ft |
| Abraham Well Serv | 1 | 1 | 216.0 ft |
| C. Struckhoff, S&h Drilling Co.,inc | 1 | 1 | 223.0 ft |
| Young Farms, INC | 1 | 1 | 160.0 ft |
| Smith, Ray P | 1 | 1 | 133.0 ft |
| Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | 1 | 1 | 188.2 ft |
| S & H Drilling Co., INC | 1 | 1 | 205.0 ft |
| Layne-western CO | 1 | 1 | 189.0 ft |
| Paul J. Shafer | 1 | 1 | 178.0 ft |
| Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | 1 | 1 | 216.0 ft |
| George Kemp | 1 | 1 | 144.0 ft |
| Western Sprinklers, INC | 1 | 1 | 40.0 ft |
| Remp's Well Service | 1 | 1 | 81.0 ft |
| Lawrence Jonagan Drilling CO | 1 | 1 | 152.0 ft |
| Wesley G. Liehs Drilling, INC | 1 | 1 | 101.0 ft |
| Fire and Ice | 1 | 1 | 200.0 ft |
| Pratt Well Service, INC | 1 | 1 | 108.0 ft |
| H.d.c. Ag, LLC | 1 | 1 | 240.0 ft |
| Kansas Water Wells | 1 | 1 | 232.0 ft |
| Jones Construction Company | 1 | 1 | 0.0 ft |
| Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC | 1 | 1 | 110.0 ft |
| Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO | 1 | 1 | 213.0 ft |
| Howard Drilling CO | 1 | 1 | 210.0 ft |

### Buying or drilling in Greeley County?

The median section here has moved 24.9 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

- [Hamilton](/county/hamilton.md) 30 townships
- [Meade](/county/meade.md) 30 townships
- [Wallace](/county/wallace.md) 28 townships
- [Gray](/county/gray.md) 24 townships
- [Kearny](/county/kearny.md) 24 townships
- [Trego](/county/trego.md) 24 townships
- [Hodgeman](/county/hodgeman.md) 23 townships
- [Stevens](/county/stevens.md) 23 townships
- [Logan](/county/logan.md) 22 townships
- [Morton](/county/morton.md) 22 townships
- [Stafford](/county/stafford.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/greeley/
Fonte: Kansas depth to water, predevelopment against 2022-2024 — Kansas Geological Survey, joined to WWC-5 well completion records
Recolha: 2026-08-23