# Meade County, Kansas — how far the water table has moved > Depth to water before the aquifer was developed against 2022–2024, across 30 townships of Meade County. Median change 72.2 ft. ## Meade County **802** measured sections across **30** townships. The median section has moved **72.2 ft** since the aquifer was developed. ### What has happened in Meade County Median depth went from **97.0 ft** before development to **147.2 ft** — a change of **72.2 ft**, over 802 of 979 sections. Deeper: 675. Shallower: 106. Sharpest fall, section 33 at 184.0 ft; largest rise, section 13 at 115.9 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 | |---|---|---|---| | [30S26W](/township/30s26w.md) | 36 | 64.6 ft | 29 | | [30S27W](/township/30s27w.md) | 36 | 119.5 ft | 34 | | 30S28W | 36 | 133.0 ft | 17 | | [30S29W](/township/30s29w.md) | 36 | 133.0 ft | 24 | | [30S30W](/township/30s30w.md) | 36 | 142.8 ft | 25 | | [31S27W](/township/31s27w.md) | 36 | 63.4 ft | 25 | | 31S28W | 36 | 110.9 ft | 19 | | [31S29W](/township/31s29w.md) | 36 | 112.8 ft | 22 | | [31S30W](/township/31s30w.md) | 36 | 134.6 ft | 23 | | [32S28W](/township/32s28w.md) | 36 | 25.8 ft | 37 | | [32S29W](/township/32s29w.md) | 36 | 92.0 ft | 25 | | [32S30W](/township/32s30w.md) | 36 | 115.3 ft | 28 | | [33S29W](/township/33s29w.md) | 36 | 82.8 ft | 26 | | [33S30W](/township/33s30w.md) | 36 | 85.4 ft | 26 | | 34S29W | 36 | 26.6 ft | 12 | | [34S30W](/township/34s30w.md) | 36 | 52.6 ft | 21 | | 32S27W | 35 | 11.7 ft | 13 | | 33S28W | 35 | 2.4 ft | 18 | | 32S26W | 33 | -35.1 ft | 11 | | 34S28W | 32 | 10.2 ft | 13 | | [31S26W](/township/31s26w.md) | 30 | 21.3 ft | 22 | | 35S30W | 18 | 0.0 ft | 9 | | 35S29W | 17 | 0.0 ft | 7 | | 33S27W | 13 | -19.1 ft | 17 | | 33S26W | 12 | -46.3 ft | 10 | | 34S27W | 1 | -17.4 ft | 4 | | 34S26W | 0 | — | 11 | | 35S26W | 0 | — | 8 | | 35S27W | 0 | — | 6 | | 35S28W | 0 | — | 8 | ### Who has drilled in Meade 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 | |---|---|---|---| | Bartel Well Drilling, INC | 361 | 28 | 236.0 ft | | Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC | 234 | 30 | 240.0 ft | | Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO | 192 | 28 | 237.0 ft | | Coranco Great Plains, INC | 134 | 5 | 56.0 ft | | Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC | 118 | 16 | 412.0 ft | | Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC | 117 | 21 | 402.0 ft | | Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC | 95 | 23 | 320.0 ft | | Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC | 84 | 25 | 306.0 ft | | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | 71 | 14 | 490.0 ft | | Bluestem Environmental | 66 | 1 | 19.8 ft | | Jb Environmental Drilling | 61 | 1 | 20.0 ft | | Donald R. Dunham Drilling, INC | 44 | 9 | 365.0 ft | | T & W Water Well Serv., INC | 38 | 17 | 290.0 ft | | Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc | 38 | 16 | 305.0 ft | | Reuben Bartel Well Drilling, INC | 33 | 18 | 240.0 ft | | Layne-christensen CO | 32 | 12 | 363.0 ft | | Ace-hi International, INC | 30 | 6 | 344.0 ft | | Jantzen Water Well | 25 | 11 | 160.0 ft | | Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC | 24 | 12 | 479.0 ft | | Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 24 | 6 | 288.0 ft | | Well Owner | 22 | 11 | 137.0 ft | | Howard Drilling CO | 21 | 11 | 400.0 ft | | Ray Cramer Drilling CO | 19 | 11 | 280.0 ft | | Geotechnical Services, INC | 18 | 2 | 240.0 ft | | Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair | 17 | 8 | 300.0 ft | | Geocore Services INC | 17 | 1 | 50.0 ft | | Downey Drlg #748 | 15 | 7 | 525.0 ft | | Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145 | 14 | 8 | 523.0 ft | | Gsi Engineering | 14 | 2 | 59.0 ft | | Terracon, INC | 14 | 1 | 20.0 ft | | Layne-western | 13 | 8 | 422.0 ft | | Allen & Rawlins Drlg CO | 12 | 4 | 357.0 ft | | Downey Drilling, INC | 12 | 7 | 505.0 ft | | Southwest Windmill | 12 | 7 | 135.0 ft | | Carl Hayse Water Well Service | 11 | 7 | 172.0 ft | | Joe's Well Service, INC | 10 | 6 | 225.0 ft | | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145 | 10 | 6 | 558.0 ft | | Dunham Drilling, INC | 9 | 6 | 391.0 ft | | Razek Environmental, LLC | 8 | 1 | 40.0 ft | | Psa Environmental Science and Claim Center, INC | 8 | 1 | 35.0 ft | | Env. Priority Srvc | 8 | 2 | 310.0 ft | | Rick Young Drillers | 8 | 1 | 300.0 ft | | Nash Ww Srvc | 7 | 3 | 337.0 ft | | Jantzen Water Well LLC | 7 | 4 | 200.0 ft | | Gt Water Well Drilling LLC | 7 | 4 | 360.0 ft | | Jim's Water Well Drlg | 7 | 5 | 125.0 ft | | Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC | 7 | 6 | 280.0 ft | | Milco Env. Serv. #1005 | 7 | 1 | 26.6 ft | | Pratt Well Service, INC | 6 | 2 | 25.2 ft | | Defenbaugh Industries, Inc. (t.e.s.t.) | 6 | 1 | 58.5 ft | | Southwest Windmill INC | 6 | 4 | 181.0 ft | | J.o. Johnson Drilling Company | 5 | 3 | 318.0 ft | | Downey Drilling, Inc. #748 | 5 | 4 | 509.0 ft | | Tyler Water Well, INC | 5 | 5 | 320.0 ft | | Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC | 5 | 4 | 467.0 ft | | Marvin W. Jones Drilling Company | 5 | 4 | 421.0 ft | | Audie L. Thornburg Contract Dewatering, INC | 5 | 1 | 20.0 ft | | Merle Cragg Water Well Drlg | 4 | 2 | 230.0 ft | | Jonagan Drilling CO | 4 | 3 | 256.0 ft | | Henkle Drilling & Supply | 4 | 3 | 482.0 ft | | Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 4 | 1 | 310.0 ft | | Rolland K Wiens | 4 | 2 | 175.0 ft | | Maxim Tech./kansas City | 3 | 2 | 39.0 ft | | E. Willie Hodde, Jr. Drilling Company | 3 | 3 | 270.0 ft | | Smith Irrigation INC | 3 | 1 | 430.0 ft | | Elite Irrigation & Drilling | 3 | 3 | 552.0 ft | | 3t Drilling, INC | 3 | 3 | 480.0 ft | | Mesa Petroleum | 3 | 1 | 240.0 ft | | Leonard Meierdirks | 3 | 1 | 20.0 ft | | Loyd D Smith | 3 | 1 | 233.0 ft | | A. W. Pool, INC | 3 | 1 | 36.0 ft | | Central Well & Pump, INC | 2 | 2 | 240.0 ft | | Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair | 2 | 1 | 265.0 ft | | Albert & Roland Brau Drlg Co., INC | 2 | 2 | 160.0 ft | | Minter-wilson Drilling Co., In | 2 | 1 | 330.0 ft | | Clt, INC | 2 | 1 | 34.0 ft | | Dan Hayse Water Well Service | 2 | 2 | 165.0 ft | | U.s. Geological Survey | 2 | 1 | 31.1 ft | | Pratt Well Service | 2 | 2 | 255.0 ft | | L & N Pump, INC | 2 | 2 | 412.0 ft | | L & N Pump | 2 | 1 | 361.0 ft | | Nash Water Well Service, LLC | 2 | 2 | 286.0 ft | | Hws Consulting Group, INC | 2 | 1 | 100.0 ft | | Michael Woofter Drlg. INC | 2 | 1 | 382.0 ft | | Environmental Priority Service, INC | 2 | 2 | 255.0 ft | | Howard Drilling Company | 2 | 1 | 430.0 ft | | John E Cordes | 2 | 1 | 96.0 ft | | Otis Meredith | 2 | 1 | 72.0 ft | | Crowdis Ww Srvc | 2 | 1 | 181.0 ft | | Ashland Well Serv., INC | 2 | 1 | 180.0 ft | | Burton Well Drilling, INC | 1 | 1 | 23.0 ft | | Friesen Windmill | 1 | 1 | 200.0 ft | | M & D Well Service | 1 | 1 | 340.0 ft | | Les Taylor Drilling Co. (ltd) | 1 | 1 | 274.0 ft | | High Plains Drilling & Supply | 1 | 1 | 386.0 ft | | Brent L Koehn | 1 | 1 | 376.0 ft | | Jonagan Water Well Service | 1 | 1 | 180.0 ft | | B & M Srvcs. Swk | 1 | 1 | 370.0 ft | | Kelly's Water Well Service, INC | 1 | 1 | 270.0 ft | | Deffenbaugh Field Services | 1 | 1 | 60.0 ft | | Peterson Irrigation, INC | 1 | 1 | 200.0 ft | | Enviromental Priority Services | 1 | 1 | 25.5 ft | | Charles Brewer | 1 | 1 | 53.4 ft | | Chas. Sargent Irrigation, INC | 1 | 1 | 532.0 ft | | Noel E. Clemens Irrigation Drlg., INC | 1 | 1 | 445.0 ft | | Edward Amerin Jr | 1 | 1 | 440.0 ft | | Larry D Meyers | 1 | 1 | 372.0 ft | | Clayton Stoltzfus | 1 | 1 | 145.0 ft | | 3t Drilling | 1 | 1 | 490.0 ft | | Ark Valley Pump and Supply | 1 | 1 | 182.0 ft | | Midwest Well & Pump, INC | 1 | 1 | 175.0 ft | | James C. Houser | 1 | 1 | 100.0 ft | | Friesen Windmill and Supply INC | 1 | 1 | 204.0 ft | | Eldo Wiens | 1 | 1 | 145.0 ft | | Classen, Ralph | 1 | 1 | 114.0 ft | | Randall Classen | 1 | 1 | 110.0 ft | | Bartel Well Drilling | 1 | 1 | 180.0 ft | | Elite Irrigation & Drlg | 1 | 1 | 60.0 ft | | Lehl's Water Well Service | 1 | 1 | 70.0 ft | ### Buying or drilling in Meade County? The median section here has moved 72.2 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 - [Ford](/county/ford.md) 30 townships - [Hamilton](/county/hamilton.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 - [Greeley](/county/greeley.md) 23 townships - [Hodgeman](/county/hodgeman.md) 23 townships - [Stevens](/county/stevens.md) 23 townships - [Logan](/county/logan.md) 22 townships A sliding window, not a ranking: the list moves with the county. [All of them](/county.md). --- Página: https://ks-water-table.pages.dev/county/meade/ Fonte: Kansas depth to water, predevelopment against 2022-2024 — Kansas Geological Survey, joined to WWC-5 well completion records Recolha: 2026-08-23