Meade County
802 measured sections across 30 townships. The median section has moved 72.2 ft since the aquifer was developed.
30Townships
802Measured sections
72.2 ftMedian change
119Drillers
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.
Township by township
| Township | Measured | Median change | Drillers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30S26W | 36 | 64.6 ft | 29 |
| 30S27W | 36 | 119.5 ft | 34 |
| 30S28W | 36 | 133.0 ft | 17 |
| 30S29W | 36 | 133.0 ft | 24 |
| 30S30W | 36 | 142.8 ft | 25 |
| 31S27W | 36 | 63.4 ft | 25 |
| 31S28W | 36 | 110.9 ft | 19 |
| 31S29W | 36 | 112.8 ft | 22 |
| 31S30W | 36 | 134.6 ft | 23 |
| 32S28W | 36 | 25.8 ft | 37 |
| 32S29W | 36 | 92.0 ft | 25 |
| 32S30W | 36 | 115.3 ft | 28 |
| 33S29W | 36 | 82.8 ft | 26 |
| 33S30W | 36 | 85.4 ft | 26 |
| 34S29W | 36 | 26.6 ft | 12 |
| 34S30W | 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 | 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
| 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.
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