# Ness County, Kansas — how far the water table has moved > Depth to water before the aquifer was developed against 2022–2024, across 16 townships of Ness County. Median change 1.0 ft. ## Ness County **82** measured sections across **16** townships. The median section has moved **1.0 ft** since the aquifer was developed. ### What has happened in Ness County Median depth went from **48.7 ft** before development to **52.9 ft** — a change of **1.0 ft**, over 82 of 256 sections. Deeper: 41. Shallower: 29. Sharpest fall, section 25 at 30.9 ft; largest rise, section 01 at 19.2 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 | |---|---|---|---| | [16S25W](/township/16s25w.md) | 32 | 0.0 ft | 20 | | 16S26W | 30 | 1.4 ft | 13 | | 18S26W | 11 | 0.0 ft | 22 | | 17S26W | 7 | 3.6 ft | 7 | | 17S25W | 2 | 20.1 ft | 7 | | 16S21W | 0 | — | 10 | | 16S22W | 0 | — | 14 | | 16S23W | 0 | — | 19 | | 16S24W | 0 | — | 22 | | 17S22W | 0 | — | 15 | | 17S23W | 0 | — | 22 | | 17S24W | 0 | — | 14 | | 18S25W | 0 | — | 11 | | 19S26W | 0 | — | 9 | | 20S21W | 0 | — | 11 | | 20S22W | 0 | — | 16 | ### Who has drilled in Ness 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 | |---|---|---|---| | Dean Waterhouse Drilling | 49 | 9 | 55.0 ft | | Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | 42 | 12 | 77.0 ft | | Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC | 39 | 10 | 80.0 ft | | Evel Water Well Drilling | 26 | 11 | 74.0 ft | | Evel Windmill Repair | 25 | 11 | 54.0 ft | | John E. Luea Water Well Drilling | 21 | 5 | 40.0 ft | | Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC | 21 | 3 | 105.0 ft | | Aqua Pump | 20 | 4 | 78.0 ft | | Kelly's Water Well Service, INC | 18 | 8 | 95.0 ft | | Aqua L.l.c | 17 | 10 | 41.0 ft | | Nash Water Well Service, LLC | 17 | 10 | 640.0 ft | | Andy Anderson Drilling | 15 | 7 | 45.0 ft | | Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 14 | 1 | 45.0 ft | | Pratt Well Service, INC | 13 | 3 | 65.0 ft | | Geocore Services INC | 13 | 2 | 35.0 ft | | Krause Pump & Supply | 12 | 5 | 42.0 ft | | Joe's Well Service, INC | 11 | 8 | 265.0 ft | | Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | 10 | 6 | 90.0 ft | | Geocore, INC | 10 | 1 | 20.3 ft | | Melvin B. Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | 9 | 7 | 55.0 ft | | Groundwater Development Company | 9 | 6 | 50.0 ft | | Weishaar Drilling & Supply, INC | 9 | 4 | 70.0 ft | | D & L Drilling CO | 9 | 4 | 33.0 ft | | Jack Cline Drilling CO | 8 | 4 | 49.0 ft | | Aqua Well Drilling | 8 | 6 | 62.0 ft | | Halling Water Well | 7 | 1 | 92.0 ft | | Halling Water Well Service | 7 | 2 | 65.0 ft | | Well Owner | 7 | 5 | 85.0 ft | | Karst Water Well Drlg | 6 | 5 | 105.0 ft | | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | 6 | 2 | 355.0 ft | | Midwest Well & Pump, INC | 5 | 2 | 70.0 ft | | Cline Drilling | 5 | 4 | 50.0 ft | | Nash Ww Srvc | 5 | 4 | 640.0 ft | | Peterson Irrigation, INC | 5 | 1 | 31.0 ft | | Marty B Drilling | 4 | 3 | 50.0 ft | | Associated Environmental, INC | 4 | 2 | 45.0 ft | | Aqua Pump LLC | 4 | 3 | 25.0 ft | | Grogan Ebberts Drilling | 4 | 1 | 35.0 ft | | Woofter Pump and Well, INC | 3 | 2 | 80.0 ft | | Greenfield Contractors, INC | 3 | 1 | 35.0 ft | | Sondra Meeds Drilling | 3 | 2 | 60.0 ft | | Aqua Pump #489 | 3 | 2 | 74.0 ft | | Sam's Water Well Service | 2 | 2 | 92.0 ft | | Jantzen Water Well | 2 | 2 | 85.0 ft | | Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 2 | 2 | 50.0 ft | | Kp Hydrotech | 2 | 2 | 63.0 ft | | Pfannenstiel Water Well Service | 2 | 1 | 69.0 ft | | Karst Water Well Drilling and Service, INC | 2 | 1 | 37.0 ft | | Town & Country Water Well Service, LLC | 2 | 1 | 115.0 ft | | Tyler Water Well, INC | 2 | 2 | 710.0 ft | | Paul E. Brassfield Water Well Drlg & Supp | 1 | 1 | 80.0 ft | | Yellow Jacket Drilling | 1 | 1 | 95.0 ft | | Geocore, LLC | 1 | 1 | 80.0 ft | | Bartell Drilling & Machine Works | 1 | 1 | 95.0 ft | | Gsi Engineering, LLC | 1 | 1 | 21.3 ft | | Dylan Karst | 1 | 1 | 620.0 ft | | Kdot | 1 | 1 | 70.0 ft | | Charles Sager's Pump Service | 1 | 1 | 77.0 ft | | Kdhe | 1 | 1 | 22.0 ft | | B & B Drilling | 1 | 1 | 28.0 ft | | Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC | 1 | 1 | 40.0 ft | | Bill Schreiber | 1 | 1 | 14.0 ft | | Howard Drilling CO | 1 | 1 | 620.0 ft | | R+g Drilling - #1050 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 ft | | Charles C. Myers Water Well Service | 1 | 1 | 503.0 ft | | Clarke Well & Equip | 1 | 1 | 480.5 ft | | High Plains Drilling & Supply | 1 | 1 | 429.0 ft | | Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC | 1 | 1 | 80.0 ft | | Leo Knoefler Drilling | 1 | 1 | 88.0 ft | | Ace-hi International, INC | 1 | 1 | 248.0 ft | ### Buying or drilling in Ness County? The median section here has moved 1.0 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 - [Wichita](/county/wichita.md) 20 townships - [Pawnee](/county/pawnee.md) 18 townships - [Clark](/county/clark.md) 17 townships - [Edwards](/county/edwards.md) 17 townships - [Grant](/county/grant.md) 16 townships - [Haskell](/county/haskell.md) 16 townships - [Barber](/county/barber.md) 10 townships - [Comanche](/county/comanche.md) 10 townships - [Sherman](/county/sherman.md) 6 townships - [Thomas](/county/thomas.md) 6 townships - [Graham](/county/graham.md) 5 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/ness/ Fonte: Kansas depth to water, predevelopment against 2022-2024 — Kansas Geological Survey, joined to WWC-5 well completion records Recolha: 2026-08-23