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

> Depth to water before the aquifer was developed against 2022–2024, across 4 townships of Rice County. Median change 5.9 ft.

## Rice County

**120** measured sections across **4** townships. The median section has moved **5.9 ft** since the aquifer was developed.

### What has happened in Rice County

Median depth went from **12.0 ft** before development to
**13.9 ft** — a change of **5.9 ft**, over
120 of 142 sections. Deeper: 78. Shallower:
36. Sharpest fall, section 23 at
63.0 ft; largest rise, section 30 at 23.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21S10W | 36 | 5.7 ft | 10 |
| 20S10W | 32 | 35.7 ft | 16 |
| 19S10W | 30 | 5.5 ft | 18 |
| 18S10W | 22 | -12.9 ft | 13 |

### Who has drilled in Rice 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly's Water Well Service, INC | 257 | 4 | 80.0 ft |
| Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC | 220 | 4 | 75.0 ft |
| Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | 164 | 4 | 78.0 ft |
| Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC | 44 | 4 | 90.0 ft |
| Sam's Water Well Service | 21 | 3 | 87.0 ft |
| Miller Drilling | 20 | 2 | 80.0 ft |
| Charles C. Myers Water Well Service | 18 | 4 | 65.0 ft |
| Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | 13 | 2 | 80.0 ft |
| Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC | 8 | 2 | 120.0 ft |
| Layne-christensen CO | 8 | 1 | 74.0 ft |
| Geocore, INC | 8 | 1 | 64.0 ft |
| Larsen and Associates, INC | 8 | 1 | 40.0 ft |
| Peterson Irrigation, INC | 7 | 2 | 50.0 ft |
| Agricultural Engineering Assoc | 7 | 1 | 26.1 ft |
| Geocore Services INC | 7 | 1 | 14.0 ft |
| City of Bushton | 5 | 1 | 104.0 ft |
| Clarke Well & Equip | 4 | 3 | 100.0 ft |
| Patrick M. Cobb | 3 | 1 | 84.0 ft |
| Pratt Well Service | 3 | 1 | 47.0 ft |
| H-30 Drilling INC | 3 | 2 | 140.0 ft |
| Well Owner | 3 | 1 | 78.0 ft |
| Clarke Well & Equipment, INC | 2 | 2 | 114.0 ft |
| Crowdis Ww Srvc | 2 | 1 | 38.0 ft |
| White and Ellis Drilling, INC | 2 | 1 | 75.0 ft |
| Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC | 1 | 1 | 85.0 ft |
| Sterling Drlg, CO | 1 | 1 | 60.0 ft |
| Michael Peterson Irrigation, INC | 1 | 1 | 72.0 ft |
| Theodore Cummings Drilling CO | 1 | 1 | 60.0 ft |
| Darling Drilling CO | 1 | 1 | 105.0 ft |
| Cal-maine Foods | 1 | 1 | 10.0 ft |
| Red Tiger Drilling CO | 1 | 1 | 143.0 ft |
| Dallas Boeken & Burrows Water Well CO | 1 | 1 | 52.0 ft |

### Buying or drilling in Rice County?

The median section here has moved 5.9 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

- [Ness](/county/ness.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
- [Reno](/county/reno.md) 5 townships
- [Sheridan](/county/sheridan.md) 5 townships
- [Ellis](/county/ellis.md) 4 townships
- [Kingman](/county/kingman.md) 4 townships
- [Rooks](/county/rooks.md) 4 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/rice/
Fonte: Kansas depth to water, predevelopment against 2022-2024 — Kansas Geological Survey, joined to WWC-5 well completion records
Recolha: 2026-08-23