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

> Depth to water before the aquifer was developed against 2022–2024, across 5 townships of Sheridan County. Median change 6.2 ft.

## Sheridan County

**170** measured sections across **5** townships. The median section has moved **6.2 ft** since the aquifer was developed.

### What has happened in Sheridan County

Median depth went from **68.8 ft** before development to
**74.1 ft** — a change of **6.2 ft**, over
170 of 179 sections. Deeper: 111. Shallower:
55. Sharpest fall, section 02 at
28.9 ft; largest rise, section 28 at 22.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| [10S28W](/township/10s28w.md) | 36 | 2.1 ft | 21 |
| 10S29W | 36 | 15.2 ft | 19 |
| [10S30W](/township/10s30w.md) | 36 | 12.0 ft | 24 |
| 10S27W | 33 | 2.2 ft | 19 |
| [10S26W](/township/10s26w.md) | 29 | -15.2 ft | 20 |

### Who has drilled in Sheridan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B & B Drilling | 80 | 5 | 112.0 ft |
| Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 28 | 5 | 145.0 ft |
| Woofter Pump and Well, INC | 26 | 5 | 140.0 ft |
| Walter Woofter Pump & Well | 16 | 4 | 120.0 ft |
| Bartell Drilling & Machine Works | 14 | 4 | 167.0 ft |
| Aqua Pump LLC | 12 | 4 | 74.0 ft |
| Aqua Well Drilling | 12 | 5 | 100.0 ft |
| Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 11 | 5 | 90.0 ft |
| Struckhoff Sons | 7 | 3 | 58.0 ft |
| D & R Pump Service, LLC | 7 | 3 | 110.0 ft |
| Well Owner | 7 | 1 | 33.0 ft |
| Andy Anderson Drilling | 6 | 2 | 96.0 ft |
| Aqua L.l.c | 6 | 5 | 110.0 ft |
| George Schippers | 5 | 1 | 120.0 ft |
| Aqua Pump #489 | 5 | 2 | 100.0 ft |
| Blue Jay Drilling Co., INC | 5 | 3 | 148.0 ft |
| Sammie Coburn | 5 | 2 | 80.0 ft |
| Western Well & Pump, INC | 4 | 2 | 189.0 ft |
| Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC | 4 | 1 | 100.0 ft |
| Dale Goetz | 4 | 1 | 80.0 ft |
| Harold Werth | 4 | 1 | 85.0 ft |
| Kansas Geological Survey | 3 | 1 | 106.0 ft |
| Leonard Zerr | 3 | 1 | 80.0 ft |
| Gano Farms, INC | 3 | 1 | 70.0 ft |
| Ralph Zerr | 2 | 2 | 50.0 ft |
| Randy Kinderknecht | 2 | 1 | 90.0 ft |
| Red Tiger Lrr. Drlg & Supply | 2 | 1 | 173.0 ft |
| Rmd Drilling & Well Service, LLC | 2 | 1 | 160.0 ft |
| Rmd Drilling and Well Service, LLC | 2 | 1 | 157.0 ft |
| Woofter Pump & Well, Inc. #881 | 2 | 2 | 103.0 ft |
| Press Construction | 2 | 1 | 103.0 ft |
| Juliana Haffner | 1 | 1 | 100.0 ft |
| Dean Shaw | 1 | 1 | 40.0 ft |
| Leo Goetz | 1 | 1 | 7.0 ft |
| Jim Heier | 1 | 1 | 30.0 ft |
| Michael H. Ostmeyer | 1 | 1 | 40.0 ft |
| Harold Stephens | 1 | 1 | 102.0 ft |
| Ed Krannawitter | 1 | 1 | 80.0 ft |
| Albers Enterprises INC | 1 | 1 | 53.0 ft |
| Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC | 1 | 1 | 185.0 ft |
| Charles D. Dyke | 1 | 1 | 166.0 ft |
| Ernest Albers | 1 | 1 | 85.0 ft |
| Schroeder Partnership | 1 | 1 | 184.0 ft |
| Ralph L. Baalman | 1 | 1 | 81.0 ft |
| Clem Albers | 1 | 1 | 90.0 ft |
| S & H Drilling Co.,inc | 1 | 1 | 130.0 ft |
| Layne-christensen CO | 1 | 1 | 164.0 ft |
| City of Grinnell | 1 | 1 | 150.0 ft |
| Western Sprinklers INC | 1 | 1 | 180.0 ft |
| Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | 1 | 1 | 111.0 ft |
| Woofter Pump & Well #881 | 1 | 1 | 170.0 ft |
| Leon Werth | 1 | 1 | 63.0 ft |
| Susanna Kaiser | 1 | 1 | 120.0 ft |
| Charlene Werth | 1 | 1 | 24.0 ft |
| Laura A. Mcwilliams Corder | 1 | 1 | 66.0 ft |
| Allen Pfeifer | 1 | 1 | 20.0 ft |
| Ronald Selensky | 1 | 1 | 53.0 ft |
| Gary Woofter | 1 | 1 | 61.0 ft |

### Buying or drilling in Sheridan County?

The median section here has moved 6.2 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

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