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Central and western Kansas

9,033 sections — 27.2% of the surface — across 317 townships.

What this region is

the middle ranges, where the aquifer thins eastward and the picture is more mixed.

What has happened in Central and western Kansas

Median depth went from 39.1 ft before development to 44.0 ft — a change of 3.3 ft, over 6,082 of 9,033 sections. Deeper: 3,597. Shallower: 2,175. Sharpest fall, section 08 at 82.4 ft; largest rise, section 31 at 156.0 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

The townships

Every township in this region that has a page of its own.
TownshipCountySectionsMedian change
12S22WTrego36-12.7 ft
12S23WTrego367.9 ft
19S12WBarton364.7 ft
20S13WBarton362.8 ft
21S12WStafford361.0 ft
21S13WStafford360.5 ft
22S11WStafford360.0 ft
22S12WStafford36-4.5 ft
22S13WStafford365.9 ft
22S14WStafford3612.8 ft
22S16WPawnee3611.1 ft
23S10WReno3611.0 ft
23S12WStafford367.3 ft
23S13WStafford365.8 ft
23S14WStafford3611.7 ft
23S17WPawnee3611.2 ft
24S10WReno364.9 ft
24S12WStafford366.1 ft
24S13WStafford364.4 ft
24S15WStafford366.9 ft
24S16WEdwards3622.1 ft
24S18WEdwards3614.5 ft
24S19WEdwards363.9 ft
25S10WReno364.7 ft
25S11WStafford36-1.9 ft
25S12WStafford36-1.1 ft
25S16WEdwards3618.2 ft
25S19WEdwards3614.9 ft
25S20WEdwards361.5 ft
25S21WFord367.9 ft
25S22WFord36-4.7 ft
25S23WFord36-20.8 ft
26S10WReno36-0.1 ft
26S11WPratt360.5 ft
26S12WPratt361.9 ft
26S13WPratt3610.0 ft
26S14WPratt3619.3 ft
26S15WPratt3613.4 ft
26S17WEdwards3619.3 ft
26S18WEdwards3620.2 ft
26S20WEdwards3615.2 ft
26S21WFord36-4.1 ft
26S22WFord364.5 ft
26S23WFord3636.5 ft
26S24WFord3634.3 ft
27S10WKingman360.0 ft
27S11WPratt36-4.5 ft
27S12WPratt360.8 ft
27S13WPratt366.0 ft
27S14WPratt3615.2 ft
27S15WPratt3612.3 ft
27S18WKiowa3616.9 ft
27S19WKiowa3623.5 ft
27S20WKiowa3617.2 ft
27S21WFord36-0.4 ft
27S22WFord3624.2 ft
27S23WFord3648.0 ft
27S24WFord3634.9 ft
28S10WKingman36-1.5 ft
28S11WPratt36-2.0 ft
28S12WPratt361.8 ft
28S13WPratt363.4 ft
28S14WPratt363.3 ft
28S16WKiowa369.3 ft
28S18WKiowa3613.1 ft
28S19WKiowa366.5 ft
28S20WKiowa3610.2 ft
28S21WFord36-1.6 ft
28S22WFord365.2 ft
28S23WFord3627.0 ft
28S24WFord3633.4 ft
29S10WKingman360.0 ft
29S11WPratt361.1 ft
29S12WPratt362.2 ft
29S13WPratt362.9 ft
29S14WPratt361.7 ft
29S17WKiowa364.9 ft
29S19WKiowa360.8 ft
29S21WFord368.6 ft
29S22WFord368.3 ft
29S24WFord3620.4 ft
30S10WKingman36-3.0 ft
30S19WKiowa361.2 ft
31S18WComanche36-89.3 ft
32S18WComanche36-137.2 ft
19S13WBarton352.3 ft

Buying or drilling in Central and western Kansas?

The median section here has moved 3.3 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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