# Central Kansas — how far the water table has moved

> 3,354 sections in Central Kansas, with the depth to water before development and in 2022–2024.

## Central Kansas

**3,354** sections — 10.1% of the surface — across **114** townships.

### What this region is

the eastern edge of the High Plains, where the aquifer gives way and surface water starts to matter more than groundwater.

### What has happened in Central Kansas

Median depth went from **17.9 ft** before development to
**20.4 ft** — a change of **3.3 ft**, over
2,686 of 3,354 sections. Deeper: 1,636. Shallower:
816. Sharpest fall, section 17 at
47.1 ft; largest rise, section 12 at 62.7 ft.

[Why some sections have
risen](/how-far.md).

### The townships

*Every township in this region that has a page of its own.*

| Township | County | Sections | Median change |
|---|---|---|---|

### Buying or drilling in Central 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](/privacy.md).

### The other regions

- [Far western Kansas](/region/far-western-kansas.md) 20,734
- [Central and western Kansas](/region/central-and-western-kansas.md) 9,033
- [Eastern Kansas](/region/eastern-kansas.md) 69

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Página: https://ks-water-table.pages.dev/region/central-kansas/
Fonte: Kansas depth to water, predevelopment against 2022-2024 — Kansas Geological Survey, joined to WWC-5 well completion records
Recolha: 2026-08-23