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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.

The townships

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

The other regions