Township 10S Range 26W

29 of the 35 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has risen 15.2 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

35Sections

29Measured

-15.2 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 10S26W

Median depth went from 65.5 ft before development to 51.9 ft — a change of -15.2 ft, over 29 of 35 sections. Deeper: 1. Shallower: 28. Sharpest fall, section 31 at 5.4 ft; largest rise, section 28 at 22.8 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 10S Range 26W — depth to water before the aquifer was developed, against the 2022–2024 surface, in feet below ground. A plus sign means the water is deeper than it was; a minus sign means it is shallower. A dash means one of the two is missing; ≥ marks a change computed from a figure floored at ground level.
Sec.	Before	2022–24	Change
01	49.4 ft	40.0 ft	−9.4
02	57.6 ft	48.1 ft	−9.5
03	68.7 ft	56.7 ft	−12.0
04	101.5 ft	82.8 ft	−18.7
05	87.4 ft	67.8 ft	−19.6
06	81.0 ft	70.8 ft	−10.1
07	93.5 ft	85.0 ft	−8.5
08	66.0 ft	48.4 ft	−17.7
09	81.1 ft	61.8 ft	−19.2
10	98.5 ft	83.4 ft	−15.2
11	77.1 ft	64.6 ft	−12.6
12	63.6 ft	51.9 ft	−11.8
13	68.2 ft	59.5 ft	−8.7
14	67.9 ft	54.2 ft	−13.7
15	74.4 ft	57.2 ft	−17.1
16	59.6 ft	39.8 ft	−19.7
17	79.9 ft	64.5 ft	−15.3
18	82.8 ft	75.9 ft	−6.9
19	58.7 ft	54.9 ft	−3.8
20	65.5 ft	50.3 ft	−15.2
21	55.5 ft	34.4 ft	−21.1
22	52.9 ft	34.6 ft	−18.3
23	58.0 ft	44.3 ft	−13.8
24	44.8 ft	33.5 ft	−11.3
25	32.7 ft	16.6 ft	−16.1
26	23.0 ft	6.8 ft	−16.2
27	16.8 ft	0.0 ft	≥ −16.8
28	42.4 ft	19.6 ft	−22.8
29	—	26.3 ft	—
31	20.1 ft	25.4 ft	+5.4
32	—	5.9 ft	—
33	—	2.1 ft	—
34	—	4.1 ft	—
35	—	0.0 ft	—
36	—	0.0 ft	—

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 10S range 26W

54 wells in township 10S range 26W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Woofter Pump and Well, INC, 12. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 80.0 ft deep.

Sunk for domestic (31), irrigation (17), domestic, livestock (6), oil field water supply (2).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 10S range 26W, busiest first. The last column is the median depth those wells were drilled to — a driller’s own record of how far down the water was.
Driller of record	Wells	Years	Median depth	Median water level
Woofter Pump and Well, INC	12	2010–2015	103.0 ft	50.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	7	2002–2008	70.0 ft	0.0 ft
Andy Anderson Drilling	4	1997–2005	78.0 ft	50.0 ft
Harold Werth	4	1989	85.0 ft	76.0 ft
D & R Pump Service, LLC	3	2013–2016	110.0 ft	72.5 ft
Gano Farms, INC	3	1992	70.0 ft	0.0 ft
Sammie Coburn	3	1989–1994	80.0 ft	70.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	3	1997–2012	90.0 ft	38.0 ft
Aqua Well Drilling	2	1977–1978	100.0 ft	82.0 ft
Press Construction	2	1990	103.0 ft	90.0 ft
Walter Woofter Pump & Well	2	1987–1989	48.0 ft	37.0 ft
Allen Pfeifer	1	1990	20.0 ft	0.0 ft
Aqua L.l.c	1	2007	25.0 ft	8.0 ft
Aqua Pump LLC	1	1997	37.0 ft	12.0 ft
B & B Drilling	1	2015	110.0 ft	80.0 ft
Blue Jay Drilling Co., INC	1	1975	90.0 ft	31.0 ft
Gary Woofter	1	—	61.0 ft	24.0 ft
Laura A. Mcwilliams Corder	1	1990	66.0 ft	58.0 ft
Ronald Selensky	1	1990	53.0 ft	47.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, Inc. #881	1	2022	103.0 ft	55.0 ft

Wells by decade drilled, with the median depth reached and the median water level the driller measured on arrival.
Decade	Wells	Median depth	Median level
1970s	3	90.0 ft	44.0 ft
1980s	8	80.0 ft	64.0 ft
1990s	16	70.0 ft	47.0 ft
2000s	11	68.0 ft	8.0 ft
2010s	17	103.0 ft	50.0 ft
2020s	1	103.0 ft	55.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Domestic	31	70.0 ft
Irrigation	17	95.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	6	100.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	2	103.0 ft
Industrial	1	110.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 10S range 26W, by the depth the driller reached. The water level is the one measured on arrival, which is a reading at a point — unlike the surface figures above. The first column is the WWC-5 record number.
Record	Year	Depth	Water level	Purpose	Driller
488042	2014	120.0 ft	73.0 ft	Irrigation	Woofter Pump and Well, INC
488045	2015	120.0 ft	50.0 ft	Irrigation	Woofter Pump and Well, INC
488056	2014	120.0 ft	73.0 ft	Irrigation	Woofter Pump and Well, INC
488069	2014	120.0 ft	73.0 ft	Irrigation	Woofter Pump and Well, INC
506428	2016	116.0 ft	72.5 ft	Domestic, Livestock	D & R Pump Service, LLC
491185	2015	110.0 ft	80.0 ft	Industrial	B & B Drilling
506427	2016	110.0 ft	72.5 ft	Domestic, Livestock	D & R Pump Service, LLC
80824	1990	103.0 ft	90.0 ft	Domestic	Press Construction
492218	2015	103.0 ft	50.0 ft	Irrigation	Woofter Pump and Well, INC
492237	2015	103.0 ft	50.0 ft	Irrigation	Woofter Pump and Well, INC

Buying or drilling in township 10S range 26W?

The median section here has moved -15.2 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.

This township sits in Far western Kansas. Sheridan County, on 100 % of 57 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

24S18W 14.5 ft
30S10W -3.0 ft
16S25W 0.0 ft
29S42W 114.7 ft
32S18W -137.2 ft
29S13W 2.9 ft
31S26W 21.3 ft
31S18W -89.3 ft
23S17W 11.2 ft
28S27W 77.1 ft
29S14W 1.7 ft
19S13W 2.3 ft
26S23W 36.5 ft

Neighbours by the count of measured sections, not a ranking: the list slides with the township, so each of the 256 township pages is reachable from the others. All of them.