Township 10S Range 28W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 2.1 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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2.1 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 10S28W

Median depth went from 68.8 ft before development to 71.8 ft — a change of 2.1 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 20. Shallower: 16. Sharpest fall, section 06 at 24.2 ft; largest rise, section 27 at 12.2 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 10S Range 28W — 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	75.3 ft	84.5 ft	+9.2
02	93.6 ft	106.2 ft	+12.7
03	90.2 ft	106.6 ft	+16.4
04	95.6 ft	117.8 ft	+22.2
05	92.0 ft	116.0 ft	+24.0
06	82.1 ft	106.2 ft	+24.2
07	68.5 ft	87.5 ft	+19.0
08	71.4 ft	90.2 ft	+18.8
09	87.9 ft	101.5 ft	+13.6
10	87.7 ft	96.6 ft	+8.9
11	78.5 ft	85.6 ft	+7.1
12	91.7 ft	97.4 ft	+5.7
13	68.8 ft	70.9 ft	+2.1
14	77.0 ft	79.1 ft	+2.1
15	72.4 ft	74.1 ft	+1.7
16	66.6 ft	71.8 ft	+5.2
17	54.0 ft	64.1 ft	+10.1
18	53.5 ft	67.6 ft	+14.0
19	49.8 ft	56.9 ft	+7.1
20	27.7 ft	29.3 ft	+1.7
21	36.9 ft	33.7 ft	−3.2
22	35.1 ft	28.9 ft	−6.2
23	41.8 ft	36.5 ft	−5.3
24	27.8 ft	23.5 ft	−4.3
25	60.0 ft	54.2 ft	−5.8
26	54.6 ft	43.8 ft	−10.8
27	50.9 ft	38.7 ft	−12.2
28	35.8 ft	24.5 ft	−11.3
29	39.2 ft	32.0 ft	−7.2
30	61.9 ft	60.6 ft	−1.3
31	40.5 ft	33.6 ft	−6.9
32	41.7 ft	34.3 ft	−7.4
33	86.3 ft	78.2 ft	−8.1
34	91.8 ft	83.6 ft	−8.2
35	74.9 ft	67.9 ft	−7.0
36	98.4 ft	96.1 ft	−2.3

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 10S range 28W

50 wells in township 10S range 28W have a completion record. Busiest driller: B & B Drilling, 7. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 100.0 ft deep.

Sunk for domestic (32), domestic, livestock (11), oil field water supply (6), irrigation (2).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 10S range 28W, 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
B & B Drilling	7	1979–2015	112.0 ft	51.0 ft
George Schippers	5	1990	120.0 ft	0.0 ft
Bartell Drilling & Machine Works	4	1977–1988	111.0 ft	64.0 ft
Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC	4	2012	100.0 ft	46.0 ft
Walter Woofter Pump & Well	4	1986–1991	120.0 ft	68.0 ft
Woofter Pump and Well, INC	4	2008–2018	180.0 ft	45.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	3	2004–2006	145.0 ft	0.0 ft
Andy Anderson Drilling	2	1996–2005	96.0 ft	60.0 ft
Aqua Pump #489	2	2022	90.0 ft	58.0 ft
Aqua Pump LLC	2	1998–2014	118.0 ft	68.0 ft
Randy Kinderknecht	2	1990	90.0 ft	75.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	2	1993–1999	90.0 ft	31.0 ft
Aqua L.l.c	1	2005	64.0 ft	20.0 ft
Aqua Well Drilling	1	1976	100.0 ft	60.0 ft
Dean Shaw	1	1990	40.0 ft	0.0 ft
Jim Heier	1	1990	30.0 ft	0.0 ft
Juliana Haffner	1	1990	100.0 ft	100.0 ft
Leo Goetz	1	1989	7.0 ft	0.0 ft
Michael H. Ostmeyer	1	1990	40.0 ft	0.0 ft
Ralph Zerr	1	1990	49.0 ft	0.0 ft
Western Well & Pump, INC	1	1975	189.0 ft	113.0 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	6	135.0 ft	75.0 ft
1980s	9	105.0 ft	63.0 ft
1990s	19	90.0 ft	0.0 ft
2000s	7	145.0 ft	0.0 ft
2010s	8	100.0 ft	46.0 ft
2020s	2	90.0 ft	58.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Domestic	32	100.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	11	90.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	6	120.0 ft
Irrigation	2	189.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 10S range 28W, 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
80858	1975	189.0 ft	113.0 ft	Irrigation	Western Well & Pump, INC
425493	2009	180.0 ft	0.0 ft	Irrigation	Woofter Pump and Well, INC
519140	2018	180.0 ft	122.0 ft	Domestic	Woofter Pump and Well, INC
80881	1979	157.0 ft	105.0 ft	Domestic	B & B Drilling
360390	2004	148.0 ft	100.0 ft	Domestic	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
80860	1986	147.0 ft	73.0 ft	Domestic	Walter Woofter Pump & Well
383103	2006	145.0 ft	0.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
384653	2006	145.0 ft	0.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
80862	1977	135.0 ft	75.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Bartell Drilling & Machine Works
80857	1990	130.0 ft	0.0 ft	Domestic	George Schippers

Buying or drilling in township 10S range 28W?

The median section here has moved 2.1 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 51 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

10S30W 12.0 ft
10S32W 32.1 ft
10S33W 37.8 ft
11S31W 13.5 ft
11S32W 24.5 ft
11S33W 15.7 ft
12S22W -12.7 ft
12S25W -3.3 ft
16S33W 22.3 ft
16S36W 78.9 ft
17S28W 27.5 ft
17S29W 26.0 ft
17S30W 27.3 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.