Township 10S Range 30W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 12.0 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 10S30W

Median depth went from 87.6 ft before development to 106.3 ft — a change of 12.0 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 02 at 28.9 ft; the smallest fall is section 33 at 4.3 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 10S Range 30W — 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	105.0 ft	130.8 ft	+25.8
02	100.2 ft	129.1 ft	+28.9
03	97.6 ft	126.3 ft	+28.7
04	90.4 ft	115.2 ft	+24.9
05	86.3 ft	108.6 ft	+22.3
06	97.4 ft	121.3 ft	+23.9
07	89.2 ft	105.9 ft	+16.7
08	98.4 ft	110.4 ft	+12.0
09	78.2 ft	93.1 ft	+14.8
10	99.5 ft	118.9 ft	+19.4
11	87.6 ft	106.3 ft	+18.8
12	75.0 ft	93.6 ft	+18.6
13	77.0 ft	93.5 ft	+16.5
14	83.2 ft	99.2 ft	+16.0
15	64.7 ft	80.1 ft	+15.4
16	54.8 ft	64.9 ft	+10.2
17	67.7 ft	74.2 ft	+6.5
18	72.6 ft	82.7 ft	+10.2
19	36.2 ft	43.1 ft	+6.8
20	35.7 ft	42.4 ft	+6.7
21	41.0 ft	49.2 ft	+8.3
22	34.8 ft	47.7 ft	+12.9
23	34.9 ft	49.5 ft	+14.6
24	30.7 ft	45.6 ft	+14.9
25	59.5 ft	71.4 ft	+11.9
26	81.3 ft	92.3 ft	+11.1
27	97.6 ft	107.2 ft	+9.6
28	101.4 ft	108.2 ft	+6.8
29	102.0 ft	108.5 ft	+6.5
30	46.9 ft	53.1 ft	+6.2
31	104.0 ft	110.1 ft	+6.1
32	120.4 ft	125.3 ft	+4.9
33	120.7 ft	125.0 ft	+4.3
34	124.3 ft	131.6 ft	+7.3
35	119.6 ft	128.9 ft	+9.4
36	112.8 ft	122.4 ft	+9.6

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 10S range 30W

89 wells in township 10S range 30W have a completion record. Busiest driller: B & B Drilling, 36. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 156.0 ft deep.

Sunk for domestic (36), irrigation (17), oil field water supply (14), domestic, livestock (13).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 10S range 30W, 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	36	1979–2017	156.0 ft	100.0 ft
Walter Woofter Pump & Well	7	1983–1992	170.0 ft	84.0 ft
Well Owner	7	1986–1990	33.0 ft	0.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	4	2001–2006	173.0 ft	100.0 ft
Aqua Pump #489	3	2022–2024	100.0 ft	60.0 ft
Kansas Geological Survey	3	1988	106.0 ft	11.9 ft
Struckhoff Sons	3	1975–1976	172.0 ft	98.0 ft
Western Well & Pump, INC	3	1977–1981	171.0 ft	88.0 ft
Woofter Pump and Well, INC	3	2014–2015	140.0 ft	71.0 ft
Aqua L.l.c	2	2009	110.0 ft	80.0 ft
Aqua Well Drilling	2	1975	160.0 ft	110.0 ft
Bartell Drilling & Machine Works	2	1978	186.0 ft	96.0 ft
Blue Jay Drilling Co., INC	2	1976–1981	148.0 ft	89.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	2	2011–2013	180.0 ft	149.0 ft
City of Grinnell	1	1986	150.0 ft	100.0 ft
Clem Albers	1	1989	90.0 ft	0.0 ft
Ernest Albers	1	1990	85.0 ft	0.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	1	1982	164.0 ft	111.0 ft
Ralph L. Baalman	1	1989	81.0 ft	63.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	1	2022	111.0 ft	27.0 ft
S & H Drilling Co.,inc	1	1976	130.0 ft	80.0 ft
Schroeder Partnership	1	1986	184.0 ft	100.0 ft
Western Sprinklers INC	1	2013	180.0 ft	125.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well #881	1	2023	170.0 ft	100.0 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	13	151.0 ft	87.0 ft
1980s	30	156.0 ft	89.0 ft
1990s	15	112.0 ft	52.0 ft
2000s	8	162.0 ft	100.0 ft
2010s	17	170.0 ft	110.0 ft
2020s	5	111.0 ft	60.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Domestic	36	144.0 ft
Irrigation	17	160.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	14	170.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	13	108.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	5	154.0 ft
Public Water Supply	2	164.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	1	80.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	1	174.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 10S range 30W, 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
80958	1989	210.0 ft	121.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Walter Woofter Pump & Well
80957	1988	208.0 ft	110.0 ft	Domestic	B & B Drilling
474985	2014	208.0 ft	110.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	B & B Drilling
481627	2014	205.0 ft	140.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Woofter Pump and Well, INC
80923	1988	196.0 ft	115.0 ft	Domestic	B & B Drilling
462260	2012	195.0 ft	133.0 ft	Domestic	B & B Drilling
80926	1976	194.0 ft	100.0 ft	Domestic	Struckhoff Sons
80922	1993	192.0 ft	120.0 ft	Domestic	B & B Drilling
462259	2012	192.0 ft	130.0 ft	Domestic	B & B Drilling
80951	1978	186.0 ft	96.0 ft	Domestic	Bartell Drilling & Machine Works

Buying or drilling in township 10S range 30W?

The median section here has moved 12.0 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 89 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

10S28W 2.1 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.