Township 10S Range 32W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 32.1 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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32.1 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 10S32W

Median depth went from 88.6 ft before development to 119.6 ft — a change of 32.1 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 06 at 52.0 ft; the smallest fall is section 36 at 20.0 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 10S Range 32W — 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	127.4 ft	158.7 ft	+31.3
02	114.0 ft	145.9 ft	+31.9
03	112.6 ft	148.6 ft	+36.1
04	111.2 ft	152.5 ft	+41.3
05	108.2 ft	154.7 ft	+46.5
06	106.3 ft	158.3 ft	+52.0
07	84.4 ft	133.5 ft	+49.1
08	90.0 ft	134.2 ft	+44.2
09	90.1 ft	128.2 ft	+38.1
10	83.3 ft	116.2 ft	+32.9
11	87.3 ft	117.0 ft	+29.7
12	108.7 ft	137.4 ft	+28.8
13	81.4 ft	107.6 ft	+26.2
14	68.1 ft	97.2 ft	+29.1
15	76.9 ft	109.0 ft	+32.1
16	83.0 ft	119.6 ft	+36.6
17	89.2 ft	130.1 ft	+40.9
18	94.1 ft	137.9 ft	+43.8
19	100.9 ft	139.3 ft	+38.4
20	93.3 ft	132.3 ft	+39.0
21	94.3 ft	129.7 ft	+35.3
22	100.6 ft	132.1 ft	+31.5
23	102.1 ft	130.5 ft	+28.4
24	94.3 ft	118.7 ft	+24.4
25	73.9 ft	97.4 ft	+23.5
26	72.6 ft	99.0 ft	+26.3
27	69.3 ft	99.5 ft	+30.2
28	80.7 ft	114.5 ft	+33.8
29	80.3 ft	116.1 ft	+35.7
30	79.6 ft	113.3 ft	+33.7
31	88.6 ft	118.7 ft	+30.1
32	71.2 ft	102.8 ft	+31.6
33	75.1 ft	106.1 ft	+30.9
34	86.2 ft	114.4 ft	+28.2
35	79.6 ft	104.2 ft	+24.6
36	73.5 ft	93.5 ft	+20.0

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 10S range 32W

218 wells in township 10S range 32W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC, 93. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 170.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (73), domestic (49), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (45), other (17).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 10S range 32W, 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
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	93	1993–2010	95.0 ft	0.0 ft
B & B Drilling	40	1981–2023	192.0 ft	110.0 ft
Bartell Drilling & Machine Works	23	1975–1993	170.0 ft	109.0 ft
Walter Woofter Pump & Well	14	1984–1991	180.0 ft	116.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	11	1996–2014	195.0 ft	100.0 ft
Roy Senior, Western Well & Pump, INC	6	1976–1981	179.0 ft	97.0 ft
Woofter Pump and Well, INC	6	2009–2016	215.0 ft	90.0 ft
Geotechnical Services, INC	5	1996	95.0 ft	77.5 ft
Sondra Meeds Drilling	3	1990–1994	180.0 ft	118.0 ft
A L Swart	1	1987	0.0 ft	0.0 ft
Blue Jay Drilling Co., INC	1	1983	120.0 ft	85.0 ft
Brooks Oil Field Service	1	1986	30.0 ft	0.0 ft
D & R Pump Service, LLC	1	2014	165.0 ft	0.0 ft
Dan Brenn Pump & Supply	1	2000	87.0 ft	82.0 ft
Duane Hauser, Red Tiger Lrr. Drlg & Supply	1	1975	159.0 ft	57.0 ft
Frank W Howard Jr	1	—	100.0 ft	0.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145	1	2022	216.0 ft	132.0 ft
John Vawter	1	1989	61.0 ft	60.0 ft
Joseph Beckman, B & B Drilling	1	2003	170.0 ft	85.0 ft
K. Struckhoff, Struckhoff Sons	1	1977	117.0 ft	68.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	1	1990	188.0 ft	110.0 ft
Robert Bartell Drilling & Machine Works	1	2000	220.0 ft	141.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	1	1985	190.0 ft	120.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well	1	2016	159.0 ft	57.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well INC	1	1999	180.0 ft	113.0 ft
Yellow Jacket Drilling	1	1997	140.0 ft	82.0 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	19	159.0 ft	101.0 ft
1980s	40	185.0 ft	100.0 ft
1990s	60	175.0 ft	95.0 ft
2000s	75	95.0 ft	0.0 ft
2010s	23	188.0 ft	105.0 ft
2020s	4	208.0 ft	132.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	73	190.0 ft
Domestic	49	175.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	45	95.0 ft
Other	17	80.0 ft
Irrigation	10	179.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	9	166.0 ft
Injection well/air sparge (AS)/shallow	9	90.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	3	61.0 ft
Industrial	2	159.0 ft
Public Water Supply	2	220.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	1	140.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	1	195.0 ft
Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	1	200.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 10S range 32W, 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
439043	2009	240.0 ft	145.0 ft	Domestic	B & B Drilling
89123	1983	237.0 ft	145.0 ft	Domestic	Bartell Drilling & Machine Works
89190	1985	232.0 ft	140.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	B & B Drilling
89194	1983	232.0 ft	135.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	B & B Drilling
406989	2007	230.0 ft	0.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
429069	2009	230.0 ft	0.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Woofter Pump and Well, INC
432839	2010	230.0 ft	126.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
519450	2018	230.0 ft	160.0 ft	Domestic	B & B Drilling
342919	2003	225.0 ft	0.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
368083	2005	225.0 ft	134.0 ft	Domestic	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC

Buying or drilling in township 10S range 32W?

The median section here has moved 32.1 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. Thomas County, on 100 % of 222 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

10S28W 2.1 ft
10S30W 12.0 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.