Township 10S Range 33W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 37.8 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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37.8 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 10S33W

Median depth went from 119.1 ft before development to 153.5 ft — a change of 37.8 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 02 at 58.7 ft; the smallest fall is section 30 at 11.5 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 10S Range 33W — 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	91.5 ft	148.6 ft	+57.1
02	100.7 ft	159.4 ft	+58.7
03	112.2 ft	169.6 ft	+57.4
04	119.4 ft	176.7 ft	+57.3
05	130.1 ft	188.5 ft	+58.5
06	141.2 ft	199.6 ft	+58.5
07	152.2 ft	192.8 ft	+40.6
08	144.9 ft	189.5 ft	+44.6
09	131.3 ft	180.5 ft	+49.2
10	123.6 ft	173.8 ft	+50.3
11	120.2 ft	170.4 ft	+50.1
12	97.0 ft	147.7 ft	+50.7
13	106.3 ft	149.1 ft	+42.8
14	123.3 ft	166.8 ft	+43.5
15	128.3 ft	171.1 ft	+42.8
16	134.4 ft	174.8 ft	+40.4
17	127.1 ft	160.8 ft	+33.7
18	131.1 ft	155.3 ft	+24.2
19	110.0 ft	124.5 ft	+14.5
20	107.6 ft	132.6 ft	+25.0
21	109.8 ft	142.3 ft	+32.6
22	106.6 ft	143.7 ft	+37.2
23	119.1 ft	156.9 ft	+37.8
24	112.5 ft	150.4 ft	+37.9
25	84.5 ft	117.8 ft	+33.4
26	81.3 ft	114.5 ft	+33.2
27	84.5 ft	116.1 ft	+31.6
28	90.8 ft	116.4 ft	+25.6
29	92.9 ft	110.3 ft	+17.4
30	102.2 ft	113.7 ft	+11.5
31	132.8 ft	145.7 ft	+13.0
32	134.4 ft	150.2 ft	+15.8
33	132.2 ft	153.6 ft	+21.4
34	127.4 ft	153.5 ft	+26.1
35	116.0 ft	143.7 ft	+27.7
36	101.2 ft	130.4 ft	+29.3

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 10S range 33W

67 wells in township 10S range 33W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Woofter Pump & Well, INC, 12. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 180.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (32), domestic (18), irrigation (13), domestic, livestock (5).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 10S range 33W, 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 & Well, INC	12	1992–2012	200.0 ft	135.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	9	2000–2005	190.0 ft	0.0 ft
Walter Woofter Pump & Well	9	1985–1992	195.0 ft	126.0 ft
B & B Drilling	7	1979–2021	185.0 ft	125.0 ft
Bartell Drilling & Machine Works	5	1975–1996	213.0 ft	125.0 ft
Western Well & Pump, INC	5	1975–1977	233.0 ft	166.0 ft
Woofter Pump and Well, INC	3	2005–2011	165.0 ft	130.0 ft
Joseph Beckman, B & B Drilling	2	2003	180.0 ft	97.0 ft
S & H Drilling Co.,inc	2	1976	247.0 ft	183.0 ft
Associated Drilling, INC	1	2019	170.0 ft	99.0 ft
D & R Pump Service, LLC	1	2013	125.0 ft	87.0 ft
Dan Brenn Pump & Supply	1	2001	203.0 ft	185.0 ft
Harold L Rhea	1	1989	100.0 ft	0.0 ft
Henry A. Regier	1	1989	238.0 ft	175.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	1	1994	240.0 ft	150.0 ft
Kenneth Hemmert	1	1989	0.0 ft	0.0 ft
Kyle R. Bartell Drlg. & Machine Works	1	2001	178.0 ft	116.0 ft
Neil Moore	1	—	0.0 ft	0.0 ft
Raymond W Drumler	1	2009	0.0 ft	0.0 ft
Raymond W Dumler	1	2009	0.0 ft	0.0 ft
Schoenfeld, Robert	1	2012	123.0 ft	100.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, Inc. #881	1	2021	150.0 ft	75.0 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	10	233.0 ft	166.0 ft
1980s	16	225.0 ft	126.0 ft
1990s	14	195.0 ft	135.0 ft
2000s	17	190.0 ft	88.0 ft
2010s	10	166.0 ft	100.0 ft
2020s	2	185.0 ft	125.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	32	190.0 ft
Domestic	18	175.0 ft
Irrigation	13	238.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	5	150.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Irrigation	2	0.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 10S range 33W, 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
452451	2012	318.0 ft	202.0 ft	Irrigation	Woofter Pump & Well, INC
89212	1975	305.0 ft	173.0 ft	Irrigation	Western Well & Pump, INC
89207	1992	270.0 ft	98.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Walter Woofter Pump & Well
89208	1992	270.0 ft	98.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Woofter Pump & Well, INC
326348	2001	250.0 ft	0.0 ft	Domestic	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
351657	2004	250.0 ft	0.0 ft	Domestic	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
89213	1976	247.0 ft	168.0 ft	Irrigation	S & H Drilling Co.,inc
89209	1980	246.0 ft	131.0 ft	Domestic	Bartell Drilling & Machine Works
311325	2000	242.0 ft	123.0 ft	Irrigation	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
89214	1976	241.0 ft	183.0 ft	Irrigation	S & H Drilling Co.,inc

Buying or drilling in township 10S range 33W?

The median section here has moved 37.8 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 70 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

10S28W 2.1 ft
10S30W 12.0 ft
10S32W 32.1 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.