Township 11S Range 26W

35 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 1.0 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 11S26W

Median depth went from 89.3 ft before development to 92.4 ft — a change of 1.0 ft, over 35 of 36 sections. Deeper: 19. Shallower: 16. Sharpest fall, section 18 at 26.4 ft; largest rise, section 12 at 18.3 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 11S 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	—	0.0 ft	—
02	44.4 ft	27.0 ft	−17.4
03	47.0 ft	35.8 ft	−11.1
04	66.9 ft	62.8 ft	−4.1
05	67.2 ft	75.3 ft	+8.2
06	62.1 ft	76.3 ft	+14.2
07	87.3 ft	112.0 ft	+24.7
08	75.8 ft	93.1 ft	+17.3
09	80.8 ft	83.9 ft	+3.1
10	67.5 ft	59.7 ft	−7.8
11	47.7 ft	32.8 ft	−14.9
12	39.9 ft	21.5 ft	−18.3
13	89.5 ft	72.7 ft	−16.7
14	84.1 ft	74.4 ft	−9.7
15	98.0 ft	95.1 ft	−2.9
16	116.5 ft	121.1 ft	+4.6
17	110.3 ft	124.0 ft	+13.7
18	100.0 ft	126.4 ft	+26.4
19	108.2 ft	126.6 ft	+18.4
20	111.0 ft	124.2 ft	+13.3
21	104.6 ft	111.0 ft	+6.4
22	96.7 ft	97.7 ft	+1.0
23	102.0 ft	96.4 ft	−5.6
24	80.2 ft	69.6 ft	−10.7
25	69.9 ft	64.7 ft	−5.2
26	87.4 ft	84.1 ft	−3.4
27	105.3 ft	107.0 ft	+1.7
28	107.5 ft	113.3 ft	+5.8
29	106.8 ft	115.5 ft	+8.7
30	102.5 ft	113.5 ft	+11.0
31	78.1 ft	78.9 ft	+0.8
32	90.4 ft	92.4 ft	+2.0
33	89.3 ft	91.0 ft	+1.8
34	87.3 ft	86.1 ft	−1.2
35	100.5 ft	97.3 ft	−3.2
36	96.1 ft	93.0 ft	−3.1

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 11S range 26W

204 wells in township 11S range 26W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Milco Environmental Services, INC, 57. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 118.0 ft deep.

Sunk for monitoring well/observation/piezometer (70), domestic (50), environmental remediation, air sparge (33), environmental remediation, soil vapor extraction (33).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 11S 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
Milco Environmental Services, INC	57	2006–2016	78.4 ft	70.0 ft
Geocore, INC	33	1996–2004	90.0 ft	0.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	24	1992–2013	91.0 ft	74.8 ft
Aqua L.l.c	15	2005–2010	118.0 ft	78.0 ft
Aqua Pump LLC	10	2014–2019	122.0 ft	86.0 ft
Associated Environmental, INC	10	1995–2001	83.0 ft	69.6 ft
Aqua Well Drilling	9	1975–1978	125.0 ft	68.0 ft
Geotechnical Services, INC	8	2005	77.0 ft	0.0 ft
Aqua Pump	7	2001–2019	114.0 ft	77.0 ft
B & B Drilling	5	1980–2013	128.0 ft	85.0 ft
Walter Woofter Pump & Well	5	1991–1992	120.0 ft	80.0 ft
Aqua Pump #489	4	2020–2024	130.0 ft	94.0 ft
Bartell Drilling & Machine Works	3	1979–1980	126.0 ft	72.0 ft
Aqua Pump LLC #489	2	2020–2022	128.0 ft	89.0 ft
Struckhoff Sons	2	1977	134.0 ft	85.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well INC	2	1999	131.0 ft	95.0 ft
Woofter Pump and Well, INC	2	2010	110.0 ft	0.0 ft
Andy Anderson Drilling	1	2002	125.0 ft	90.0 ft
Bertha Rhoades	1	1988	106.0 ft	92.0 ft
Karst Water Well Drlg	1	2022	95.0 ft	53.0 ft
Lester Irvin Albin	1	1988	0.0 ft	0.0 ft
Well Owner	1	1987	126.0 ft	120.5 ft
Western Plains Pipeline and Plumbing	1	2016	100.0 ft	20.0 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	12	126.0 ft	80.0 ft
1980s	21	100.0 ft	0.0 ft
1990s	43	95.0 ft	60.5 ft
2000s	63	89.9 ft	66.5 ft
2010s	72	80.2 ft	71.9 ft
2020s	7	110.0 ft	71.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	70	89.0 ft
Domestic	50	110.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge	33	93.5 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction	33	74.3 ft
Irrigation	8	125.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	7	120.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	7	108.0 ft
Public Water Supply	5	128.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	2	120.0 ft
Test Hole, Cased	2	130.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	1	0.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 11S 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
463159	1975	240.0 ft	96.0 ft	Irrigation	Aqua Well Drilling
463158	1975	220.0 ft	53.0 ft	Irrigation	Aqua Well Drilling
476400	2014	210.0 ft	107.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Aqua Pump LLC
454960	2012	183.0 ft	120.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	B & B Drilling
463156	1975	170.0 ft	83.0 ft	Irrigation	Aqua Well Drilling
463157	1976	140.0 ft	90.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Aqua Well Drilling
22216	1980	138.0 ft	0.0 ft	Domestic	Bartell Drilling & Machine Works
491627	2015	138.0 ft	119.0 ft	Domestic	Aqua Pump LLC
430862	2009	136.0 ft	0.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Aqua L.l.c
22215	1977	134.0 ft	85.0 ft	Domestic	Struckhoff Sons

Buying or drilling in township 11S range 26W?

The median section here has moved 1.0 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. Gove County, on 100 % of 218 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

34S34W 133.4 ft
34S35W 173.1 ft
34S36W 132.8 ft
34S37W 145.4 ft
34S38W 144.0 ft
34S39W 51.7 ft
34S40W -5.3 ft
12S23W 7.9 ft
14S40W 70.9 ft
18S28W 17.5 ft
22S16W 11.1 ft
26S24W 34.3 ft
18S40W 22.2 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.