Township 11S Range 31W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 13.5 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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13.5 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 11S31W

Median depth went from 92.8 ft before development to 105.3 ft — a change of 13.5 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 27 at 27.9 ft; the smallest fall is section 01 at 2.8 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 11S Range 31W — 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	109.5 ft	112.2 ft	+2.8
02	104.6 ft	109.1 ft	+4.5
03	112.1 ft	119.0 ft	+6.9
04	103.2 ft	111.6 ft	+8.4
05	106.1 ft	117.2 ft	+11.2
06	101.4 ft	115.1 ft	+13.7
07	110.1 ft	123.6 ft	+13.5
08	113.7 ft	124.6 ft	+10.9
09	101.7 ft	111.7 ft	+10.0
10	106.6 ft	115.7 ft	+9.2
11	98.3 ft	105.4 ft	+7.1
12	94.2 ft	98.7 ft	+4.5
13	96.1 ft	104.7 ft	+8.6
14	103.9 ft	115.1 ft	+11.2
15	106.1 ft	117.6 ft	+11.5
16	96.1 ft	106.5 ft	+10.4
17	92.8 ft	104.7 ft	+12.0
18	92.0 ft	105.6 ft	+13.6
19	43.2 ft	69.3 ft	+26.1
20	61.3 ft	74.2 ft	+13.0
21	55.9 ft	68.5 ft	+12.6
22	75.4 ft	88.9 ft	+13.5
23	85.7 ft	99.1 ft	+13.5
24	98.3 ft	110.6 ft	+12.2
25	54.4 ft	78.2 ft	+23.8
26	28.7 ft	54.3 ft	+25.5
27	30.4 ft	58.3 ft	+27.9
28	53.5 ft	80.4 ft	+26.8
29	60.4 ft	86.0 ft	+25.6
30	49.7 ft	76.1 ft	+26.4
31	82.2 ft	109.8 ft	+27.6
32	79.3 ft	105.3 ft	+26.1
33	72.2 ft	98.8 ft	+26.7
34	68.8 ft	95.6 ft	+26.8
35	64.9 ft	87.2 ft	+22.3
36	24.8 ft	45.7 ft	+20.9

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 11S range 31W

109 wells in township 11S range 31W have a completion record. Busiest driller: B and B Drilling, 20. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 125.0 ft deep.

Sunk for domestic (32), oil field water supply (32), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (28), domestic, livestock (9).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 11S range 31W, 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 and B Drilling	20	1980–2008	155.0 ft	80.0 ft
B & B Drilling	15	1975–2022	158.0 ft	80.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	8	2011–2012	134.0 ft	0.0 ft
Bartell Drilling & Machine Works	7	1977–1998	137.0 ft	93.0 ft
Coranco Great Plains, INC	7	2006	134.0 ft	115.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	7	2003–2005	134.0 ft	113.8 ft
Milco Environmental Services, INC	6	2013	133.0 ft	117.3 ft
Walter Woofter Pump & Well	5	1984–1990	125.0 ft	107.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	4	1984–1991	155.0 ft	115.0 ft
A. L. Swart	2	1989	130.0 ft	89.0 ft
Donald Swart	2	1989	82.0 ft	0.0 ft
Frank Glassman	2	1989	70.0 ft	0.0 ft
Henry Engel	2	1988	40.0 ft	40.0 ft
Kansas Geological Survey	2	1988	195.0 ft	107.7 ft
Pioneer Feed Yards, INC	2	1986	0.0 ft	0.0 ft
A. L. Stuart	1	1989	130.0 ft	0.0 ft
Alice Ellegood	1	1987	6.0 ft	0.0 ft
Aqua Pump LLC	1	2017	122.0 ft	99.0 ft
Aqua Pump LLC #489	1	2020	100.0 ft	56.0 ft
Ben Ellegood	1	1986	190.0 ft	0.0 ft
Charles M. Bloom	1	1987	100.0 ft	0.0 ft
Charles Wieland	1	1988	0.0 ft	0.0 ft
David Wieland	1	1990	150.0 ft	120.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	1	2007	177.0 ft	110.0 ft
John B. Bloom	1	1989	20.0 ft	0.0 ft
Larry P. Jones	1	1989	30.0 ft	0.0 ft
Liona Jones	1	1989	25.0 ft	0.0 ft
Merrita L. Hazelton	1	1989	120.0 ft	94.0 ft
Pioneer, INC	1	2007	160.0 ft	109.0 ft
Red Tiger Lrr. Drlg & Supply	1	1976	125.0 ft	68.0 ft
Rmd Drilling and Well Service, LLC	1	2017	116.0 ft	86.0 ft
Stanley D. Stephens	1	1989	75.0 ft	0.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well #881	1	2022	143.0 ft	93.0 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	131.0 ft	70.0 ft
1980s	58	121.0 ft	70.0 ft
1990s	9	139.0 ft	108.0 ft
2000s	17	134.0 ft	114.0 ft
2010s	19	132.0 ft	90.0 ft
2020s	3	143.0 ft	93.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Domestic	32	100.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	32	153.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	28	134.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	9	100.0 ft
Feedlot	4	160.0 ft
Irrigation	2	125.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	2	195.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	2	0.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	1	158.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 11S range 31W, 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
22362	1991	200.0 ft	125.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
22361	1987	197.0 ft	90.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	B and B Drilling
22364	1988	195.0 ft	107.7 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Kansas Geological Survey
550886	2022	195.0 ft	120.0 ft	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	B & B Drilling
22367	1986	190.0 ft	0.0 ft	Domestic	Ben Ellegood
22370	1989	190.0 ft	110.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	B & B Drilling
22359	1986	189.0 ft	76.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	B and B Drilling
22365	1989	185.0 ft	110.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	B and B Drilling
22373	1985	181.0 ft	110.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	B & B Drilling
409627	2007	177.0 ft	110.0 ft	Feedlot	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC

Buying or drilling in township 11S range 31W?

The median section here has moved 13.5 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 112 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

10S28W 2.1 ft
10S30W 12.0 ft
10S32W 32.1 ft
10S33W 37.8 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.