Township 12S Range 25W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has risen 3.3 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections

36Measured

-3.3 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 12S25W

Median depth went from 63.3 ft before development to 56.7 ft — a change of -3.3 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 10. Shallower: 25. Sharpest fall, section 05 at 7.3 ft; largest rise, section 36 at 29.3 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 12S Range 25W — 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	100.7 ft	92.5 ft	−8.2
02	104.0 ft	98.2 ft	−5.9
03	97.7 ft	96.3 ft	−1.4
04	79.1 ft	85.3 ft	+6.2
05	69.7 ft	77.1 ft	+7.3
06	78.3 ft	78.9 ft	+0.6
07	82.5 ft	81.2 ft	−1.3
08	79.7 ft	86.2 ft	+6.5
09	64.4 ft	71.2 ft	+6.9
10	67.2 ft	69.8 ft	+2.6
11	75.5 ft	71.9 ft	−3.6
12	86.2 ft	78.2 ft	−8.0
13	65.3 ft	52.8 ft	−12.5
14	68.6 ft	61.3 ft	−7.3
15	56.6 ft	57.1 ft	0
16	60.0 ft	64.8 ft	+4.8
17	60.9 ft	64.9 ft	+4.0
18	51.1 ft	50.2 ft	−0.9
19	29.9 ft	28.6 ft	−1.3
20	41.3 ft	43.3 ft	+1.9
21	43.5 ft	44.5 ft	+1.0
22	38.4 ft	35.2 ft	−3.2
23	49.6 ft	37.8 ft	−11.8
24	60.4 ft	42.3 ft	−18.1
25	43.9 ft	21.7 ft	−22.2
26	37.4 ft	21.9 ft	−15.5
27	32.2 ft	23.6 ft	−8.6
28	30.5 ft	27.1 ft	−3.3
29	22.5 ft	20.5 ft	−2.0
30	36.4 ft	32.0 ft	−4.4
31	63.3 ft	56.7 ft	−6.6
32	58.8 ft	54.7 ft	−4.1
33	50.3 ft	43.2 ft	−7.1
34	68.3 ft	52.8 ft	−15.5
35	69.0 ft	48.5 ft	−20.5
36	100.0 ft	70.6 ft	−29.3

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 12S range 25W

63 wells in township 12S range 25W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Grogan Ebberts Drilling, 12. Oldest record, 1976. Median well 82.0 ft deep.

Sunk for domestic (26), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (13), domestic, livestock (9), oil field water supply (5).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 12S range 25W, 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
Grogan Ebberts Drilling	12	1992	80.1 ft	71.1 ft
Aqua Pump	6	2011–2012	75.0 ft	65.0 ft
Aqua Pump LLC	6	2014–2018	70.0 ft	45.0 ft
Andy Anderson Drilling	5	1991–2011	65.0 ft	40.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	4	1982–1990	120.0 ft	85.0 ft
Aqua Well Drilling	3	1976–1977	88.0 ft	60.0 ft
B & B Drilling	3	1984–1990	82.0 ft	72.0 ft
Bollig Ditching	3	2006–2012	89.0 ft	70.0 ft
Kp Hydrotech	3	2022–2023	59.0 ft	35.0 ft
Pfeifer Dozer Service	3	2012–2020	105.0 ft	95.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	2	2003	117.0 ft	77.0 ft
Aqua L.l.c	1	2009	86.0 ft	72.0 ft
Aqua Pump #489	1	2024	80.0 ft	54.0 ft
Aqua Pump LLC #489	1	2020	65.0 ft	36.0 ft
Bollig Ditching and Well	1	2006	89.0 ft	81.0 ft
D & L Drilling CO	1	1977	84.0 ft	51.0 ft
Flax Ditching and Pump LLC	1	2015	71.0 ft	37.0 ft
Flax Ditching and Pump, LLC	1	2019	75.0 ft	60.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	1	2009	75.0 ft	0.0 ft
Karst Water Well Drlg	1	2025	80.0 ft	25.0 ft
Red Tiger Drilling CO	1	1984	100.0 ft	71.0 ft
Well Owner	1	2012	84.0 ft	50.0 ft
Western Well & Pump, INC	1	1982	115.0 ft	85.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	1	2012	55.0 ft	33.0 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	4	88.0 ft	60.0 ft
1980s	7	100.0 ft	72.0 ft
1990s	17	80.0 ft	69.3 ft
2000s	6	94.0 ft	77.0 ft
2010s	21	72.0 ft	55.0 ft
2020s	8	80.0 ft	48.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Domestic	26	75.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	13	80.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	9	70.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	5	100.0 ft
Public Water Supply	4	115.0 ft
Test hole/well	2	80.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	2	105.0 ft
Industrial	1	45.0 ft
Irrigation	1	108.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 12S range 25W, 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
89400	1984	120.0 ft	85.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
89401	1982	120.0 ft	90.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
343964	2003	117.0 ft	77.0 ft	Public Water Supply	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
89412	1982	115.0 ft	85.0 ft	Public Water Supply	Western Well & Pump, INC
467088	1976	115.0 ft	92.0 ft	Public Water Supply	Aqua Well Drilling
343965	2003	111.0 ft	77.0 ft	Public Water Supply	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
502862	2016	108.0 ft	82.0 ft	Irrigation	Aqua Pump LLC
89417	1990	106.0 ft	80.0 ft	Domestic	B & B Drilling
537924	2020	105.0 ft	95.0 ft	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	Pfeifer Dozer Service
539922	2020	105.0 ft	95.0 ft	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	Pfeifer Dozer Service

Buying or drilling in township 12S range 25W?

The median section here has moved -3.3 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. Trego County, on 100 % of 63 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

10S30W 12.0 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
16S33W 22.3 ft
16S36W 78.9 ft
17S28W 27.5 ft
17S29W 26.0 ft
17S30W 27.3 ft
17S33W 57.8 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.