Township 14S Range 40W

35 of the 35 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 70.9 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 14S40W

Median depth went from 103.4 ft before development to 185.6 ft — a change of 70.9 ft, over 35 of 35 sections. Deeper: 31. Shallower: 4. Sharpest fall, section 31 at 112.5 ft; largest rise, section 01 at 32.1 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 14S Range 40W — 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	126.5 ft	94.4 ft	−32.1
02	94.3 ft	74.5 ft	−19.8
03	93.0 ft	82.1 ft	−10.9
04	51.1 ft	42.6 ft	−8.5
06	27.2 ft	51.8 ft	+24.7
07	64.1 ft	118.9 ft	+54.8
08	86.3 ft	124.6 ft	+38.3
09	98.0 ft	131.7 ft	+33.7
10	115.5 ft	150.6 ft	+35.1
11	123.9 ft	145.7 ft	+21.7
12	145.5 ft	153.0 ft	+7.5
13	84.4 ft	129.7 ft	+45.4
14	107.1 ft	161.7 ft	+54.6
15	125.7 ft	188.8 ft	+63.1
16	155.0 ft	219.8 ft	+64.8
17	159.7 ft	229.3 ft	+69.5
18	108.2 ft	190.9 ft	+82.7
19	134.1 ft	231.9 ft	+97.8
20	140.8 ft	231.0 ft	+90.2
21	129.8 ft	213.9 ft	+84.1
22	115.5 ft	193.2 ft	+77.7
23	103.3 ft	174.2 ft	+70.9
24	107.0 ft	169.2 ft	+62.2
25	72.1 ft	150.3 ft	+78.1
26	101.7 ft	185.6 ft	+83.9
27	113.0 ft	203.5 ft	+90.5
28	113.8 ft	211.4 ft	+97.6
29	105.4 ft	206.9 ft	+101.5
30	86.4 ft	192.1 ft	+105.7
31	103.1 ft	215.6 ft	+112.5
32	94.3 ft	203.4 ft	+109.1
33	81.4 ft	187.4 ft	+106.0
34	101.3 ft	202.2 ft	+100.9
35	91.5 ft	184.6 ft	+93.1
36	103.4 ft	187.5 ft	+84.2

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 14S range 40W

61 wells in township 14S range 40W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC, 9. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 220.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (26), domestic (15), oil field water supply (6), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (4).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 14S range 40W, 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	9	1993–2003	183.0 ft	115.0 ft
Northwest Drilling Co., INC	8	1975–1977	237.0 ft	142.0 ft
Kemp's Well Service	5	2014–2017	215.0 ft	204.0 ft
S & H Drilling Co., INC	5	1975–1978	211.0 ft	142.0 ft
A.j. Foust Supply Co. INC	4	1975–1981	235.0 ft	129.0 ft
Bartell Drilling & Machine Works	4	1992–1997	224.0 ft	161.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	3	1988–1995	255.0 ft	160.0 ft
George Kemp's Well Service	3	1975–2008	194.0 ft	168.0 ft
Ark Valley Pump and Supply	2	1977	250.0 ft	140.0 ft
B & B Drilling	2	—	181.0 ft	5.0 ft
Walter Woofter Pump & Well	2	1990	276.0 ft	157.0 ft
Western Sprinklers, INC	2	1993	230.0 ft	180.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	2	1999–2013	255.0 ft	189.0 ft
B's Pump and Well Service	1	2012	194.0 ft	160.0 ft
Bartell Drilling	1	1998	140.0 ft	105.0 ft
City of Sharon Springs	1	2000	220.0 ft	158.0 ft
Dmw Well & Pump Service	1	1998	217.0 ft	153.5 ft
Grosch Lrrigation Co., INC	1	2012	260.0 ft	215.0 ft
Gsi Engineering LLC	1	2020	60.0 ft	60.0 ft
Junior Montgomery	1	2007	190.0 ft	0.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	1	2002	240.0 ft	191.0 ft
Red Tiger Lrr. Drlg & Supply	1	1975	175.0 ft	108.0 ft
Well Owner	1	2008	240.0 ft	0.0 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	20	235.0 ft	129.0 ft
1980s	3	247.0 ft	138.0 ft
1990s	20	194.0 ft	147.0 ft
2000s	7	240.0 ft	176.0 ft
2010s	8	251.0 ft	204.0 ft
2020s	1	60.0 ft	60.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Irrigation	26	237.0 ft
Domestic	15	194.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	6	240.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	4	53.2 ft
Public Water Supply	4	220.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	4	194.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	2	255.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 14S range 40W, 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
90027	1990	276.0 ft	157.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Walter Woofter Pump & Well
90028	1990	276.0 ft	0.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Walter Woofter Pump & Well
336313	2003	269.0 ft	183.0 ft	Public Water Supply	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
90026	1975	263.0 ft	165.0 ft	Irrigation	A.j. Foust Supply Co. INC
462865	2012	260.0 ft	215.0 ft	Irrigation	Grosch Lrrigation Co., INC
90029	1988	255.0 ft	160.0 ft	Domestic	Destal Tyler Water Well Service
90030	1976	255.0 ft	95.0 ft	Irrigation	Northwest Drilling Co., INC
101004	1995	255.0 ft	160.0 ft	Irrigation	Destal Tyler Water Well Service
462651	2013	255.0 ft	189.0 ft	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	Woofter Pump & Well, INC
90022	1978	254.0 ft	147.0 ft	Irrigation	S & H Drilling Co., INC

Buying or drilling in township 14S range 40W?

The median section here has moved 70.9 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. Wallace County, on 100 % of 61 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

34S36W 132.8 ft
34S37W 145.4 ft
34S38W 144.0 ft
34S39W 51.7 ft
34S40W -5.3 ft
11S26W 1.0 ft
12S23W 7.9 ft
18S28W 17.5 ft
22S16W 11.1 ft
26S24W 34.3 ft
18S40W 22.2 ft
24S19W 3.9 ft
29S10W 0.0 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.