Township 16S Range 25W

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

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0.0 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 16S25W

Median depth went from 46.5 ft before development to 48.6 ft — a change of 0.0 ft, over 32 of 36 sections. Deeper: 15. Shallower: 13. Sharpest fall, section 25 at 30.9 ft; largest rise, section 21 at 15.6 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 16S 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	22.7 ft	38.7 ft	+16.0
02	44.6 ft	48.6 ft	+4.0
03	58.8 ft	60.4 ft	+1.6
04	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
05	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
06	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
07	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
08	26.4 ft	14.1 ft	−12.3
09	37.5 ft	30.7 ft	−6.8
10	71.5 ft	69.7 ft	−1.8
11	59.6 ft	61.1 ft	+1.5
12	31.1 ft	41.8 ft	+10.8
13	30.8 ft	43.6 ft	+12.8
14	55.9 ft	59.8 ft	+3.9
15	78.7 ft	75.1 ft	−3.6
16	78.4 ft	68.7 ft	−9.7
17	57.1 ft	45.6 ft	−11.5
18	11.5 ft	2.2 ft	−9.3
19	57.6 ft	52.0 ft	−5.6
20	80.1 ft	69.5 ft	−10.6
21	85.0 ft	69.4 ft	−15.6
22	77.3 ft	75.2 ft	−2.1
23	65.0 ft	78.6 ft	+13.6
24	46.5 ft	67.5 ft	+21.0
25	29.1 ft	60.0 ft	+30.9
26	38.3 ft	59.1 ft	+20.8
27	34.5 ft	41.0 ft	+6.4
28	48.8 ft	42.9 ft	−5.8
29	51.0 ft	48.4 ft	−2.6
30	54.9 ft	56.5 ft	+1.6
31	30.5 ft	46.3 ft	+15.7
32	27.3 ft	40.4 ft	+13.2
33	—	41.4 ft	—
34	—	19.6 ft	—
35	—	7.8 ft	—
36	—	—	—

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 16S range 25W

48 wells in township 16S range 25W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Evel Water Well Drilling, 7. Oldest record, 1978. Median well 90.0 ft deep.

Sunk for domestic (16), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (12), domestic, livestock (9), oil field water supply (5).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 16S 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
Evel Water Well Drilling	7	2011–2018	75.0 ft	61.0 ft
Halling Water Well	7	2017	92.0 ft	73.4 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	6	2008	92.0 ft	73.4 ft
Aqua Pump	4	2010–2012	78.0 ft	62.0 ft
Krause Pump & Supply	4	1984–1986	53.0 ft	34.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	3	1983–1986	95.0 ft	73.0 ft
Aqua Well Drilling	2	1978	90.0 ft	61.0 ft
Evel Windmill Repair	2	2021–2022	97.0 ft	80.0 ft
Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC	2	1981–1987	90.0 ft	55.0 ft
Aqua L.l.c	1	2006	80.0 ft	56.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	1	1991	90.0 ft	62.7 ft
Cline Drilling	1	2018	45.0 ft	12.0 ft
Dean Waterhouse Drilling	1	1990	53.0 ft	41.5 ft
Jack Cline Drilling CO	1	1993	102.0 ft	72.0 ft
Marty B Drilling	1	1983	100.0 ft	70.0 ft
Melvin B. Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC	1	2000	95.0 ft	80.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	1	2009	70.0 ft	51.0 ft
Paul E. Brassfield Water Well Drlg & Supp	1	1985	80.0 ft	60.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	1	1979	80.0 ft	58.0 ft
Yellow Jacket Drilling	1	1996	95.0 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	3	88.0 ft	61.0 ft
1980s	11	70.0 ft	34.0 ft
1990s	4	95.0 ft	62.7 ft
2000s	9	92.0 ft	73.4 ft
2010s	19	82.0 ft	71.0 ft
2020s	2	97.0 ft	80.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Domestic	16	80.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	12	92.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	9	70.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	5	95.0 ft
Public Water Supply	3	90.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	2	95.0 ft
Other	1	79.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 16S 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
42186	1983	110.0 ft	90.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
42181	1993	102.0 ft	72.0 ft	Domestic	Jack Cline Drilling CO
42193	1983	100.0 ft	70.0 ft	Domestic	Marty B Drilling
1052886983	2022	97.0 ft	80.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Evel Windmill Repair
42182	1986	95.0 ft	73.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
113455	1996	95.0 ft	0.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Yellow Jacket Drilling
314307	2000	95.0 ft	80.0 ft	Domestic	Melvin B. Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC
441362	2011	95.0 ft	74.0 ft	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	Evel Water Well Drilling
442692	2011	95.0 ft	74.0 ft	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	Evel Water Well Drilling
548084	2021	95.0 ft	22.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Evel Windmill Repair

Buying or drilling in township 16S range 25W?

The median section here has moved 0.0 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. Ness County, on 100 % of 48 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

22S16W 11.1 ft
26S24W 34.3 ft
18S40W 22.2 ft
24S19W 3.9 ft
29S10W 0.0 ft
24S18W 14.5 ft
30S10W -3.0 ft
29S42W 114.7 ft
32S18W -137.2 ft
29S13W 2.9 ft
31S26W 21.3 ft
10S26W -15.2 ft
31S18W -89.3 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.