Township 17S Range 28W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 27.5 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 17S28W

Median depth went from 72.7 ft before development to 103.5 ft — a change of 27.5 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 14 at 37.1 ft; the smallest fall is section 36 at 7.5 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 17S Range 28W — 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	71.6 ft	99.2 ft	+27.6
02	75.8 ft	108.9 ft	+33.2
03	76.4 ft	113.0 ft	+36.6
04	80.5 ft	116.7 ft	+36.2
05	86.7 ft	117.0 ft	+30.3
06	84.7 ft	114.6 ft	+29.9
07	79.3 ft	107.7 ft	+28.4
08	84.5 ft	114.9 ft	+30.3
09	80.0 ft	112.6 ft	+32.6
10	77.5 ft	112.4 ft	+34.9
11	71.5 ft	108.5 ft	+37.0
12	72.1 ft	103.6 ft	+31.5
13	69.1 ft	103.0 ft	+33.9
14	70.2 ft	107.3 ft	+37.1
15	78.6 ft	108.9 ft	+30.3
16	80.4 ft	109.9 ft	+29.4
17	79.3 ft	109.0 ft	+29.6
18	65.4 ft	92.9 ft	+27.5
19	54.7 ft	80.4 ft	+25.7
20	68.4 ft	95.7 ft	+27.3
21	75.4 ft	102.1 ft	+26.8
22	77.4 ft	103.5 ft	+26.1
23	79.9 ft	106.4 ft	+26.5
24	81.2 ft	106.9 ft	+25.7
25	82.5 ft	99.6 ft	+17.1
26	65.7 ft	84.5 ft	+18.8
27	41.1 ft	61.6 ft	+20.5
28	49.3 ft	72.4 ft	+23.1
29	57.7 ft	82.8 ft	+25.1
30	67.7 ft	92.5 ft	+24.8
31	69.5 ft	92.0 ft	+22.6
32	72.7 ft	96.7 ft	+24.0
33	69.8 ft	92.0 ft	+22.2
34	71.9 ft	90.2 ft	+18.3
35	28.5 ft	41.2 ft	+12.7
36	41.6 ft	49.2 ft	+7.5

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 17S range 28W

87 wells in township 17S range 28W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Weishaar Drilling & Supply, INC, 22. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 120.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (31), domestic (26), domestic, livestock (18), irrigation (8).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 17S range 28W, 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
Weishaar Drilling & Supply, INC	22	1975–1988	125.0 ft	85.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	15	2000–2007	120.0 ft	0.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	5	1975–1991	152.0 ft	100.0 ft
B & B Drilling	4	1985–2018	142.0 ft	80.0 ft
Leon Scheck	4	1996	44.0 ft	0.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	4	2006–2015	109.0 ft	73.0 ft
Bartell Drilling & Machine Works	3	1989	92.0 ft	57.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	3	1984–2026	125.0 ft	80.0 ft
Wn Bryant	3	1996	90.0 ft	5.0 ft
Abraham Well Serv	2	1975	161.0 ft	115.0 ft
Aqua Pump #489	2	2023	143.0 ft	106.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	2	2005–2006	157.0 ft	104.0 ft
Joe's Well Service, INC	2	1985	55.0 ft	28.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	2	1996–2011	160.0 ft	123.0 ft
Woofter Pump and Well, INC	2	2008–2010	160.0 ft	0.0 ft
Aqua L.l.c	1	2006	120.0 ft	89.0 ft
Aqua Pump	1	2012	159.0 ft	116.0 ft
Evel Water Well Drilling	1	2012	48.0 ft	9.0 ft
Gary Lee Lewis	1	1995	85.0 ft	60.0 ft
Jonagan Water Well Service LLC	1	1991	70.0 ft	52.0 ft
Lester Bockelman	1	1998	76.0 ft	0.0 ft
Merle D Foos	1	1997	30.0 ft	0.0 ft
Red Tiger Drilling CO	1	1983	140.0 ft	97.0 ft
Tom Yager Enterprises	1	2002	102.0 ft	5.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC	1	1994	147.0 ft	105.0 ft
Walter Woofter Pump & Well	1	1987	120.0 ft	99.0 ft
Warren Bruner Drilling Company	1	1976	66.0 ft	30.0 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	13	130.0 ft	84.0 ft
1980s	27	125.0 ft	85.0 ft
1990s	14	76.0 ft	40.0 ft
2000s	23	120.0 ft	0.0 ft
2010s	7	159.0 ft	0.0 ft
2020s	3	142.0 ft	103.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	31	140.0 ft
Domestic	26	100.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	18	75.0 ft
Irrigation	8	157.0 ft
Feedlot	4	124.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 17S range 28W, 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
499383	2015	382.0 ft	92.0 ft	Irrigation	Midwest Well & Pump, INC
34890	1975	210.0 ft	110.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
34876	1975	161.0 ft	115.0 ft	Irrigation	Abraham Well Serv
409502	2007	160.0 ft	0.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
416708	2008	160.0 ft	0.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Woofter Pump and Well, INC
436768	2010	160.0 ft	0.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Woofter Pump and Well, INC
444051	2011	160.0 ft	0.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Woofter Pump & Well, INC
34878	1975	159.0 ft	115.0 ft	Irrigation	Abraham Well Serv
461523	2012	159.0 ft	116.0 ft	Domestic	Aqua Pump
395138	2006	157.0 ft	104.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC

Buying or drilling in township 17S range 28W?

The median section here has moved 27.5 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. Lane County, on 100 % of 87 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

11S31W 13.5 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
17S29W 26.0 ft
17S30W 27.3 ft
17S33W 57.8 ft
17S35W 70.3 ft
17S36W 81.3 ft
18S29W 17.4 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.