Township 17S Range 29W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 26.0 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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26.0 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 17S29W

Median depth went from 77.0 ft before development to 104.7 ft — a change of 26.0 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 35. Shallower: 1. Sharpest fall, section 07 at 43.3 ft; largest rise, section 32 at 4.6 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 17S Range 29W — 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	82.2 ft	110.4 ft	+28.2
02	85.0 ft	109.8 ft	+24.9
03	88.4 ft	112.5 ft	+24.2
04	94.6 ft	120.6 ft	+26.0
05	86.8 ft	117.2 ft	+30.4
06	92.0 ft	123.3 ft	+31.3
07	82.0 ft	125.3 ft	+43.3
08	84.0 ft	121.9 ft	+37.9
09	94.5 ft	120.6 ft	+26.0
10	87.9 ft	109.7 ft	+21.8
11	84.0 ft	108.2 ft	+24.2
12	80.7 ft	107.1 ft	+26.4
13	62.7 ft	87.9 ft	+25.2
14	69.2 ft	93.5 ft	+24.2
15	74.2 ft	96.2 ft	+22.0
16	77.0 ft	104.7 ft	+27.7
17	73.4 ft	111.0 ft	+37.6
18	76.1 ft	117.1 ft	+41.0
19	68.5 ft	105.3 ft	+36.9
20	77.2 ft	107.2 ft	+30.0
21	79.2 ft	106.0 ft	+26.8
22	74.1 ft	102.7 ft	+28.7
23	74.1 ft	99.8 ft	+25.7
24	73.4 ft	98.1 ft	+24.6
25	72.0 ft	97.4 ft	+25.4
26	70.0 ft	96.9 ft	+26.9
27	69.8 ft	96.5 ft	+26.7
28	79.3 ft	97.2 ft	+17.9
29	78.1 ft	98.7 ft	+20.6
30	62.4 ft	94.8 ft	+32.4
31	60.3 ft	79.7 ft	+19.4
32	73.5 ft	68.8 ft	−4.6
33	81.3 ft	86.0 ft	+4.7
34	70.5 ft	89.7 ft	+19.1
35	66.3 ft	90.2 ft	+23.9
36	62.1 ft	85.0 ft	+22.9

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 17S range 29W

77 wells in township 17S range 29W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Weishaar Drilling & Supply, INC, 14. Oldest record, 1976. Median well 145.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (34), domestic (17), irrigation (10), domestic, livestock (7).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 17S range 29W, 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	14	1976–1988	155.0 ft	90.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	6	1983–1989	149.0 ft	90.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	5	1980–2007	172.0 ft	116.0 ft
Woofter Pump and Well, INC	5	2010–2015	145.0 ft	85.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	4	1987–1988	142.0 ft	95.0 ft
Aqua Pump #489	3	2017	135.0 ft	91.0 ft
B & B Drilling	3	1985–1989	125.0 ft	70.0 ft
Fred Eaton	3	1996	125.0 ft	95.0 ft
Red Tiger Drilling CO	3	1984	164.0 ft	90.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	3	1984–1985	140.0 ft	90.0 ft
Walter Woofter Pump & Well	3	1984–1985	160.0 ft	103.0 ft
Aqua L.l.c	2	2010	160.0 ft	115.0 ft
Aqua Pump LLC	2	2015	160.0 ft	116.0 ft
Gene Boomhower	2	1995	117.0 ft	17.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	2	2007–2008	160.0 ft	102.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	2	1984	150.0 ft	103.0 ft
Vance Shay	2	—	115.0 ft	106.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	2	2013	175.0 ft	140.0 ft
Abraham Well Serv	1	1976	177.0 ft	121.0 ft
Aqua Pump LLC #489	1	2020	160.0 ft	108.0 ft
Charles Sager's Pump Service	1	2002	132.0 ft	81.0 ft
Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair	1	1992	100.0 ft	90.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	1	2008	164.0 ft	100.0 ft
Kent D. Borell	1	2003	92.0 ft	5.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	1	2008	106.0 ft	70.0 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC	1	2016	140.0 ft	68.0 ft
Sharp Seed LLC	1	1999	93.0 ft	0.0 ft
White and Ellis Drilling, INC	1	1984	140.0 ft	80.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well #881	1	2025	150.0 ft	100.0 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	9	155.0 ft	90.0 ft
1980s	35	149.0 ft	95.0 ft
1990s	6	117.0 ft	90.0 ft
2000s	7	160.0 ft	100.0 ft
2010s	14	145.0 ft	100.0 ft
2020s	2	160.0 ft	108.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	34	149.0 ft
Domestic	17	122.0 ft
Irrigation	10	172.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	7	142.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	5	145.0 ft
Feedlot	3	115.0 ft
Industrial	1	164.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 17S range 29W, 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
405605	2007	180.0 ft	116.0 ft	Feedlot	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
34918	1976	177.0 ft	121.0 ft	Irrigation	Abraham Well Serv
34917	1984	176.0 ft	118.0 ft	Irrigation	Weishaar Drilling & Supply, INC
34912	1976	175.0 ft	112.0 ft	Irrigation	Weishaar Drilling & Supply, INC
462272	—	175.0 ft	140.0 ft	Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	Woofter Pump & Well, INC
468189	2013	175.0 ft	125.0 ft	Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	Woofter Pump & Well, INC
34931	1980	173.0 ft	100.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
34913	1982	172.0 ft	119.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Weishaar Drilling & Supply, INC
34923	1985	172.0 ft	111.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
34920	1989	170.0 ft	119.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC

Buying or drilling in township 17S range 29W?

The median section here has moved 26.0 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. Lane County, on 100 % of 77 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

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
17S30W 27.3 ft
17S33W 57.8 ft
17S35W 70.3 ft
17S36W 81.3 ft
18S29W 17.4 ft
18S32W 57.6 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.