Township 17S Range 33W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 57.8 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 17S33W

Median depth went from 83.9 ft before development to 148.7 ft — a change of 57.8 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 36 at 84.8 ft; the smallest fall is section 01 at 39.0 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 17S Range 33W — 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	45.5 ft	84.5 ft	+39.0
02	57.5 ft	100.5 ft	+43.0
03	102.0 ft	147.8 ft	+45.8
04	115.7 ft	165.0 ft	+49.3
05	119.9 ft	166.8 ft	+47.0
06	117.4 ft	164.9 ft	+47.4
07	112.1 ft	160.8 ft	+48.7
08	118.3 ft	169.3 ft	+51.0
09	108.8 ft	163.7 ft	+54.9
10	74.9 ft	133.1 ft	+58.2
11	60.5 ft	120.7 ft	+60.1
12	75.4 ft	133.2 ft	+57.8
13	73.4 ft	144.3 ft	+70.9
14	80.2 ft	150.8 ft	+70.6
15	34.2 ft	100.4 ft	+66.2
16	96.4 ft	153.0 ft	+56.7
17	71.7 ft	124.6 ft	+52.9
18	60.5 ft	111.7 ft	+51.2
19	73.2 ft	123.3 ft	+50.2
20	87.4 ft	138.7 ft	+51.3
21	35.6 ft	95.8 ft	+60.2
22	59.5 ft	129.6 ft	+70.1
23	88.9 ft	157.0 ft	+68.1
24	77.2 ft	152.7 ft	+75.5
25	69.1 ft	149.2 ft	+80.1
26	85.0 ft	153.5 ft	+68.5
27	89.7 ft	150.9 ft	+61.2
28	90.2 ft	147.9 ft	+57.8
29	106.6 ft	158.5 ft	+51.9
30	110.1 ft	158.3 ft	+48.2
31	96.4 ft	148.9 ft	+52.5
32	91.5 ft	147.0 ft	+55.4
33	83.5 ft	141.5 ft	+58.0
34	83.9 ft	146.1 ft	+62.1
35	75.8 ft	148.7 ft	+72.9
36	72.0 ft	156.8 ft	+84.8

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 17S range 33W

64 wells in township 17S range 33W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Weishaar Drilling & Supply, INC, 20. Oldest record, 1974. Median well 190.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (22), domestic (22), domestic, livestock (7), oil field water supply (6).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 17S range 33W, 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	20	1974–1987	188.0 ft	125.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	13	1989–2018	190.0 ft	138.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	3	2004–2007	200.0 ft	0.0 ft
Kirk Grain CO	3	2000	118.0 ft	0.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	3	2013–2014	180.0 ft	150.0 ft
Woofter Pump and Well, INC	3	2014–2015	205.0 ft	150.0 ft
Abc Drilling, INC	2	1975–1978	144.0 ft	65.0 ft
Floyd M Krebs	2	1989	190.0 ft	135.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	2	2022–2023	180.0 ft	155.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC	2	1992	230.0 ft	182.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well #881	2	2022	213.0 ft	164.0 ft
Dick Eitel	1	2014	0.0 ft	0.0 ft
Donald Fulton Drilling CO	1	1989	190.0 ft	132.0 ft
Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair	1	1990	92.0 ft	45.0 ft
Flint Hills Drilling #914	1	2020	169.0 ft	149.0 ft
Griffin Dewatering North Central, LLC	1	1998	230.0 ft	135.0 ft
Henkle Drilling and Supply	1	1995	190.0 ft	142.0 ft
High Plains Drilling & Supply	1	1976	204.0 ft	158.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump	1	2020	186.0 ft	163.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	1	2000	220.0 ft	130.0 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	191.0 ft	125.0 ft
1980s	14	190.0 ft	125.0 ft
1990s	8	197.0 ft	139.0 ft
2000s	13	188.5 ft	130.0 ft
2010s	10	190.0 ft	150.0 ft
2020s	6	186.0 ft	155.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Irrigation	22	192.0 ft
Domestic	22	180.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	7	173.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	6	200.0 ft
Feedlot	3	135.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	3	118.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	1	169.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 17S range 33W, 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
61279	1982	235.0 ft	122.0 ft	Domestic	Weishaar Drilling & Supply, INC
505870	2016	231.0 ft	165.5 ft	Domestic	Midwest Well & Pump, INC
61280	1992	230.0 ft	182.0 ft	Irrigation	Tyler Water Well, INC
61281	1992	230.0 ft	182.0 ft	Irrigation	Tyler Water Well, INC
455723	1998	230.0 ft	135.0 ft	Irrigation	Griffin Dewatering North Central, LLC
61264	1980	225.0 ft	125.0 ft	Domestic	Weishaar Drilling & Supply, INC
314512	2000	220.0 ft	130.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
402715	2007	220.0 ft	136.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Midwest Well & Pump, INC
486407	2015	213.0 ft	150.0 ft	Irrigation	Woofter Pump and Well, INC
1052898942	2022	213.0 ft	164.0 ft	Irrigation	Woofter Pump & Well #881

Buying or drilling in township 17S range 33W?

The median section here has moved 57.8 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. Scott County, on 100 % of 64 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

12S22W -12.7 ft
12S25W -3.3 ft
16S33W 22.3 ft
16S36W 78.9 ft
17S28W 27.5 ft
17S29W 26.0 ft
17S30W 27.3 ft
17S35W 70.3 ft
17S36W 81.3 ft
18S29W 17.4 ft
18S32W 57.6 ft
18S33W 55.8 ft
18S35W 44.1 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.