Township 17S Range 35W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 70.3 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 17S35W

Median depth went from 89.2 ft before development to 162.2 ft — a change of 70.3 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 30 at 88.4 ft; the smallest fall is section 13 at 59.9 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 17S Range 35W — 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	105.3 ft	166.4 ft	+61.1
02	105.3 ft	170.1 ft	+64.9
03	100.1 ft	165.9 ft	+65.8
04	99.7 ft	168.4 ft	+68.7
05	82.0 ft	152.0 ft	+70.0
06	46.8 ft	114.9 ft	+68.1
07	43.8 ft	114.3 ft	+70.5
08	28.4 ft	97.7 ft	+69.3
09	40.6 ft	110.5 ft	+69.9
10	49.3 ft	117.7 ft	+68.4
11	73.7 ft	138.1 ft	+64.5
12	96.6 ft	157.2 ft	+60.7
13	52.9 ft	112.9 ft	+59.9
14	50.5 ft	116.9 ft	+66.4
15	65.1 ft	136.6 ft	+71.6
16	68.9 ft	141.9 ft	+73.0
17	81.1 ft	155.0 ft	+73.9
18	95.7 ft	171.0 ft	+75.3
19	92.9 ft	173.9 ft	+81.0
20	92.2 ft	171.1 ft	+78.9
21	89.7 ft	168.2 ft	+78.6
22	92.1 ft	169.1 ft	+77.0
23	91.9 ft	162.2 ft	+70.3
24	95.6 ft	158.2 ft	+62.7
25	92.5 ft	154.2 ft	+61.7
26	90.1 ft	160.2 ft	+70.1
27	87.5 ft	165.7 ft	+78.2
28	89.1 ft	172.5 ft	+83.4
29	89.4 ft	173.3 ft	+83.9
30	88.2 ft	176.5 ft	+88.4
31	87.0 ft	167.5 ft	+80.5
32	86.4 ft	164.0 ft	+77.7
33	86.0 ft	163.2 ft	+77.2
34	89.2 ft	162.8 ft	+73.5
35	91.2 ft	157.8 ft	+66.6
36	90.7 ft	150.8 ft	+60.1

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 17S range 35W

56 wells in township 17S range 35W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Weishaar Drilling & Supply, INC, 16. Oldest record, 1974. Median well 195.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (21), domestic (18), oil field water supply (7), domestic, livestock (5).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 17S range 35W, 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	16	1974–1986	130.0 ft	78.0 ft
Well Owner	5	1989–2001	198.0 ft	147.0 ft
Jones Construction	4	2008–2017	194.0 ft	0.0 ft
Abraham Well Serv	3	1976	202.0 ft	140.0 ft
B & B Drilling	3	2013–2015	192.0 ft	152.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	3	1994–2006	210.0 ft	158.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	3	1992–1995	110.0 ft	68.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well #881	3	2019–2025	195.0 ft	160.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	3	2012–2013	180.0 ft	130.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	2	1997–1998	223.0 ft	173.0 ft
U.s. Geological Survey	2	2000	174.5 ft	159.9 ft
Aqua Pump #489	1	2023	115.0 ft	90.0 ft
Ark Valley Pump and Supply	1	1975	212.0 ft	170.0 ft
Bartell Drilling & Machine Works	1	1994	106.0 ft	45.0 ft
Billy Husband	1	1975	195.0 ft	140.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	1	1993	201.0 ft	135.0 ft
Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair	1	1992	207.0 ft	149.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	1	1979	190.0 ft	120.0 ft
Layne-western CO	1	1976	209.0 ft	148.0 ft
Woofter Pump and Well, INC	1	2020	130.0 ft	70.0 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	19	192.0 ft	120.0 ft
1980s	5	176.0 ft	123.0 ft
1990s	11	198.0 ft	135.0 ft
2000s	7	174.5 ft	159.9 ft
2010s	9	190.0 ft	140.0 ft
2020s	4	190.0 ft	155.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Irrigation	21	206.0 ft
Domestic	18	130.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	7	192.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	5	127.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	2	174.5 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	2	190.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Irrigation	1	147.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 17S range 35W, 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
115515	1997	223.0 ft	173.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
313153	2000	220.0 ft	164.0 ft	Irrigation	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
320351	2001	220.0 ft	164.0 ft	Irrigation	Well Owner
435415	—	214.0 ft	41.0 ft	Irrigation	Well Owner
90743	1975	212.0 ft	170.0 ft	Irrigation	Ark Valley Pump and Supply
97949	1994	210.0 ft	158.0 ft	Irrigation	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
90741	1976	209.0 ft	148.0 ft	Irrigation	Layne-western CO
90742	1992	207.0 ft	149.0 ft	Irrigation	Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair
90744	1976	207.0 ft	148.0 ft	Irrigation	Abraham Well Serv
90740	1975	206.0 ft	140.0 ft	Irrigation	Weishaar Drilling & Supply, INC

Buying or drilling in township 17S range 35W?

The median section here has moved 70.3 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. Wichita County, on 100 % of 56 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

12S25W -3.3 ft
16S33W 22.3 ft
16S36W 78.9 ft
17S28W 27.5 ft
17S29W 26.0 ft
17S30W 27.3 ft
17S33W 57.8 ft
17S36W 81.3 ft
18S29W 17.4 ft
18S32W 57.6 ft
18S33W 55.8 ft
18S35W 44.1 ft
18S36W 49.5 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.