Township 17S Range 36W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 81.3 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 17S36W

Median depth went from 88.9 ft before development to 168.8 ft — a change of 81.3 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 34 at 90.7 ft; the smallest fall is section 01 at 67.7 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 17S Range 36W — 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	84.6 ft	152.3 ft	+67.7
02	97.4 ft	165.1 ft	+67.8
03	88.9 ft	158.9 ft	+70.0
04	89.3 ft	161.1 ft	+71.8
05	97.0 ft	170.8 ft	+73.8
06	91.7 ft	173.0 ft	+81.3
07	91.1 ft	170.3 ft	+79.2
08	96.5 ft	168.8 ft	+72.2
09	72.6 ft	145.5 ft	+72.9
10	32.1 ft	104.1 ft	+72.0
11	36.8 ft	107.4 ft	+70.7
12	34.9 ft	103.8 ft	+68.9
13	95.9 ft	169.6 ft	+73.7
14	90.4 ft	163.0 ft	+72.5
15	64.2 ft	141.2 ft	+77.0
16	22.6 ft	108.3 ft	+85.7
17	45.6 ft	129.8 ft	+84.2
18	50.0 ft	133.7 ft	+83.7
19	32.9 ft	122.2 ft	+89.4
20	29.2 ft	117.2 ft	+88.0
21	72.3 ft	153.3 ft	+81.0
22	92.0 ft	176.3 ft	+84.3
23	88.6 ft	173.9 ft	+85.3
24	94.0 ft	176.3 ft	+82.3
25	90.3 ft	178.0 ft	+87.7
26	91.6 ft	176.7 ft	+85.1
27	92.3 ft	178.7 ft	+86.5
28	95.7 ft	177.0 ft	+81.3
29	87.5 ft	170.6 ft	+83.2
30	75.5 ft	160.8 ft	+85.3
31	92.8 ft	170.4 ft	+77.5
32	94.9 ft	170.8 ft	+75.9
33	91.7 ft	173.5 ft	+81.8
34	85.0 ft	175.6 ft	+90.7
35	86.7 ft	169.5 ft	+82.8
36	86.5 ft	167.9 ft	+81.5

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 17S range 36W

86 wells in township 17S range 36W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Weishaar Drilling & Supply, INC, 17. Oldest record, 1974. Median well 194.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (54), domestic (23), domestic, livestock (6), oil field water supply (3).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 17S range 36W, 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	17	1974–1985	180.0 ft	84.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	12	1996–2006	197.0 ft	150.0 ft
Jones Construction	10	2008–2019	191.0 ft	0.0 ft
Well Owner	8	1990–2014	187.0 ft	30.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	7	1990–2000	194.0 ft	149.0 ft
Woofter Pump and Well, INC	6	2008–2019	200.0 ft	168.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well #881	4	2022–2023	203.0 ft	176.0 ft
James Cratesen	3	2025	180.0 ft	13.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	3	2000–2011	187.0 ft	154.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	3	1998–2013	210.0 ft	172.0 ft
Aqua Pump LLC #489	2	2020–2021	130.0 ft	78.0 ft
Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair	2	1990	114.0 ft	50.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	2	1975	198.0 ft	129.0 ft
Abc Drilling, INC	1	1978	202.0 ft	120.0 ft
Abraham Well Serv	1	1976	165.0 ft	105.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	1	1976	220.0 ft	149.0 ft
D & R Pump Service, LLC	1	2012	140.0 ft	0.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	1	2007	195.0 ft	138.0 ft
Northwest Drilling Co., INC	1	1975	215.0 ft	145.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, Inc. #881	1	2021	140.0 ft	95.0 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	194.0 ft	120.0 ft
1980s	4	135.0 ft	70.0 ft
1990s	16	200.0 ft	140.0 ft
2000s	21	191.0 ft	138.0 ft
2010s	16	191.0 ft	30.0 ft
2020s	10	185.0 ft	78.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Irrigation	54	194.0 ft
Domestic	23	165.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	6	130.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	3	140.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 17S range 36W, 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
1053298619	2023	226.0 ft	184.0 ft	Irrigation	Woofter Pump & Well #881
90771	1991	225.0 ft	163.0 ft	Irrigation	Destal Tyler Water Well Service
90773	1976	220.0 ft	149.0 ft	Irrigation	Central Well & Pump, INC
90778	1977	220.0 ft	145.0 ft	Irrigation	Weishaar Drilling & Supply, INC
507592	2017	220.0 ft	0.0 ft	Irrigation	Jones Construction
435433	1998	217.0 ft	170.0 ft	Irrigation	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
90776	1974	215.0 ft	0.0 ft	Irrigation	Weishaar Drilling & Supply, INC
90779	1975	215.0 ft	145.0 ft	Irrigation	Northwest Drilling Co., INC
107034	1996	213.0 ft	173.0 ft	Irrigation	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
303686	1998	213.0 ft	172.0 ft	Irrigation	Woofter Pump & Well, INC

Buying or drilling in township 17S range 36W?

The median section here has moved 81.3 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 86 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

16S33W 22.3 ft
16S36W 78.9 ft
17S28W 27.5 ft
17S29W 26.0 ft
17S30W 27.3 ft
17S33W 57.8 ft
17S35W 70.3 ft
18S29W 17.4 ft
18S32W 57.6 ft
18S33W 55.8 ft
18S35W 44.1 ft
18S36W 49.5 ft
18S37W 70.1 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.