Township 18S Range 35W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 44.1 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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44.1 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 18S35W

Median depth went from 80.2 ft before development to 122.1 ft — a change of 44.1 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 04 at 66.0 ft; the smallest fall is section 31 at 25.1 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 18S 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	85.6 ft	142.1 ft	+56.6
02	84.0 ft	145.1 ft	+61.1
03	81.8 ft	146.7 ft	+64.9
04	79.5 ft	145.5 ft	+66.0
05	80.7 ft	145.5 ft	+64.8
06	85.3 ft	151.2 ft	+65.9
07	82.0 ft	136.3 ft	+54.3
08	80.9 ft	135.0 ft	+54.1
09	80.2 ft	136.5 ft	+56.4
10	81.5 ft	138.0 ft	+56.4
11	80.2 ft	134.0 ft	+53.8
12	80.8 ft	132.1 ft	+51.3
13	77.8 ft	122.1 ft	+44.2
14	78.5 ft	124.0 ft	+45.5
15	81.0 ft	129.0 ft	+47.9
16	80.5 ft	128.8 ft	+48.3
17	82.7 ft	128.3 ft	+45.6
18	77.0 ft	121.1 ft	+44.1
19	68.6 ft	103.7 ft	+35.2
20	84.0 ft	121.7 ft	+37.7
21	82.4 ft	121.6 ft	+39.3
22	83.3 ft	123.2 ft	+39.9
23	78.7 ft	119.2 ft	+40.5
24	76.7 ft	116.3 ft	+39.6
25	77.0 ft	114.0 ft	+37.0
26	81.6 ft	118.7 ft	+37.1
27	85.8 ft	121.3 ft	+35.5
28	78.0 ft	111.7 ft	+33.7
29	71.8 ft	103.6 ft	+31.7
30	54.5 ft	84.0 ft	+29.5
31	73.7 ft	98.8 ft	+25.1
32	64.5 ft	92.4 ft	+28.0
33	51.0 ft	82.2 ft	+31.2
34	62.7 ft	95.9 ft	+33.2
35	75.8 ft	110.4 ft	+34.5
36	80.0 ft	115.4 ft	+35.4

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 18S range 35W

107 wells in township 18S range 35W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Green Field Contractors, 24. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 150.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (25), domestic (24), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (22), environmental remediation, air sparge (16).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 18S 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
Green Field Contractors	24	2009	142.0 ft	129.0 ft
Weishaar Drilling & Supply, INC	17	1975–1988	145.0 ft	108.0 ft
Geocore Services INC	11	2000	142.0 ft	0.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	9	1994–2006	165.0 ft	130.0 ft
Jones Construction	8	2007–2016	170.0 ft	26.0 ft
Woofter Pump and Well INC	6	1998	150.0 ft	128.4 ft
Kansas City Testing Lab	5	1994	150.2 ft	128.1 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	5	1991–2018	156.0 ft	136.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well #554	4	1999–2013	150.0 ft	120.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	3	1976–1990	179.0 ft	119.0 ft
Well Owner	3	1994–1999	85.0 ft	0.0 ft
Charles Sager's Pump Service	2	2000	145.0 ft	42.0 ft
Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair	2	1990–1992	122.0 ft	49.0 ft
Western Sprinklers INC	2	2011–2012	170.0 ft	114.0 ft
Abraham Well Serv	1	1976	145.0 ft	115.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	1	1993	50.0 ft	40.0 ft
Donald Fulton Drilling CO	1	1989	85.0 ft	0.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well #881	1	2022	170.0 ft	145.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	1	2012	100.0 ft	30.0 ft
Woofter Pump and Well, INC	1	2008	160.0 ft	122.0 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	11	157.0 ft	105.0 ft
1980s	10	145.0 ft	110.0 ft
1990s	24	150.0 ft	127.0 ft
2000s	51	142.0 ft	42.0 ft
2010s	10	162.0 ft	120.0 ft
2020s	1	170.0 ft	145.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Irrigation	25	165.0 ft
Domestic	24	150.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	22	150.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge	16	142.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction	8	130.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	7	135.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	4	150.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	1	54.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Irrigation	1	0.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 18S 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
413094	2008	188.0 ft	4.0 ft	Irrigation	Jones Construction
90840	1976	180.0 ft	0.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
90841	1976	179.0 ft	119.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
437369	2010	178.0 ft	31.0 ft	Irrigation	Jones Construction
339780	2003	173.0 ft	0.0 ft	Irrigation	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
417572	2008	171.0 ft	24.0 ft	Irrigation	Jones Construction
90839	1990	170.0 ft	122.0 ft	Domestic	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
104833	1995	170.0 ft	119.0 ft	Domestic	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
409419	2007	170.0 ft	0.0 ft	Irrigation	Jones Construction
453160	2011	170.0 ft	114.0 ft	Irrigation	Western Sprinklers INC

Buying or drilling in township 18S range 35W?

The median section here has moved 44.1 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 108 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

17S30W 27.3 ft
17S33W 57.8 ft
17S35W 70.3 ft
17S36W 81.3 ft
18S29W 17.4 ft
18S32W 57.6 ft
18S33W 55.8 ft
18S36W 49.5 ft
18S37W 70.1 ft
20S13W 2.8 ft
20S33W 65.3 ft
21S12W 1.0 ft
21S13W 0.5 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.