Township 18S Range 36W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 49.5 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 18S36W

Median depth went from 75.5 ft before development to 127.4 ft — a change of 49.5 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 06 at 76.0 ft; the smallest fall is section 35 at 21.2 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 18S 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	80.9 ft	148.0 ft	+67.1
02	86.4 ft	154.4 ft	+68.0
03	83.0 ft	159.0 ft	+76.0
04	86.6 ft	162.3 ft	+75.7
05	87.7 ft	161.6 ft	+73.9
06	87.2 ft	163.3 ft	+76.0
07	80.0 ft	152.1 ft	+72.1
08	82.5 ft	150.6 ft	+68.1
09	74.5 ft	139.5 ft	+65.1
10	70.7 ft	130.8 ft	+60.1
11	71.0 ft	127.4 ft	+56.5
12	73.7 ft	129.4 ft	+55.7
13	66.8 ft	111.2 ft	+44.4
14	60.4 ft	106.8 ft	+46.4
15	61.2 ft	108.5 ft	+47.3
16	73.6 ft	129.7 ft	+56.0
17	78.2 ft	138.1 ft	+59.9
18	75.5 ft	142.0 ft	+66.4
19	81.4 ft	140.2 ft	+58.8
20	82.7 ft	134.5 ft	+51.9
21	74.8 ft	121.2 ft	+46.5
22	61.3 ft	99.3 ft	+38.0
23	64.3 ft	99.3 ft	+34.9
24	63.7 ft	97.8 ft	+34.1
25	64.1 ft	92.1 ft	+28.0
26	66.7 ft	94.7 ft	+27.9
27	63.7 ft	94.4 ft	+30.7
28	75.7 ft	113.0 ft	+37.4
29	80.4 ft	124.0 ft	+43.6
30	80.1 ft	129.6 ft	+49.5
31	77.9 ft	115.9 ft	+38.0
32	84.3 ft	118.5 ft	+34.3
33	80.9 ft	109.7 ft	+28.8
34	70.6 ft	94.9 ft	+24.3
35	68.1 ft	89.3 ft	+21.2
36	71.3 ft	92.9 ft	+21.7

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 18S range 36W

89 wells in township 18S range 36W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Weishaar Drilling & Supply, INC, 21. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 165.0 ft deep.

Sunk for domestic (28), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (27), irrigation (22), industrial (3).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 18S 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	21	1975–1988	150.0 ft	98.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	11	1993–2002	171.0 ft	141.0 ft
Prairie Land Environmental Remed	6	2000–2003	157.6 ft	136.8 ft
Coranco Great Plains, INC	5	2015	150.0 ft	137.6 ft
Jones Construction	5	2000–2018	158.0 ft	15.0 ft
Southwest Environmental Engineering LLC	5	2017	150.0 ft	137.6 ft
Bartell Drilling & Machine Works	4	1978–1997	152.0 ft	128.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	3	1991	173.0 ft	120.0 ft
Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair	3	1991	165.0 ft	139.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	3	1996–2007	125.0 ft	100.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	3	1999	160.0 ft	141.0 ft
Woofter Pump and Well INC	3	1997	109.0 ft	98.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	2	2005	173.0 ft	142.0 ft
Kdot	2	1976	131.5 ft	65.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	2	1976–1990	220.0 ft	161.0 ft
Well Owner	2	1994	190.0 ft	175.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well #881	2	2023–2024	210.0 ft	160.0 ft
Ark Valley Pump and Supply	1	1975	196.0 ft	160.0 ft
B & B Drilling	1	1983	189.0 ft	146.0 ft
Charles Sager's Pump Service	1	1999	162.0 ft	136.0 ft
D & R Pump Service, LLC	1	2012	175.0 ft	0.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	1	2011	19.0 ft	0.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump - #1047	1	2026	166.0 ft	142.0 ft
Northwest Drilling Co., INC	1	1975	211.0 ft	145.0 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	20	140.0 ft	86.0 ft
1980s	10	168.0 ft	128.0 ft
1990s	23	163.0 ft	138.0 ft
2000s	17	165.0 ft	139.4 ft
2010s	16	150.0 ft	137.0 ft
2020s	3	200.0 ft	142.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Domestic	28	163.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	27	150.0 ft
Irrigation	22	191.0 ft
Industrial	3	166.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	2	135.0 ft
Public Water Supply	2	180.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	2	171.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	1	189.0 ft
Pond/Swimming Pool/Recreation	1	173.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	1	70.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 18S 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
90870	1990	220.0 ft	161.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
90871	1976	217.0 ft	141.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
90868	1975	211.0 ft	145.0 ft	Irrigation	Northwest Drilling Co., INC
327768	2002	210.0 ft	183.0 ft	Irrigation	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
1054145969	2023	210.0 ft	160.0 ft	Domestic	Woofter Pump & Well #881
90869	1986	203.0 ft	152.0 ft	Irrigation	Weishaar Drilling & Supply, INC
107035	1996	203.0 ft	155.0 ft	Irrigation	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
1055399239	2024	200.0 ft	0.0 ft	Irrigation	Woofter Pump & Well #881
90867	1975	196.0 ft	160.0 ft	Irrigation	Ark Valley Pump and Supply
495968	2015	195.0 ft	18.0 ft	Irrigation	Jones Construction

Buying or drilling in township 18S range 36W?

The median section here has moved 49.5 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 89 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

17S33W 57.8 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
18S37W 70.1 ft
20S13W 2.8 ft
20S33W 65.3 ft
21S12W 1.0 ft
21S13W 0.5 ft
21S33W 87.1 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.