Township 18S Range 40W

34 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 22.2 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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22.2 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 18S40W

Median depth went from 104.3 ft before development to 127.1 ft — a change of 22.2 ft, over 34 of 36 sections. Deeper: 34. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 17 at 34.9 ft; the smallest fall is section 04 at 15.1 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 18S Range 40W — 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	90.3 ft	105.7 ft	+15.4
02	92.4 ft	109.7 ft	+17.3
03	114.1 ft	131.8 ft	+17.7
04	122.6 ft	137.7 ft	+15.1
05	127.8 ft	145.5 ft	+17.7
06	124.4 ft	147.3 ft	+22.9
07	82.7 ft	111.8 ft	+29.1
08	119.9 ft	144.2 ft	+24.2
09	121.0 ft	141.9 ft	+20.8
10	117.9 ft	137.4 ft	+19.6
11	98.3 ft	116.7 ft	+18.4
12	71.1 ft	87.9 ft	+16.8
13	100.3 ft	115.7 ft	+15.4
14	107.2 ft	127.1 ft	+19.9
15	107.9 ft	130.9 ft	+23.0
16	87.9 ft	117.2 ft	+29.3
17	65.7 ft	100.6 ft	+34.9
18	73.7 ft	107.5 ft	+33.8
19	104.3 ft	136.4 ft	+32.1
20	97.4 ft	126.2 ft	+28.8
21	77.5 ft	103.9 ft	+26.4
22	69.2 ft	93.6 ft	+24.4
23	86.1 ft	107.9 ft	+21.8
24	87.4 ft	103.0 ft	+15.6
25	86.5 ft	103.7 ft	+17.2
26	83.0 ft	105.6 ft	+22.6
27	96.0 ft	119.6 ft	+23.6
28	108.9 ft	128.5 ft	+19.6
29	120.4 ft	141.5 ft	+21.1
30	114.3 ft	—	—
31	106.6 ft	—	—
32	117.1 ft	148.9 ft	+31.8
33	115.4 ft	139.1 ft	+23.7
34	108.2 ft	132.3 ft	+24.1
35	106.7 ft	128.9 ft	+22.2
36	114.4 ft	131.1 ft	+16.7

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 18S range 40W

101 wells in township 18S range 40W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Prairie Land Environmental Remed, 20. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 115.0 ft deep.

Sunk for monitoring well/observation/piezometer (36), domestic (34), environmental remediation, soil vapor extraction (12), public water supply (7).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 18S range 40W, 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
Prairie Land Environmental Remed	20	1992–2003	115.0 ft	99.8 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	16	1987–1991	117.0 ft	63.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	11	2004–2008	60.0 ft	0.0 ft
Weishaar Drilling & Supply, INC	8	1975–1985	115.0 ft	89.0 ft
Donald Fulton Drilling CO	7	1985–1991	76.0 ft	60.0 ft
George Kemp's Well Service	7	1989–2007	129.0 ft	102.0 ft
Leah A. Meyer	6	2019	59.7 ft	0.0 ft
Woofter Pump and Well, INC	6	2008–2021	107.0 ft	94.7 ft
Kemp's Well Service #213	5	2023–2025	82.5 ft	55.0 ft
Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair	3	1989–1991	178.0 ft	130.0 ft
Terracon, INC	2	1994	126.0 ft	92.5 ft
Ark Valley Pump and Supply	1	1979	75.0 ft	50.0 ft
Fire and Ice	1	2011	200.0 ft	0.0 ft
Kemp's Well Service	1	2019	112.0 ft	72.0 ft
Ksu	1	1991	118.0 ft	100.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	1	1995	124.0 ft	103.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	1	2012	108.0 ft	92.0 ft
Sager's Pump Service	1	1999	65.0 ft	49.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC	1	2013	200.0 ft	0.0 ft
Well Owner	1	1994	130.0 ft	110.0 ft
Wesley G. Liehs Drilling, INC	1	1996	101.0 ft	87.7 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	8	107.0 ft	86.0 ft
1980s	10	115.0 ft	88.0 ft
1990s	41	114.0 ft	97.8 ft
2000s	26	111.0 ft	90.2 ft
2010s	10	60.5 ft	0.0 ft
2020s	6	123.0 ft	94.4 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	36	115.0 ft
Domestic	34	114.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction	12	30.0 ft
Public Water Supply	7	76.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	3	65.0 ft
Feedlot	2	120.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	2	140.0 ft
Irrigation	1	180.0 ft
Industrial	1	117.0 ft
Test hole/well	1	200.0 ft
Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	1	200.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	1	126.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 18S range 40W, 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
441532	2011	200.0 ft	0.0 ft	Test hole/well	Fire and Ice
465940	2013	200.0 ft	0.0 ft	Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	Tyler Water Well, INC
25194	1990	181.0 ft	130.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Destal Tyler Water Well Service
25195	1990	181.0 ft	130.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Destal Tyler Water Well Service
25196	1991	180.0 ft	130.0 ft	Irrigation	Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair
25197	1991	178.0 ft	130.0 ft	Public Water Supply	Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair
25206	1989	152.0 ft	120.0 ft	Domestic	Destal Tyler Water Well Service
25193	1993	145.0 ft	102.0 ft	Domestic	George Kemp's Well Service
407146	2007	145.0 ft	109.0 ft	Domestic	George Kemp's Well Service
331203	2002	140.0 ft	102.0 ft	(unstated)/abandoned	George Kemp's Well Service

Buying or drilling in township 18S range 40W?

The median section here has moved 22.2 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. Greeley County, on 100 % of 101 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

34S40W -5.3 ft
11S26W 1.0 ft
12S23W 7.9 ft
14S40W 70.9 ft
18S28W 17.5 ft
22S16W 11.1 ft
26S24W 34.3 ft
24S19W 3.9 ft
29S10W 0.0 ft
24S18W 14.5 ft
30S10W -3.0 ft
16S25W 0.0 ft
29S42W 114.7 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.