Township 19S Range 12W

20 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 4.7 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 19S12W

Median depth went from 13.6 ft before development to 19.8 ft — a change of 4.7 ft, over 20 of 36 sections. Deeper: 18. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 28 at 7.6 ft; the least moved is section 36, unchanged within half a foot.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 19S Range 12W — 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	—	43.3 ft	—
02	—	27.2 ft	—
03	—	15.3 ft	—
04	—	7.5 ft	—
05	—	3.6 ft	—
06	—	0.7 ft	—
07	—	49.9 ft	—
08	—	36.4 ft	—
09	—	33.1 ft	—
10	—	33.3 ft	—
11	—	36.4 ft	—
12	—	26.8 ft	—
13	—	26.6 ft	—
14	—	54.5 ft	—
15	—	62.6 ft	—
16	—	68.2 ft	—
17	67.0 ft	71.5 ft	+4.5
18	62.0 ft	66.3 ft	+4.3
19	17.6 ft	22.7 ft	+5.1
20	70.6 ft	76.5 ft	+5.9
21	75.1 ft	80.9 ft	+5.8
22	45.8 ft	50.5 ft	+4.7
23	28.4 ft	32.4 ft	+4.0
24	17.6 ft	20.6 ft	+2.9
25	11.9 ft	11.7 ft	0
26	11.1 ft	14.2 ft	+3.1
27	13.6 ft	18.5 ft	+4.9
28	25.4 ft	33.0 ft	+7.6
29	12.7 ft	19.8 ft	+7.1
30	8.5 ft	14.0 ft	+5.5
31	5.2 ft	7.6 ft	+2.5
32	6.0 ft	9.8 ft	+3.8
33	7.4 ft	12.8 ft	+5.4
34	9.8 ft	14.8 ft	+5.0
35	9.4 ft	13.4 ft	+4.0
36	9.3 ft	9.1 ft	0

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 19S range 12W

325 wells in township 19S range 12W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Kelly's Water Well Service, INC, 98. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 45.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (118), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (82), domestic (74), domestic, livestock (17).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 19S range 12W, 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
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	98	1975–2015	50.0 ft	15.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	75	1975–2019	60.0 ft	17.0 ft
Geocore Services INC	34	1990–2009	23.0 ft	11.4 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	17	1981–1985	50.0 ft	13.0 ft
Geocore, INC	15	2011–2016	23.0 ft	0.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	12	1975–2015	66.0 ft	22.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	11	1985–1992	54.0 ft	21.0 ft
Roland Davis Environmental Drilling	10	2002	25.0 ft	13.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	8	2020–2025	70.0 ft	29.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	7	1975–1978	60.0 ft	21.0 ft
Envirotech Eng. & Consulting	7	2005–2006	21.8 ft	0.0 ft
Kurtz Environmental Service	7	1995–1998	20.0 ft	0.0 ft
Geocore, LLC	6	2026	43.6 ft	12.4 ft
Jack Goodman Water Well Drilling	2	2000	70.0 ft	38.0 ft
Ladd Petroleum Company	2	1982	45.0 ft	17.0 ft
Below Ground Surface, INC	1	2011	20.0 ft	12.1 ft
Clarke Well & Equip	1	2022	55.0 ft	10.3 ft
Clarke Well & Equipment, INC	1	2020	38.0 ft	12.1 ft
David Cruse	1	2000	180.0 ft	70.0 ft
Doonan Specialized Trailer, LLC	1	2008	77.0 ft	15.0 ft
Ellinwood Packing Plant INC	1	1995	37.0 ft	14.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	1	2008	25.2 ft	0.0 ft
Ladd Petroleum Corporation	1	1982	40.0 ft	17.0 ft
Larsen and Associates, INC	1	2018	20.0 ft	0.0 ft
Pawnee Drilling	1	1976	34.0 ft	13.0 ft
Raymond Oil Co, INC	1	1996	250.0 ft	65.0 ft
Sid Tomlinson	1	1992	60.0 ft	14.0 ft
Strata, LLC	1	2020	41.5 ft	13.2 ft
Wayne Ahrens (agent)	1	1995	169.0 ft	85.0 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	37	62.0 ft	18.0 ft
1980s	100	51.0 ft	16.0 ft
1990s	42	37.0 ft	13.0 ft
2000s	74	37.0 ft	13.0 ft
2010s	55	50.0 ft	14.0 ft
2020s	17	55.0 ft	13.2 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	118	52.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	82	23.0 ft
Domestic	74	65.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	17	70.0 ft
Irrigation	11	39.0 ft
Dewatering	5	40.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	4	54.0 ft
Pond/Swimming Pool/Recreation	3	195.0 ft
Industrial	3	40.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	2	85.0 ft
Feedlot	1	45.0 ft
Air Conditioning	1	115.0 ft
Public Water Supply	1	77.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge	1	25.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction	1	15.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Injection	1	64.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 19S range 12W, 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
1769	1981	254.0 ft	44.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
108013	1996	250.0 ft	65.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Raymond Oil Co, INC
1788	1980	249.0 ft	110.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
1763	1984	240.0 ft	53.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
408440	1981	212.0 ft	60.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
1758	1990	205.0 ft	7.0 ft	Pond/Swimming Pool/Recreation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
408439	1998	205.0 ft	80.0 ft	Domestic	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
1787	1984	204.0 ft	92.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
1786	1992	202.0 ft	79.0 ft	Domestic	Sam's Water Well Service
1771	1982	200.0 ft	39.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC

Buying or drilling in township 19S range 12W?

The median section here has moved 4.7 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 Central and western Kansas. Barton County, on 100 % of 325 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

29S27W 116.7 ft
34S43W 31.0 ft
32S41W 38.6 ft
29S12W 2.2 ft
25S21W 7.9 ft
29S11W 1.1 ft
35S42W 54.0 ft
30S25W 29.9 ft
25S23W -20.8 ft
35S33W 57.2 ft
35S36W 92.6 ft
35S38W 145.4 ft
29S17W 4.9 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.