Township 19S Range 13W

26 of the 35 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 2.3 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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2.3 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 19S13W

Median depth went from 8.4 ft before development to 10.8 ft — a change of 2.3 ft, over 26 of 35 sections. Deeper: 20. Shallower: 4. Sharpest fall, section 08 at 5.4 ft; largest rise, section 32 at 2.3 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 19S Range 13W — 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	—	5.4 ft	—
02	—	18.4 ft	—
03	—	48.1 ft	—
04	—	37.2 ft	—
05	—	29.6 ft	—
06	—	31.9 ft	—
07	—	17.0 ft	—
08	13.5 ft	19.0 ft	+5.4
09	17.1 ft	20.4 ft	+3.3
10	—	40.5 ft	—
11	—	60.0 ft	—
13	46.3 ft	50.1 ft	+3.8
14	37.7 ft	40.1 ft	+2.3
15	17.2 ft	19.6 ft	+2.4
16	10.6 ft	14.7 ft	+4.2
17	11.3 ft	16.1 ft	+4.8
18	12.7 ft	16.8 ft	+4.1
19	6.6 ft	10.3 ft	+3.7
20	5.9 ft	9.8 ft	+3.8
21	8.0 ft	11.1 ft	+3.1
22	12.0 ft	13.7 ft	+1.7
23	13.2 ft	13.9 ft	+0.7
24	12.6 ft	15.2 ft	+2.6
25	8.9 ft	10.2 ft	+1.3
26	7.7 ft	7.9 ft	0
27	6.4 ft	7.7 ft	+1.3
28	4.7 ft	6.5 ft	+1.9
29	7.5 ft	9.1 ft	+1.7
30	8.4 ft	10.8 ft	+2.3
31	7.0 ft	6.5 ft	0
32	5.8 ft	3.5 ft	−2.3
33	3.1 ft	2.5 ft	−0.6
34	4.3 ft	5.7 ft	+1.4
35	5.3 ft	4.3 ft	−1.0
36	5.5 ft	3.4 ft	−2.1

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 19S range 13W

2,678 wells in township 19S range 13W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC, 428. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 22.0 ft deep.

Sunk for monitoring well/observation/piezometer (1,291), domestic (413), domestic, lawn and garden (349), environmental remediation, air sparge (202).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 19S range 13W, 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
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	428	1975–2026	60.0 ft	14.0 ft
Geocore Services INC	293	1991–2009	19.0 ft	8.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	274	1975–2016	62.0 ft	16.0 ft
Associated Environmental, INC	199	1998–2018	15.6 ft	8.7 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	163	1975–2026	60.0 ft	13.0 ft
Geotechnical Services, INC	121	1992–2008	15.0 ft	9.3 ft
Jb Environmental Drilling	104	1994–1999	15.5 ft	7.5 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	82	2003–2007	17.2 ft	10.3 ft
Larsen and Associates, INC	80	2006–2017	16.7 ft	0.0 ft
Coranco Great Plains, INC	79	2004–2018	22.0 ft	10.0 ft
Geocore, INC	71	2011–2018	25.0 ft	0.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	71	1994–2006	17.0 ft	9.6 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	70	1985–1995	64.0 ft	15.5 ft
Greenfield Contractors, INC	56	2009–2025	19.0 ft	0.0 ft
Terracon, INC	50	1992–2001	61.5 ft	0.0 ft
Larsen & Associates	39	2024–2026	17.6 ft	10.0 ft
Scs Engineers	39	2020–2026	20.0 ft	8.2 ft
Layne-christensen CO	24	1983–1993	25.0 ft	5.0 ft
Kansas City Testing Lab	23	1994–1995	17.2 ft	9.5 ft
Kdhe	23	1988–2015	13.4 ft	9.0 ft
Associated Env	21	2020–2023	14.7 ft	10.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	21	1981–1986	60.0 ft	15.0 ft
Greenfield Contractors	20	2009	17.0 ft	9.8 ft
Hws Technologies INC	20	1991	24.5 ft	11.0 ft
Vista Geoscience LLC	18	2018	20.7 ft	10.2 ft
Maxim Technologies, INC	16	1997–2004	16.0 ft	9.1 ft
Well Owner	16	1989–2018	27.0 ft	14.5 ft
Kgs	15	1986	60.0 ft	9.3 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	15	2020–2025	80.0 ft	18.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC	15	2020–2021	60.0 ft	13.0 ft
Pratt Well Service	12	2014	20.0 ft	10.0 ft
Clarke Well & Equip	11	2022–2026	46.5 ft	15.0 ft
Layne Western	11	1995–1998	20.0 ft	8.0 ft
Aquaterra Environmental Solutions, INC	10	2001–2011	15.0 ft	8.3 ft
Coranco Great Plains	10	2024	18.9 ft	10.0 ft
Atlas Technical Consultants	9	2024	17.9 ft	13.9 ft
C and C Loop Drilling	9	2005	150.0 ft	0.0 ft
Env. Priority Srvc	9	2021	20.0 ft	0.0 ft
Kansas Geological Survey	9	1986–2001	47.5 ft	24.0 ft
Darren Hayse	8	2018	30.0 ft	9.0 ft
Groundwater Technology	8	1990	18.0 ft	9.0 ft
Kurtz Environmental Service	8	1995	25.0 ft	8.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	7	1975–1979	50.0 ft	12.0 ft
Below Ground Surface, INC	6	2004–2005	25.0 ft	18.0 ft
G.g. Dozer	5	2003–2004	15.0 ft	8.0 ft
Razek Environmental, LLC	5	2012	19.6 ft	17.6 ft
Whitetail Drilling, LLC	5	2018	18.0 ft	0.0 ft
Gsi Engineering	4	2024	25.0 ft	10.0 ft
Max's Enterprise	4	1994	17.0 ft	8.0 ft
Melvin B. Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, INC	4	1976–1998	80.0 ft	45.0 ft
Will Purdon, Maximum/kansas City Testing	4	1996	14.0 ft	9.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	4	1999	20.5 ft	8.4 ft
Hayse Management Services	3	2014	100.0 ft	0.0 ft
Prairie Land Environmental Remed	3	1991	25.0 ft	11.6 ft
Rich Edwards	3	1996	15.0 ft	0.0 ft
Sunflower Backhoe and Trenching	3	2003–2004	29.0 ft	12.0 ft
Whitetail Services, INC	3	1997	20.0 ft	0.0 ft
Community Bank/rick Schenk	2	2003	22.0 ft	19.0 ft
Quad State Services, INC	2	2006	13.5 ft	9.0 ft
Associated Drilling, INC	1	2013	215.0 ft	0.0 ft
Black Walnut LLC	1	2024	35.0 ft	20.0 ft
Bushell Water Well Drilling and Service	1	2020	60.0 ft	38.0 ft
Catherine E. Pekarck	1	1995	32.0 ft	15.0 ft
Clarke Well & Equipment, INC	1	2021	60.0 ft	11.4 ft
Darrell Mitchell	1	2003	28.0 ft	15.0 ft
Donald C. Sesso, Maxim Tech./kansas City	1	1994	16.5 ft	10.3 ft
Donald P. Kaiser	1	1994	20.0 ft	11.0 ft
Eugene J. Zorn	1	1988	28.3 ft	15.0 ft
Geocore, LLC	1	2025	12.0 ft	9.6 ft
George Fabin	1	1989	19.0 ft	10.0 ft
Greg Dodson	1	2024	60.0 ft	15.0 ft
Gsi Engineering, LLC	1	1993	14.0 ft	8.5 ft
Harry Schwindt	1	1988	22.0 ft	11.5 ft
Hoskins Backhoe and Welding	1	2015	15.0 ft	12.0 ft
Howard Baker	1	2003	63.0 ft	18.0 ft
Jack Goodman Water Well Drilling	1	2003	40.0 ft	18.0 ft
James and Diana Swan	1	2006	29.0 ft	14.0 ft
Layne Christensen	1	1999	20.0 ft	10.0 ft
Layne-western	1	1999	20.0 ft	9.2 ft
Pawnee Drilling	1	1976	103.0 ft	9.0 ft
Peterson Irrigation, INC	1	2006	75.0 ft	10.0 ft
Red Tiger Drilling CO	1	1984	52.0 ft	16.0 ft
Ron Adams	1	1996	20.0 ft	13.6 ft
Scs Aquaterra	1	2014	15.0 ft	0.0 ft
Scs Engineersl	1	2021	14.0 ft	7.8 ft
Smoky Hill, LLC	1	2007	22.0 ft	9.0 ft
Smoky Hills, LLC	1	2007	30.0 ft	9.0 ft
Steven Krouse	1	1990	27.0 ft	14.5 ft
Terry Vink	1	—	25.0 ft	0.0 ft
Unknown	1	1989	25.0 ft	15.0 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	146	61.0 ft	15.0 ft
1980s	259	60.0 ft	15.0 ft
1990s	767	19.0 ft	9.1 ft
2000s	799	20.0 ft	9.8 ft
2010s	494	20.9 ft	9.5 ft
2020s	213	20.0 ft	10.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	1,291	17.0 ft
Domestic	413	63.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	349	60.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge	202	25.0 ft
Dewatering	115	30.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction	87	13.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	66	60.0 ft
Irrigation	30	96.0 ft
Cathodic Protection Borehole	23	20.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	20	72.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	17	15.5 ft
Public Water Supply	14	110.0 ft
Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal	13	150.0 ft
Air Conditioning	9	75.0 ft
Feedlot	8	84.0 ft
Industrial	5	67.0 ft
Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	5	133.3 ft
Environmental Remediation, Recovery	4	25.0 ft
Test hole/well	4	25.0 ft
Other	2	118.5 ft
Pond/Swimming Pool/Recreation	1	40.0 ft
Road Construction	1	55.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 19S range 13W, 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
1950	1983	288.0 ft	50.0 ft	Domestic	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
1932	1987	250.0 ft	180.0 ft	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
1935	1980	248.0 ft	90.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
1953	1985	247.0 ft	120.0 ft	Domestic	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
1936	1976	240.0 ft	99.0 ft	Domestic	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
1956	1983	240.0 ft	105.0 ft	Domestic	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
1957	1983	240.0 ft	100.0 ft	Domestic	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
1962	1976	240.0 ft	103.0 ft	Domestic	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
481148	2014	236.0 ft	108.0 ft	Domestic	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
1963	1977	232.0 ft	80.0 ft	Domestic	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC

Buying or drilling in township 19S range 13W?

The median section here has moved 2.3 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 Central and western Kansas. Barton County, on 100 % of 2,679 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

29S13W 2.9 ft
31S26W 21.3 ft
10S26W -15.2 ft
31S18W -89.3 ft
23S17W 11.2 ft
28S27W 77.1 ft
29S14W 1.7 ft
26S23W 36.5 ft
29S27W 116.7 ft
34S43W 31.0 ft
32S41W 38.6 ft
29S12W 2.2 ft
25S21W 7.9 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.