Township 20S Range 13W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 2.8 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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2.8 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 20S13W

Median depth went from 18.5 ft before development to 21.4 ft — a change of 2.8 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 32. Shallower: 3. Sharpest fall, section 25 at 5.5 ft; largest rise, section 02 at 2.0 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 20S 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	5.2 ft	3.5 ft	−1.7
02	3.6 ft	1.7 ft	−2.0
03	5.0 ft	5.8 ft	+0.9
04	3.4 ft	4.0 ft	+0.6
05	4.7 ft	4.5 ft	0
06	3.8 ft	4.9 ft	+1.1
07	9.8 ft	12.6 ft	+2.8
08	13.0 ft	15.5 ft	+2.6
09	7.8 ft	9.9 ft	+2.2
10	11.9 ft	12.8 ft	+0.9
11	14.2 ft	13.6 ft	−0.6
12	18.9 ft	19.5 ft	+0.6
13	22.3 ft	25.3 ft	+3.0
14	22.3 ft	23.5 ft	+1.2
15	19.4 ft	21.4 ft	+2.0
16	13.5 ft	16.8 ft	+3.4
17	9.8 ft	14.5 ft	+4.6
18	12.6 ft	16.9 ft	+4.3
19	11.9 ft	16.0 ft	+4.1
20	13.8 ft	19.1 ft	+5.3
21	20.9 ft	24.6 ft	+3.7
22	25.0 ft	28.0 ft	+3.0
23	23.6 ft	27.5 ft	+3.9
24	16.7 ft	22.0 ft	+5.4
25	18.5 ft	24.0 ft	+5.5
26	20.7 ft	23.9 ft	+3.1
27	24.5 ft	27.3 ft	+2.8
28	23.5 ft	26.2 ft	+2.7
29	20.3 ft	23.4 ft	+3.2
30	15.1 ft	17.9 ft	+2.9
31	22.3 ft	23.4 ft	+1.1
32	22.3 ft	23.9 ft	+1.6
33	25.4 ft	26.4 ft	+1.0
34	22.5 ft	25.2 ft	+2.7
35	19.7 ft	22.9 ft	+3.2
36	18.6 ft	23.1 ft	+4.5

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 20S range 13W

637 wells in township 20S range 13W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Kelly's Water Well Service, INC, 253. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 60.0 ft deep.

Sunk for domestic (269), oil field water supply (135), irrigation (83), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (72).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 20S 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
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	253	1975–2019	63.0 ft	19.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	179	1975–2026	65.0 ft	18.5 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	56	1975–2014	70.0 ft	15.5 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	18	1980–1986	60.0 ft	21.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	16	1986–1993	65.0 ft	16.0 ft
Coranco Great Plains, INC	14	2004–2017	25.0 ft	19.1 ft
Geocore, INC	14	2011–2019	17.3 ft	13.3 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	14	2020–2025	100.0 ft	24.0 ft
Geocore Services INC	12	1994–2006	17.0 ft	11.6 ft
Larsen & Associates	10	2023–2024	23.1 ft	0.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	8	1975–1978	60.0 ft	18.0 ft
Aquaterra Environmental Solutions, INC	7	2012	14.6 ft	10.8 ft
Below Ground Surface, INC	7	2010	15.0 ft	9.8 ft
Associated Environmental, INC	5	1998	20.5 ft	13.0 ft
Well Owner	5	1992–2010	57.0 ft	12.0 ft
Kdot	4	2008	17.0 ft	0.0 ft
Great Bend Packing CO	2	2003	65.0 ft	12.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC	2	2020–2021	60.0 ft	13.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	1	1981	60.0 ft	24.0 ft
Clarke Well & Equip	1	2024	52.0 ft	24.2 ft
Clarke Well & Equipment, INC	1	2020	56.0 ft	15.4 ft
Hoskins Backhoe	1	2016	24.0 ft	12.0 ft
Hoskins Welding & Backhoe Service, INC	1	2021	25.0 ft	13.0 ft
Michael Peterson Irrigation, INC	1	2000	130.0 ft	15.0 ft
Peterson Irrigation, INC	1	1987	90.0 ft	4.0 ft
Phillips Petroleum CO	1	1988	63.0 ft	8.0 ft
Red Tiger Drilling CO	1	1987	63.0 ft	14.0 ft
Smoky Hills, LLC	1	2007	21.0 ft	9.0 ft
Sunflower Backhoe and Trenching	1	2005	69.0 ft	32.0 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	90	62.0 ft	16.0 ft
1980s	158	65.0 ft	20.0 ft
1990s	116	62.0 ft	15.8 ft
2000s	113	60.0 ft	19.0 ft
2010s	116	60.0 ft	15.0 ft
2020s	44	60.0 ft	15.4 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Domestic	269	62.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	135	63.0 ft
Irrigation	83	95.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	72	18.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	33	60.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	28	60.0 ft
Other	4	60.0 ft
Industrial	4	65.0 ft
Dewatering	3	29.0 ft
Public Water Supply	1	65.0 ft
Feedlot	1	55.0 ft
Pond/Swimming Pool/Recreation	1	88.5 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	1	94.0 ft
Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal	1	66.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction	1	15.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 20S 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
101283	1995	154.0 ft	13.0 ft	Irrigation	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
1052900806	2022	145.0 ft	20.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Ent
3529	1985	144.0 ft	15.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
1056872753	2025	142.0 ft	17.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Rosencrantz-bemis Ent
3593	1981	139.0 ft	24.0 ft	Irrigation	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
1052900825	2022	139.0 ft	2.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Ent
3532	1991	136.0 ft	17.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
3550	1994	135.0 ft	30.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
3556	1980	135.0 ft	19.5 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
3551	1994	132.0 ft	30.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC

Buying or drilling in township 20S range 13W?

The median section here has moved 2.8 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 637 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

17S36W 81.3 ft
18S29W 17.4 ft
18S32W 57.6 ft
18S33W 55.8 ft
18S35W 44.1 ft
18S36W 49.5 ft
18S37W 70.1 ft
20S33W 65.3 ft
21S12W 1.0 ft
21S13W 0.5 ft
21S33W 87.1 ft
22S11W 0.0 ft
22S12W -4.5 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.