# Township 21S13W, Stafford County — how far the water table has barely moved

> Depth to water for the 36 sections of township 21S range 13W, before development and in 2022–2024. Median change 0.5 ft.

## Township 21S Range 13W

**36** of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has **barely moved 0.5 ft** since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

### What has happened in township 21S13W

Median depth went from **19.8 ft** before development to
**21.6 ft** — a change of **0.5 ft**, over
36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 17. Shallower:
6. Sharpest fall, section 31 at
6.6 ft; largest rise, section 13 at 1.8 ft.

[Why some sections have
risen](/how-far.md).

### Section by section

*Township 21S 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 | 15.7 ft | 20.7 ft | +5.0 |
| 02 | 16.2 ft | 20.3 ft | +4.0 |
| 03 | 20.3 ft | 23.0 ft | +2.6 |
| 04 | 23.7 ft | 24.3 ft | +0.6 |
| 05 | 27.8 ft | 27.8 ft | 0 |
| 06 | 27.2 ft | 26.8 ft | 0 |
| 07 | 29.4 ft | 29.3 ft | 0 |
| 08 | 26.6 ft | 27.0 ft | 0 |
| 09 | 23.0 ft | 22.5 ft | −0.5 |
| 10 | 18.9 ft | 20.8 ft | +1.9 |
| 11 | 13.6 ft | 16.0 ft | +2.4 |
| 12 | 13.3 ft | 15.5 ft | +2.2 |
| 13 | 13.3 ft | 11.4 ft | −1.8 |
| 14 | 11.6 ft | 11.6 ft | 0 |
| 15 | 19.8 ft | 19.5 ft | 0 |
| 16 | 24.5 ft | 23.6 ft | −0.9 |
| 17 | 25.8 ft | 25.5 ft | 0 |
| 18 | 30.4 ft | 31.0 ft | +0.6 |
| 19 | 25.7 ft | 26.9 ft | +1.3 |
| 20 | 22.7 ft | 22.9 ft | 0 |
| 21 | 24.4 ft | 23.6 ft | −0.8 |
| 22 | 13.8 ft | 13.0 ft | −0.8 |
| 23 | 9.8 ft | 9.3 ft | 0 |
| 24 | 16.4 ft | 14.6 ft | −1.7 |
| 25 | 18.1 ft | 17.6 ft | 0 |
| 26 | 11.5 ft | 12.0 ft | 0 |
| 27 | 12.3 ft | 12.4 ft | 0 |
| 28 | 21.1 ft | 21.6 ft | 0 |
| 29 | 23.7 ft | 25.1 ft | +1.4 |
| 30 | 20.0 ft | 23.4 ft | +3.4 |
| 31 | 14.4 ft | 20.9 ft | +6.6 |
| 32 | 16.7 ft | 21.9 ft | +5.2 |
| 33 | 14.3 ft | 18.5 ft | +4.2 |
| 34 | 11.9 ft | 14.6 ft | +2.7 |
| 35 | 15.5 ft | 17.5 ft | +2.0 |
| 36 | 20.4 ft | 21.7 ft | +1.3 |

[How to read a depth-to-water figure](/how-far.md).

### Who has drilled in township 21S range 13W

**544** wells in township 21S range 13W have a completion record. Busiest driller: **Kelly's Water Well Service, INC**, 180. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 75.0 ft deep.

Sunk for **oil field water supply** (207), **domestic** (122), **monitoring well/observation/piezometer** (60), **irrigation** (51).

[What a WWC-5 record covers](/about.md).

*Who filed well completion records in township 21S 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 | 180 | 1975–2017 | 78.0 ft | 18.0 ft |
| Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC | 96 | 1975–2018 | 80.0 ft | 20.0 ft |
| Sam's Water Well Service | 41 | 1983–1995 | 69.0 ft | 18.0 ft |
| Peterson Irrigation, INC | 34 | 1988–2008 | 70.0 ft | 16.0 ft |
| Coranco Great Plains | 33 | 2025 | 27.6 ft | 22.9 ft |
| Coranco Great Plains, INC | 27 | 2014–2019 | 28.0 ft | 0.0 ft |
| Geocore Services INC | 27 | 1996–2005 | 23.0 ft | 0.0 ft |
| Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC | 26 | 1980–1986 | 65.0 ft | 16.0 ft |
| Clarke Well and Equipment, INC | 21 | 1975–2010 | 79.0 ft | 12.0 ft |
| Charles C. Myers Water Well Service | 13 | 1975–1979 | 60.0 ft | 14.0 ft |
| Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC | 9 | 2004 | 30.0 ft | 19.7 ft |
| Rosencrantz-bemis Ent | 8 | 2019–2024 | 75.0 ft | 19.0 ft |
| Defenbaugh Industries, Inc. (t.e.s.t.) | 7 | 1993 | 26.0 ft | 14.4 ft |
| Michael Peterson Irrigation, INC | 6 | 2000–2004 | 59.0 ft | 18.0 ft |
| Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC | 5 | 2020–2021 | 80.0 ft | 13.0 ft |
| George Harvey Fanshier | 2 | 1999 | 97.0 ft | 6.0 ft |
| Tribal Water Well Drlg | 2 | 2018–2023 | 95.0 ft | 36.0 ft |
| Well Owner | 2 | 1993–2016 | 77.0 ft | 16.0 ft |
| White and Ellis Drilling, INC | 2 | 1984 | 80.0 ft | 0.0 ft |
| Clarke Well & Equip | 1 | 2024 | 80.0 ft | 26.0 ft |
| Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC | 1 | 2002 | 80.0 ft | 0.0 ft |
| Rama Operating CO | 1 | 1992 | 65.0 ft | 25.0 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 | 61 | 65.0 ft | 15.0 ft |
| 1980s | 157 | 70.0 ft | 18.0 ft |
| 1990s | 82 | 66.0 ft | 16.0 ft |
| 2000s | 125 | 76.0 ft | 17.0 ft |
| 2010s | 72 | 80.0 ft | 17.0 ft |
| 2020s | 46 | 30.2 ft | 22.8 ft |

*What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Median depth |
|---|---|---|
| Oil Field Water Supply | 207 | 77.0 ft |
| Domestic | 122 | 70.0 ft |
| Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | 60 | 26.5 ft |
| Irrigation | 51 | 85.0 ft |
| Domestic, Livestock | 31 | 75.0 ft |
| Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge | 29 | 31.8 ft |
| Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction | 19 | 22.7 ft |
| Domestic, Lawn and Garden | 6 | 80.0 ft |
| Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply | 6 | 93.0 ft |
| Test hole/well | 3 | 30.0 ft |
| Injection well/air sparge (AS)/shallow | 3 | 23.0 ft |
| Industrial | 2 | 68.0 ft |
| Other | 2 | 80.0 ft |
| Domestic, changed from Irrigation | 1 | 75.0 ft |
| Feedlot | 1 | 50.0 ft |
| (unstated)/abandoned | 1 | 105.0 ft |

*The ten deepest wells on record in township 21S 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 365084 | 2005 | 202.0 ft | 18.0 ft | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | Peterson Irrigation, INC |
| 82362 | 1986 | 197.0 ft | 27.5 ft | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | Clarke Well and Equipment, INC |
| 348147 | 2004 | 196.0 ft | 18.0 ft | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | Michael Peterson Irrigation, INC |
| 1052915047 | 2022 | 160.0 ft | 22.0 ft | Oil Field Water Supply | Rosencrantz-bemis Ent |
| 512416 | 2017 | 138.0 ft | 16.0 ft | Domestic | Kelly's Water Well Service, INC |
| 82361 | 1986 | 132.0 ft | 27.5 ft | Monitoring well/observation/piezometer | Clarke Well and Equipment, INC |
| 461196 | 2012 | 132.0 ft | 32.0 ft | Irrigation | Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC |
| 82342 | 1980 | 126.0 ft | 27.0 ft | Oil Field Water Supply | Clarke Well and Equipment, INC |
| 393217 | 2006 | 125.0 ft | 22.0 ft | Oil Field Water Supply | Kelly's Water Well Service, INC |
| 410027 | 2007 | 125.0 ft | 22.0 ft | Oil Field Water Supply | Kelly's Water Well Service, INC |

### Buying or drilling in township 21S range 13W?

The median section here has moved 0.5 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](/privacy.md).

This township sits in [Central and western Kansas](/region/central-and-western-kansas.md). **Stafford County**, on 100 % of 544 well filings — [inferred, not given](/about.md).

### Townships with a comparable number of sections

- [18S33W](/township/18s33w.md) 55.8 ft
- [18S35W](/township/18s35w.md) 44.1 ft
- [18S36W](/township/18s36w.md) 49.5 ft
- [18S37W](/township/18s37w.md) 70.1 ft
- [20S13W](/township/20s13w.md) 2.8 ft
- [20S33W](/township/20s33w.md) 65.3 ft
- [21S12W](/township/21s12w.md) 1.0 ft
- [21S33W](/township/21s33w.md) 87.1 ft
- [22S11W](/township/22s11w.md) 0.0 ft
- [22S12W](/township/22s12w.md) -4.5 ft
- [22S13W](/township/22s13w.md) 5.9 ft
- [22S14W](/township/22s14w.md) 12.8 ft
- [22S33W](/township/22s33w.md) 118.0 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](/township.md).

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Página: https://ks-water-table.pages.dev/township/21s13w/
Fonte: Kansas depth to water, predevelopment against 2022-2024 — Kansas Geological Survey, joined to WWC-5 well completion records
Recolha: 2026-08-23