Township 21S Range 33W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 87.1 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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87.1 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 21S33W

Median depth went from 24.9 ft before development to 108.0 ft — a change of 87.1 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 35 at 98.5 ft; the smallest fall is section 06 at 58.2 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 21S Range 33W — 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	27.3 ft	117.7 ft	+90.4
02	25.3 ft	113.8 ft	+88.5
03	31.3 ft	116.3 ft	+85.0
04	36.4 ft	114.9 ft	+78.5
05	37.4 ft	107.8 ft	+70.4
06	34.8 ft	93.0 ft	+58.2
07	30.0 ft	88.3 ft	+58.3
08	32.9 ft	102.9 ft	+70.0
09	23.6 ft	99.3 ft	+75.7
10	17.5 ft	98.4 ft	+80.9
11	11.8 ft	98.6 ft	+86.8
12	24.9 ft	115.7 ft	+90.7
13	18.5 ft	111.7 ft	+93.2
14	18.3 ft	106.3 ft	+88.0
15	13.4 ft	94.7 ft	+81.4
16	6.4 ft	83.8 ft	+77.4
17	17.1 ft	88.7 ft	+71.6
18	28.7 ft	89.1 ft	+60.4
19	27.0 ft	96.5 ft	+69.5
20	19.3 ft	100.0 ft	+80.7
21	25.7 ft	110.2 ft	+84.5
22	39.3 ft	126.4 ft	+87.1
23	32.4 ft	123.5 ft	+91.0
24	25.9 ft	119.4 ft	+93.5
25	26.7 ft	121.6 ft	+94.9
26	25.1 ft	120.0 ft	+94.9
27	26.2 ft	119.4 ft	+93.2
28	12.9 ft	105.0 ft	+92.2
29	10.5 ft	100.8 ft	+90.3
30	20.2 ft	100.6 ft	+80.4
31	20.4 ft	106.1 ft	+85.7
32	15.8 ft	109.9 ft	+94.0
33	18.0 ft	114.9 ft	+97.0
34	10.0 ft	108.0 ft	+98.0
35	16.6 ft	115.1 ft	+98.5
36	23.4 ft	121.8 ft	+98.4

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 21S range 33W

83 wells in township 21S range 33W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Midwest Well & Pump, INC, 25. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 142.0 ft deep.

Sunk for domestic (40), irrigation (40), domestic, livestock (3), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (2).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 21S range 33W, 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
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	25	1983–2016	142.0 ft	97.0 ft
Layne-western	12	1975–1979	145.0 ft	63.0 ft
Well Owner	11	1993–1997	86.0 ft	0.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	7	1976–1981	133.0 ft	73.0 ft
High Plains Drilling & Supply	5	1975–1980	150.0 ft	63.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	4	1975–1998	183.0 ft	93.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply	2	1977–1998	693.0 ft	0.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145	2	1991–1994	140.0 ft	99.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump	2	1989–2020	144.0 ft	96.0 ft
Weishaar Drilling & Supply, INC	2	1977	105.0 ft	80.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	1	2004	190.0 ft	104.0 ft
Dingus Well Service & Trenching	1	1992	31.0 ft	0.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	1	2009	201.0 ft	127.0 ft
Jonagan Water Well Service LLC	1	1976	118.0 ft	69.0 ft
Maxim Tech./kansas City	1	1994	99.0 ft	92.4 ft
Maxim Technologies, INC	1	1999	99.0 ft	92.4 ft
Rjc Farms	1	2008	81.0 ft	77.0 ft
Ronald L. Mills	1	1998	148.0 ft	100.0 ft
Ronald Mills	1	1998	100.0 ft	0.0 ft
Swearengen Drlg CO	1	1975	163.0 ft	80.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC	1	1990	181.0 ft	98.0 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	27	145.0 ft	63.0 ft
1980s	9	144.0 ft	90.0 ft
1990s	30	140.0 ft	96.0 ft
2000s	9	152.0 ft	98.0 ft
2010s	8	122.0 ft	100.0 ft
2020s	1	96.0 ft	0.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Domestic	40	144.0 ft
Irrigation	40	145.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	3	52.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	2	99.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 21S range 33W, 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
432247	2009	840.0 ft	267.0 ft	Domestic	Midwest Well & Pump, INC
17306	1988	780.0 ft	267.0 ft	Domestic	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
304551	1998	693.0 ft	0.0 ft	Domestic	Henkle Drilling & Supply
425837	2009	201.0 ft	127.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
349141	2004	190.0 ft	104.0 ft	Irrigation	Destal Tyler Water Well Service
17308	1976	185.0 ft	70.0 ft	Irrigation	Layne-western
17291	1976	183.0 ft	0.0 ft	Domestic	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
17324	1990	181.0 ft	98.0 ft	Irrigation	Tyler Water Well, INC
17293	1975	175.0 ft	44.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
17310	1976	175.0 ft	62.0 ft	Irrigation	Layne-western

Buying or drilling in township 21S range 33W?

The median section here has moved 87.1 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. Finney County, on 100 % of 85 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

18S35W 44.1 ft
18S36W 49.5 ft
18S37W 70.1 ft
20S13W 2.8 ft
20S33W 65.3 ft
21S12W 1.0 ft
21S13W 0.5 ft
22S11W 0.0 ft
22S12W -4.5 ft
22S13W 5.9 ft
22S14W 12.8 ft
22S33W 118.0 ft
22S34W 101.2 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.