Township 22S Range 11W

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

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What has happened in township 22S11W

Median depth went from 14.8 ft before development to 13.6 ft — a change of 0.0 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 10. Shallower: 18. Sharpest fall, section 01 at 16.0 ft; largest rise, section 19 at 10.0 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 22S Range 11W — 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	0.0 ft	16.0 ft	≥ +16.0
02	0.0 ft	1.6 ft	≥ +1.6
03	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
04	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
05	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
06	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
07	18.6 ft	11.1 ft	−7.4
08	19.0 ft	15.9 ft	−3.1
09	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
10	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
11	0.0 ft	1.5 ft	≥ +1.5
12	8.6 ft	12.6 ft	+4.0
13	10.4 ft	11.5 ft	+1.1
14	3.1 ft	5.8 ft	+2.7
15	11.3 ft	11.5 ft	0
16	26.8 ft	24.4 ft	−2.3
17	46.4 ft	40.9 ft	−5.5
18	43.8 ft	33.9 ft	−9.9
19	54.6 ft	44.6 ft	−10.0
20	55.6 ft	48.8 ft	−6.8
21	38.2 ft	35.0 ft	−3.2
22	30.2 ft	28.6 ft	−1.6
23	13.3 ft	14.4 ft	+1.0
24	11.4 ft	14.2 ft	+2.8
25	12.3 ft	13.9 ft	+1.6
26	13.3 ft	13.9 ft	+0.5
27	26.1 ft	23.7 ft	−2.4
28	33.8 ft	29.4 ft	−4.4
29	43.3 ft	34.9 ft	−8.4
30	36.4 ft	26.5 ft	−10.0
31	17.4 ft	9.2 ft	−8.2
32	20.7 ft	12.9 ft	−7.8
33	18.1 ft	12.5 ft	−5.6
34	14.8 ft	12.4 ft	−2.3
35	9.0 ft	9.2 ft	0
36	16.2 ft	13.6 ft	−2.6

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 22S range 11W

199 wells in township 22S range 11W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Kelly's Water Well Service, INC, 77. Oldest record, 1976. Median well 80.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (128), domestic (27), domestic, livestock (24), domestic, changed from oil field water supply (10).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 22S range 11W, 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	77	1980–2014	70.0 ft	17.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	30	1981–2017	80.0 ft	15.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	23	1985–1995	63.0 ft	10.0 ft
Miller Drilling	17	1988–2012	25.0 ft	7.0 ft
H-30 Drilling, INC	13	1985–1991	80.0 ft	22.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	7	1976–1985	90.0 ft	21.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	6	1977–1991	38.0 ft	11.0 ft
Environmental Priority Service, INC	5	2017	13.0 ft	0.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	4	2024	81.5 ft	7.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	3	1976–1978	90.0 ft	18.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	2	1980–1984	95.0 ft	18.0 ft
Clarke Well & Equipment, INC	2	2021	96.0 ft	14.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	2	2017–2026	82.0 ft	11.0 ft
White and Ellis Drilling, INC	2	1984–1994	67.0 ft	0.0 ft
Clarke Well & Equip	1	2019	62.0 ft	0.0 ft
David Hilley	1	1992	100.0 ft	7.0 ft
Duke Drilling	1	1991	80.0 ft	14.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	1	1976	93.0 ft	4.0 ft
Sterling Drilling CO	1	1994	60.0 ft	20.0 ft
Val Energy INC	1	1993	62.0 ft	3.0 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	8	75.0 ft	18.0 ft
1980s	91	65.0 ft	17.0 ft
1990s	39	62.0 ft	6.0 ft
2000s	29	75.0 ft	14.0 ft
2010s	25	79.0 ft	8.0 ft
2020s	7	81.5 ft	7.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	128	75.0 ft
Domestic	27	56.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	24	39.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	10	83.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	7	13.0 ft
Pond/Swimming Pool/Recreation	2	93.0 ft
Industrial	1	70.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 22S range 11W, 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
407489	2007	131.0 ft	25.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
411484	2008	131.0 ft	25.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
82840	1985	125.0 ft	30.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
82849	1978	113.0 ft	40.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Charles C. Myers Water Well Service
463034	2012	109.0 ft	5.0 ft	Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
1056589763	2024	106.0 ft	4.9 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Rosencrantz-bemis Ent
82834	1985	105.0 ft	22.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC
82863	1988	105.0 ft	0.0 ft	Domestic	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
395929	2006	105.0 ft	20.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
474832	2014	104.0 ft	55.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC

Buying or drilling in township 22S range 11W?

The median section here has moved 0.0 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. Stafford County, on 100 % of 199 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

18S36W 49.5 ft
18S37W 70.1 ft
20S13W 2.8 ft
20S33W 65.3 ft
21S12W 1.0 ft
21S13W 0.5 ft
21S33W 87.1 ft
22S12W -4.5 ft
22S13W 5.9 ft
22S14W 12.8 ft
22S33W 118.0 ft
22S34W 101.2 ft
23S10W 11.0 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.