Township 22S Range 12W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has risen 4.5 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections

36Measured

-4.5 ftMedian change

StaffordCounty

What has happened in township 22S12W

Median depth went from 31.0 ft before development to 27.4 ft — a change of -4.5 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 9. Shallower: 27. Sharpest fall, section 31 at 8.5 ft; largest rise, section 25 at 14.1 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 22S Range 12W — 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	24.3 ft	22.2 ft	−2.0
02	29.3 ft	27.4 ft	−1.9
03	36.3 ft	34.6 ft	−1.7
04	35.3 ft	30.9 ft	−4.5
05	29.9 ft	23.5 ft	−6.4
06	17.7 ft	18.9 ft	+1.2
07	21.6 ft	23.2 ft	+1.6
08	31.0 ft	28.8 ft	−2.2
09	38.5 ft	34.6 ft	−3.9
10	40.5 ft	34.8 ft	−5.7
11	45.7 ft	37.9 ft	−7.8
12	27.4 ft	17.5 ft	−9.9
13	48.7 ft	37.5 ft	−11.2
14	55.5 ft	46.1 ft	−9.4
15	44.5 ft	36.2 ft	−8.3
16	39.8 ft	34.4 ft	−5.4
17	30.8 ft	28.8 ft	−2.0
18	21.2 ft	23.6 ft	+2.3
19	20.0 ft	23.3 ft	+3.2
20	30.7 ft	27.9 ft	−2.8
21	39.3 ft	34.6 ft	−4.7
22	48.1 ft	40.5 ft	−7.6
23	56.3 ft	45.7 ft	−10.6
24	54.4 ft	41.9 ft	−12.5
25	37.2 ft	23.0 ft	−14.1
26	35.7 ft	23.5 ft	−12.1
27	32.1 ft	25.7 ft	−6.5
28	31.1 ft	29.5 ft	−1.6
29	24.7 ft	27.1 ft	+2.4
30	13.4 ft	18.5 ft	+5.2
31	5.7 ft	14.2 ft	+8.5
32	7.3 ft	12.9 ft	+5.5
33	6.4 ft	7.3 ft	+0.9
34	9.4 ft	4.5 ft	−4.9
35	14.8 ft	3.5 ft	−11.2
36	15.5 ft	5.1 ft	−10.4

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 22S range 12W

435 wells in township 22S range 12W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Kelly's Water Well Service, INC, 123. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 82.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (217), domestic (115), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (52), domestic, livestock (22).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 22S range 12W, 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	123	1975–2016	92.0 ft	20.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	103	1980–2026	94.0 ft	18.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	71	1985–1995	82.0 ft	21.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	26	1980–1985	100.0 ft	20.0 ft
Geocore Services INC	24	1994–2009	25.0 ft	0.0 ft
Quad State Services, INC	11	2003	30.0 ft	19.8 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	9	1976–2017	81.0 ft	22.0 ft
Larsen and Associates, INC	9	2008	20.0 ft	0.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	8	1980–1983	100.0 ft	19.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	7	1992	30.0 ft	19.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	6	1975–1977	100.0 ft	20.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	6	2019–2024	95.0 ft	20.0 ft
Kdhe/ber	4	2008	49.3 ft	14.5 ft
Alvin A. Brensing	2	1993	71.5 ft	13.4 ft
Associated Environmental, INC	2	2008	80.0 ft	0.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	2	2018	95.0 ft	25.0 ft
Duke Drilling CO	2	1991	107.0 ft	30.0 ft
Environmental Loop Service, INC	2	2013–2015	310.0 ft	0.0 ft
H-30 Drilling, INC	2	1989–1990	80.0 ft	20.0 ft
L.d. Drilling CO	2	1983–1985	115.0 ft	20.0 ft
Pratt Well Service	2	2013–2014	146.0 ft	60.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC	2	2020–2021	80.0 ft	20.0 ft
Woofter Pump and Well, INC	2	2008	80.0 ft	15.0 ft
Andersen & Darling	1	—	131.0 ft	0.0 ft
Crude Recovery	1	1985	90.0 ft	20.0 ft
Dan Popp	1	1985	75.0 ft	0.0 ft
Gsi Engineering, LLC	1	2000	29.0 ft	12.0 ft
H-30 Drilling INC	1	1990	100.0 ft	25.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	1	2015	146.0 ft	60.0 ft
Swank Water Well Drlg	1	1992	30.0 ft	19.0 ft
White and Ellis Drilling, INC	1	1993	82.0 ft	0.0 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	23	85.0 ft	19.0 ft
1980s	162	90.0 ft	20.0 ft
1990s	111	80.0 ft	19.0 ft
2000s	81	80.0 ft	17.0 ft
2010s	49	95.0 ft	19.0 ft
2020s	8	80.0 ft	20.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	217	95.0 ft
Domestic	115	81.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	52	30.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	22	80.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction	4	20.0 ft
Recovery/Soil Vapor Extraction/Soil Vent	4	18.5 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	4	125.0 ft
Industrial	3	75.0 ft
Irrigation	3	65.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge	3	26.0 ft
Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	2	310.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	1	99.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Injection	1	80.0 ft
Air Conditioning	1	80.0 ft
Other	1	80.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	1	131.0 ft
Injection well/air sparge (AS)/shallow	1	20.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 22S range 12W, 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
467624	2013	310.0 ft	0.0 ft	Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	Environmental Loop Service, INC
486085	2015	260.0 ft	0.0 ft	Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	Environmental Loop Service, INC
412421	1983	170.0 ft	34.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
478519	2014	146.0 ft	60.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Pratt Well Service
485723	2015	146.0 ft	60.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Pratt Well Service, INC
82971	1982	145.0 ft	23.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC
83029	1984	145.0 ft	35.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
82897	1989	142.0 ft	14.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
83036	1982	142.0 ft	35.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
407492	2007	140.0 ft	55.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC

Buying or drilling in township 22S range 12W?

The median section here has moved -4.5 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.

This township sits in Central and western Kansas. Stafford County, on 100 % of 435 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

18S37W 70.1 ft
20S13W 2.8 ft
20S33W 65.3 ft
21S12W 1.0 ft
21S13W 0.5 ft
21S33W 87.1 ft
22S11W 0.0 ft
22S13W 5.9 ft
22S14W 12.8 ft
22S33W 118.0 ft
22S34W 101.2 ft
23S10W 11.0 ft
23S12W 7.3 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.