Township 22S Range 13W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 5.9 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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36Measured

5.9 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 22S13W

Median depth went from 16.7 ft before development to 22.4 ft — a change of 5.9 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 31 at 10.9 ft; the smallest fall is section 12 at 1.8 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 22S 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	16.7 ft	18.6 ft	+1.9
02	15.3 ft	18.1 ft	+2.8
03	9.9 ft	15.1 ft	+5.2
04	8.9 ft	15.9 ft	+7.0
05	11.3 ft	21.2 ft	+9.9
06	13.2 ft	22.4 ft	+9.1
07	12.9 ft	22.9 ft	+10.1
08	10.3 ft	18.9 ft	+8.5
09	8.5 ft	15.7 ft	+7.2
10	9.7 ft	16.9 ft	+7.2
11	15.1 ft	19.5 ft	+4.4
12	20.9 ft	22.8 ft	+1.8
13	20.2 ft	23.0 ft	+2.8
14	20.5 ft	23.4 ft	+2.9
15	14.7 ft	20.6 ft	+5.9
16	14.3 ft	20.4 ft	+6.1
17	12.9 ft	20.0 ft	+7.1
18	11.6 ft	21.6 ft	+10.0
19	12.3 ft	21.4 ft	+9.1
20	14.9 ft	20.9 ft	+6.0
21	18.7 ft	23.5 ft	+4.8
22	18.0 ft	22.7 ft	+4.7
23	18.7 ft	22.9 ft	+4.2
24	17.6 ft	21.9 ft	+4.3
25	18.8 ft	24.4 ft	+5.6
26	17.8 ft	23.1 ft	+5.3
27	21.5 ft	27.0 ft	+5.5
28	21.9 ft	25.6 ft	+3.7
29	20.8 ft	25.2 ft	+4.5
30	16.8 ft	26.5 ft	+9.6
31	21.5 ft	32.4 ft	+10.9
32	24.3 ft	30.2 ft	+5.9
33	24.5 ft	29.7 ft	+5.2
34	19.2 ft	26.4 ft	+7.2
35	11.4 ft	17.8 ft	+6.3
36	8.5 ft	15.5 ft	+7.1

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 22S range 13W

332 wells in township 22S range 13W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC, 111. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 80.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (164), domestic (56), irrigation (44), domestic, livestock (41).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 22S 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
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	111	1975–2019	85.0 ft	20.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	86	1976–2016	80.0 ft	20.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	36	1975–2015	98.0 ft	20.3 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	33	1985–1995	78.0 ft	22.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	24	2019–2024	80.0 ft	17.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	20	1981–1984	80.0 ft	21.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC	7	2015–2021	80.0 ft	19.0 ft
Kbk Oilfield Service	2	1999	61.0 ft	0.0 ft
White and Ellis Drilling, INC	2	1984–1985	65.0 ft	20.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	1	1982	80.0 ft	36.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	1	1975	75.0 ft	14.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment INC	1	2008	80.0 ft	27.6 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	1	2018	95.0 ft	24.0 ft
Environmental Loop Service, INC	1	2013	300.0 ft	0.0 ft
J.o. Johnson Drilling Company	1	1983	80.0 ft	19.0 ft
L. D. Drilling, INC	1	1985	80.0 ft	0.0 ft
Michael Peterson Irrigation, INC	1	2000	53.0 ft	7.0 ft
Peterson Irrigation, INC	1	2007	100.0 ft	11.0 ft
Pratt Well Service	1	2013	84.0 ft	27.0 ft
Tribal Water Well Drlg	1	2018	80.0 ft	20.0 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	33	80.0 ft	16.0 ft
1980s	119	80.0 ft	20.0 ft
1990s	32	88.0 ft	20.0 ft
2000s	59	85.0 ft	20.0 ft
2010s	68	90.0 ft	22.0 ft
2020s	21	80.0 ft	18.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	164	80.0 ft
Domestic	56	80.0 ft
Irrigation	44	104.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	41	80.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	11	95.2 ft
Pond/Swimming Pool/Recreation	7	85.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	3	90.0 ft
Feedlot	2	75.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	2	80.0 ft
Other	1	86.0 ft
Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	1	300.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 22S 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
471261	2013	300.0 ft	0.0 ft	Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	Environmental Loop Service, INC
484525	2015	153.5 ft	22.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
1052896979	2022	145.0 ft	15.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Ent
83145	1981	142.0 ft	24.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
83300	1987	140.0 ft	42.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
83211	1984	135.0 ft	25.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC
83227	1979	135.0 ft	13.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
1055124879	2024	135.0 ft	22.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Ent
83250	1987	130.0 ft	22.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
83251	1987	130.0 ft	0.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC

Buying or drilling in township 22S range 13W?

The median section here has moved 5.9 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 332 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

20S13W 2.8 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
22S14W 12.8 ft
22S33W 118.0 ft
22S34W 101.2 ft
23S10W 11.0 ft
23S12W 7.3 ft
23S13W 5.8 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.