Township 22S Range 16W

35 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 11.1 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections

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11.1 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 22S16W

Median depth went from 20.2 ft before development to 34.7 ft — a change of 11.1 ft, over 35 of 36 sections. Deeper: 35. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 36 at 21.1 ft; the smallest fall is section 19 at 3.2 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 22S Range 16W — 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	15.2 ft	28.1 ft	+12.9
02	15.6 ft	26.6 ft	+11.0
03	7.5 ft	15.7 ft	+8.2
04	—	12.5 ft	—
05	4.6 ft	11.1 ft	+6.5
06	4.5 ft	10.2 ft	+5.6
07	4.7 ft	8.5 ft	+3.8
08	7.6 ft	13.4 ft	+5.8
09	19.1 ft	28.3 ft	+9.2
10	24.4 ft	35.5 ft	+11.1
11	20.4 ft	34.0 ft	+13.6
12	17.7 ft	32.3 ft	+14.6
13	20.2 ft	35.1 ft	+15.0
14	41.8 ft	58.2 ft	+16.4
15	46.2 ft	60.6 ft	+14.3
16	33.1 ft	43.8 ft	+10.7
17	20.1 ft	26.3 ft	+6.1
18	7.6 ft	11.4 ft	+3.8
19	15.3 ft	18.6 ft	+3.2
20	29.1 ft	35.1 ft	+6.0
21	40.2 ft	50.6 ft	+10.4
22	57.0 ft	71.0 ft	+14.0
23	32.1 ft	48.3 ft	+16.2
24	14.7 ft	30.3 ft	+15.6
25	11.8 ft	31.7 ft	+19.9
26	18.9 ft	35.6 ft	+16.7
27	45.1 ft	59.7 ft	+14.7
28	41.6 ft	53.5 ft	+11.9
29	31.6 ft	40.0 ft	+8.3
30	27.4 ft	32.4 ft	+5.0
31	31.3 ft	38.7 ft	+7.4
32	31.7 ft	41.9 ft	+10.2
33	31.9 ft	44.8 ft	+12.9
34	38.5 ft	53.2 ft	+14.7
35	14.5 ft	32.0 ft	+17.5
36	13.6 ft	34.7 ft	+21.1

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 22S range 16W

411 wells in township 22S range 16W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC, 199. Oldest record, 1970. Median well 70.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (118), domestic (86), oil field water supply (64), domestic, livestock (46).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 22S range 16W, 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	199	1974–2026	70.0 ft	31.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	110	1975–2018	57.0 ft	20.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	36	1975–2024	70.0 ft	26.0 ft
Geocore, INC	12	1991–2012	24.0 ft	16.6 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	10	1972–1979	85.0 ft	25.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	8	1988–1993	70.0 ft	24.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	7	1980–1985	60.0 ft	18.0 ft
Associated Environmental, INC	4	2001	24.0 ft	18.0 ft
Terracon Consultants, INC	4	1994–2015	53.0 ft	41.5 ft
Well Owner	4	1993–2004	66.0 ft	39.0 ft
Kgs	3	1988	103.0 ft	18.1 ft
City of Larned	2	1990	25.0 ft	15.0 ft
Envirotech Services, INC	2	2005	84.0 ft	0.0 ft
Environmental Loop Service, INC	1	2009	310.0 ft	0.0 ft
Fire and Ice Geothermal, LLC	1	2010	200.0 ft	0.0 ft
J.o. Johnson Drilling Company	1	2015	35.0 ft	16.0 ft
Kale Bainhalt	1	2008	77.0 ft	44.0 ft
Kansas Geological Survey	1	1970	120.0 ft	3.0 ft
Pawnee Drilling	1	1976	57.0 ft	35.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	1	2019	100.0 ft	38.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC	1	2021	45.0 ft	13.0 ft
Terracon Consultants #416	1	2020	51.0 ft	40.1 ft
Wade Ewbank, INC	1	1976	102.0 ft	28.0 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	58	70.0 ft	25.0 ft
1980s	64	67.0 ft	23.0 ft
1990s	82	55.0 ft	26.5 ft
2000s	97	60.0 ft	26.0 ft
2010s	88	57.0 ft	25.0 ft
2020s	22	80.0 ft	42.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Irrigation	118	95.0 ft
Domestic	86	65.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	64	60.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	46	60.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	28	40.0 ft
Dewatering	20	40.0 ft
Feedlot	18	60.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	10	38.0 ft
Feedlot/Livestock/Windmill	6	80.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	4	44.0 ft
Industrial	3	103.0 ft
Public Water Supply	2	25.0 ft
Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal	2	310.0 ft
Pond/Swimming Pool/Recreation	1	60.0 ft
Other	1	80.0 ft
Road Construction	1	52.0 ft
Test Hole, Uncased	1	120.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 22S range 16W, 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
429463	2009	310.0 ft	0.0 ft	Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal	Environmental Loop Service, INC
517094	2018	220.0 ft	60.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
533058	2020	218.0 ft	66.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
44725	1983	216.0 ft	55.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
533053	2020	216.0 ft	58.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
44750	1981	215.0 ft	28.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
517095	2018	214.0 ft	54.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
418148	2008	212.0 ft	120.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
401702	2007	210.0 ft	69.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
302430	1999	207.0 ft	60.0 ft	Domestic	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC

Buying or drilling in township 22S range 16W?

The median section here has moved 11.1 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 Central and western Kansas. Pawnee County, on 100 % of 411 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

34S38W 144.0 ft
34S39W 51.7 ft
34S40W -5.3 ft
11S26W 1.0 ft
12S23W 7.9 ft
14S40W 70.9 ft
18S28W 17.5 ft
26S24W 34.3 ft
18S40W 22.2 ft
24S19W 3.9 ft
29S10W 0.0 ft
24S18W 14.5 ft
30S10W -3.0 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.