Township 23S Range 12W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 7.3 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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7.3 ftMedian change

StaffordCounty

What has happened in township 23S12W

Median depth went from 10.5 ft before development to 17.2 ft — a change of 7.3 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 31. Shallower: 5. Sharpest fall, section 16 at 10.1 ft; largest rise, section 02 at 5.5 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 23S 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	9.9 ft	4.9 ft	−5.0
02	8.4 ft	2.9 ft	−5.5
03	2.7 ft	1.8 ft	−0.9
04	0.0 ft	2.0 ft	≥ +2.0
05	0.0 ft	2.1 ft	≥ +2.1
06	0.0 ft	1.7 ft	≥ +1.7
07	3.0 ft	10.2 ft	+7.3
08	4.8 ft	13.9 ft	+9.0
09	3.6 ft	11.2 ft	+7.6
10	6.4 ft	8.3 ft	+1.9
11	6.9 ft	6.4 ft	−0.5
12	15.8 ft	14.6 ft	−1.2
13	17.5 ft	20.0 ft	+2.5
14	7.8 ft	11.6 ft	+3.8
15	6.4 ft	11.8 ft	+5.4
16	13.1 ft	23.2 ft	+10.1
17	13.1 ft	22.0 ft	+8.9
18	9.3 ft	16.4 ft	+7.0
19	13.7 ft	20.6 ft	+6.9
20	13.3 ft	22.2 ft	+8.9
21	10.5 ft	19.6 ft	+9.0
22	5.9 ft	14.9 ft	+9.0
23	13.0 ft	19.1 ft	+6.1
24	12.9 ft	18.5 ft	+5.6
25	9.5 ft	17.2 ft	+7.7
26	12.6 ft	21.4 ft	+8.8
27	13.8 ft	23.0 ft	+9.2
28	11.7 ft	21.1 ft	+9.4
29	14.9 ft	23.3 ft	+8.4
30	19.4 ft	24.7 ft	+5.3
31	19.3 ft	25.0 ft	+5.7
32	12.6 ft	20.8 ft	+8.2
33	16.6 ft	26.0 ft	+9.4
34	14.2 ft	24.3 ft	+10.1
35	6.6 ft	16.2 ft	+9.6
36	4.9 ft	13.5 ft	+8.6

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 23S range 12W

218 wells in township 23S range 12W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Kelly's Water Well Service, INC, 70. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 61.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (57), domestic (48), domestic, livestock (36), irrigation (30).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 23S 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	70	1975–2019	57.0 ft	14.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	50	1976–2026	72.0 ft	15.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	27	1975–2026	63.0 ft	13.0 ft
Below Ground Surface, INC	10	2017	13.0 ft	0.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	9	1981–1984	90.0 ft	20.0 ft
Patrick M Cobb	8	1978	106.0 ft	9.3 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	7	2019–2023	60.0 ft	16.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	6	2004–2022	93.0 ft	22.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	6	1987–1994	61.0 ft	17.0 ft
Kgs	4	1987	45.0 ft	0.0 ft
Crowdis Ww Srvc	3	2020–2025	50.0 ft	21.0 ft
Environmental Priority Service, INC	3	2014	18.0 ft	6.0 ft
Well Owner	3	2002–2004	19.5 ft	0.0 ft
Carl Hayse Water Well Service	2	1989–1992	60.0 ft	22.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	1	1975	70.0 ft	3.0 ft
Darling Drilling CO	1	—	101.0 ft	17.3 ft
Donald J. Darling Drilling CO	1	1975	66.0 ft	24.0 ft
James L. Sellers	1	2002	14.0 ft	0.0 ft
Kansas Geological Survey	1	1990	125.0 ft	5.2 ft
Leon Bill	1	1997	97.0 ft	10.0 ft
Miller Drilling	1	2004	42.0 ft	10.0 ft
Pratt Well Service	1	2014	40.0 ft	6.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC	1	2021	60.0 ft	15.0 ft
Sterling Drilling CO	1	1984	85.0 ft	24.0 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	60.0 ft	10.0 ft
1980s	55	69.0 ft	18.0 ft
1990s	30	60.0 ft	10.0 ft
2000s	33	58.0 ft	10.5 ft
2010s	60	62.0 ft	12.0 ft
2020s	16	66.4 ft	17.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	57	80.0 ft
Domestic	48	55.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	36	60.0 ft
Irrigation	30	70.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	28	33.0 ft
Dewatering	8	13.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	5	60.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	4	80.0 ft
Feedlot	1	60.0 ft
Other	1	95.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 23S 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
83560	1978	225.0 ft	4.2 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Patrick M Cobb
83577	1978	151.0 ft	11.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Patrick M Cobb
83586	1991	140.0 ft	34.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
83548	1990	125.0 ft	5.2 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Kansas Geological Survey
83610	1981	120.0 ft	32.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
83627	1989	120.0 ft	24.5 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
83578	1978	110.0 ft	9.5 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Patrick M Cobb
100535	1995	110.0 ft	17.0 ft	Domestic	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
358017	2004	109.0 ft	20.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
374395	2005	109.0 ft	20.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC

Buying or drilling in township 23S range 12W?

The median section here has moved 7.3 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 218 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

22S11W 0.0 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
23S13W 5.8 ft
23S14W 11.7 ft
23S30W 9.4 ft
23S31W 65.6 ft
23S32W 107.5 ft
23S33W 141.7 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.