Township 23S Range 14W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 11.7 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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11.7 ftMedian change

StaffordCounty

What has happened in township 23S14W

Median depth went from 20.6 ft before development to 33.4 ft — a change of 11.7 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 07 at 18.3 ft; the smallest fall is section 36 at 1.2 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 23S Range 14W — 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	25.0 ft	37.9 ft	+12.9
02	23.7 ft	36.7 ft	+13.0
03	29.4 ft	40.0 ft	+10.7
04	32.2 ft	43.2 ft	+11.1
05	20.7 ft	34.7 ft	+14.0
06	20.2 ft	37.2 ft	+17.0
07	20.8 ft	39.0 ft	+18.3
08	12.7 ft	27.8 ft	+15.1
09	27.0 ft	39.2 ft	+12.3
10	33.2 ft	42.7 ft	+9.5
11	23.0 ft	33.6 ft	+10.6
12	10.8 ft	22.3 ft	+11.5
13	11.9 ft	21.9 ft	+9.9
14	4.7 ft	13.0 ft	+8.3
15	9.2 ft	18.6 ft	+9.4
16	18.1 ft	30.5 ft	+12.4
17	14.2 ft	29.7 ft	+15.5
18	14.6 ft	31.8 ft	+17.1
19	19.7 ft	33.9 ft	+14.3
20	14.8 ft	29.3 ft	+14.5
21	17.7 ft	31.5 ft	+13.8
22	12.1 ft	23.7 ft	+11.6
23	16.3 ft	25.1 ft	+8.8
24	33.1 ft	41.0 ft	+7.9
25	34.3 ft	38.7 ft	+4.3
26	23.4 ft	33.4 ft	+9.9
27	20.6 ft	33.4 ft	+12.8
28	19.3 ft	32.6 ft	+13.3
29	16.2 ft	29.1 ft	+12.8
30	16.3 ft	29.1 ft	+12.8
31	19.5 ft	30.2 ft	+10.7
32	25.8 ft	37.5 ft	+11.7
33	26.0 ft	37.3 ft	+11.2
34	22.2 ft	31.4 ft	+9.2
35	28.0 ft	34.1 ft	+6.2
36	25.2 ft	26.4 ft	+1.2

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 23S range 14W

282 wells in township 23S range 14W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Kelly's Water Well Service, INC, 79. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 75.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (125), domestic (63), irrigation (58), domestic, livestock (21).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 23S range 14W, 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	79	1976–2014	75.0 ft	30.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	70	1975–2025	80.0 ft	30.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	47	1975–2018	72.0 ft	24.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	26	1986–1995	75.0 ft	31.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	23	1980–1985	70.0 ft	22.0 ft
Clarke Well & Equipment, INC	4	2020–2025	67.0 ft	38.2 ft
Environmental Priority Service, INC	4	2019	40.0 ft	30.2 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC	4	1980–2000	75.0 ft	35.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	3	1977–1978	65.0 ft	16.0 ft
L.d. Drilling CO	3	1984–1985	70.7 ft	0.0 ft
Patrick M Cobb	3	1978	112.0 ft	5.3 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	2	1981–1982	80.0 ft	37.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	2	2013–2021	78.0 ft	37.0 ft
H-30 Drilling INC	2	1986–1987	80.0 ft	50.0 ft
Carl Hayse Water Well Service	1	1990	60.0 ft	21.0 ft
Clayton Engel	1	1983	70.0 ft	30.0 ft
Daris Plumbing	1	2002	49.0 ft	13.0 ft
Duke Drilling CO	1	1991	75.0 ft	31.0 ft
Ksu	1	1992	49.0 ft	30.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	1	1976	80.0 ft	23.0 ft
Peterson Irrigation, INC	1	1992	120.0 ft	27.0 ft
Red Tiger Drilling CO	1	1985	80.0 ft	45.0 ft
Sterling Drilling CO	1	1994	50.0 ft	17.0 ft
Tyler Water Well Service, INC	1	1999	75.0 ft	21.0 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	34	70.0 ft	19.0 ft
1980s	138	72.0 ft	28.0 ft
1990s	41	75.0 ft	30.0 ft
2000s	20	76.0 ft	21.0 ft
2010s	24	80.0 ft	33.0 ft
2020s	25	80.0 ft	35.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	125	75.0 ft
Domestic	63	65.0 ft
Irrigation	58	80.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	21	73.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	7	40.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	3	80.0 ft
Pond/Swimming Pool/Recreation	1	75.0 ft
Industrial	1	90.0 ft
Other	1	50.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	1	94.0 ft
Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal	1	60.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 23S range 14W, 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
533694	2020	333.0 ft	8.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Clarke Well & Equipment, INC
84005	1978	227.0 ft	0.6 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Patrick M Cobb
114301	1997	168.0 ft	27.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
301348	1999	159.0 ft	30.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
533695	2020	158.0 ft	22.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
1057027132	2025	158.0 ft	33.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
533696	2020	156.0 ft	22.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
1057026961	2025	150.0 ft	26.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
83985	1981	131.0 ft	21.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
83807	1989	120.0 ft	34.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC

Buying or drilling in township 23S range 14W?

The median section here has moved 11.7 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 282 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

22S13W 5.9 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
23S30W 9.4 ft
23S31W 65.6 ft
23S32W 107.5 ft
23S33W 141.7 ft
23S34W 144.7 ft
23S35W 81.9 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.