Township 23S Range 17W

27 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 11.2 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections

27Measured

11.2 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 23S17W

Median depth went from 22.7 ft before development to 32.8 ft — a change of 11.2 ft, over 27 of 36 sections. Deeper: 27. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 35 at 20.4 ft; the smallest fall is section 16 at 6.8 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 23S Range 17W — 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	27.6 ft	37.1 ft	+9.5
02	33.9 ft	44.4 ft	+10.5
03	—	34.3 ft	—
04	—	19.5 ft	—
05	—	13.7 ft	—
06	—	18.2 ft	—
07	—	16.2 ft	—
08	—	26.5 ft	—
09	—	42.5 ft	—
10	36.0 ft	47.2 ft	+11.2
11	39.7 ft	51.0 ft	+11.4
12	26.6 ft	37.9 ft	+11.2
13	19.1 ft	32.0 ft	+12.9
14	20.5 ft	32.8 ft	+12.3
15	28.6 ft	38.5 ft	+9.8
16	30.6 ft	37.4 ft	+6.8
17	—	35.5 ft	—
18	—	31.3 ft	—
19	32.3 ft	41.4 ft	+9.1
20	27.8 ft	36.9 ft	+9.1
21	23.0 ft	30.5 ft	+7.4
22	19.9 ft	30.3 ft	+10.3
23	14.9 ft	28.4 ft	+13.5
24	13.1 ft	28.3 ft	+15.2
25	11.9 ft	28.8 ft	+16.9
26	13.4 ft	28.2 ft	+14.9
27	16.4 ft	29.0 ft	+12.6
28	20.6 ft	30.9 ft	+10.2
29	22.0 ft	31.9 ft	+9.9
30	26.6 ft	36.2 ft	+9.7
31	22.8 ft	33.3 ft	+10.5
32	24.7 ft	36.3 ft	+11.6
33	22.7 ft	35.4 ft	+12.7
34	13.0 ft	29.3 ft	+16.3
35	10.9 ft	31.3 ft	+20.4
36	12.4 ft	32.6 ft	+20.3

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 23S range 17W

240 wells in township 23S range 17W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC, 88. Oldest record, 1970. Median well 65.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (99), irrigation (66), domestic, livestock (33), domestic (32).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 23S range 17W, 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	88	1975–2026	65.0 ft	28.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	73	1975–2011	65.0 ft	27.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	34	1979–1984	60.0 ft	22.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	10	1975–1979	60.0 ft	21.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	9	1981–2018	60.0 ft	29.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	6	1986–1995	66.0 ft	37.5 ft
Carl Hayse Water Well Service	3	1983–1986	21.0 ft	6.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	3	2020–2022	88.0 ft	44.0 ft
Sterling Drilling CO	2	1984	65.0 ft	29.0 ft
Tribal Water Well Drlg	2	2022	90.0 ft	38.0 ft
B.c. Wilkinson Well Drilling	1	1995	62.0 ft	30.0 ft
Carmen Schmitt	1	2009	72.0 ft	32.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	1	1981	60.0 ft	19.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	1	2013	65.0 ft	38.0 ft
Dan Hayse Water Well Service	1	1999	43.0 ft	19.0 ft
H-30, INC	1	1985	60.0 ft	30.0 ft
Kgs	1	1970	88.0 ft	4.0 ft
Pawnee Drilling	1	1976	46.0 ft	16.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC	1	2021	60.0 ft	29.0 ft
Sterling Drlg, CO	1	1995	72.0 ft	25.0 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	54	62.0 ft	18.0 ft
1980s	96	60.0 ft	25.0 ft
1990s	27	66.0 ft	30.0 ft
2000s	15	70.0 ft	40.0 ft
2010s	35	67.0 ft	36.0 ft
2020s	13	75.0 ft	38.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	99	60.0 ft
Irrigation	66	69.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	33	60.0 ft
Domestic	32	65.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	3	21.0 ft
Feedlot	2	60.0 ft
Test hole/well	1	76.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	1	70.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	1	26.0 ft
Test Hole, Uncased	1	88.0 ft
Other	1	70.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 23S range 17W, 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
45250	1991	136.0 ft	63.0 ft	Domestic	Sam's Water Well Service
45251	1978	130.0 ft	50.0 ft	Domestic	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
45329	1988	110.0 ft	38.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
360576	2005	101.0 ft	60.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
483207	2014	101.0 ft	36.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
347438	2004	100.0 ft	62.0 ft	Irrigation	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
466717	2013	100.0 ft	36.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
1052914692	2022	100.0 ft	46.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Rosencrantz-bemis Ent
353279	2004	93.0 ft	50.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
453556	2012	93.0 ft	52.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC

Buying or drilling in township 23S range 17W?

The median section here has moved 11.2 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 240 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

16S25W 0.0 ft
29S42W 114.7 ft
32S18W -137.2 ft
29S13W 2.9 ft
31S26W 21.3 ft
10S26W -15.2 ft
31S18W -89.3 ft
28S27W 77.1 ft
29S14W 1.7 ft
19S13W 2.3 ft
26S23W 36.5 ft
29S27W 116.7 ft
34S43W 31.0 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.