Township 23S Range 30W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 9.4 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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9.4 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 23S30W

Median depth went from 71.6 ft before development to 87.8 ft — a change of 9.4 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 25. Shallower: 9. Sharpest fall, section 31 at 34.7 ft; largest rise, section 13 at 15.5 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 23S Range 30W — 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	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
02	13.8 ft	0.0 ft	≥ −13.8
03	51.9 ft	40.9 ft	−11.0
04	68.3 ft	74.9 ft	+6.6
05	67.9 ft	88.5 ft	+20.6
06	71.2 ft	100.2 ft	+29.1
07	75.1 ft	100.3 ft	+25.2
08	68.0 ft	84.4 ft	+16.4
09	71.1 ft	76.6 ft	+5.4
10	39.5 ft	32.8 ft	−6.7
11	10.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ −10.0
12	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
13	37.4 ft	21.9 ft	−15.5
14	22.3 ft	12.7 ft	−9.7
15	36.3 ft	33.7 ft	−2.6
16	57.2 ft	62.8 ft	+5.6
17	68.5 ft	81.3 ft	+12.8
18	75.4 ft	94.6 ft	+19.2
19	86.0 ft	97.8 ft	+11.8
20	88.1 ft	99.9 ft	+11.7
21	78.9 ft	87.8 ft	+8.9
22	55.7 ft	58.7 ft	+3.0
23	71.0 ft	69.6 ft	−1.5
24	82.1 ft	78.4 ft	−3.7
25	82.4 ft	88.7 ft	+6.3
26	80.8 ft	87.8 ft	+6.9
27	71.6 ft	81.0 ft	+9.4
28	90.8 ft	106.5 ft	+15.7
29	104.8 ft	122.6 ft	+17.8
30	98.9 ft	119.1 ft	+20.3
31	109.8 ft	144.4 ft	+34.7
32	105.2 ft	134.3 ft	+29.2
33	94.9 ft	119.9 ft	+24.9
34	88.8 ft	106.6 ft	+17.8
35	92.4 ft	108.8 ft	+16.4
36	85.9 ft	102.9 ft	+16.9

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 23S range 30W

68 wells in township 23S range 30W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Sam's Water Well Service, 16. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 147.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (44), domestic (8), domestic, livestock (8), irrigation (6).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 23S range 30W, 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
Sam's Water Well Service	16	1986–1994	152.0 ft	87.0 ft
Red Tiger Drilling CO	14	1987–1992	160.0 ft	84.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	5	2007–2012	46.0 ft	24.0 ft
C.o. Water Well Drilling	4	1989	155.0 ft	75.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	3	1980–2014	160.0 ft	82.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	3	2001–2003	137.0 ft	76.0 ft
C.o. Water Well Drlg	2	1989	200.0 ft	95.0 ft
Red Tiger Drilling Company	2	1988	163.0 ft	81.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	2	1994	138.0 ft	86.0 ft
Catlile Water Well Service, In	1	1981	158.0 ft	93.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	1	1983	159.0 ft	85.0 ft
Friesen Windmill & Supply INC	1	1982	81.0 ft	15.0 ft
Friesen Windmill & Supply, INC	1	1982	78.0 ft	10.5 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply	1	1981	190.0 ft	81.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply CO	1	1985	105.0 ft	70.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	1	2004	180.0 ft	101.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply, INC	1	1975	66.0 ft	0.0 ft
High Plains Drilling & Supply	1	1977	147.0 ft	80.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO	1	2011	200.0 ft	85.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145	1	2020	142.0 ft	80.0 ft
Joe's Well Service	1	1979	65.0 ft	30.0 ft
Jonagan Drilling CO	1	1988	43.0 ft	22.0 ft
Ksu	1	1991	70.0 ft	60.0 ft
Lawrence Jonagan Drilling CO	1	1975	90.0 ft	58.0 ft
Red Tiger Lrr. Drlg & Supply	1	1992	150.0 ft	79.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC	1	2013	95.0 ft	75.0 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	4	90.0 ft	58.0 ft
1980s	34	160.0 ft	86.0 ft
1990s	16	144.0 ft	79.0 ft
2000s	6	137.0 ft	76.0 ft
2010s	6	95.0 ft	75.0 ft
2020s	1	142.0 ft	80.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	44	155.0 ft
Domestic	8	95.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	8	66.0 ft
Irrigation	6	160.0 ft
Feedlot	2	142.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 23S range 30W, 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
17610	1989	200.0 ft	95.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	C.o. Water Well Drilling
17611	1989	200.0 ft	95.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	C.o. Water Well Drlg
17612	1989	200.0 ft	95.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	C.o. Water Well Drlg
449350	2011	200.0 ft	85.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Howard Drilling CO
17616	1981	190.0 ft	81.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply
477901	2014	188.0 ft	84.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
354665	2004	180.0 ft	101.0 ft	Domestic	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
17580	1987	169.0 ft	92.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Red Tiger Drilling CO
17584	1987	169.0 ft	92.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Sam's Water Well Service
17574	1987	163.0 ft	107.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Red Tiger Drilling CO

Buying or drilling in township 23S range 30W?

The median section here has moved 9.4 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 Far western Kansas. Finney County, on 100 % of 68 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

22S14W 12.8 ft
22S33W 118.0 ft
22S34W 101.2 ft
23S10W 11.0 ft
23S12W 7.3 ft
23S13W 5.8 ft
23S14W 11.7 ft
23S31W 65.6 ft
23S32W 107.5 ft
23S33W 141.7 ft
23S34W 144.7 ft
23S35W 81.9 ft
23S36W 39.7 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.