Township 23S Range 31W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 65.6 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 23S31W

Median depth went from 81.6 ft before development to 136.0 ft — a change of 65.6 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 19 at 86.1 ft; the smallest fall is section 24 at 25.2 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 23S Range 31W — 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	72.8 ft	110.5 ft	+37.7
02	73.9 ft	122.3 ft	+48.4
03	74.6 ft	132.0 ft	+57.4
04	67.8 ft	130.0 ft	+62.2
05	66.0 ft	132.1 ft	+66.1
06	85.7 ft	157.5 ft	+71.9
07	78.8 ft	158.2 ft	+79.4
08	56.1 ft	127.5 ft	+71.4
09	61.9 ft	129.3 ft	+67.4
10	65.9 ft	127.3 ft	+61.4
11	75.6 ft	124.9 ft	+49.3
12	81.6 ft	117.4 ft	+35.8
13	94.0 ft	122.0 ft	+28.0
14	80.9 ft	123.9 ft	+43.0
15	63.9 ft	122.4 ft	+58.6
16	61.0 ft	130.9 ft	+69.9
17	61.4 ft	140.9 ft	+79.5
18	81.0 ft	166.1 ft	+85.0
19	94.2 ft	180.3 ft	+86.1
20	82.8 ft	161.0 ft	+78.2
21	71.5 ft	144.3 ft	+72.9
22	68.4 ft	128.0 ft	+59.6
23	86.1 ft	130.0 ft	+44.0
24	87.7 ft	112.9 ft	+25.2
25	87.8 ft	119.7 ft	+31.9
26	89.9 ft	136.0 ft	+46.1
27	81.5 ft	142.5 ft	+61.0
28	85.4 ft	158.8 ft	+73.4
29	94.6 ft	172.5 ft	+77.9
30	107.4 ft	192.6 ft	+85.2
31	107.6 ft	192.3 ft	+84.7
32	100.9 ft	180.7 ft	+79.7
33	94.8 ft	170.0 ft	+75.2
34	92.6 ft	158.2 ft	+65.6
35	94.8 ft	148.3 ft	+53.6
36	99.8 ft	143.9 ft	+44.1

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 23S range 31W

72 wells in township 23S range 31W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC, 12. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 205.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (38), irrigation (18), domestic (16), feedlot (2).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 23S range 31W, 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
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	12	1977–2018	220.0 ft	108.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	10	1988–1992	163.0 ft	97.0 ft
Red Tiger Drilling CO	8	1988–1992	163.0 ft	84.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	5	1981–1987	200.0 ft	100.0 ft
Jonagan Water Well Service LLC	5	1981–2021	185.0 ft	119.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	5	1975–1989	200.0 ft	114.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	5	1994–1997	194.0 ft	114.0 ft
High Plains Drilling & Supply	3	1975–1976	181.0 ft	90.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	3	2001–2003	206.0 ft	116.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145	2	1976–1981	254.0 ft	175.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	2	1975–1986	222.0 ft	100.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	2	1976	198.0 ft	90.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	2	1994–1995	180.0 ft	111.0 ft
Walter Woofter Pump & Well	2	1992	215.0 ft	90.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	1	2008	267.0 ft	109.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	1	2005	230.0 ft	90.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well	1	1995	205.0 ft	154.0 ft
Jonagan Water Well Service	1	2022	209.0 ft	157.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	1	1995	190.0 ft	120.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC	1	2016	207.0 ft	117.0 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	15	218.0 ft	90.0 ft
1980s	28	188.0 ft	100.0 ft
1990s	22	180.0 ft	96.0 ft
2000s	5	225.0 ft	115.0 ft
2010s	4	230.0 ft	216.0 ft
2020s	2	209.0 ft	161.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	38	170.0 ft
Irrigation	18	218.0 ft
Domestic	16	206.0 ft
Feedlot	2	272.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	1	173.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	1	193.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 23S range 31W, 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
17675	1975	280.0 ft	131.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
500858	2016	272.0 ft	216.0 ft	Feedlot	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
414523	2008	267.0 ft	109.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
17673	1976	254.0 ft	175.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145
17640	1979	250.0 ft	85.0 ft	Domestic	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
17674	1977	250.0 ft	120.0 ft	Domestic	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
17666	1988	244.0 ft	131.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
17636	1991	240.0 ft	96.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	—
17649	1981	240.0 ft	100.0 ft	Domestic	Jonagan Water Well Service LLC
17665	1976	238.0 ft	98.0 ft	Irrigation	High Plains Drilling & Supply

Buying or drilling in township 23S range 31W?

The median section here has moved 65.6 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 76 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

22S33W 118.0 ft
22S34W 101.2 ft
23S10W 11.0 ft
23S12W 7.3 ft
23S13W 5.8 ft
23S14W 11.7 ft
23S30W 9.4 ft
23S32W 107.5 ft
23S33W 141.7 ft
23S34W 144.7 ft
23S35W 81.9 ft
23S36W 39.7 ft
23S37W 13.1 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.