Township 23S Range 32W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 107.5 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 23S32W

Median depth went from 50.7 ft before development to 161.1 ft — a change of 107.5 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 06 at 130.4 ft; the smallest fall is section 01 at 78.3 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 23S Range 32W — 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	107.7 ft	186.0 ft	+78.3
02	109.8 ft	195.7 ft	+86.0
03	85.3 ft	180.6 ft	+95.3
04	45.9 ft	153.5 ft	+107.5
05	10.9 ft	130.9 ft	+120.0
06	4.5 ft	134.9 ft	+130.4
07	5.9 ft	135.5 ft	+129.7
08	12.5 ft	132.8 ft	+120.3
09	50.7 ft	161.1 ft	+110.4
10	85.1 ft	185.7 ft	+100.6
11	103.4 ft	195.3 ft	+91.9
12	99.4 ft	185.1 ft	+85.7
13	99.0 ft	189.0 ft	+90.0
14	96.1 ft	192.7 ft	+96.6
15	83.8 ft	187.9 ft	+104.1
16	48.0 ft	160.6 ft	+112.6
17	7.6 ft	129.0 ft	+121.4
18	19.1 ft	147.6 ft	+128.6
19	32.5 ft	158.2 ft	+125.7
20	10.0 ft	130.0 ft	+120.0
21	44.1 ft	156.3 ft	+112.2
22	90.2 ft	197.3 ft	+107.1
23	98.6 ft	201.9 ft	+103.3
24	101.2 ft	195.9 ft	+94.7
25	103.9 ft	200.7 ft	+96.8
26	94.1 ft	201.9 ft	+107.8
27	83.8 ft	189.6 ft	+105.8
28	29.5 ft	137.1 ft	+107.6
29	14.8 ft	130.0 ft	+115.2
30	36.7 ft	157.3 ft	+120.6
31	36.4 ft	153.4 ft	+117.0
32	19.9 ft	129.4 ft	+109.4
33	21.9 ft	117.3 ft	+95.5
34	50.5 ft	148.5 ft	+98.0
35	89.0 ft	188.4 ft	+99.4
36	107.6 ft	200.2 ft	+92.6

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 23S range 32W

176 wells in township 23S range 32W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Midwest Well & Pump, INC, 48. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 260.0 ft deep.

Sunk for domestic (92), irrigation (49), oil field water supply (13), public water supply (6).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 23S range 32W, 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
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	48	1983–2019	254.0 ft	136.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	23	1975–2019	260.0 ft	118.0 ft
Jonagan Water Well Service LLC	12	1976–2020	262.0 ft	130.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	11	1975–2010	260.0 ft	115.0 ft
Jonagan Drilling	7	1975–1983	293.0 ft	85.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	6	2004–2008	275.0 ft	95.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply	5	1977–1999	648.0 ft	200.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO	5	1985–1996	220.0 ft	100.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	5	1976–1980	260.0 ft	86.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	4	1978	140.0 ft	55.0 ft
High Plains Drilling & Supply	4	1977–1978	260.0 ft	80.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drilling CO	4	1975–1986	310.0 ft	100.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145	3	1988–2024	282.0 ft	197.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145	3	2021	294.0 ft	177.0 ft
Jonagan Water Well Service	3	2019–2023	255.0 ft	177.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump	3	2020–2023	220.0 ft	122.0 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC	3	2017–2019	300.0 ft	156.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	3	2000–2004	222.0 ft	112.0 ft
Joe's Well Service, INC	2	1979–1984	283.0 ft	138.0 ft
Jonagan Drilling Company	2	1986–1993	292.0 ft	52.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling, LLC	1	1999	180.0 ft	128.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	1	1986	240.0 ft	98.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	1	2007	320.0 ft	90.0 ft
Downey Drilling, Inc. #748	1	2021	268.0 ft	196.0 ft
Downey Drlg #748	1	2022	322.0 ft	124.0 ft
Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair	1	2005	290.0 ft	93.0 ft
Friesen Windmill	1	1976	295.0 ft	79.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply CO	1	1979	286.0 ft	94.0 ft
Houck Brothers Drilling	1	1999	240.0 ft	71.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	1	2003	260.0 ft	70.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well Repair	1	1994	245.0 ft	146.0 ft
Joe L. Crick, Joe's Well Service, INC	1	2002	305.0 ft	103.0 ft
Jonagan Water Well Service, LLC	1	2019	236.0 ft	132.0 ft
Kansas Water Wells	1	2023	246.0 ft	195.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	1	1978	170.0 ft	85.0 ft
Kelly's Ww Srvc	1	1980	155.0 ft	55.0 ft
Layne-western	1	1975	274.0 ft	105.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drilling	1	1976	270.0 ft	0.0 ft
Paul's Incorporated	1	1982	240.0 ft	63.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC	1	2013	235.0 ft	120.0 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	265.0 ft	79.0 ft
1980s	27	240.0 ft	100.0 ft
1990s	39	255.0 ft	110.0 ft
2000s	23	275.0 ft	110.0 ft
2010s	39	282.0 ft	147.0 ft
2020s	14	281.0 ft	177.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Domestic	92	255.0 ft
Irrigation	49	275.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	13	220.0 ft
Public Water Supply	6	275.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	5	200.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	5	300.0 ft
Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	3	200.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	2	700.0 ft
Air Conditioning	1	200.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 23S range 32W, 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
306839	1999	721.0 ft	208.0 ft	Public Water Supply	Henkle Drilling & Supply
513705	2017	720.0 ft	240.0 ft	Domestic	Nash Water Well Service, LLC
304920	1999	700.0 ft	200.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Henkle Drilling & Supply
300552	1998	648.0 ft	215.0 ft	Public Water Supply	Henkle Drilling & Supply
304886	1998	640.0 ft	197.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145
509010	2017	342.0 ft	147.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
550079	2021	342.0 ft	100.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145
432505	2010	335.0 ft	115.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
517477	2018	330.0 ft	156.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
458413	2012	329.0 ft	145.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC

Buying or drilling in township 23S range 32W?

The median section here has moved 107.5 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 176 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

22S34W 101.2 ft
23S10W 11.0 ft
23S12W 7.3 ft
23S13W 5.8 ft
23S14W 11.7 ft
23S30W 9.4 ft
23S31W 65.6 ft
23S33W 141.7 ft
23S34W 144.7 ft
23S35W 81.9 ft
23S36W 39.7 ft
23S37W 13.1 ft
24S10W 4.9 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.