Township 23S Range 33W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 141.7 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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141.7 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 23S33W

Median depth went from 35.4 ft before development to 176.7 ft — a change of 141.7 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 07 at 167.9 ft; the smallest fall is section 36 at 121.1 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 23S Range 33W — 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	13.4 ft	153.9 ft	+140.5
02	13.1 ft	160.3 ft	+147.2
03	13.2 ft	161.3 ft	+148.1
04	10.7 ft	161.9 ft	+151.2
05	16.9 ft	174.6 ft	+157.7
06	55.7 ft	217.2 ft	+161.5
07	40.5 ft	208.4 ft	+167.9
08	24.9 ft	185.0 ft	+160.2
09	24.7 ft	173.3 ft	+148.6
10	23.8 ft	170.0 ft	+146.1
11	20.1 ft	164.8 ft	+144.6
12	18.0 ft	155.9 ft	+137.9
13	28.5 ft	164.1 ft	+135.7
14	36.6 ft	176.7 ft	+140.2
15	39.8 ft	179.3 ft	+139.5
16	35.4 ft	183.1 ft	+147.7
17	28.9 ft	184.9 ft	+156.0
18	26.6 ft	188.1 ft	+161.5
19	27.7 ft	180.0 ft	+152.3
20	33.6 ft	182.2 ft	+148.5
21	38.8 ft	184.3 ft	+145.6
22	45.3 ft	186.4 ft	+141.1
23	36.5 ft	180.1 ft	+143.6
24	36.8 ft	171.0 ft	+134.2
25	38.1 ft	166.9 ft	+128.9
26	44.7 ft	178.7 ft	+134.0
27	47.5 ft	184.9 ft	+137.4
28	44.2 ft	185.9 ft	+141.7
29	47.8 ft	185.7 ft	+137.9
30	40.9 ft	179.7 ft	+138.8
31	34.1 ft	161.0 ft	+126.9
32	32.7 ft	163.1 ft	+130.4
33	34.2 ft	167.1 ft	+132.9
34	45.4 ft	173.6 ft	+128.1
35	48.2 ft	174.1 ft	+125.9
36	42.7 ft	163.7 ft	+121.1

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 23S range 33W

293 wells in township 23S range 33W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC, 58. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 300.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (132), domestic (95), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (35), oil field water supply (12).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 23S range 33W, 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	58	1976–2025	304.0 ft	150.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	24	1975–2009	317.0 ft	134.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145	20	1976–2025	332.0 ft	170.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	18	1975–2013	330.0 ft	99.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	16	1990–2018	297.0 ft	140.0 ft
Jonagan Water Well Service LLC	15	1976–2020	270.0 ft	112.0 ft
Larsen and Associates, INC	14	2011–2012	115.0 ft	0.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	14	2000–2004	321.0 ft	133.0 ft
Jonagan Drilling CO	10	1978–2009	309.0 ft	65.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	8	2003	355.0 ft	180.0 ft
Donald C. Sesso, Maxim Tech./kansas City	7	1995	65.0 ft	51.4 ft
Jonagan Water Well Service	7	2024–2025	201.0 ft	148.0 ft
Coranco Great Plains, INC	6	2007	75.0 ft	0.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	6	1996–2005	310.0 ft	0.0 ft
B & B Drilling LLC	5	2010–2011	193.0 ft	140.0 ft
Kansas Well-cam	5	2014–2016	263.0 ft	153.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO	4	1991–1995	300.0 ft	140.0 ft
Maxim Technologies, INC	4	1998–2001	63.0 ft	48.7 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply	3	1979–1999	327.0 ft	118.0 ft
Kansas Water Wells	3	2020–2024	306.0 ft	178.0 ft
Kansas Water Wells, INC	3	2020	316.0 ft	176.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump	3	1985–2023	302.0 ft	167.0 ft
Mw Drilling	3	1982–1998	310.0 ft	178.0 ft
Swearengen Drlg CO	3	1975	257.0 ft	70.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC	3	2012	294.0 ft	125.0 ft
Woofter Pump and Well, INC	3	2009	115.0 ft	0.0 ft
Downey Drilling, INC	2	2015	342.0 ft	191.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply, INC	2	1999	288.0 ft	100.0 ft
Joe's Well Service, INC	2	1994–2010	285.0 ft	130.0 ft
Rodger Funk Farm INC	2	2007	300.0 ft	200.0 ft
Well Owner	2	2000–2005	318.0 ft	316.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well #554	2	1996	277.0 ft	130.0 ft
Downey Drilling, Inc. #748	1	2020	323.0 ft	178.0 ft
Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair	1	2007	305.0 ft	80.0 ft
Finney County Rwd 1	1	2003	726.0 ft	230.0 ft
Fire and Ice Geothermal, LLC	1	2009	200.0 ft	0.0 ft
Fulton Drilling	1	1989	280.0 ft	143.0 ft
Gspf Irrigation Service	1	2016	311.0 ft	160.0 ft
H & R Welding & Machine Works	1	1987	275.0 ft	44.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145	1	2021	354.0 ft	188.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well - 1046	1	2025	310.0 ft	167.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	1	1978	220.0 ft	116.0 ft
Pete Rome Trust	1	2005	298.0 ft	296.0 ft
R. S. Glaze Drilling	1	2002	224.0 ft	100.0 ft
Six M Farms, INC	1	1996	320.0 ft	110.0 ft
Tyler Water Well Service INC	1	1999	240.0 ft	25.0 ft
Tyler Water Well Service, INC	1	1999	347.0 ft	87.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	1	2012	280.0 ft	166.0 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	43	317.0 ft	116.0 ft
1980s	41	310.0 ft	127.0 ft
1990s	53	277.0 ft	117.0 ft
2000s	66	310.0 ft	132.0 ft
2010s	62	263.0 ft	153.0 ft
2020s	30	316.0 ft	168.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Irrigation	132	322.0 ft
Domestic	95	283.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	35	74.5 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	12	300.0 ft
Feedlot	9	313.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	3	317.0 ft
Industrial	2	730.0 ft
Public Water Supply	2	740.0 ft
Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal	2	200.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	1	100.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	1	200.0 ft
Other	1	118.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 23S range 33W, 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
341930	2003	740.0 ft	286.0 ft	Public Water Supply	Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
17873	1983	730.0 ft	176.0 ft	Industrial	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
343042	2003	726.0 ft	230.0 ft	Public Water Supply	Finney County Rwd 1
1052897461	2022	382.0 ft	170.0 ft	Feedlot	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
508965	2017	369.0 ft	185.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
349143	2004	366.0 ft	111.0 ft	Irrigation	Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
1053323663	2023	366.0 ft	162.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145
467198	2013	365.0 ft	162.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
17844	1977	362.0 ft	147.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145
354667	2004	362.0 ft	141.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC

Buying or drilling in township 23S range 33W?

The median section here has moved 141.7 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 Far western Kansas. Finney County, on 100 % of 295 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

23S10W 11.0 ft
23S12W 7.3 ft
23S13W 5.8 ft
23S14W 11.7 ft
23S30W 9.4 ft
23S31W 65.6 ft
23S32W 107.5 ft
23S34W 144.7 ft
23S35W 81.9 ft
23S36W 39.7 ft
23S37W 13.1 ft
24S10W 4.9 ft
24S12W 6.1 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.