Township 23S Range 34W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 144.7 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 23S34W

Median depth went from 44.1 ft before development to 184.6 ft — a change of 144.7 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 12 at 172.1 ft; the smallest fall is section 31 at 91.8 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 23S Range 34W — 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	45.6 ft	207.4 ft	+161.8
02	42.6 ft	199.9 ft	+157.3
03	44.2 ft	198.8 ft	+154.5
04	49.3 ft	199.1 ft	+149.8
05	58.6 ft	203.3 ft	+144.7
06	62.1 ft	195.7 ft	+133.6
07	43.0 ft	176.9 ft	+133.9
08	42.9 ft	189.2 ft	+146.3
09	39.3 ft	196.1 ft	+156.8
10	35.9 ft	203.2 ft	+167.3
11	36.5 ft	204.6 ft	+168.1
12	44.1 ft	216.2 ft	+172.1
13	38.0 ft	202.5 ft	+164.5
14	34.1 ft	197.2 ft	+163.1
15	31.3 ft	193.0 ft	+161.7
16	41.2 ft	195.2 ft	+154.0
17	44.9 ft	190.1 ft	+145.2
18	49.7 ft	185.6 ft	+135.9
19	44.8 ft	171.4 ft	+126.6
20	45.8 ft	180.9 ft	+135.1
21	40.8 ft	184.6 ft	+143.8
22	32.3 ft	182.9 ft	+150.6
23	30.3 ft	182.9 ft	+152.6
24	20.0 ft	174.5 ft	+154.5
25	32.5 ft	173.2 ft	+140.7
26	42.5 ft	181.6 ft	+139.1
27	47.2 ft	182.8 ft	+135.7
28	45.5 ft	173.9 ft	+128.5
29	44.0 ft	163.5 ft	+119.5
30	45.4 ft	153.6 ft	+108.2
31	44.1 ft	135.9 ft	+91.8
32	44.3 ft	148.4 ft	+104.0
33	52.7 ft	163.4 ft	+110.6
34	57.9 ft	176.1 ft	+118.2
35	54.4 ft	179.0 ft	+124.5
36	38.0 ft	160.7 ft	+122.7

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 23S range 34W

288 wells in township 23S range 34W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC, 55. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 316.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (148), oil field water supply (82), domestic (61), (unstated)/abandoned (2).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 23S range 34W, 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
Howard Drilling CO	55	1987–2017	300.0 ft	120.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	55	1975–2020	333.0 ft	170.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145	47	1975–2025	333.0 ft	144.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	25	1980–2010	330.0 ft	127.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	19	1993–2004	319.0 ft	125.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	12	1976–1989	300.0 ft	158.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	10	1995–2012	304.0 ft	176.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	8	1975–2013	334.0 ft	151.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145	6	2021	354.0 ft	207.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	5	2000–2005	320.0 ft	139.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC	5	1985–1990	260.0 ft	155.0 ft
Jonagan Water Well Service LLC	4	1976–1986	305.0 ft	116.0 ft
Kansas Well-cam	4	2014–2016	0.0 ft	191.0 ft
Larry W. Graham	4	2016–2017	320.0 ft	206.0 ft
Mw Drilling	3	1984–1990	316.0 ft	174.0 ft
Downey Drilling, INC	2	2015–2016	385.0 ft	189.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply, INC	2	1999	226.0 ft	143.0 ft
Kansas Water Wells	2	2023	320.0 ft	212.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump	2	2020	330.0 ft	184.0 ft
Usgs	2	2000	162.2 ft	144.1 ft
Well Owner	2	1993–2022	320.0 ft	208.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well #554	2	1998	255.0 ft	115.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	2	1998	250.0 ft	120.0 ft
Downey Drilling, Inc. #748	1	2021	346.0 ft	206.0 ft
Downey Drlg #748	1	2022	320.0 ft	202.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply	1	1999	334.0 ft	164.0 ft
High Plains Drilling & Supply	1	1978	340.0 ft	124.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well	1	1999	300.0 ft	55.0 ft
Jonagan Water Well Service	1	1985	312.0 ft	130.0 ft
Maddux Farms	1	1998	180.0 ft	110.0 ft
Robert Schiffelbein	1	1990	315.0 ft	178.0 ft
Rogert G. Unruh	1	2013	305.0 ft	193.5 ft
Thad Robert	1	1998	285.0 ft	160.0 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	27	330.0 ft	139.0 ft
1980s	58	313.0 ft	150.0 ft
1990s	95	300.0 ft	120.0 ft
2000s	46	317.0 ft	127.0 ft
2010s	53	333.0 ft	178.0 ft
2020s	19	335.0 ft	202.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Irrigation	148	333.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	82	300.0 ft
Domestic	61	295.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	2	320.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	2	162.2 ft
Public Water Supply	1	334.0 ft
Industrial	1	320.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	1	320.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 23S range 34W, 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
17912	1982	778.0 ft	168.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145
17927	1982	765.0 ft	162.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
17973	1981	760.0 ft	141.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145
319171	2000	756.0 ft	132.0 ft	Irrigation	Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
17931	1982	755.0 ft	274.0 ft	Irrigation	—
17919	1982	740.0 ft	151.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145
458409	2012	398.0 ft	148.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
18002	1982	391.0 ft	96.0 ft	Domestic	Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145
18003	1990	391.0 ft	118.0 ft	Domestic	Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145
17991	1978	388.0 ft	140.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145

Buying or drilling in township 23S range 34W?

The median section here has moved 144.7 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 298 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

23S12W 7.3 ft
23S13W 5.8 ft
23S14W 11.7 ft
23S30W 9.4 ft
23S31W 65.6 ft
23S32W 107.5 ft
23S33W 141.7 ft
23S35W 81.9 ft
23S36W 39.7 ft
23S37W 13.1 ft
24S10W 4.9 ft
24S12W 6.1 ft
24S13W 4.4 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.