Township 24S Range 12W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 6.1 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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6.1 ftMedian change

StaffordCounty

What has happened in township 24S12W

Median depth went from 19.8 ft before development to 26.3 ft — a change of 6.1 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 34. Shallower: 1. Sharpest fall, section 04 at 10.8 ft; largest rise, section 34 at 1.7 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 24S Range 12W — 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	14.0 ft	22.0 ft	+8.1
02	11.2 ft	20.9 ft	+9.7
03	13.8 ft	24.4 ft	+10.6
04	19.5 ft	30.3 ft	+10.8
05	14.1 ft	23.4 ft	+9.3
06	20.2 ft	26.4 ft	+6.2
07	17.8 ft	23.9 ft	+6.1
08	15.3 ft	25.2 ft	+9.9
09	19.0 ft	29.5 ft	+10.5
10	19.5 ft	28.3 ft	+8.8
11	19.8 ft	26.3 ft	+6.5
12	17.9 ft	23.0 ft	+5.1
13	15.3 ft	20.1 ft	+4.8
14	20.5 ft	26.1 ft	+5.6
15	21.2 ft	27.2 ft	+5.9
16	20.8 ft	28.9 ft	+8.1
17	19.2 ft	28.8 ft	+9.5
18	15.6 ft	23.6 ft	+8.0
19	16.5 ft	24.1 ft	+7.6
20	21.5 ft	28.3 ft	+6.8
21	24.5 ft	29.3 ft	+4.8
22	18.4 ft	22.6 ft	+4.2
23	27.0 ft	30.8 ft	+3.8
24	20.2 ft	24.0 ft	+3.8
25	18.0 ft	21.3 ft	+3.3
26	23.2 ft	26.2 ft	+3.0
27	26.3 ft	27.3 ft	+1.0
28	26.3 ft	28.8 ft	+2.5
29	22.5 ft	28.0 ft	+5.6
30	20.2 ft	27.7 ft	+7.4
31	21.8 ft	29.0 ft	+7.2
32	25.3 ft	29.6 ft	+4.4
33	28.4 ft	29.6 ft	+1.2
34	24.6 ft	22.9 ft	−1.7
35	19.5 ft	19.7 ft	0
36	17.8 ft	19.2 ft	+1.5

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 24S range 12W

368 wells in township 24S range 12W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Kelly's Water Well Service, INC, 70. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 58.0 ft deep.

Sunk for monitoring well/observation/piezometer (124), oil field water supply (82), domestic (71), irrigation (39).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 24S range 12W, 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
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	70	1977–2014	80.0 ft	22.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	54	1976–2024	80.0 ft	23.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	47	1975–2017	76.0 ft	23.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	19	2002–2024	80.0 ft	24.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	19	2002–2008	22.0 ft	0.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	16	1981–1985	60.0 ft	23.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	13	1991	25.0 ft	21.5 ft
Gsi Engineering, LLC	11	1992–2015	29.5 ft	18.2 ft
Quad State Services, INC	11	2004–2005	25.5 ft	18.8 ft
Funkee Drilling Service	10	2001	21.0 ft	0.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	10	1987–1995	73.0 ft	18.3 ft
Associated Environmental, INC	9	2019	30.0 ft	13.7 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	9	1980–1985	75.0 ft	25.0 ft
Jb Environmental Service and Supply	8	2007	25.0 ft	18.4 ft
Aquaterra Environmental Solutions, INC	6	2008	25.0 ft	17.1 ft
Geotechnical Services, INC	6	1992–2013	25.5 ft	19.1 ft
Kurtz Environmental Service	6	1997	38.0 ft	26.5 ft
Terracon Consultants, INC	6	1991	38.0 ft	26.9 ft
Environmental Priority Service, INC	5	2022	29.7 ft	22.2 ft
Geocore Services INC	5	1993	25.0 ft	14.5 ft
Miller Drilling	5	1997–2012	95.0 ft	17.0 ft
Scs Engineers	4	2017	27.6 ft	21.0 ft
L.j. Roberts Drilling	3	1979–1981	60.0 ft	20.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment INC	2	2008	110.0 ft	30.0 ft
Geocore, INC	2	1993	25.0 ft	15.7 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	2	2011	105.0 ft	33.0 ft
Bruce Falk	1	1991	40.0 ft	16.8 ft
Clt INC	1	2002	78.0 ft	0.0 ft
Environmental Loop Service, INC	1	2010	300.0 ft	0.0 ft
H-30 Drilling INC	1	1988	72.0 ft	25.0 ft
Hank Bruse Water Well Service	1	1975	135.0 ft	23.0 ft
L. Jr Roberts Drilling	1	1991	58.0 ft	22.0 ft
Pratt Well Service	1	2013	97.0 ft	23.0 ft
Stafford District Hospital	1	2002	46.0 ft	10.2 ft
Sterling Drilling CO	1	1984	70.0 ft	28.0 ft
Tank Management Services	1	2010	24.9 ft	10.2 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	22	90.0 ft	23.0 ft
1980s	83	72.0 ft	23.0 ft
1990s	84	50.0 ft	21.0 ft
2000s	93	26.0 ft	18.0 ft
2010s	63	64.0 ft	19.0 ft
2020s	23	75.0 ft	23.1 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	124	25.1 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	82	75.0 ft
Domestic	71	69.0 ft
Irrigation	39	87.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	21	78.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	18	95.0 ft
Public Water Supply	5	105.6 ft
Air Conditioning	1	49.0 ft
Test Hole, Uncased	1	136.0 ft
Test hole/well	1	137.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	1	46.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction	1	22.0 ft
Injection well/air sparge (AS)/shallow	1	27.5 ft
Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal	1	300.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	1	100.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 24S range 12W, 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
434174	2010	300.0 ft	0.0 ft	Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal	Environmental Loop Service, INC
112507	1997	150.0 ft	28.3 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
112508	1997	150.0 ft	32.6 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
84131	1992	146.5 ft	26.0 ft	Public Water Supply	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
84208	1987	140.0 ft	20.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
84229	1978	140.0 ft	27.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
343762	2003	137.6 ft	20.5 ft	Public Water Supply	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
329243	2002	137.0 ft	16.4 ft	Test hole/well	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
84123	1990	136.0 ft	0.0 ft	Test Hole, Uncased	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
84111	1980	135.0 ft	20.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC

Buying or drilling in township 24S range 12W?

The median section here has moved 6.1 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 Central and western Kansas. Stafford County, on 100 % of 368 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

23S32W 107.5 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
24S13W 4.4 ft
24S15W 6.9 ft
24S16W 22.1 ft
24S30W 68.6 ft
24S31W 80.0 ft
24S32W 87.4 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.