Township 24S Range 18W

33 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 14.5 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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14.5 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 24S18W

Median depth went from 25.6 ft before development to 46.4 ft — a change of 14.5 ft, over 33 of 36 sections. Deeper: 33. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 25 at 34.7 ft; the smallest fall is section 19 at 5.1 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 24S Range 18W — 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	22.8 ft	37.3 ft	+14.5
02	24.2 ft	36.6 ft	+12.4
03	34.5 ft	44.4 ft	+9.9
04	17.1 ft	24.4 ft	+7.3
05	—	14.7 ft	—
06	—	15.2 ft	—
07	—	16.0 ft	—
08	16.8 ft	24.1 ft	+7.3
09	38.6 ft	47.5 ft	+8.9
10	33.6 ft	47.3 ft	+13.6
11	25.1 ft	42.3 ft	+17.1
12	20.6 ft	42.8 ft	+22.2
13	18.6 ft	48.7 ft	+30.1
14	23.8 ft	47.4 ft	+23.6
15	29.1 ft	46.4 ft	+17.3
16	35.8 ft	47.2 ft	+11.4
17	30.6 ft	38.4 ft	+7.8
18	13.6 ft	19.5 ft	+5.9
19	27.2 ft	32.3 ft	+5.1
20	38.3 ft	48.5 ft	+10.3
21	30.4 ft	44.9 ft	+14.5
22	28.4 ft	48.5 ft	+20.2
23	22.2 ft	50.2 ft	+28.0
24	18.5 ft	52.7 ft	+34.2
25	20.5 ft	55.2 ft	+34.7
26	21.3 ft	51.8 ft	+30.5
27	23.8 ft	48.7 ft	+25.0
28	25.6 ft	42.3 ft	+16.7
29	31.0 ft	42.9 ft	+11.9
30	35.0 ft	41.7 ft	+6.8
31	31.5 ft	43.6 ft	+12.1
32	27.9 ft	41.6 ft	+13.6
33	28.8 ft	46.9 ft	+18.0
34	27.9 ft	50.6 ft	+22.7
35	25.3 ft	51.8 ft	+26.4
36	24.9 ft	54.7 ft	+29.8

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 24S range 18W

294 wells in township 24S range 18W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC, 126. Oldest record, 1974. Median well 70.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (83), oil field water supply (71), domestic (43), domestic, livestock (41).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 24S range 18W, 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
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	126	1974–2026	73.0 ft	37.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	46	1976–2006	68.0 ft	30.0 ft
Terracon Consultants, INC	15	1992–1993	52.0 ft	37.4 ft
Carl Hayse Water Well Service	14	1980–1999	80.0 ft	34.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	13	1975–2015	70.0 ft	24.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	13	1980–1985	60.0 ft	27.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	10	1993	55.0 ft	38.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	9	1975–1979	60.0 ft	23.0 ft
Plains Environmental Services	8	2016	54.3 ft	0.0 ft
Donald J. Darling Drilling CO	6	1975–1976	80.0 ft	20.0 ft
Dan Hayse Water Well Service	5	2000–2003	70.0 ft	45.0 ft
Red Tiger Drilling CO	4	1983	75.0 ft	36.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	4	2022–2024	80.0 ft	45.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	3	1978–1984	60.0 ft	26.0 ft
Environmental Priority Service, INC	3	2012	54.3 ft	0.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	3	1995	50.0 ft	39.1 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	2	2008	60.0 ft	0.0 ft
Joe's Well Service, INC	2	1994	100.0 ft	40.0 ft
Sterling Drilling CO	2	1984	80.0 ft	35.0 ft
Ace-hi International, INC	1	1975	206.0 ft	8.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	1	2018	92.0 ft	55.0 ft
Detech, INC	1	2013	56.0 ft	48.0 ft
E. Willie Hodde, Jr. Drilling Company	1	1976	35.0 ft	12.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC	1	2021	90.0 ft	55.0 ft
Well Owner	1	1992	115.0 ft	38.0 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	77	62.0 ft	20.0 ft
1980s	71	70.0 ft	32.0 ft
1990s	56	55.0 ft	38.0 ft
2000s	35	79.0 ft	44.0 ft
2010s	41	70.0 ft	42.0 ft
2020s	14	78.0 ft	45.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Irrigation	83	75.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	71	67.0 ft
Domestic	43	72.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	41	70.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	40	54.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	10	85.0 ft
Public Water Supply	2	88.5 ft
Environmental Remediation, Recovery	1	66.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction	1	35.0 ft
Industrial	1	80.0 ft
Pond/Swimming Pool/Recreation	1	79.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 24S range 18W, 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
13340	1975	206.0 ft	8.0 ft	Irrigation	Ace-hi International, INC
424112	2009	155.0 ft	45.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
13504	1974	154.5 ft	22.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
529478	2019	152.0 ft	49.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
340550	2003	144.0 ft	41.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
13415	1984	137.0 ft	58.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
336749	2003	137.0 ft	46.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
488852	2015	135.0 ft	51.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
13486	1976	134.0 ft	25.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
476105	2014	125.0 ft	50.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC

Buying or drilling in township 24S range 18W?

The median section here has moved 14.5 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 Central and western Kansas. Edwards County, on 100 % of 294 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

14S40W 70.9 ft
18S28W 17.5 ft
22S16W 11.1 ft
26S24W 34.3 ft
18S40W 22.2 ft
24S19W 3.9 ft
29S10W 0.0 ft
30S10W -3.0 ft
16S25W 0.0 ft
29S42W 114.7 ft
32S18W -137.2 ft
29S13W 2.9 ft
31S26W 21.3 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.