Township 24S Range 19W

34 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 3.9 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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3.9 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 24S19W

Median depth went from 12.2 ft before development to 14.5 ft — a change of 3.9 ft, over 34 of 36 sections. Deeper: 25. Shallower: 7. Sharpest fall, section 07 at 25.2 ft; largest rise, section 26 at 4.5 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 24S Range 19W — 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	4.7 ft	15.3 ft	+10.6
02	19.9 ft	30.9 ft	+11.0
03	47.7 ft	64.2 ft	+16.5
04	37.3 ft	60.1 ft	+22.8
05	33.5 ft	—	—
06	31.0 ft	—	—
07	47.2 ft	72.4 ft	+25.2
08	43.3 ft	63.9 ft	+20.6
09	19.1 ft	35.0 ft	+15.9
10	10.7 ft	20.6 ft	+9.9
11	9.3 ft	14.0 ft	+4.7
12	6.6 ft	12.9 ft	+6.4
13	7.6 ft	12.3 ft	+4.6
14	8.4 ft	10.7 ft	+2.2
15	6.4 ft	9.9 ft	+3.5
16	12.2 ft	18.5 ft	+6.3
17	57.4 ft	68.5 ft	+11.1
18	65.0 ft	83.2 ft	+18.3
19	63.0 ft	72.7 ft	+9.8
20	42.1 ft	45.9 ft	+3.9
21	10.0 ft	10.1 ft	0
22	8.3 ft	6.6 ft	−1.7
23	10.5 ft	8.8 ft	−1.7
24	10.2 ft	12.0 ft	+1.8
25	19.6 ft	19.8 ft	0
26	10.8 ft	6.3 ft	−4.5
27	9.0 ft	6.7 ft	−2.4
28	12.7 ft	10.5 ft	−2.2
29	16.9 ft	14.5 ft	−2.4
30	31.1 ft	34.8 ft	+3.8
31	10.8 ft	12.7 ft	+2.0
32	13.6 ft	10.7 ft	−2.9
33	10.0 ft	10.5 ft	+0.5
34	7.1 ft	9.7 ft	+2.6
35	8.9 ft	11.2 ft	+2.3
36	29.1 ft	35.9 ft	+6.8

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 24S range 19W

336 wells in township 24S range 19W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Geocore Services INC, 101. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 29.0 ft deep.

Sunk for monitoring well/observation/piezometer (143), domestic (44), environmental remediation, injection (38), irrigation (28).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 24S range 19W, 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
Geocore Services INC	101	1992–2010	17.0 ft	9.6 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	53	1975–2019	35.0 ft	12.0 ft
Geocore, INC	48	1997–2017	24.0 ft	0.0 ft
Assoc. Environmental Industries Corp	25	2023	30.0 ft	10.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	15	1975–2012	28.0 ft	6.0 ft
Environmental Priority Service, INC	11	2011–2022	22.0 ft	11.5 ft
Ace-hi International, INC	10	1975–1977	30.0 ft	7.0 ft
Aquaterra Environmental Solutions, INC	10	2010	18.0 ft	11.3 ft
Carl Hayse Water Well Service	9	1975–1995	68.0 ft	12.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	7	1979–2004	50.0 ft	12.0 ft
Geotechnical Services, INC	6	2001	17.0 ft	9.4 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	5	2020–2025	90.0 ft	29.0 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC	4	2018–2019	50.0 ft	14.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	3	1977	145.0 ft	50.0 ft
Dan Hayse Water Well Service	3	2002–2005	68.0 ft	25.0 ft
Gsi Engineering, LLC	3	1997	17.1 ft	9.1 ft
Joe's Well Service, INC	3	2005	205.0 ft	38.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	3	2005	17.1 ft	10.9 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	2	2016–2018	80.0 ft	40.0 ft
Crowdis Ww Srvc	2	2021–2025	40.0 ft	10.0 ft
Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair	2	2004	22.0 ft	9.0 ft
Kansas Geological Survey	2	2001	29.0 ft	12.3 ft
City of Kinsley	1	2000	26.0 ft	11.5 ft
Clarke Well & Equip	1	2023	32.0 ft	16.1 ft
Environmental Loop Service, INC	1	2014	310.0 ft	0.0 ft
Keith's Irrigation	1	1995	21.0 ft	7.0 ft
Ksu	1	1991	21.0 ft	11.0 ft
Milco Environmental Services	1	2019	5.7 ft	0.0 ft
Tribal Water Well Drilling	1	2021	22.0 ft	7.0 ft
Wade Ewbank, INC	1	1976	42.0 ft	0.0 ft
Well Owner	1	—	8.0 ft	0.0 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	32	30.0 ft	7.0 ft
1980s	24	50.0 ft	14.0 ft
1990s	72	17.5 ft	9.6 ft
2000s	75	18.0 ft	10.0 ft
2010s	96	24.0 ft	8.0 ft
2020s	36	30.0 ft	10.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	143	17.5 ft
Domestic	44	50.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Injection	38	24.0 ft
Irrigation	28	30.0 ft
Other	25	30.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	11	68.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	11	33.0 ft
Dewatering	11	31.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	10	55.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction	4	8.0 ft
Feedlot	2	73.0 ft
Public Water Supply	2	34.0 ft
Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal	1	30.0 ft
Industrial	1	40.0 ft
Pond/Swimming Pool/Recreation	1	48.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge	1	25.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	1	25.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	1	100.0 ft
Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	1	310.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 24S range 19W, 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
478904	2014	310.0 ft	0.0 ft	Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	Environmental Loop Service, INC
381147	2005	285.0 ft	38.0 ft	Domestic	Joe's Well Service, INC
13514	1985	205.0 ft	70.0 ft	Domestic	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
381148	2005	205.0 ft	23.0 ft	Domestic	Joe's Well Service, INC
13548	1989	195.0 ft	100.0 ft	Domestic	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
474749	2014	160.0 ft	52.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
13516	1977	145.0 ft	50.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Charles C. Myers Water Well Service
482520	1977	145.0 ft	50.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Charles C. Myers Water Well Service
1057003241	2025	140.0 ft	58.0 ft	Domestic	Rosencrantz-bemis Ent
487388	2015	135.0 ft	59.0 ft	Domestic	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC

Buying or drilling in township 24S range 19W?

The median section here has moved 3.9 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 336 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

11S26W 1.0 ft
12S23W 7.9 ft
14S40W 70.9 ft
18S28W 17.5 ft
22S16W 11.1 ft
26S24W 34.3 ft
18S40W 22.2 ft
29S10W 0.0 ft
24S18W 14.5 ft
30S10W -3.0 ft
16S25W 0.0 ft
29S42W 114.7 ft
32S18W -137.2 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.