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Township 24S Range 30W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 68.6 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections
36Measured
68.6 ftMedian change
GrayCounty

What has happened in township 24S30W

Median depth went from 117.8 ft before development to 189.6 ft — a change of 68.6 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 34 at 81.6 ft; the smallest fall is section 01 at 29.3 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 24S Range 30W — 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.Before2022–24Change
0191.0 ft120.3 ft+29.3
02101.4 ft131.9 ft+30.4
03102.4 ft135.5 ft+33.1
0495.5 ft132.7 ft+37.2
05106.0 ft147.3 ft+41.3
06113.1 ft159.4 ft+46.3
07116.8 ft177.6 ft+60.9
08115.4 ft170.3 ft+54.9
09111.1 ft162.6 ft+51.5
10111.2 ft161.1 ft+49.9
11105.9 ft152.5 ft+46.6
12102.5 ft146.6 ft+44.1
13112.1 ft169.3 ft+57.2
14113.6 ft173.9 ft+60.3
15107.9 ft172.7 ft+64.8
16116.9 ft182.9 ft+66.0
17122.9 ft190.9 ft+68.0
18119.6 ft192.8 ft+73.2
19120.7 ft199.1 ft+78.3
20125.4 ft200.3 ft+74.9
21115.0 ft189.4 ft+74.4
22116.9 ft189.6 ft+72.7
23122.7 ft191.2 ft+68.6
24124.2 ft189.4 ft+65.2
25133.2 ft204.1 ft+70.9
26127.3 ft201.6 ft+74.2
27123.7 ft200.6 ft+76.9
28117.8 ft195.0 ft+77.3
29124.7 ft200.9 ft+76.2
30124.1 ft199.9 ft+75.8
31124.7 ft202.4 ft+77.7
32126.8 ft205.6 ft+78.9
33121.9 ft202.8 ft+80.9
34124.4 ft206.0 ft+81.6
35128.9 ft208.0 ft+79.1
36134.6 ft211.3 ft+76.7

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 24S range 30W

64 wells in township 24S range 30W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC, 22. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 240.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (30), domestic (14), feedlot (8), oil field water supply (6).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 24S range 30W, 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 recordWellsYearsMedian depthMedian water level
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC221975–2004270.0 ft150.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC71975–2009250.0 ft141.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC52010–2025230.0 ft186.0 ft
Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair31994–2000285.0 ft172.0 ft
H.d.c. Ag32000220.0 ft132.0 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC32015–2024245.0 ft172.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC32000289.0 ft177.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO21976290.0 ft154.0 ft
Usgs22000187.4 ft175.7 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC11976220.0 ft113.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO11997240.0 ft145.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #14512025220.0 ft17.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well12013270.0 ft182.0 ft
Joe's Well Service, INC11980280.0 ft155.0 ft
Jonagan Water Well Service LLC12010268.0 ft192.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC11981238.0 ft130.0 ft
Mh Drilling12025236.0 ft62.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC11986260.0 ft168.0 ft
Ray Cramer Drilling CO11997220.0 ft93.0 ft
Red Tiger Drilling CO11991210.0 ft0.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC11984220.0 ft130.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service11990211.0 ft157.0 ft
Swearengen Drlg CO11975303.0 ft110.0 ft
Wells by decade drilled, with the median depth reached and the median water level the driller measured on arrival.
DecadeWellsMedian depthMedian level
1970s15266.0 ft141.0 ft
1980s12265.0 ft155.0 ft
1990s10235.0 ft143.0 ft
2000s15265.0 ft172.0 ft
2010s6270.0 ft183.0 ft
2020s6230.0 ft186.0 ft
What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
PurposeWellsMedian depth
Irrigation30257.0 ft
Domestic14268.0 ft
Feedlot8277.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply6220.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock2260.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer2187.4 ft
Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical1200.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden1236.0 ft
The ten deepest wells on record in township 24S range 30W, 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.
RecordYearDepthWater levelPurposeDriller
239401975363.0 ft143.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
3577052004305.0 ft195.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
239441975303.0 ft110.0 ftIrrigationSwearengen Drlg CO
4867502015300.0 ft187.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
239431983297.0 ft127.0 ftDomesticMinter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
4163711982297.0 ft160.0 ftDomesticHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
239391976290.0 ft154.0 ftIrrigationLayne-christensen CO
239421989290.0 ft181.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
239451976290.0 ft160.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
3577042004290.0 ft180.0 ftFeedlotHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC

Buying or drilling in township 24S range 30W?

The median section here has moved 68.6 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. Gray County, on 100 % of 64 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

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.