Township 24S Range 31W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 80.0 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 24S31W

Median depth went from 106.4 ft before development to 190.1 ft — a change of 80.0 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 23 at 91.6 ft; the smallest fall is section 01 at 54.6 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 24S Range 31W — 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	107.0 ft	161.5 ft	+54.6
02	104.3 ft	167.2 ft	+63.0
03	102.7 ft	172.5 ft	+69.8
04	108.3 ft	183.9 ft	+75.6
05	111.1 ft	190.7 ft	+79.7
06	108.3 ft	191.0 ft	+82.7
07	111.1 ft	191.7 ft	+80.6
08	117.1 ft	196.7 ft	+79.6
09	114.3 ft	192.3 ft	+78.0
10	106.3 ft	181.8 ft	+75.5
11	105.9 ft	179.6 ft	+73.7
12	111.9 ft	180.5 ft	+68.6
13	106.4 ft	190.4 ft	+84.1
14	100.9 ft	187.9 ft	+87.0
15	106.2 ft	188.5 ft	+82.3
16	115.4 ft	195.8 ft	+80.5
17	119.1 ft	198.2 ft	+79.1
18	116.2 ft	194.4 ft	+78.2
19	96.0 ft	172.0 ft	+76.0
20	111.9 ft	190.8 ft	+78.9
21	115.3 ft	197.1 ft	+81.8
22	104.8 ft	190.1 ft	+85.3
23	98.6 ft	190.2 ft	+91.6
24	104.6 ft	195.0 ft	+90.4
25	109.5 ft	192.6 ft	+83.0
26	105.9 ft	191.9 ft	+86.0
27	109.6 ft	194.0 ft	+84.4
28	115.1 ft	197.4 ft	+82.3
29	104.1 ft	182.8 ft	+78.8
30	63.5 ft	137.4 ft	+73.9
31	21.1 ft	96.9 ft	+75.8
32	77.5 ft	157.3 ft	+79.8
33	102.8 ft	183.7 ft	+80.9
34	104.7 ft	186.5 ft	+81.8
35	101.2 ft	183.2 ft	+82.0
36	107.0 ft	187.0 ft	+80.0

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 24S range 31W

114 wells in township 24S range 31W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC, 17. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 265.0 ft deep.

Sunk for monitoring well/observation/piezometer (39), domestic (34), irrigation (30), public water supply (3).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 24S range 31W, 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
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	17	1975–2015	281.0 ft	151.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	14	1976–2014	270.0 ft	144.0 ft
B & B Drilling, LLC	8	2004	280.0 ft	136.0 ft
Jonagan Water Well Service LLC	8	1975–1990	252.0 ft	122.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	7	1981–1993	119.0 ft	90.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	7	1998–2018	270.0 ft	178.0 ft
A. W. Pool, INC	6	1994	132.0 ft	130.0 ft
Prairie Land Environmental Remed	6	1996–2001	39.1 ft	0.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	6	1993–2003	299.0 ft	167.0 ft
Layne Western	5	1997–2001	106.5 ft	96.7 ft
Layne Christensen	4	2005	104.0 ft	97.0 ft
Alliance Environmental, INC	3	2007	129.0 ft	0.0 ft
Clarke Well & Equip	3	2024	173.5 ft	140.0 ft
Mw Drilling	3	1983–1995	218.0 ft	78.0 ft
B & B Drilling	2	2004	283.0 ft	136.0 ft
Joe's Well Service, INC	2	1993–2003	260.0 ft	150.0 ft
Jonagan Drilling CO	2	2007	237.0 ft	129.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump	2	1986–1988	280.0 ft	150.0 ft
A.w. Pool, INC	1	1994	135.0 ft	131.0 ft
Aquadrill, INC	1	1995	97.0 ft	93.1 ft
Gspf Irrigation Service	1	2015	276.0 ft	122.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply	1	1999	313.0 ft	157.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	1	2006	265.0 ft	178.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well	1	1992	275.0 ft	145.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump - #1047	1	2025	310.0 ft	156.0 ft
Taylor and Assoc., INC	1	1997	540.0 ft	207.0 ft
Tyler Water Well Service, INC	1	1999	302.0 ft	180.0 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	12	261.0 ft	135.0 ft
1980s	13	275.0 ft	140.0 ft
1990s	39	140.0 ft	126.0 ft
2000s	34	270.0 ft	134.0 ft
2010s	12	280.0 ft	188.0 ft
2020s	4	177.0 ft	143.8 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	39	126.0 ft
Domestic	34	268.0 ft
Irrigation	30	285.0 ft
Public Water Supply	3	247.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	3	276.0 ft
Feedlot	2	307.0 ft
Industrial	2	540.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	1	94.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 24S range 31W, 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
117635	1997	540.0 ft	207.0 ft	Industrial	Taylor and Assoc., INC
117657	1997	540.0 ft	207.0 ft	Industrial	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
336459	2003	394.0 ft	170.0 ft	Irrigation	Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
18042	1977	340.0 ft	151.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
18039	1976	338.0 ft	135.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
18036	1980	331.0 ft	142.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
463840	2013	330.0 ft	210.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
330518	2002	323.0 ft	167.0 ft	Irrigation	Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
303171	1999	313.0 ft	157.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply
330519	2003	310.0 ft	144.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC

Buying or drilling in township 24S range 31W?

The median section here has moved 80.0 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 114 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

23S37W 13.1 ft
24S10W 4.9 ft
24S12W 6.1 ft
24S13W 4.4 ft
24S15W 6.9 ft
24S16W 22.1 ft
24S30W 68.6 ft
24S32W 87.4 ft
24S33W 127.0 ft
24S34W 130.7 ft
24S35W 57.3 ft
24S36W 46.9 ft
24S37W 33.1 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.