Township 24S Range 34W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 130.7 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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130.7 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 24S34W

Median depth went from 32.2 ft before development to 160.6 ft — a change of 130.7 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 36 at 186.5 ft; the smallest fall is section 07 at 55.6 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 24S Range 34W — 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	17.2 ft	130.3 ft	+113.2
02	13.1 ft	130.5 ft	+117.4
03	14.2 ft	130.7 ft	+116.5
04	18.0 ft	119.3 ft	+101.3
05	17.4 ft	106.6 ft	+89.3
06	27.3 ft	107.6 ft	+80.3
07	3.4 ft	59.0 ft	+55.6
08	10.7 ft	82.0 ft	+71.3
09	10.2 ft	111.5 ft	+101.3
10	7.5 ft	122.9 ft	+115.4
11	11.2 ft	127.2 ft	+116.0
12	11.3 ft	133.4 ft	+122.0
13	25.6 ft	161.3 ft	+135.7
14	29.1 ft	159.8 ft	+130.7
15	27.8 ft	155.3 ft	+127.5
16	16.3 ft	132.6 ft	+116.3
17	14.3 ft	104.5 ft	+90.2
18	14.6 ft	71.7 ft	+57.2
19	32.2 ft	128.3 ft	+96.0
20	40.8 ft	160.6 ft	+119.9
21	46.7 ft	182.6 ft	+135.9
22	49.9 ft	195.4 ft	+145.5
23	42.9 ft	196.2 ft	+153.3
24	39.2 ft	198.8 ft	+159.6
25	40.0 ft	219.8 ft	+179.7
26	56.3 ft	228.3 ft	+171.9
27	62.4 ft	226.5 ft	+164.1
28	44.2 ft	201.0 ft	+156.7
29	46.7 ft	195.6 ft	+148.9
30	49.5 ft	187.0 ft	+137.5
31	54.0 ft	221.3 ft	+167.4
32	69.9 ft	244.5 ft	+174.6
33	66.6 ft	246.3 ft	+179.8
34	66.3 ft	248.8 ft	+182.5
35	44.9 ft	230.1 ft	+185.2
36	43.3 ft	229.8 ft	+186.5

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 24S range 34W

416 wells in township 24S range 34W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC, 85. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 327.0 ft deep.

Sunk for monitoring well/observation/piezometer (156), irrigation (146), test hole/well (38), domestic (32).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 24S range 34W, 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
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	85	1975–2014	365.0 ft	74.0 ft
Geocore, INC	62	2010–2017	92.0 ft	0.0 ft
L.c. Burkett Drilling	35	1975	420.0 ft	100.0 ft
Geocore Services INC	25	2000–2006	83.0 ft	69.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	24	2005	70.0 ft	20.1 ft
Mw Drilling	21	1975–1997	390.0 ft	77.0 ft
Layne-western	18	1975–1978	409.0 ft	79.5 ft
Prairie Land Environmental Remed	18	1995–2004	38.0 ft	31.3 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	16	1976–2016	395.0 ft	114.0 ft
Minter Wilson Drilling Co., In	11	1981	60.0 ft	0.0 ft
Jonagan Water Well Service LLC	10	1975–2017	305.0 ft	75.0 ft
Downey Drlg #748	8	2022–2025	507.0 ft	238.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	8	1982–2007	350.0 ft	97.0 ft
Geotechnical Services, INC	7	2013	156.0 ft	0.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	6	1984–1989	327.0 ft	105.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	6	1980–1982	374.0 ft	89.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC	6	2010–2013	335.0 ft	50.0 ft
Gspf Irrigation Service	5	2013–2015	52.0 ft	43.0 ft
Minter Wilson Drilling Company	5	1981	46.0 ft	0.0 ft
Prairie Land Environmental Remediation INC	5	1995–2004	48.0 ft	35.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	4	1991–2014	366.0 ft	108.0 ft
Downey Drilling, INC	3	2016–2020	388.0 ft	234.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145	3	1992–2023	40.0 ft	25.0 ft
Jonagan Drilling CO	3	1975–1982	333.0 ft	104.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drilling Co., In	3	1975–1981	198.0 ft	0.0 ft
Well Owner	3	1996	115.0 ft	20.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	2	1979–1981	258.0 ft	60.0 ft
J.r. Ham	2	1992	70.0 ft	0.0 ft
Jonagan Drilling	2	1975	80.0 ft	28.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	2	2001–2002	417.0 ft	110.0 ft
Downey Drilling, Inc. #748	1	2020	625.0 ft	261.0 ft
Gt Water Well Drlg	1	2025	360.0 ft	131.0 ft
High Plains Drilling & Supply	1	1975	100.0 ft	60.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO	1	1990	286.0 ft	0.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145	1	2020	390.0 ft	160.0 ft
Layne Christensen	1	1980	390.0 ft	75.0 ft
Northern Natural Gas CO	1	2012	81.0 ft	0.0 ft
Thad Robert	1	2002	398.0 ft	68.0 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	121	396.0 ft	75.0 ft
1980s	61	286.0 ft	75.0 ft
1990s	51	115.0 ft	31.6 ft
2000s	68	100.0 ft	39.2 ft
2010s	106	110.0 ft	0.0 ft
2020s	13	445.0 ft	169.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	156	81.0 ft
Irrigation	146	385.0 ft
Test hole/well	38	420.0 ft
Domestic	32	333.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	12	286.0 ft
Industrial	10	328.0 ft
Feedlot	8	395.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	7	122.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	4	0.0 ft
Public Water Supply	3	368.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	2	258.0 ft
Recovery/Soil Vapor Extraction/Soil Vent	1	45.0 ft
Injection well/air sparge (AS)/shallow	1	100.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 24S range 34W, 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
327657	1980	727.0 ft	130.0 ft	Industrial	Layne-christensen CO
1056902798	2025	708.0 ft	293.0 ft	Irrigation	Downey Drlg #748
1052892250	2022	702.0 ft	244.0 ft	Irrigation	Downey Drlg #748
18699	1977	680.0 ft	100.0 ft	Industrial	—
506051	2016	668.0 ft	266.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
534137	2020	625.0 ft	261.0 ft	Irrigation	Downey Drilling, Inc. #748
1056902396	2025	600.0 ft	320.0 ft	Irrigation	Downey Drlg #748
1056910340	2025	507.0 ft	226.0 ft	Irrigation	Downey Drlg #748
500837	2016	503.0 ft	255.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
18812	1975	480.0 ft	92.0 ft	Irrigation	Layne-western

Buying or drilling in township 24S range 34W?

The median section here has moved 130.7 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 420 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

24S13W 4.4 ft
24S15W 6.9 ft
24S16W 22.1 ft
24S30W 68.6 ft
24S31W 80.0 ft
24S32W 87.4 ft
24S33W 127.0 ft
24S35W 57.3 ft
24S36W 46.9 ft
24S37W 33.1 ft
25S10W 4.7 ft
25S11W -1.9 ft
25S12W -1.1 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.