Township 24S Range 36W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 46.9 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 24S36W

Median depth went from 54.1 ft before development to 94.3 ft — a change of 46.9 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 03 at 78.9 ft; the smallest fall is section 32 at 20.7 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 24S Range 36W — 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	70.6 ft	129.6 ft	+59.0
02	75.8 ft	147.0 ft	+71.2
03	96.0 ft	174.9 ft	+78.9
04	139.2 ft	211.0 ft	+71.8
05	144.1 ft	209.0 ft	+64.9
06	178.8 ft	236.1 ft	+57.3
07	176.0 ft	228.3 ft	+52.3
08	137.5 ft	195.0 ft	+57.5
09	90.5 ft	151.3 ft	+60.8
10	79.6 ft	142.8 ft	+63.3
11	47.5 ft	104.7 ft	+57.2
12	36.6 ft	83.5 ft	+46.9
13	27.0 ft	70.4 ft	+43.4
14	18.5 ft	63.3 ft	+44.8
15	38.0 ft	82.7 ft	+44.7
16	76.9 ft	123.3 ft	+46.4
17	126.3 ft	175.7 ft	+49.5
18	152.3 ft	203.0 ft	+50.7
19	105.3 ft	153.6 ft	+48.4
20	87.0 ft	128.9 ft	+41.8
21	54.1 ft	87.6 ft	+33.5
22	26.4 ft	51.5 ft	+25.1
23	19.5 ft	50.4 ft	+30.9
24	1.3 ft	41.2 ft	+39.9
25	12.2 ft	63.5 ft	+51.2
26	6.4 ft	46.8 ft	+40.4
27	15.1 ft	49.0 ft	+34.0
28	34.7 ft	64.3 ft	+29.6
29	47.6 ft	83.1 ft	+35.4
30	61.6 ft	102.0 ft	+40.4
31	70.5 ft	94.3 ft	+23.9
32	20.6 ft	41.3 ft	+20.7
33	13.9 ft	41.3 ft	+27.4
34	14.0 ft	56.3 ft	+42.3
35	15.6 ft	69.8 ft	+54.2
36	17.3 ft	85.2 ft	+68.0

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 24S range 36W

372 wells in township 24S range 36W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Well Owner, 60. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 197.0 ft deep.

Sunk for monitoring well/observation/piezometer (157), domestic (104), irrigation (49), domestic, lawn and garden (28).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 24S range 36W, 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
Well Owner	60	1991–1998	22.0 ft	0.0 ft
Associated Environmental, INC	28	1997–2020	26.4 ft	19.3 ft
Larsen & Associates	26	2019–2025	35.0 ft	25.3 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	25	1986–2019	209.0 ft	85.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	18	1977–2008	247.0 ft	52.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	18	1976–2014	200.0 ft	35.0 ft
Prairie Land Environmental Remed	17	2003	20.0 ft	13.3 ft
Milco Env. Serv. #1005	12	2022	35.1 ft	23.5 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC	12	2011–2013	200.0 ft	35.0 ft
Woofter Pump and Well, INC	12	2014	35.0 ft	27.4 ft
Associated Env	11	2020	29.9 ft	24.0 ft
Geocore Services INC	10	1993–2007	23.0 ft	16.4 ft
Milco Environmental Services, INC	10	2014	24.3 ft	0.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	9	1990–2025	239.0 ft	110.0 ft
Donald C. Sesso, Maxim Tech./kansas City	8	1994	24.0 ft	16.9 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	7	1976–1988	205.0 ft	82.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	7	1993–2002	211.0 ft	70.0 ft
Milco Environmental Services	6	2008	24.3 ft	19.2 ft
High Plains Drilling & Supply	5	1976–1980	218.0 ft	80.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	5	1996–2004	180.0 ft	19.9 ft
Thad Robert	5	1998–2002	19.0 ft	0.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	5	1994–1998	182.0 ft	164.0 ft
Martin's Well Service	4	2014–2015	360.0 ft	96.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply	3	1998–1999	235.0 ft	34.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	3	1991–1995	610.0 ft	124.0 ft
Maxim Technologies, INC	3	2000	20.0 ft	15.0 ft
Mh Drilling	3	2024–2026	209.0 ft	46.0 ft
Steve's Drilling	3	2015–2016	400.0 ft	150.0 ft
Crescent Services	2	2013	190.0 ft	30.0 ft
Downey Drilling, INC	2	2020	320.0 ft	231.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO	2	1991–2013	460.0 ft	150.0 ft
Jonagan Drilling CO	2	1975	50.0 ft	16.0 ft
Kdhe	2	2011–2020	99.0 ft	83.0 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC	2	2017–2022	400.0 ft	204.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC	2	2013	253.0 ft	38.0 ft
Ark Valley Pump and Supply	1	1980	197.0 ft	50.0 ft
Clt INC	1	2001	150.0 ft	30.0 ft
Colorado Interstate Gas	1	1983	214.0 ft	214.0 ft
Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair	1	2000	210.0 ft	54.0 ft
Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair	1	1991	230.0 ft	85.0 ft
Florence Fletcher	1	1994	10.0 ft	0.0 ft
Gspf Irrigation Service	1	2015	200.0 ft	70.0 ft
James Ray Smith Pump Service	1	1975	55.0 ft	18.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well - 1046	1	2025	190.0 ft	70.0 ft
Jonagan Water Well Service LLC	1	2021	190.0 ft	70.0 ft
Kansas Water Wells, INC	1	2021	192.0 ft	79.0 ft
Kearny County Well Plugging	1	2019	288.0 ft	240.0 ft
Kgs	1	—	205.0 ft	0.0 ft
Layne Christensen CO	1	1978	560.0 ft	35.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	1	1981	610.0 ft	124.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump	1	2020	400.0 ft	205.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump - #1047	1	2025	220.0 ft	19.0 ft
Nash Ww Srvc	1	2020	380.0 ft	297.0 ft
Pearl Hill	1	1994	22.0 ft	18.0 ft
Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC	1	2020	168.0 ft	45.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC	1	1988	140.0 ft	20.0 ft
Thad Robert T&t	1	1999	32.0 ft	19.0 ft
Unknown	1	2008	32.0 ft	1.5 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	15	212.0 ft	55.0 ft
1980s	18	220.0 ft	82.0 ft
1990s	126	29.0 ft	16.5 ft
2000s	63	25.2 ft	19.5 ft
2010s	90	35.0 ft	27.4 ft
2020s	60	35.1 ft	25.2 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	157	29.0 ft
Domestic	104	123.0 ft
Irrigation	49	230.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	28	180.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	14	201.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	9	200.0 ft
Industrial	4	610.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	3	32.0 ft
Public Water Supply	2	560.0 ft
Feedlot	2	320.0 ft
Other	1	197.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 24S range 36W, 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
31501	1991	620.0 ft	134.0 ft	Industrial	Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC
31502	1991	610.0 ft	124.0 ft	Industrial	Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC
31503	1981	610.0 ft	124.0 ft	Industrial	Layne-christensen CO
469521	1978	560.0 ft	35.0 ft	Public Water Supply	Layne Christensen CO
475692	2014	555.0 ft	96.0 ft	Domestic	Martin's Well Service
31457	1991	460.0 ft	150.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Howard Drilling CO
1057258111	2026	410.0 ft	192.0 ft	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	Mh Drilling
423284	1977	401.0 ft	74.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
489864	2015	400.0 ft	60.0 ft	Domestic	Steve's Drilling
500049	2016	400.0 ft	150.0 ft	Domestic	Steve's Drilling

Buying or drilling in township 24S range 36W?

The median section here has moved 46.9 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 Far western Kansas. Kearny County, on 100 % of 373 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

24S16W 22.1 ft
24S30W 68.6 ft
24S31W 80.0 ft
24S32W 87.4 ft
24S33W 127.0 ft
24S34W 130.7 ft
24S35W 57.3 ft
24S37W 33.1 ft
25S10W 4.7 ft
25S11W -1.9 ft
25S12W -1.1 ft
25S16W 18.2 ft
25S19W 14.9 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.