Township 25S Range 11W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has risen 1.9 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections

36Measured

-1.9 ftMedian change

StaffordCounty

What has happened in township 25S11W

Median depth went from 20.1 ft before development to 19.1 ft — a change of -1.9 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 13. Shallower: 22. Sharpest fall, section 26 at 8.5 ft; largest rise, section 09 at 9.0 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 25S Range 11W — 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	12.7 ft	8.9 ft	−3.8
02	11.2 ft	2.7 ft	−8.5
03	4.8 ft	0.0 ft	≥ −4.8
04	1.8 ft	0.0 ft	≥ −1.8
05	2.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ −2.0
06	12.7 ft	8.2 ft	−4.4
07	2.2 ft	0.0 ft	≥ −2.2
08	10.8 ft	3.5 ft	−7.3
09	16.1 ft	7.1 ft	−9.0
10	14.6 ft	8.5 ft	−6.1
11	16.8 ft	13.3 ft	−3.5
12	20.2 ft	16.0 ft	−4.2
13	23.6 ft	17.2 ft	−6.4
14	19.8 ft	20.6 ft	+0.7
15	20.1 ft	19.1 ft	−1.0
16	18.0 ft	13.6 ft	−4.4
17	19.7 ft	12.2 ft	−7.5
18	11.0 ft	6.5 ft	−4.5
19	27.2 ft	23.7 ft	−3.4
20	17.3 ft	15.1 ft	−2.2
21	15.7 ft	16.4 ft	+0.8
22	23.9 ft	27.9 ft	+4.0
23	19.4 ft	24.9 ft	+5.6
24	27.9 ft	26.0 ft	−1.9
25	36.1 ft	32.2 ft	−3.8
26	20.1 ft	28.6 ft	+8.5
27	26.3 ft	33.2 ft	+6.9
28	20.8 ft	24.1 ft	+3.3
29	22.5 ft	23.1 ft	+0.5
30	25.6 ft	25.0 ft	−0.6
31	27.0 ft	27.4 ft	0
32	25.0 ft	27.1 ft	+2.1
33	25.1 ft	29.8 ft	+4.7
34	26.9 ft	33.2 ft	+6.3
35	27.5 ft	35.1 ft	+7.6
36	35.0 ft	42.9 ft	+7.9

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 25S range 11W

187 wells in township 25S range 11W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Clarke Well and Equipment, INC, 44. Oldest record, 1976. Median well 80.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (56), domestic, livestock (42), domestic (37), irrigation (31).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 25S range 11W, 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
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	44	1976–2017	89.0 ft	19.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	24	1981–2024	80.0 ft	20.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	22	1979–2005	80.0 ft	17.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	22	1990–1994	81.0 ft	21.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	21	2005–2025	65.0 ft	16.0 ft
Miller Drilling	12	1991–2020	53.0 ft	15.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	7	1976–1985	99.0 ft	21.0 ft
Curtis J. Weninger Irrigation	4	2001–2004	92.0 ft	36.0 ft
4 Brothers LLC	3	2022–2024	89.0 ft	29.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	3	1976–1977	70.0 ft	20.0 ft
Dean L. Lyman, INC	3	1979–1982	50.0 ft	20.0 ft
Pratt Well Service	3	2013–2014	80.0 ft	10.0 ft
Dan Hayse Water Well Service	2	2001	57.0 ft	8.0 ft
L.j. Roberts Drilling	2	1977–1978	84.0 ft	22.0 ft
Leon Weber Well Service	2	1986–1997	60.0 ft	48.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	2	2003–2011	85.0 ft	17.0 ft
Rick Young Water Well Service	2	1990	300.0 ft	0.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	2	1980–1984	60.0 ft	15.0 ft
Carl Hayse Water Well Service	1	1986	62.0 ft	27.0 ft
H-30 Drilling, INC	1	1987	80.0 ft	16.0 ft
H2o Drilling	1	2023	83.0 ft	2.0 ft
Red Tiger Drilling CO	1	1983	40.0 ft	12.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC	1	2021	55.0 ft	12.0 ft
Sterling Drilling CO	1	1984	65.0 ft	15.0 ft
Tyler Water Well Service, INC	1	1999	60.0 ft	7.0 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	16	72.0 ft	19.0 ft
1980s	39	76.0 ft	19.0 ft
1990s	62	84.0 ft	20.0 ft
2000s	27	67.0 ft	18.0 ft
2010s	25	80.0 ft	14.0 ft
2020s	18	65.0 ft	19.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	56	80.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	42	60.0 ft
Domestic	37	60.0 ft
Irrigation	31	89.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	11	135.0 ft
Test hole/well	3	83.0 ft
Cathodic Protection Borehole	2	300.0 ft
Other	2	64.0 ft
Feedlot	1	50.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	1	85.0 ft
Pond/Swimming Pool/Recreation	1	65.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 25S range 11W, 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
84836	1990	300.0 ft	0.0 ft	Cathodic Protection Borehole	Rick Young Water Well Service
84837	1990	300.0 ft	0.0 ft	Cathodic Protection Borehole	Rick Young Water Well Service
112509	1997	190.0 ft	19.5 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
115243	1997	185.0 ft	42.0 ft	Test hole/well	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
112871	1997	182.0 ft	29.6 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
391756	2006	157.0 ft	18.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
118803	1997	141.0 ft	25.5 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
118806	1997	141.0 ft	25.2 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
118804	1997	135.0 ft	18.3 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
463659	2013	135.0 ft	15.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC

Buying or drilling in township 25S range 11W?

The median section here has moved -1.9 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. Stafford County, on 100 % of 187 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

24S32W 87.4 ft
24S33W 127.0 ft
24S34W 130.7 ft
24S35W 57.3 ft
24S36W 46.9 ft
24S37W 33.1 ft
25S10W 4.7 ft
25S12W -1.1 ft
25S16W 18.2 ft
25S19W 14.9 ft
25S20W 1.5 ft
25S22W -4.7 ft
25S29W 91.4 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.