Township 25S Range 12W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has risen 1.1 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections

36Measured

-1.1 ftMedian change

StaffordCounty

What has happened in township 25S12W

Median depth went from 20.0 ft before development to 18.6 ft — a change of -1.1 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 7. Shallower: 22. Sharpest fall, section 06 at 4.7 ft; largest rise, section 22 at 4.8 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 25S Range 12W — 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	21.0 ft	20.9 ft	0
02	22.0 ft	22.1 ft	0
03	24.2 ft	21.0 ft	−3.1
04	32.2 ft	31.2 ft	−1.1
05	26.4 ft	28.6 ft	+2.2
06	27.5 ft	32.2 ft	+4.7
07	26.1 ft	29.8 ft	+3.6
08	27.0 ft	27.7 ft	+0.7
09	28.9 ft	27.0 ft	−1.9
10	21.0 ft	17.7 ft	−3.4
11	16.1 ft	16.1 ft	0
12	14.6 ft	14.6 ft	0
13	3.2 ft	3.1 ft	0
14	3.3 ft	1.5 ft	−1.8
15	16.2 ft	11.8 ft	−4.4
16	19.5 ft	16.0 ft	−3.5
17	25.7 ft	24.9 ft	−0.8
18	27.3 ft	29.3 ft	+2.0
19	27.3 ft	28.0 ft	+0.7
20	19.9 ft	18.6 ft	−1.4
21	18.0 ft	13.6 ft	−4.4
22	9.2 ft	4.3 ft	−4.8
23	4.7 ft	1.4 ft	−3.3
24	11.8 ft	9.5 ft	−2.2
25	20.0 ft	19.2 ft	−0.7
26	22.9 ft	19.9 ft	−3.0
27	7.6 ft	3.2 ft	−4.4
28	8.7 ft	5.2 ft	−3.6
29	16.2 ft	14.2 ft	−2.1
30	21.0 ft	20.9 ft	0
31	12.7 ft	11.9 ft	−0.7
32	13.3 ft	12.2 ft	−1.1
33	16.5 ft	14.4 ft	−2.1
34	19.8 ft	17.4 ft	−2.4
35	28.8 ft	29.3 ft	+0.5
36	26.5 ft	26.2 ft	0

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 25S range 12W

218 wells in township 25S range 12W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Kelly's Water Well Service, INC, 60. Oldest record, 1974. Median well 83.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (85), domestic, livestock (44), irrigation (34), domestic (30).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 25S range 12W, 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
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	60	1976–2018	72.0 ft	20.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	45	1974–2024	80.0 ft	20.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	31	1975–2015	80.0 ft	14.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	23	2002–2026	64.0 ft	15.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	9	1975–1978	65.0 ft	15.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	8	1980–1985	70.0 ft	18.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	8	1986–1995	83.0 ft	20.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	7	1979–1983	90.0 ft	16.0 ft
Miller Drilling	7	1984–2018	60.0 ft	16.0 ft
Patrick M Cobb	4	1978–1979	122.5 ft	22.1 ft
Kgs	3	1982	142.0 ft	36.1 ft
4 Brothers LLC	2	2023–2026	118.0 ft	20.0 ft
Donald J. Darling Drilling CO	2	1975–1977	87.0 ft	32.0 ft
Basgall Geothermal Drilling	1	2013	200.0 ft	0.0 ft
Clarke Well & Equipment, INC	1	2022	61.0 ft	19.0 ft
Crowdis Ww Srvc	1	2022	50.0 ft	12.0 ft
Dean L. Lyman, INC	1	1999	49.0 ft	16.5 ft
Layne-christensen CO	1	1976	100.0 ft	11.6 ft
Red Tiger Drilling	1	1986	83.0 ft	15.0 ft
Red Tiger Drilling CO	1	1983	100.0 ft	22.0 ft
Well Owner	1	1983	120.0 ft	90.0 ft
White and Ellis Drilling, INC	1	1994	56.0 ft	0.0 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	39	70.0 ft	18.0 ft
1980s	59	80.0 ft	20.0 ft
1990s	24	80.0 ft	20.0 ft
2000s	16	60.0 ft	16.0 ft
2010s	54	73.0 ft	17.0 ft
2020s	26	80.0 ft	21.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	85	80.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	44	65.0 ft
Irrigation	34	87.0 ft
Domestic	30	60.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	14	140.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	4	87.0 ft
Feedlot	3	53.0 ft
Other	1	70.0 ft
Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	1	200.0 ft
Pond/Swimming Pool/Recreation	1	118.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	1	48.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 25S range 12W, 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
84915	1978	286.0 ft	22.1 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Patrick M Cobb
470134	2013	200.0 ft	0.0 ft	Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	Basgall Geothermal Drilling
391296	1998	170.0 ft	11.3 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
423564	1982	162.0 ft	36.4 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Kgs
113728	1996	161.0 ft	11.2 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
84981	1987	155.0 ft	80.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
487483	2015	155.0 ft	0.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC
493329	2015	155.0 ft	0.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC
84894	1974	153.0 ft	16.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
423565	1982	142.0 ft	35.8 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Kgs

Buying or drilling in township 25S range 12W?

The median section here has moved -1.1 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 218 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

24S33W 127.0 ft
24S34W 130.7 ft
24S35W 57.3 ft
24S36W 46.9 ft
24S37W 33.1 ft
25S10W 4.7 ft
25S11W -1.9 ft
25S16W 18.2 ft
25S19W 14.9 ft
25S20W 1.5 ft
25S22W -4.7 ft
25S29W 91.4 ft
25S31W 81.6 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.