Township 25S Range 20W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 1.5 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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1.5 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 25S20W

Median depth went from 19.7 ft before development to 19.7 ft — a change of 1.5 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 20. Shallower: 12. Sharpest fall, section 05 at 18.1 ft; largest rise, section 12 at 4.7 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 25S Range 20W — 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	13.5 ft	11.2 ft	−2.3
02	20.4 ft	18.2 ft	−2.2
03	23.6 ft	26.8 ft	+3.2
04	19.6 ft	34.1 ft	+14.5
05	25.9 ft	44.0 ft	+18.1
06	30.0 ft	38.4 ft	+8.4
07	33.5 ft	38.1 ft	+4.6
08	30.5 ft	38.4 ft	+7.8
09	19.8 ft	26.3 ft	+6.5
10	20.4 ft	19.7 ft	−0.6
11	16.5 ft	13.4 ft	−3.1
12	12.6 ft	7.9 ft	−4.7
13	8.6 ft	5.0 ft	−3.6
14	18.3 ft	14.8 ft	−3.6
15	30.0 ft	29.1 ft	−0.9
16	28.1 ft	30.8 ft	+2.8
17	25.7 ft	29.1 ft	+3.4
18	26.5 ft	28.8 ft	+2.3
19	34.9 ft	36.4 ft	+1.5
20	50.3 ft	55.1 ft	+4.8
21	46.9 ft	51.2 ft	+4.3
22	40.5 ft	40.1 ft	0
23	10.4 ft	7.0 ft	−3.4
24	8.2 ft	5.7 ft	−2.5
25	7.0 ft	8.5 ft	+1.4
26	9.3 ft	7.1 ft	−2.2
27	17.7 ft	17.5 ft	0
28	36.3 ft	43.1 ft	+6.8
29	19.7 ft	28.6 ft	+8.9
30	18.6 ft	18.8 ft	0
31	10.1 ft	5.7 ft	−4.4
32	6.0 ft	7.0 ft	+1.0
33	5.9 ft	8.0 ft	+2.1
34	8.0 ft	8.0 ft	0
35	8.7 ft	10.8 ft	+2.1
36	4.9 ft	11.9 ft	+7.0

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 25S range 20W

111 wells in township 25S range 20W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC, 33. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 88.0 ft deep.

Sunk for domestic (25), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (22), domestic, livestock (21), oil field water supply (19).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 25S range 20W, 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
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	33	1975–2025	80.0 ft	15.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	14	1975–2006	145.0 ft	50.0 ft
Geocore, INC	9	1994	45.0 ft	31.9 ft
Gsi Engineering, LLC	8	1992	48.0 ft	37.8 ft
Geocore Services INC	7	2000	34.0 ft	0.0 ft
Joe's Well Service, INC	7	1994–2005	115.0 ft	38.0 ft
Carl Hayse Water Well Service	5	1990–1995	44.0 ft	10.0 ft
Larsen and Associates, INC	5	2009–2017	45.0 ft	28.3 ft
Brau Drlg Co., INC	3	1977–1988	95.0 ft	75.0 ft
Dan Hayse Water Well Service	3	2003	95.0 ft	25.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	3	1988–1991	128.0 ft	26.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	2	2002	140.0 ft	12.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	2	2005	84.7 ft	15.7 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC	2	2017	155.0 ft	68.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	1	—	88.0 ft	50.0 ft
Duke Drilling CO	1	1991	141.0 ft	56.0 ft
Geotechnical Services, INC	1	1992	48.0 ft	38.4 ft
Halling Water Well Service, LLC	1	2021	90.0 ft	60.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	1	2006	60.0 ft	12.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC	1	2021	80.0 ft	9.0 ft
Unknown	1	1988	0.0 ft	0.0 ft
Well Owner	1	1994	129.0 ft	13.0 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	6	76.0 ft	29.0 ft
1980s	12	110.0 ft	35.0 ft
1990s	41	51.0 ft	30.0 ft
2000s	32	60.0 ft	16.0 ft
2010s	7	50.0 ft	31.1 ft
2020s	12	41.0 ft	12.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Domestic	25	80.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	22	48.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	21	44.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	19	128.0 ft
Irrigation	11	129.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Recovery	8	34.0 ft
Test hole/well	2	51.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	2	103.0 ft
Public Water Supply	1	100.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 25S range 20W, 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
103701	1995	264.0 ft	80.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
14212	1994	232.0 ft	60.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
14213	1994	232.0 ft	60.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
103305	1995	231.0 ft	80.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
367587	2005	225.0 ft	61.0 ft	Domestic	Joe's Well Service, INC
14214	1988	205.0 ft	75.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Brau Drlg Co., INC
108944	1996	204.0 ft	40.0 ft	Domestic	Joe's Well Service, INC
14227	1991	170.0 ft	60.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
324263	2001	155.0 ft	50.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
333704	2002	155.0 ft	50.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC

Buying or drilling in township 25S range 20W?

The median section here has moved 1.5 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. Edwards County, on 100 % of 111 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

24S36W 46.9 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
25S22W -4.7 ft
25S29W 91.4 ft
25S31W 81.6 ft
25S32W 134.1 ft
25S33W 193.5 ft
25S34W 216.7 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.