Township 25S Range 21W

23 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 7.9 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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7.9 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 25S21W

Median depth went from 39.0 ft before development to 45.7 ft — a change of 7.9 ft, over 23 of 36 sections. Deeper: 17. Shallower: 4. Sharpest fall, section 31 at 21.4 ft; largest rise, section 35 at 12.0 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 25S Range 21W — 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	41.2 ft	48.0 ft	+6.8
02	25.6 ft	37.7 ft	+12.1
03	36.8 ft	—	—
04	44.1 ft	—	—
05	40.4 ft	—	—
06	39.0 ft	48.2 ft	+9.1
07	43.5 ft	56.1 ft	+12.6
08	40.9 ft	—	—
09	36.8 ft	—	—
10	39.3 ft	—	—
11	37.6 ft	45.6 ft	+7.9
12	37.2 ft	42.1 ft	+4.8
13	36.4 ft	38.1 ft	+1.7
14	41.6 ft	45.7 ft	+4.1
15	47.9 ft	—	—
16	37.0 ft	—	—
17	30.7 ft	39.7 ft	+9.0
18	36.5 ft	50.0 ft	+13.4
19	39.2 ft	51.9 ft	+12.7
20	37.2 ft	49.2 ft	+12.0
21	48.7 ft	—	—
22	46.7 ft	—	—
23	47.3 ft	—	—
24	38.7 ft	38.5 ft	0
25	28.4 ft	25.3 ft	−3.1
26	57.6 ft	—	—
27	53.7 ft	—	—
28	55.9 ft	57.0 ft	+1.1
29	44.8 ft	61.7 ft	+16.9
30	46.2 ft	63.7 ft	+17.6
31	44.2 ft	65.6 ft	+21.4
32	33.9 ft	50.1 ft	+16.2
33	40.0 ft	40.3 ft	0
34	39.4 ft	27.6 ft	−11.7
35	39.1 ft	27.1 ft	−12.0
36	18.3 ft	7.3 ft	−11.0

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 25S range 21W

94 wells in township 25S range 21W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Sam's Water Well Service, 14. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 123.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (29), domestic (25), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (24), domestic, livestock (6).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 25S range 21W, 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
Sam's Water Well Service	14	1987–1995	123.0 ft	39.0 ft
Geocore Services INC	13	1997–2009	30.0 ft	20.8 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	10	1977–2019	100.0 ft	40.0 ft
Defenbaugh Industries, Inc. (t.e.s.t.)	9	1993	35.0 ft	22.9 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	6	2001–2002	35.0 ft	0.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	6	1983–1995	155.0 ft	50.0 ft
Carl Hayse Water Well Service	5	1987–1998	67.0 ft	34.0 ft
Dan Hayse Water Well Service	5	2001–2004	120.0 ft	60.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	4	1979–1990	110.0 ft	41.0 ft
Joe's Well Service, INC	4	1978–2005	135.0 ft	68.0 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC	3	2015–2017	145.0 ft	38.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	3	1999	35.0 ft	23.5 ft
Ace-hi International, INC	2	1975–1976	207.0 ft	53.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling, INC	2	2002–2006	120.0 ft	21.0 ft
Donald R. Dunham Drilling, INC	2	1990	270.0 ft	70.0 ft
Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair	2	2004	163.0 ft	25.0 ft
Halling Water Well Service, LLC	1	2022	80.0 ft	20.0 ft
Merle Cragg Water Well Drlg	1	1984	280.0 ft	104.0 ft
Nash Ww Srvc	1	2016	200.0 ft	74.0 ft
Red Tiger Drilling	1	1990	203.0 ft	80.0 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	5	135.0 ft	52.0 ft
1980s	22	120.0 ft	40.0 ft
1990s	40	35.0 ft	22.9 ft
2000s	22	85.0 ft	23.0 ft
2010s	6	160.0 ft	38.0 ft
2020s	1	80.0 ft	20.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	29	133.0 ft
Domestic	25	120.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	24	35.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	6	60.0 ft
Irrigation	4	270.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge	3	30.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Recovery	3	23.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction	1	23.0 ft
Feedlot/Livestock/Windmill	1	100.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 25S range 21W, 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
19521	1984	280.0 ft	104.0 ft	Domestic	Merle Cragg Water Well Drlg
19511	1985	275.0 ft	68.0 ft	Domestic	Joe's Well Service, INC
19508	1990	270.0 ft	0.0 ft	Irrigation	Donald R. Dunham Drilling, INC
19509	1990	270.0 ft	70.0 ft	Irrigation	Donald R. Dunham Drilling, INC
364160	1997	215.0 ft	0.0 ft	Domestic	Carl Hayse Water Well Service
19507	1975	207.0 ft	53.0 ft	Irrigation	Ace-hi International, INC
19518	1990	203.0 ft	80.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Red Tiger Drilling
19517	1990	201.0 ft	71.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Sam's Water Well Service
502001	2016	200.0 ft	81.0 ft	Domestic	Nash Water Well Service, LLC
553906	2016	200.0 ft	74.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Nash Ww Srvc

Buying or drilling in township 25S range 21W?

The median section here has moved 7.9 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. Ford County, on 100 % of 96 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

29S14W 1.7 ft
19S13W 2.3 ft
26S23W 36.5 ft
29S27W 116.7 ft
34S43W 31.0 ft
32S41W 38.6 ft
29S12W 2.2 ft
29S11W 1.1 ft
35S42W 54.0 ft
19S12W 4.7 ft
30S25W 29.9 ft
25S23W -20.8 ft
35S33W 57.2 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.