ks-water-table

Township 25S Range 34W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 216.7 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections
36Measured
216.7 ftMedian change
FinneyCounty

What has happened in township 25S34W

Median depth went from 61.5 ft before development to 282.7 ft — a change of 216.7 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 08 at 235.0 ft; the smallest fall is section 01 at 193.3 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 25S Range 34W — 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.Before2022–24Change
0148.5 ft241.8 ft+193.3
0245.6 ft241.4 ft+195.8
0362.0 ft260.2 ft+198.2
0458.6 ft261.2 ft+202.6
0559.9 ft265.6 ft+205.7
0653.5 ft251.1 ft+197.6
0752.4 ft278.2 ft+225.8
0854.3 ft289.3 ft+235.0
0953.9 ft273.2 ft+219.2
1054.6 ft262.1 ft+207.5
1155.2 ft257.8 ft+202.6
1257.4 ft257.6 ft+200.2
1364.6 ft270.3 ft+205.7
1461.5 ft269.7 ft+208.2
1560.2 ft273.4 ft+213.2
1654.6 ft278.2 ft+223.6
1755.3 ft288.3 ft+233.0
1849.7 ft279.2 ft+229.5
1957.2 ft287.2 ft+230.0
2060.3 ft290.4 ft+230.1
2157.2 ft282.2 ft+225.0
2265.2 ft281.9 ft+216.7
2377.4 ft289.5 ft+212.1
2474.3 ft284.9 ft+210.6
2580.8 ft295.1 ft+214.3
2667.3 ft282.7 ft+215.4
2768.4 ft287.7 ft+219.4
2868.4 ft293.8 ft+225.4
2969.5 ft298.9 ft+229.4
3064.1 ft293.9 ft+229.8
3181.2 ft305.8 ft+224.6
3275.2 ft301.9 ft+226.7
3368.3 ft289.5 ft+221.2
3473.4 ft290.5 ft+217.2
3573.6 ft290.0 ft+216.5
3671.3 ft287.8 ft+216.5

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 25S range 34W

130 wells in township 25S range 34W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC, 52. Oldest record, 1974. Median well 415.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (72), oil field water supply (25), public water supply (14), domestic, livestock (6).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 25S range 34W, 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 recordWellsYearsMedian depthMedian water level
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC521974–2014415.0 ft182.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC281987–2018417.0 ft239.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC101980–1988300.0 ft120.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC71996–2003400.0 ft170.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC61988–2009483.0 ft217.0 ft
Downey Drilling, Inc. #74842020–2021637.0 ft271.0 ft
Downey Drlg #74832023–2025605.0 ft314.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC3199441.0 ft0.0 ft
Mw Drilling31988–1998365.0 ft138.0 ft
Wheatland Electric Coop22013380.0 ft269.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling, INC11996300.0 ft152.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service12010420.0 ft0.0 ft
Downey Drilling, INC12019521.0 ft287.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO11990280.0 ft115.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC11996290.0 ft130.0 ft
L.c. Burkett Drilling11975300.0 ft100.0 ft
L.c. Burkett, Jr., L.c. Burkett Drilling11975300.0 ft100.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO11980430.0 ft75.0 ft
Martin's Well Service12014410.0 ft265.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC12000445.0 ft167.0 ft
Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC12020454.0 ft280.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC12014507.0 ft285.0 ft
Wells by decade drilled, with the median depth reached and the median water level the driller measured on arrival.
DecadeWellsMedian depthMedian level
1970s21414.0 ft96.0 ft
1980s19300.0 ft118.0 ft
1990s14360.0 ft150.0 ft
2000s24437.0 ft217.0 ft
2010s45417.0 ft261.0 ft
2020s8610.0 ft311.0 ft
What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
PurposeWellsMedian depth
Irrigation72427.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply25290.0 ft
Public Water Supply14403.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock6410.0 ft
Domestic4420.0 ft
Test hole/well3300.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer3437.0 ft
Industrial3483.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned1320.0 ft
The ten deepest wells on record in township 25S range 34W, 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.
RecordYearDepthWater levelPurposeDriller
5089632017706.0 ft286.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
5341392020651.0 ft271.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drilling, Inc. #748
5457062021637.0 ft330.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drilling, Inc. #748
5377202020625.0 ft258.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drilling, Inc. #748
10534105722023610.0 ft314.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drlg #748
10569029832025605.0 ft311.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drlg #748
5333122020571.0 ft268.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drilling, Inc. #748
10569024752025553.0 ft334.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drlg #748
5009192016550.0 ft306.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
5153612018550.0 ft308.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC

Buying or drilling in township 25S range 34W?

The median section here has moved 216.7 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. Finney County, on 100 % of 131 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

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.