Township 26S Range 11W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 0.5 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 26S11W

Median depth went from 34.0 ft before development to 34.8 ft — a change of 0.5 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 18. Shallower: 14. Sharpest fall, section 36 at 11.9 ft; largest rise, section 24 at 17.2 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 26S 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	47.7 ft	35.0 ft	−12.7
02	42.2 ft	47.6 ft	+5.5
03	28.5 ft	34.4 ft	+5.9
04	31.6 ft	37.5 ft	+5.9
05	31.0 ft	35.1 ft	+4.1
06	25.9 ft	27.5 ft	+1.7
07	31.9 ft	31.9 ft	0
08	40.2 ft	42.8 ft	+2.6
09	42.2 ft	46.0 ft	+3.8
10	42.7 ft	46.2 ft	+3.5
11	44.0 ft	46.8 ft	+2.8
12	48.3 ft	32.2 ft	−16.1
13	22.6 ft	29.9 ft	+7.3
14	43.9 ft	43.3 ft	−0.6
15	39.9 ft	40.9 ft	+1.0
16	35.1 ft	35.9 ft	+0.8
17	45.1 ft	45.3 ft	0
18	35.5 ft	35.0 ft	−0.5
19	37.6 ft	36.9 ft	−0.7
20	36.0 ft	36.6 ft	+0.6
21	28.2 ft	28.8 ft	+0.6
22	34.0 ft	31.4 ft	−2.7
23	36.8 ft	36.6 ft	0
24	52.0 ft	34.8 ft	−17.2
25	51.6 ft	39.0 ft	−12.6
26	29.4 ft	29.9 ft	+0.5
27	31.7 ft	27.9 ft	−3.8
28	29.6 ft	29.8 ft	0
29	31.3 ft	32.4 ft	+1.1
30	25.6 ft	28.1 ft	+2.5
31	31.9 ft	29.7 ft	−2.2
32	22.6 ft	19.2 ft	−3.4
33	28.0 ft	25.2 ft	−2.8
34	25.5 ft	21.2 ft	−4.3
35	22.7 ft	22.1 ft	−0.6
36	16.3 ft	28.2 ft	+11.9

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 26S range 11W

257 wells in township 26S range 11W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Kelly's Water Well Service, INC, 42. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 100.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (104), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (61), irrigation (39), domestic (20).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 26S 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
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	42	1976–2010	105.0 ft	32.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	41	1977–2018	105.0 ft	32.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	31	2002–2014	92.0 ft	28.8 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	24	1976–1986	90.0 ft	30.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	22	1976–2014	121.0 ft	33.8 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	17	1988–1995	89.0 ft	31.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	10	2003–2018	80.0 ft	33.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	9	1998–1999	25.0 ft	16.2 ft
Associated Environmental, INC	7	2002	20.0 ft	18.0 ft
Crowdis Ww Srvc	7	2020–2023	104.0 ft	32.0 ft
Dean L. Lyman, INC	6	1978–2007	82.0 ft	30.0 ft
Defenbaugh Industries, Inc. (t.e.s.t.)	6	1994–1995	25.0 ft	14.9 ft
4 Brothers LLC	5	2023–2026	117.0 ft	48.0 ft
Harp Well & Pump Service, INC	4	1998–2001	115.0 ft	27.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	4	2005	25.0 ft	0.0 ft
Kgs	3	1981	118.0 ft	26.2 ft
Leon Weber Well Service	3	1978–1979	60.0 ft	42.0 ft
Curtis J. Weninger Irrigation	2	2002–2003	131.0 ft	48.0 ft
Dal Wells Drilling CO	2	1975–1993	145.0 ft	45.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	1	1976	140.0 ft	36.0 ft
Clarke Well & Equip	1	2022	80.0 ft	28.2 ft
Crescent Services	1	2013	120.0 ft	40.0 ft
Environmental Loop Service	1	2008	270.0 ft	0.0 ft
Hank Bruse Water Well Service	1	1986	101.0 ft	28.0 ft
Miller Drilling	1	2010	64.0 ft	22.0 ft
Premier Pump and Well Serice, INC	1	2006	105.0 ft	42.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	1	2019	98.0 ft	23.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC	1	2020	100.0 ft	33.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	1	1981	100.0 ft	50.0 ft
Well Owner	1	2013	88.5 ft	21.0 ft
White and Ellis Drilling	1	1995	95.0 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	16	94.0 ft	34.0 ft
1980s	62	90.0 ft	30.0 ft
1990s	57	95.0 ft	31.0 ft
2000s	58	80.0 ft	22.0 ft
2010s	50	99.0 ft	32.0 ft
2020s	14	105.0 ft	33.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	104	100.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	61	48.0 ft
Irrigation	39	105.0 ft
Domestic	20	70.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	19	80.0 ft
Test hole/well	5	170.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	2	123.0 ft
Other	2	100.0 ft
Road Construction	1	95.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Recovery	1	49.0 ft
Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal	1	270.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	1	35.0 ft
Public Water Supply	1	117.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 26S 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
425106	2008	270.0 ft	0.0 ft	Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal	Environmental Loop Service
112809	1997	186.0 ft	45.0 ft	Test hole/well	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
112810	1997	185.0 ft	45.0 ft	Test hole/well	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
116982	1997	183.0 ft	35.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
459897	2012	180.0 ft	0.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Pratt Well Service, INC
461281	2012	180.0 ft	36.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Pratt Well Service, INC
46839	1977	173.0 ft	40.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
305119	1999	170.0 ft	40.8 ft	Test hole/well	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
304349	1999	165.0 ft	31.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
460469	2012	154.0 ft	41.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Pratt Well Service, INC

Buying or drilling in township 26S range 11W?

The median section here has moved 0.5 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. Pratt County, on 100 % of 257 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

25S31W 81.6 ft
25S32W 134.1 ft
25S33W 193.5 ft
25S34W 216.7 ft
25S35W 202.8 ft
25S36W 105.6 ft
26S10W -0.1 ft
26S12W 1.9 ft
26S13W 10.0 ft
26S14W 19.3 ft
26S15W 13.4 ft
26S17W 19.3 ft
26S18W 20.2 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.