Township 26S Range 12W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 1.9 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 26S12W

Median depth went from 37.7 ft before development to 39.9 ft — a change of 1.9 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 25. Shallower: 4. Sharpest fall, section 19 at 5.0 ft; largest rise, section 31 at 10.2 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 26S 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	27.7 ft	27.5 ft	0
02	28.3 ft	27.6 ft	−0.7
03	23.6 ft	25.6 ft	+1.9
04	23.1 ft	24.4 ft	+1.3
05	25.7 ft	26.6 ft	+0.8
06	22.8 ft	25.1 ft	+2.3
07	28.4 ft	31.2 ft	+2.8
08	33.6 ft	36.2 ft	+2.6
09	28.0 ft	30.9 ft	+2.8
10	29.5 ft	33.4 ft	+3.9
11	33.2 ft	34.0 ft	+0.7
12	31.7 ft	31.6 ft	0
13	35.4 ft	35.5 ft	0
14	43.8 ft	43.9 ft	0
15	42.8 ft	45.4 ft	+2.5
16	37.7 ft	41.4 ft	+3.8
17	34.7 ft	38.4 ft	+3.7
18	35.0 ft	39.9 ft	+4.9
19	44.3 ft	49.3 ft	+5.0
20	41.6 ft	43.6 ft	+2.0
21	51.6 ft	54.7 ft	+3.1
22	55.2 ft	57.4 ft	+2.3
23	37.7 ft	39.1 ft	+1.3
24	37.8 ft	38.2 ft	0
25	30.4 ft	32.9 ft	+2.5
26	35.5 ft	37.3 ft	+1.8
27	53.8 ft	55.6 ft	+1.8
28	59.0 ft	62.7 ft	+3.7
29	56.4 ft	55.9 ft	0
30	59.2 ft	56.4 ft	−2.8
31	59.9 ft	49.7 ft	−10.2
32	51.7 ft	48.0 ft	−3.7
33	46.4 ft	46.7 ft	0
34	44.6 ft	47.1 ft	+2.6
35	45.0 ft	48.4 ft	+3.4
36	43.3 ft	44.4 ft	+1.1

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 26S range 12W

246 wells in township 26S range 12W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Kelly's Water Well Service, INC, 74. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 110.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (159), domestic (32), irrigation (21), domestic, livestock (17).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 26S 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	74	1977–2009	110.0 ft	50.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	27	1976–1986	100.0 ft	43.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	26	1975–2023	130.0 ft	35.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	20	1980–1986	102.0 ft	45.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	18	1975–2013	94.0 ft	32.1 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	15	1985–1994	105.0 ft	33.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	13	1975–1979	105.0 ft	42.0 ft
Dal Wells Drilling CO	11	1996–2001	126.0 ft	35.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	8	2012–2024	80.0 ft	31.0 ft
Timberline Oil and Gas Corp	5	1987–1989	110.0 ft	40.0 ft
Dean L. Lyman, INC	4	1975–1995	80.0 ft	30.0 ft
Big Bend Gmd 5	3	1982	192.0 ft	33.3 ft
Hank Bruse Water Well Service	3	1980–1984	90.0 ft	42.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	3	2003–2009	77.0 ft	28.0 ft
Carl Hayse Water Well Service	2	1992–1996	130.0 ft	25.0 ft
Leon Weber Well Service	2	1978	70.0 ft	30.0 ft
4 Brothers LLC	1	2025	116.0 ft	33.0 ft
Clt INC	1	2004	85.0 ft	38.0 ft
H-30 Drilling INC	1	1989	182.0 ft	75.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	1	1977	120.0 ft	29.0 ft
Lyman's, Inc. #997	1	2025	76.0 ft	51.0 ft
Pratt Well Service	1	2014	107.0 ft	5.0 ft
Red Tiger Drilling CO	1	1984	120.0 ft	35.0 ft
Richard O. Kelley Drilling CO	1	1980	100.0 ft	31.0 ft
Sterling Drlg, CO	1	1994	120.0 ft	45.0 ft
W.k. Black, INC	1	1986	120.0 ft	60.0 ft
Wells Drilling CO	1	1999	170.0 ft	29.0 ft
Wells Drilling Company	1	1999	186.0 ft	38.0 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	105.0 ft	42.0 ft
1980s	128	110.0 ft	45.0 ft
1990s	46	120.0 ft	32.1 ft
2000s	12	109.0 ft	38.0 ft
2010s	14	94.0 ft	31.0 ft
2020s	7	90.0 ft	39.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	159	110.0 ft
Domestic	32	81.0 ft
Irrigation	21	135.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	17	80.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	12	126.0 ft
Test hole/well	4	192.0 ft
Other	1	85.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 26S 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
436311	1998	244.0 ft	44.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Dal Wells Drilling CO
423597	1982	209.0 ft	33.3 ft	Test hole/well	Big Bend Gmd 5
118841	1997	196.0 ft	0.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Dal Wells Drilling CO
423598	1982	192.0 ft	33.4 ft	Test hole/well	Big Bend Gmd 5
305121	1999	186.0 ft	38.0 ft	Irrigation	Wells Drilling Company
47020	1989	182.0 ft	75.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
47021	1989	182.0 ft	75.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	H-30 Drilling INC
301744	1998	180.0 ft	32.1 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
113902	1997	170.0 ft	20.0 ft	Test hole/well	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
309342	1999	170.0 ft	29.0 ft	Irrigation	Wells Drilling CO

Buying or drilling in township 26S range 12W?

The median section here has moved 1.9 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. Pratt County, on 100 % of 246 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

25S32W 134.1 ft
25S33W 193.5 ft
25S34W 216.7 ft
25S35W 202.8 ft
25S36W 105.6 ft
26S10W -0.1 ft
26S11W 0.5 ft
26S13W 10.0 ft
26S14W 19.3 ft
26S15W 13.4 ft
26S17W 19.3 ft
26S18W 20.2 ft
26S20W 15.2 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.