Township 26S Range 13W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 10.0 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 26S13W

Median depth went from 26.5 ft before development to 38.0 ft — a change of 10.0 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 35. Shallower: 1. Sharpest fall, section 30 at 14.6 ft; largest rise, section 36 at 2.5 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 26S Range 13W — 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	21.5 ft	24.2 ft	+2.7
02	20.6 ft	23.9 ft	+3.3
03	24.8 ft	28.8 ft	+4.0
04	22.6 ft	29.0 ft	+6.5
05	23.5 ft	32.1 ft	+8.6
06	24.8 ft	33.3 ft	+8.6
07	28.7 ft	39.5 ft	+10.8
08	27.5 ft	37.6 ft	+10.0
09	25.2 ft	33.8 ft	+8.6
10	22.7 ft	27.9 ft	+5.2
11	19.2 ft	24.8 ft	+5.6
12	26.8 ft	31.7 ft	+4.9
13	36.9 ft	45.1 ft	+8.2
14	23.0 ft	31.1 ft	+8.1
15	23.4 ft	31.2 ft	+7.7
16	24.7 ft	34.4 ft	+9.8
17	26.4 ft	37.5 ft	+11.1
18	25.3 ft	38.0 ft	+12.6
19	22.4 ft	36.8 ft	+14.4
20	24.7 ft	38.2 ft	+13.5
21	23.2 ft	34.4 ft	+11.2
22	26.5 ft	36.7 ft	+10.2
23	35.7 ft	45.7 ft	+10.0
24	43.8 ft	53.8 ft	+10.1
25	47.8 ft	52.9 ft	+5.0
26	43.2 ft	55.0 ft	+11.8
27	41.7 ft	53.3 ft	+11.6
28	33.4 ft	45.7 ft	+12.3
29	26.4 ft	40.7 ft	+14.3
30	29.0 ft	43.6 ft	+14.6
31	35.4 ft	49.2 ft	+13.9
32	42.1 ft	56.2 ft	+14.1
33	46.6 ft	60.3 ft	+13.7
34	50.9 ft	61.6 ft	+10.7
35	49.8 ft	54.8 ft	+5.0
36	56.9 ft	54.4 ft	−2.5

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 26S range 13W

270 wells in township 26S range 13W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Kelly's Water Well Service, INC, 72. Oldest record, 1974. Median well 100.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (149), irrigation (52), domestic (33), domestic, livestock (23).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 26S range 13W, 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	72	1978–2013	110.0 ft	40.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	47	1975–2015	90.0 ft	25.7 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	25	1977–1986	120.0 ft	40.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	24	1975–2017	86.0 ft	26.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	19	1980–1985	90.0 ft	44.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	12	2005–2026	123.0 ft	48.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	11	1987–1995	100.0 ft	30.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	8	1974–1979	77.0 ft	35.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	8	1975–1977	139.0 ft	32.0 ft
Hank Bruse Water Well Service	6	1976–1986	105.0 ft	52.0 ft
Clt INC	4	2000–2002	92.0 ft	50.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	4	2019–2024	100.0 ft	46.0 ft
Clarke Well & Equip	3	2022–2023	183.0 ft	68.0 ft
Crowdis Ww Srvc	3	2023–2025	120.0 ft	55.0 ft
Revlin Drilling INC	3	1983	85.0 ft	25.0 ft
Carl Hayse Water Well Service	2	1979–1995	94.0 ft	43.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment INC	2	2008	153.0 ft	32.5 ft
Dal Wells Drilling CO	2	1997	165.0 ft	51.0 ft
Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair	2	1991	145.0 ft	53.0 ft
Aaa Water Drilling	1	1976	85.0 ft	60.0 ft
Alan Siedel Water Well Service	1	1986	95.0 ft	45.0 ft
Bill's Water Well Drilling	1	2016	400.0 ft	0.0 ft
Burton Well Drilling, INC	1	1995	62.0 ft	0.0 ft
Chase Water Well Drilling	1	1999	90.0 ft	40.0 ft
Dean L. Lyman, INC	1	1976	92.0 ft	45.0 ft
Duke Drilling CO	1	1991	81.0 ft	21.0 ft
L.d. Drilling CO	1	1985	90.0 ft	0.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	1	2012	150.0 ft	48.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC	1	2021	80.0 ft	30.0 ft
Sterling Drlg, CO	1	1984	75.0 ft	25.0 ft
Trans-pacific Oil Corp	1	1985	100.0 ft	55.0 ft
White and Ellis Drilling	1	1993	119.0 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	52	92.0 ft	28.5 ft
1980s	106	90.0 ft	30.0 ft
1990s	31	100.0 ft	30.0 ft
2000s	38	123.0 ft	40.0 ft
2010s	31	100.0 ft	31.5 ft
2020s	12	142.0 ft	55.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	149	102.0 ft
Irrigation	52	120.0 ft
Domestic	33	85.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	23	70.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	4	145.0 ft
Public Water Supply	2	145.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	2	141.0 ft
Other	1	198.0 ft
Road Construction	1	102.0 ft
Pond/Swimming Pool/Recreation	1	75.0 ft
Feedlot	1	81.0 ft
Cathodic Protection Borehole	1	400.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 26S range 13W, 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
505378	2016	400.0 ft	0.0 ft	Cathodic Protection Borehole	Bill's Water Well Drilling
47133	1983	198.0 ft	47.0 ft	Other	Central Well & Pump, INC
1053229628	2023	195.0 ft	68.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well & Equip
47140	1985	187.0 ft	30.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
47159	1976	186.0 ft	55.0 ft	Irrigation	Layne-christensen CO
1053229571	2023	183.0 ft	68.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well & Equip
114185	1997	165.0 ft	49.5 ft	Irrigation	Dal Wells Drilling CO
47160	1976	162.0 ft	54.0 ft	Irrigation	Layne-christensen CO
47030	1982	160.0 ft	29.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
47125	1976	160.0 ft	45.0 ft	Irrigation	Layne-christensen CO

Buying or drilling in township 26S range 13W?

The median section here has moved 10.0 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 270 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

25S33W 193.5 ft
25S34W 216.7 ft
25S35W 202.8 ft
25S36W 105.6 ft
26S10W -0.1 ft
26S11W 0.5 ft
26S12W 1.9 ft
26S14W 19.3 ft
26S15W 13.4 ft
26S17W 19.3 ft
26S18W 20.2 ft
26S20W 15.2 ft
26S21W -4.1 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.