Township 26S Range 15W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 13.4 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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13.4 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 26S15W

Median depth went from 22.0 ft before development to 36.4 ft — a change of 13.4 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 24 at 21.7 ft; the smallest fall is section 31 at 3.9 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 26S Range 15W — 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	29.0 ft	+7.5
02	20.7 ft	28.8 ft	+8.1
03	20.2 ft	28.7 ft	+8.5
04	18.5 ft	26.3 ft	+7.8
05	19.3 ft	26.0 ft	+6.7
06	13.3 ft	19.6 ft	+6.3
07	15.8 ft	26.7 ft	+10.9
08	21.6 ft	31.9 ft	+10.4
09	15.5 ft	27.4 ft	+11.8
10	18.6 ft	31.6 ft	+13.0
11	21.5 ft	35.8 ft	+14.3
12	21.6 ft	36.4 ft	+14.9
13	23.2 ft	43.2 ft	+20.1
14	30.5 ft	49.7 ft	+19.2
15	23.3 ft	41.8 ft	+18.4
16	22.0 ft	38.1 ft	+16.1
17	17.0 ft	31.0 ft	+14.1
18	16.5 ft	29.9 ft	+13.4
19	21.2 ft	32.2 ft	+11.0
20	20.2 ft	32.2 ft	+12.0
21	27.2 ft	42.1 ft	+14.9
22	31.3 ft	48.7 ft	+17.4
23	31.2 ft	50.5 ft	+19.3
24	21.5 ft	43.2 ft	+21.7
25	21.8 ft	43.0 ft	+21.3
26	30.9 ft	49.1 ft	+18.2
27	32.8 ft	47.9 ft	+15.1
28	28.4 ft	40.0 ft	+11.6
29	27.3 ft	36.2 ft	+8.9
30	28.3 ft	35.9 ft	+7.6
31	33.1 ft	37.0 ft	+3.9
32	29.5 ft	34.7 ft	+5.2
33	32.0 ft	41.9 ft	+10.0
34	35.7 ft	50.1 ft	+14.5
35	35.4 ft	52.3 ft	+16.9
36	26.5 ft	45.1 ft	+18.6

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 26S range 15W

226 wells in township 26S range 15W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Kelly's Water Well Service, INC, 47. Oldest record, 1974. Median well 89.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (100), irrigation (45), domestic (43), domestic, livestock (26).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 26S range 15W, 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	47	1975–2017	80.0 ft	22.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	39	1974–2024	120.0 ft	26.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	33	1975–2018	113.0 ft	24.8 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	26	1977–1986	80.0 ft	28.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	16	2004–2026	95.0 ft	43.0 ft
Carl Hayse Water Well Service	14	1976–1993	80.0 ft	31.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	14	1975–1979	75.0 ft	20.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	11	1980–1985	75.0 ft	26.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	5	1990–1993	76.0 ft	29.0 ft
Dal Wells Drilling CO	4	1975–1978	106.0 ft	18.0 ft
Crowdis Ww Srvc	3	2024–2025	89.0 ft	40.0 ft
Clt INC	2	2001	130.0 ft	60.0 ft
Dan Hayse Water Well Service	2	1999–2000	110.0 ft	25.0 ft
Hank Bruse Water Well Service	2	1982	73.0 ft	29.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	2	2006–2010	121.0 ft	74.0 ft
Associated Drilling, INC	1	2016	200.0 ft	20.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment INC	1	2008	67.0 ft	24.0 ft
Dean L. Lyman, INC	1	2006	82.0 ft	16.0 ft
H-30 Drilling INC	1	1987	95.0 ft	25.0 ft
Lyman's, INC	1	1999	52.0 ft	18.0 ft
Pratt Well Service	1	2016	120.0 ft	40.0 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	53	80.0 ft	19.5 ft
1980s	100	80.0 ft	25.0 ft
1990s	19	80.0 ft	31.0 ft
2000s	14	88.0 ft	24.0 ft
2010s	33	113.0 ft	40.0 ft
2020s	7	89.0 ft	45.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	100	80.0 ft
Irrigation	45	128.0 ft
Domestic	43	80.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	26	80.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	4	118.0 ft
Pond/Swimming Pool/Recreation	2	70.0 ft
Feedlot/Livestock/Windmill	2	112.4 ft
Test hole/well	1	190.0 ft
Industrial	1	59.0 ft
Feedlot	1	70.0 ft
Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	1	200.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 26S range 15W, 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
47436	1976	234.0 ft	15.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
453318	2012	233.0 ft	30.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
500323	2016	200.0 ft	20.0 ft	Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	Associated Drilling, INC
115233	1997	194.0 ft	38.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
115234	1997	191.0 ft	41.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
47415	1974	190.0 ft	18.0 ft	Test hole/well	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
47414	1975	188.0 ft	18.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
473922	2014	188.0 ft	26.5 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
47402	1976	182.0 ft	12.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
47496	1976	180.0 ft	16.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC

Buying or drilling in township 26S range 15W?

The median section here has moved 13.4 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 226 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

25S35W 202.8 ft
25S36W 105.6 ft
26S10W -0.1 ft
26S11W 0.5 ft
26S12W 1.9 ft
26S13W 10.0 ft
26S14W 19.3 ft
26S17W 19.3 ft
26S18W 20.2 ft
26S20W 15.2 ft
26S21W -4.1 ft
26S22W 4.5 ft
26S25W 36.2 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.