Township 26S Range 17W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 19.3 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 26S17W

Median depth went from 26.0 ft before development to 45.3 ft — a change of 19.3 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 31 at 22.0 ft; the smallest fall is section 13 at 16.6 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 26S Range 17W — 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	21.3 ft	40.9 ft	+19.6
02	24.7 ft	43.6 ft	+18.9
03	29.4 ft	47.4 ft	+18.1
04	30.9 ft	49.6 ft	+18.7
05	27.3 ft	46.2 ft	+18.8
06	27.0 ft	47.1 ft	+20.1
07	32.1 ft	51.7 ft	+19.6
08	28.6 ft	48.2 ft	+19.6
09	27.1 ft	46.5 ft	+19.4
10	25.9 ft	44.9 ft	+19.0
11	22.9 ft	42.2 ft	+19.3
12	20.4 ft	38.4 ft	+18.0
13	18.8 ft	35.4 ft	+16.6
14	19.5 ft	38.2 ft	+18.6
15	24.2 ft	43.9 ft	+19.7
16	25.7 ft	45.0 ft	+19.3
17	29.5 ft	49.2 ft	+19.7
18	31.0 ft	50.2 ft	+19.3
19	30.2 ft	51.0 ft	+20.8
20	23.8 ft	45.0 ft	+21.2
21	23.9 ft	44.2 ft	+20.2
22	20.8 ft	39.7 ft	+18.9
23	13.0 ft	31.2 ft	+18.2
24	10.6 ft	28.2 ft	+17.6
25	16.4 ft	34.4 ft	+18.0
26	17.1 ft	35.5 ft	+18.4
27	27.0 ft	46.5 ft	+19.4
28	26.0 ft	46.2 ft	+20.2
29	29.0 ft	50.5 ft	+21.5
30	31.6 ft	53.2 ft	+21.6
31	29.4 ft	51.3 ft	+22.0
32	28.1 ft	49.9 ft	+21.9
33	27.6 ft	48.7 ft	+21.1
34	26.3 ft	45.3 ft	+19.0
35	20.0 ft	37.7 ft	+17.8
36	23.9 ft	41.4 ft	+17.6

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 26S range 17W

302 wells in township 26S range 17W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC, 79. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 78.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (91), domestic (49), domestic, livestock (42), irrigation (41).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 26S range 17W, 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
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	79	1975–2016	96.0 ft	26.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	56	1977–2010	80.0 ft	25.0 ft
Carl Hayse Water Well Service	39	1976–1997	78.0 ft	30.0 ft
Milco Env. Serv. #1005	26	2024	49.6 ft	40.5 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	17	1975–1978	60.0 ft	18.0 ft
Coranco Great Plains, INC	16	2018	50.0 ft	37.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	13	1976–2020	144.0 ft	23.0 ft
Geocore, INC	12	2019	50.0 ft	0.0 ft
Taylor and Assoc., INC	10	2003–2004	39.9 ft	31.9 ft
Coranco Great Plains	7	2018	38.0 ft	36.8 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	5	1980–1985	65.0 ft	20.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	4	1979–1986	60.0 ft	17.0 ft
4 Brothers LLC	3	2022–2024	103.0 ft	47.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	3	1980–1988	80.0 ft	41.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	3	2022–2025	100.0 ft	46.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	2	2003	64.0 ft	0.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	2	1977	145.0 ft	26.7 ft
Crowdis Ww Srvc	1	2020	108.0 ft	39.0 ft
Dan Hayse Water Well Service	1	2014	115.0 ft	24.0 ft
Larsen and Associates, INC	1	2012	44.6 ft	36.1 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	1	2014	118.0 ft	47.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC	1	2020	75.0 ft	43.0 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	80	70.0 ft	20.0 ft
1980s	74	75.0 ft	25.0 ft
1990s	17	80.0 ft	31.0 ft
2000s	41	78.0 ft	32.5 ft
2010s	55	50.0 ft	37.0 ft
2020s	35	49.6 ft	40.6 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	91	70.0 ft
Domestic	49	80.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	42	75.0 ft
Irrigation	41	155.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	40	48.6 ft
Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge	25	49.8 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction	6	40.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	4	118.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	2	78.0 ft
Cathodic Protection Borehole	1	315.0 ft
Geothermal, Open Loop, Inj. of Water	1	100.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 26S range 17W, 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
425126	2004	315.0 ft	0.0 ft	Cathodic Protection Borehole	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
14646	1985	223.0 ft	25.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
99559	1995	211.0 ft	22.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
14601	1982	194.0 ft	39.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
458379	2012	188.0 ft	38.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
14544	1982	187.0 ft	26.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
14636	1977	186.0 ft	15.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
337440	2003	186.0 ft	29.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
14610	1977	170.0 ft	19.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
496802	2015	170.0 ft	42.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC

Buying or drilling in township 26S range 17W?

The median section here has moved 19.3 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. Edwards County, on 100 % of 302 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

25S36W 105.6 ft
26S10W -0.1 ft
26S11W 0.5 ft
26S12W 1.9 ft
26S13W 10.0 ft
26S14W 19.3 ft
26S15W 13.4 ft
26S18W 20.2 ft
26S20W 15.2 ft
26S21W -4.1 ft
26S22W 4.5 ft
26S25W 36.2 ft
26S26W 44.5 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.