Township 26S Range 20W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 15.2 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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15.2 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 26S20W

Median depth went from 9.7 ft before development to 29.7 ft — a change of 15.2 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 31. Shallower: 4. Sharpest fall, section 13 at 40.9 ft; largest rise, section 07 at 6.0 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 26S Range 20W — 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	18.7 ft	33.9 ft	+15.2
02	6.3 ft	18.6 ft	+12.3
03	6.9 ft	13.7 ft	+6.8
04	7.2 ft	8.3 ft	+1.1
05	7.3 ft	3.8 ft	−3.4
06	11.5 ft	5.8 ft	−5.6
07	8.3 ft	2.3 ft	−6.0
08	11.2 ft	8.5 ft	−2.7
09	8.2 ft	13.4 ft	+5.2
10	2.9 ft	16.7 ft	+13.8
11	12.7 ft	33.4 ft	+20.7
12	18.8 ft	40.8 ft	+22.0
13	3.7 ft	44.6 ft	+40.9
14	9.6 ft	40.7 ft	+31.1
15	8.9 ft	30.5 ft	+21.5
16	5.7 ft	18.1 ft	+12.3
17	8.6 ft	14.6 ft	+6.0
18	8.5 ft	8.3 ft	0
19	9.7 ft	13.9 ft	+4.2
20	7.4 ft	17.0 ft	+9.6
21	8.1 ft	25.8 ft	+17.7
22	14.8 ft	42.5 ft	+27.6
23	8.4 ft	43.6 ft	+35.2
24	9.9 ft	48.8 ft	+38.9
25	25.5 ft	61.2 ft	+35.7
26	17.5 ft	54.0 ft	+36.4
27	15.3 ft	47.2 ft	+31.9
28	18.6 ft	38.2 ft	+19.6
29	16.2 ft	23.5 ft	+7.4
30	9.0 ft	17.8 ft	+8.8
31	6.6 ft	19.8 ft	+13.2
32	15.5 ft	29.7 ft	+14.2
33	18.9 ft	42.9 ft	+24.1
34	22.2 ft	53.8 ft	+31.6
35	31.0 ft	63.3 ft	+32.3
36	44.2 ft	70.2 ft	+25.9

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 26S range 20W

153 wells in township 26S range 20W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC, 80. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 82.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (82), domestic, livestock (28), domestic (17), oil field water supply (12).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 26S range 20W, 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	80	1975–2025	53.1 ft	18.5 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	17	1985–2016	125.5 ft	41.5 ft
Carl Hayse Water Well Service	13	1979–1994	60.0 ft	25.0 ft
Traut Companies	8	2024	70.0 ft	18.1 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	6	1977–2012	55.0 ft	26.0 ft
Dan Hayse Water Well Service	4	2002–2004	40.0 ft	18.0 ft
Wade Ewbank, INC	4	1976	90.0 ft	10.0 ft
Donald Fulton Drilling CO	3	1987–1989	66.0 ft	21.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	3	2008	89.0 ft	15.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	3	1981–1985	95.0 ft	38.0 ft
Michael Woofter Drlg. INC	2	1977	93.0 ft	0.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	1	1983	82.0 ft	38.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	1	1978	45.0 ft	8.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	1	2013	120.0 ft	61.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	1	2000	140.0 ft	7.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	1	1999	83.0 ft	52.0 ft
Merle Cragg Water Well Drlg	1	1981	25.0 ft	0.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	1	1989	42.0 ft	19.5 ft
Unknown	1	1984	45.0 ft	10.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well,inc	1	1999	83.0 ft	52.0 ft
Woofter Pump and Well, INC	1	2015	115.0 ft	30.0 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	26	75.0 ft	13.0 ft
1980s	16	60.0 ft	23.0 ft
1990s	20	62.4 ft	25.0 ft
2000s	22	50.0 ft	15.0 ft
2010s	54	77.0 ft	26.0 ft
2020s	15	50.0 ft	14.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Irrigation	82	70.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	28	48.0 ft
Domestic	17	60.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	12	49.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	6	50.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	3	101.0 ft
Test Hole, Geotechnical	2	80.0 ft
Test hole/well	1	70.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	1	83.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	1	40.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 26S range 20W, 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
363929	2005	212.0 ft	65.6 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
498959	2016	206.0 ft	71.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
504419	2016	202.8 ft	68.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
497737	2016	181.8 ft	61.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
14960	1985	176.0 ft	39.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
486850	2015	156.0 ft	54.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
14928	1993	155.0 ft	30.0 ft	Domestic	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
1053321469	2023	154.0 ft	51.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
454898	2012	149.2 ft	51.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
311398	2000	140.0 ft	7.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC

Buying or drilling in township 26S range 20W?

The median section here has moved 15.2 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 153 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

26S11W 0.5 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
26S21W -4.1 ft
26S22W 4.5 ft
26S25W 36.2 ft
26S26W 44.5 ft
26S27W 69.6 ft
26S28W 110.8 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.