Township 26S Range 25W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 36.2 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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36.2 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 26S25W

Median depth went from 78.8 ft before development to 109.4 ft — a change of 36.2 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 29 at 45.7 ft; the smallest fall is section 06 at 16.9 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 26S Range 25W — 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	51.2 ft	81.8 ft	+30.6
02	62.1 ft	95.9 ft	+33.8
03	60.8 ft	92.8 ft	+32.0
04	62.6 ft	83.4 ft	+20.8
05	71.2 ft	88.5 ft	+17.3
06	85.1 ft	102.0 ft	+16.9
07	95.8 ft	120.8 ft	+25.0
08	78.8 ft	109.4 ft	+30.6
09	87.1 ft	121.0 ft	+33.8
10	101.6 ft	131.7 ft	+30.1
11	85.0 ft	123.5 ft	+38.5
12	64.7 ft	107.9 ft	+43.2
13	93.9 ft	132.2 ft	+38.3
14	111.3 ft	145.1 ft	+33.9
15	127.2 ft	161.8 ft	+34.6
16	119.1 ft	159.4 ft	+40.2
17	107.3 ft	145.9 ft	+38.6
18	113.6 ft	148.4 ft	+34.8
19	84.8 ft	124.4 ft	+39.6
20	91.1 ft	134.4 ft	+43.3
21	113.2 ft	156.0 ft	+42.8
22	114.5 ft	152.8 ft	+38.3
23	123.0 ft	157.6 ft	+34.5
24	118.2 ft	159.9 ft	+41.7
25	72.1 ft	112.4 ft	+40.3
26	71.7 ft	102.1 ft	+30.4
27	57.8 ft	95.0 ft	+37.2
28	52.0 ft	92.4 ft	+40.3
29	35.1 ft	80.7 ft	+45.7
30	26.7 ft	63.0 ft	+36.4
31	18.6 ft	55.7 ft	+37.1
32	11.6 ft	50.1 ft	+38.5
33	13.2 ft	47.6 ft	+34.4
34	9.5 ft	45.8 ft	+36.2
35	10.7 ft	46.2 ft	+35.5
36	12.2 ft	47.7 ft	+35.5

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 26S range 25W

1,501 wells in township 26S range 25W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Coranco Great Plains, INC, 289. Oldest record, 1974. Median well 100.0 ft deep.

Sunk for monitoring well/observation/piezometer (854), domestic (272), environmental remediation, soil vapor extraction (142), environmental remediation, air sparge (107).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 26S range 25W, 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
Coranco Great Plains, INC	289	1996–2019	40.0 ft	0.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	138	1994–2008	43.8 ft	0.0 ft
Geotechnical Services, INC	123	1991–2009	56.0 ft	17.0 ft
Geocore Services INC	105	1992–2005	32.0 ft	11.9 ft
Joe's Well Service, INC	105	1975–2010	185.0 ft	51.0 ft
Terracon, INC	46	1989–1994	31.5 ft	20.4 ft
Associated Environmental, INC	44	1996–2010	45.0 ft	8.6 ft
Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair	41	1991–2009	180.0 ft	86.0 ft
Funkee Drilling Service	39	1994–2002	35.0 ft	28.0 ft
Merle Cragg Water Well Drlg	31	1975–1983	170.0 ft	61.0 ft
Prairie Land Environmental Remed	31	1992–1994	65.0 ft	39.6 ft
Professional Serv. Industries	31	1994–1996	45.0 ft	32.8 ft
Thiele Geotech, INC	29	2005	26.7 ft	0.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	28	1998–2013	100.0 ft	88.9 ft
Geocore, INC	25	2012–2017	55.0 ft	0.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	20	1977–1993	33.0 ft	20.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	19	1976–1991	188.0 ft	87.0 ft
Ues Exploration #529	18	2024	150.0 ft	115.0 ft
Jb Environmental Drilling	17	1996–2000	40.0 ft	33.6 ft
Jantzen Water Well	16	1999–2022	185.0 ft	83.0 ft
Below Ground Surface, INC	15	2009–2016	51.0 ft	0.0 ft
Kurtz Environmental Service	15	1994–1998	44.0 ft	0.0 ft
Larsen and Associates, INC	15	2017–2019	83.8 ft	0.0 ft
Aquaterra Environmental Solutions, INC	14	2010–2012	47.0 ft	43.1 ft
Gsi Engineering, LLC	13	2018	34.6 ft	18.8 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC	13	2014–2026	180.0 ft	87.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	13	2003–2006	85.0 ft	75.1 ft
Greenfield Contractors, INC	10	2015	100.0 ft	0.0 ft
Jonagan Water Well Service	10	2016–2023	178.0 ft	54.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	9	1998–2002	120.0 ft	11.2 ft
E. Willie Hodde, Jr. Drilling Company	9	1975–1985	150.0 ft	32.0 ft
Layne Western	9	1998–1999	30.0 ft	0.0 ft
Well Owner	9	1993–2009	60.0 ft	20.0 ft
Ace-hi International, INC	8	1974–1979	180.0 ft	30.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling, INC	8	1993–2009	237.0 ft	128.0 ft
Cascade Drilling	8	2016	32.0 ft	0.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	8	1979–1990	33.4 ft	20.2 ft
Ues Exploration #531	8	2025	32.0 ft	0.0 ft
Jack Cline Drilling CO	7	1983–1988	176.0 ft	118.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well Repair	6	1995–2018	245.0 ft	145.0 ft
Jonagan Water Well Service LLC	6	2010–2021	76.0 ft	56.0 ft
Pratt Well Service	6	2015	150.0 ft	81.8 ft
Greenfield Contractors INC	5	2010	36.0 ft	0.0 ft
Groundwater Technology	5	1991	26.0 ft	20.3 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	5	1989	230.0 ft	139.0 ft
Ron Wood, Deffenbaugh Field Services	5	2002	43.9 ft	32.8 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC	5	2010–2013	200.0 ft	98.0 ft
Environmental Priority Service, INC	4	2014	63.0 ft	51.0 ft
Joe's Well Service	4	1977	155.0 ft	20.0 ft
Terracon Consultants #416	4	2026	62.9 ft	60.7 ft
Brau Drlg Co., INC	3	1975–1976	100.0 ft	30.0 ft
Flint Hills Drilling #914	3	2022	152.0 ft	58.8 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	3	2021	136.0 ft	48.0 ft
B & B Drilling	2	2008	184.0 ft	50.0 ft
City of Dodge City	2	2015	97.0 ft	71.0 ft
Fire and Ice Geothermal, LLC	2	2011	200.0 ft	0.0 ft
J.o. Johnson Drilling Company	2	1975	224.0 ft	100.0 ft
Joe L. Crick, Joe's Well Service, INC	2	1999–2000	210.0 ft	74.0 ft
Jonagan Drilling CO	2	1988–2004	165.0 ft	35.0 ft
Leo Knoefler Drilling	2	1981–1987	200.0 ft	110.0 ft
Lot Taylor, Prairie Land Environmental Remed	2	2000	62.4 ft	29.5 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	2	2010–2023	232.0 ft	144.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	1	1983	180.0 ft	18.0 ft
Bluestem Environmental Engineering, INC	1	2007	53.0 ft	0.0 ft
C and C Loop Drilling	1	2005	210.0 ft	0.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	1	2022	165.0 ft	68.0 ft
Dan Hayse Water Well Service	1	2000	200.0 ft	59.0 ft
Dean Waterhouse Drilling	1	1979	245.0 ft	128.0 ft
Donald R. Dunham Drilling, INC	1	2003	165.0 ft	30.0 ft
Downey Drilling, INC	1	2024	176.0 ft	66.0 ft
Gladden Excavating INC	1	1995	180.0 ft	21.0 ft
Halling Water Well Service, LLC	1	2021	120.0 ft	60.0 ft
Handex Environmental, INC	1	2003	48.0 ft	0.0 ft
High Plains Drilling & Supply	1	1976	235.0 ft	88.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	1	1994	280.0 ft	135.0 ft
James Puyear Contractors, INC	1	1992	120.0 ft	0.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well LLC	1	2024	228.0 ft	155.0 ft
Kdhe	1	2018	47.5 ft	0.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	1	2000	75.0 ft	45.0 ft
Peterson Irrigation, INC	1	2009	200.0 ft	0.0 ft
Reuben Bartel Well Drilling, INC	1	2002	60.0 ft	44.0 ft
Sargent Drlg #946	1	2026	223.0 ft	141.0 ft
Susan Davis	1	2001	16.0 ft	6.6 ft
Thuan M. Tran	1	2001	17.0 ft	0.0 ft
Victory Life Fellowship	1	2005	15.0 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	68	180.0 ft	43.0 ft
1980s	98	165.0 ft	36.0 ft
1990s	420	44.0 ft	25.0 ft
2000s	644	42.5 ft	0.0 ft
2010s	214	63.0 ft	38.0 ft
2020s	57	150.0 ft	80.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	854	44.5 ft
Domestic	272	180.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction	142	39.4 ft
Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge	107	35.0 ft
Injection well/air sparge (AS)/shallow	20	53.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	19	155.0 ft
Irrigation	18	183.0 ft
Recovery/Soil Vapor Extraction/Soil Vent	16	25.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	12	165.0 ft
Public Water Supply	7	188.0 ft
Test hole/well	6	200.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Recovery	6	150.1 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	5	139.2 ft
Industrial	4	217.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Injection	4	141.5 ft
Air Conditioning	2	150.0 ft
Other	2	164.0 ft
Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal	2	210.0 ft
Feedlot	1	225.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	1	180.0 ft
Pond/Swimming Pool/Recreation	1	165.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 26S range 25W, 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
303172	1998	424.0 ft	141.0 ft	Domestic	Joe's Well Service, INC
19960	1975	350.0 ft	65.0 ft	Domestic	E. Willie Hodde, Jr. Drilling Company
20017	1989	282.0 ft	125.0 ft	Domestic	Joe's Well Service, INC
309044	1999	281.0 ft	130.0 ft	Public Water Supply	Layne Western
20010	1994	280.0 ft	135.0 ft	Domestic	Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC
20015	1989	280.0 ft	134.0 ft	Domestic	Joe's Well Service, INC
317482	2001	280.0 ft	143.0 ft	Domestic	Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair
1053018073	2022	280.0 ft	156.0 ft	Domestic	Nash Water Well Service, LLC
330727	2002	277.0 ft	149.0 ft	Domestic	Joe's Well Service, INC
510310	2017	275.0 ft	175.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Jantzen Water Well

Buying or drilling in township 26S range 25W?

The median section here has moved 36.2 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 Far western Kansas. Ford County, on 100 % of 1,501 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

26S14W 19.3 ft
26S15W 13.4 ft
26S17W 19.3 ft
26S18W 20.2 ft
26S20W 15.2 ft
26S21W -4.1 ft
26S22W 4.5 ft
26S26W 44.5 ft
26S27W 69.6 ft
26S28W 110.8 ft
26S29W 118.9 ft
26S30W 132.2 ft
26S31W 153.9 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.