Township 26S Range 28W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 110.8 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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110.8 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 26S28W

Median depth went from 52.0 ft before development to 157.8 ft — a change of 110.8 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 31 at 135.3 ft; the smallest fall is section 06 at 49.3 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 26S Range 28W — 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	97.0 ft	164.6 ft	+67.6
02	97.4 ft	170.1 ft	+72.7
03	86.2 ft	156.0 ft	+69.8
04	93.5 ft	157.8 ft	+64.3
05	84.9 ft	136.5 ft	+51.6
06	49.9 ft	99.2 ft	+49.3
07	11.8 ft	75.6 ft	+63.8
08	5.7 ft	71.5 ft	+65.8
09	9.1 ft	89.6 ft	+80.5
10	17.7 ft	99.5 ft	+81.8
11	16.9 ft	98.5 ft	+81.6
12	21.7 ft	95.8 ft	+74.2
13	17.3 ft	107.6 ft	+90.3
14	14.6 ft	110.4 ft	+95.8
15	17.1 ft	116.5 ft	+99.4
16	24.9 ft	122.9 ft	+98.0
17	37.5 ft	128.7 ft	+91.3
18	57.4 ft	148.5 ft	+91.1
19	63.8 ft	177.6 ft	+113.8
20	52.0 ft	166.7 ft	+114.7
21	46.7 ft	160.4 ft	+113.7
22	38.5 ft	152.2 ft	+113.8
23	41.0 ft	155.0 ft	+114.0
24	43.6 ft	154.4 ft	+110.8
25	43.9 ft	173.8 ft	+129.9
26	49.0 ft	175.7 ft	+126.8
27	56.0 ft	178.4 ft	+122.4
28	67.0 ft	191.8 ft	+124.8
29	69.6 ft	198.9 ft	+129.3
30	67.0 ft	195.1 ft	+128.0
31	67.8 ft	203.1 ft	+135.3
32	72.4 ft	206.5 ft	+134.1
33	75.3 ft	201.8 ft	+126.5
34	80.8 ft	197.4 ft	+116.5
35	65.1 ft	183.0 ft	+117.9
36	62.7 ft	180.3 ft	+117.7

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 26S range 28W

565 wells in township 26S range 28W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC, 125. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 120.0 ft deep.

Sunk for monitoring well/observation/piezometer (208), domestic (137), irrigation (84), environmental remediation, air sparge (44).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 26S range 28W, 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
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	125	1992–2007	52.0 ft	0.0 ft
Joe's Well Service, INC	81	1975–2007	125.0 ft	30.0 ft
Coranco Great Plains, INC	65	2001–2014	59.0 ft	30.7 ft
Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair	54	1991–2009	200.0 ft	85.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	38	1975–2009	180.0 ft	63.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	29	1975–2006	230.0 ft	50.0 ft
Prairie Land Environmental Remed	29	1992–2003	58.7 ft	40.5 ft
Jantzen Water Well	22	2010–2023	240.0 ft	140.0 ft
Jb Environmental Drilling	13	1992–1997	55.0 ft	43.6 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC	12	2013–2026	340.0 ft	180.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	12	2000–2004	219.0 ft	106.0 ft
Max's Enterprise	11	1998	55.0 ft	0.0 ft
Jonagan Drilling CO	8	1984–1990	202.0 ft	38.0 ft
Milco Environmental Services	8	2008	64.5 ft	51.5 ft
Geo Stat Environmental	7	2014	75.0 ft	69.0 ft
Geocore, INC	7	2012	75.0 ft	0.0 ft
Ace-hi International, INC	5	1975–1976	235.0 ft	0.0 ft
Accelerated Remediation Technologies	4	2007	67.6 ft	62.4 ft
Rosemary Smith	3	1990	15.0 ft	0.0 ft
Vernon Hanna	3	1990	30.0 ft	16.0 ft
Well Owner	3	1989–2009	55.0 ft	0.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	2	1978–1987	184.0 ft	43.0 ft
Downey Drilling, INC	2	2007–2026	260.0 ft	208.0 ft
Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair	2	1991–1992	247.0 ft	75.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well Repair	2	1998–1999	230.0 ft	117.0 ft
Nash Ww Srvc	2	2021–2024	500.0 ft	276.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	1	1976	120.0 ft	35.0 ft
C.o. Water Well Drlg	1	1989	255.0 ft	100.0 ft
City of Cimarron	1	1996	0.0 ft	0.0 ft
Clarence R Lee	1	1989	0.0 ft	0.0 ft
Ed Jantzen Drilling	1	1988	25.0 ft	0.0 ft
Ed Ray	1	1990	40.0 ft	15.0 ft
Lavon Timken	1	1990	200.0 ft	77.0 ft
Madge Immroth	1	1990	0.0 ft	0.0 ft
Norma Hale	1	1990	9.0 ft	0.0 ft
Red Tiger Drilling CO	1	1987	183.0 ft	85.0 ft
Rhonda Cohoon	1	1990	7.0 ft	0.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	1	2013	183.0 ft	112.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	1	1987	183.0 ft	83.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC	1	2014	504.0 ft	0.0 ft
Vince Sauer	1	1990	10.0 ft	0.0 ft
Virgil Koehn	1	1989	30.0 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	56	220.0 ft	47.0 ft
1980s	47	150.0 ft	26.0 ft
1990s	128	55.0 ft	35.6 ft
2000s	253	59.0 ft	35.0 ft
2010s	74	75.0 ft	68.9 ft
2020s	8	465.0 ft	208.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	208	59.0 ft
Domestic	137	210.0 ft
Irrigation	84	204.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge	44	55.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	30	31.0 ft
Recovery/Soil Vapor Extraction/Soil Vent	20	39.0 ft
Feedlot	13	215.0 ft
Public Water Supply	13	160.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	9	162.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	3	183.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	3	67.6 ft
Other	1	0.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction	1	42.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 26S range 28W, 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
24274	1991	650.0 ft	203.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
1057125342	2026	540.0 ft	360.0 ft	Domestic	Nash Water Well Service, LLC
473665	2013	505.0 ft	193.0 ft	Domestic	Nash Water Well Service, LLC
495626	2015	505.0 ft	200.0 ft	Domestic	Nash Water Well Service, LLC
480966	2014	504.0 ft	0.0 ft	Domestic	Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC
472783	2013	500.0 ft	198.0 ft	Domestic	Jantzen Water Well
507516	2017	500.0 ft	207.0 ft	Domestic	Nash Water Well Service, LLC
1055486138	2024	500.0 ft	276.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Nash Ww Srvc
451697	2011	495.0 ft	207.0 ft	Domestic	Jantzen Water Well
1053579391	2023	490.0 ft	250.0 ft	Domestic	Jantzen Water Well

Buying or drilling in township 26S range 28W?

The median section here has moved 110.8 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. Gray County, on 100 % of 566 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

26S18W 20.2 ft
26S20W 15.2 ft
26S21W -4.1 ft
26S22W 4.5 ft
26S25W 36.2 ft
26S26W 44.5 ft
26S27W 69.6 ft
26S29W 118.9 ft
26S30W 132.2 ft
26S31W 153.9 ft
26S32W 191.8 ft
26S33W 211.3 ft
26S35W 183.6 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.