Township 26S Range 32W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 191.8 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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191.8 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 26S32W

Median depth went from 84.1 ft before development to 281.6 ft — a change of 191.8 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 32 at 209.4 ft; the smallest fall is section 01 at 136.2 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 26S Range 32W — 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	64.0 ft	200.2 ft	+136.2
02	58.2 ft	206.1 ft	+147.9
03	51.8 ft	214.6 ft	+162.8
04	48.9 ft	225.6 ft	+176.7
05	54.7 ft	239.2 ft	+184.5
06	61.9 ft	251.9 ft	+190.1
07	65.4 ft	264.5 ft	+199.1
08	56.9 ft	250.3 ft	+193.3
09	56.0 ft	241.3 ft	+185.3
10	62.9 ft	237.3 ft	+174.4
11	70.3 ft	233.6 ft	+163.3
12	73.7 ft	230.5 ft	+156.7
13	100.8 ft	268.5 ft	+167.7
14	108.5 ft	283.1 ft	+174.6
15	107.0 ft	291.5 ft	+184.5
16	94.5 ft	286.3 ft	+191.8
17	86.3 ft	285.5 ft	+199.3
18	76.1 ft	282.3 ft	+206.2
19	101.3 ft	308.4 ft	+207.1
20	97.7 ft	301.8 ft	+204.1
21	94.6 ft	294.0 ft	+199.4
22	96.2 ft	289.5 ft	+193.3
23	97.4 ft	281.6 ft	+184.2
24	89.8 ft	264.5 ft	+174.7
25	79.9 ft	260.8 ft	+180.9
26	84.1 ft	275.4 ft	+191.3
27	85.4 ft	286.3 ft	+200.9
28	79.3 ft	285.8 ft	+206.5
29	91.5 ft	300.6 ft	+209.1
30	100.5 ft	307.0 ft	+206.5
31	96.6 ft	303.9 ft	+207.3
32	85.2 ft	294.7 ft	+209.4
33	81.7 ft	289.7 ft	+207.9
34	81.4 ft	285.3 ft	+203.9
35	84.1 ft	281.2 ft	+197.0
36	83.0 ft	271.2 ft	+188.1

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 26S range 32W

153 wells in township 26S range 32W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC, 52. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 400.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (102), domestic (31), oil field water supply (8), domestic, livestock (6).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 26S range 32W, 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
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	52	1975–2025	470.0 ft	132.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	40	1976–2014	410.0 ft	242.0 ft
Well Owner	7	1992–2018	330.0 ft	130.0 ft
Downey Drilling, INC	5	2016–2025	545.0 ft	253.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145	4	1984–1991	417.0 ft	127.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	4	1993–2018	400.0 ft	174.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	3	2001–2004	325.0 ft	180.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	3	1978–2005	350.0 ft	150.0 ft
High Plains Drilling & Supply	3	1975–1976	370.0 ft	96.0 ft
Mw Drilling	3	1979–1989	480.0 ft	140.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	2	1983	300.0 ft	143.0 ft
Gigot Irrigation	2	1991	221.0 ft	147.0 ft
Heiman Family Farms	2	2016–2018	351.0 ft	278.0 ft
Henkle Drilling and Supply	2	2003	385.0 ft	225.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO	2	1989–2013	450.0 ft	266.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well	2	1992–2021	520.0 ft	114.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC	2	2012–2026	520.0 ft	251.0 ft
Western Sprinklers	2	2025	320.0 ft	270.0 ft
Coranco Great Plains	1	1994	340.0 ft	50.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	1	1976	257.0 ft	0.0 ft
Gspf Irrigation Service	1	2016	520.0 ft	296.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	1	2004	341.0 ft	0.0 ft
L&n Pump INC	1	2021	412.0 ft	312.0 ft
Martin's Well Service	1	2014	510.0 ft	297.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump	1	2019	510.0 ft	310.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drilling Co.inc	1	1999	495.0 ft	152.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	1	1989	250.0 ft	148.0 ft
Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC	1	2021	414.0 ft	220.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC	1	2013	400.0 ft	251.0 ft
Usgs	1	2000	170.0 ft	148.6 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	1	1994	340.0 ft	157.0 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	460.0 ft	103.0 ft
1980s	18	360.0 ft	140.0 ft
1990s	25	380.0 ft	123.0 ft
2000s	22	370.0 ft	199.0 ft
2010s	52	480.0 ft	261.0 ft
2020s	11	520.0 ft	270.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Irrigation	102	460.0 ft
Domestic	31	350.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	8	300.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	6	477.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	2	490.0 ft
Feedlot	2	520.0 ft
Industrial	2	510.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	1	170.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	1	520.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 26S range 32W, 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
521411	2018	625.0 ft	264.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
459782	2012	608.0 ft	284.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
490773	2015	604.0 ft	300.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
502769	2016	596.0 ft	313.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
505855	2016	572.0 ft	306.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
1056871984	2025	560.0 ft	284.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
526121	2019	555.0 ft	270.0 ft	Irrigation	Downey Drilling, INC
1057030363	2025	550.0 ft	253.0 ft	Irrigation	Downey Drilling, INC
472385	2013	546.0 ft	271.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
544465	2021	545.0 ft	218.0 ft	Irrigation	Downey Drilling, INC

Buying or drilling in township 26S range 32W?

The median section here has moved 191.8 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. Finney County, on 100 % of 155 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

26S25W 36.2 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
26S33W 211.3 ft
26S35W 183.6 ft
26S36W 167.7 ft
26S37W 135.1 ft
27S10W 0.0 ft
27S11W -4.5 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.