Township 26S Range 35W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 183.6 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 26S35W

Median depth went from 90.1 ft before development to 282.7 ft — a change of 183.6 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 01 at 208.3 ft; the smallest fall is section 29 at 166.9 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 26S Range 35W — 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	91.0 ft	299.4 ft	+208.3
02	87.6 ft	295.6 ft	+208.0
03	80.6 ft	287.4 ft	+206.7
04	64.4 ft	266.3 ft	+202.0
05	64.3 ft	255.6 ft	+191.3
06	62.8 ft	243.8 ft	+181.1
07	65.0 ft	243.1 ft	+178.1
08	76.0 ft	259.6 ft	+183.6
09	92.3 ft	282.7 ft	+190.4
10	91.1 ft	286.8 ft	+195.7
11	99.5 ft	296.4 ft	+196.8
12	85.0 ft	280.8 ft	+195.8
13	90.1 ft	276.9 ft	+186.8
14	89.2 ft	278.5 ft	+189.3
15	76.3 ft	264.9 ft	+188.6
16	84.1 ft	267.2 ft	+183.1
17	75.5 ft	252.0 ft	+176.5
18	67.8 ft	241.3 ft	+173.5
19	88.0 ft	256.7 ft	+168.8
20	95.1 ft	264.7 ft	+169.6
21	89.4 ft	266.9 ft	+177.5
22	81.4 ft	265.4 ft	+184.0
23	85.8 ft	270.2 ft	+184.4
24	84.0 ft	266.4 ft	+182.4
25	112.8 ft	294.5 ft	+181.7
26	122.9 ft	307.4 ft	+184.5
27	114.9 ft	297.6 ft	+182.7
28	131.1 ft	306.5 ft	+175.5
29	141.7 ft	308.6 ft	+166.9
30	139.7 ft	308.8 ft	+169.1
31	143.6 ft	325.2 ft	+181.6
32	150.2 ft	327.3 ft	+177.1
33	136.9 ft	318.6 ft	+181.7
34	118.2 ft	306.6 ft	+188.4
35	121.4 ft	309.0 ft	+187.6
36	120.6 ft	303.2 ft	+182.6

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 26S range 35W

151 wells in township 26S range 35W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC, 59. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 357.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (100), domestic (25), oil field water supply (21), domestic, livestock (3).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 26S range 35W, 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
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	59	1975–2009	440.0 ft	152.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	37	1975–2003	357.0 ft	110.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	9	1975–1989	300.0 ft	132.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	7	1992–2010	320.0 ft	200.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	6	1980–2004	480.0 ft	197.0 ft
Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair	5	1998–2003	380.0 ft	236.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	4	2017	472.0 ft	287.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC	4	1989	220.0 ft	100.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	3	1978	199.0 ft	135.0 ft
Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO	3	1981–1992	281.0 ft	220.0 ft
C K Minter Drilling CO	2	—	408.0 ft	0.0 ft
Ray Cramer Drilling CO	2	1999	420.0 ft	200.0 ft
Thad Robert	2	2001	130.0 ft	0.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	1	2004	405.0 ft	290.0 ft
Donald Fulton Drilling CO	1	1988	337.0 ft	176.0 ft
Donald R. Dunham Drilling, INC	1	1994	320.0 ft	160.0 ft
Downey Drlg #748	1	2023	785.0 ft	338.0 ft
Gspf Irrigation Service	1	2015	465.0 ft	323.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145	1	2025	309.0 ft	245.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC	1	2018	415.0 ft	268.0 ft
Well Owner	1	1996	163.0 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	26	352.0 ft	112.0 ft
1980s	72	421.0 ft	135.0 ft
1990s	17	330.0 ft	195.0 ft
2000s	24	430.0 ft	215.0 ft
2010s	8	415.0 ft	268.0 ft
2020s	2	785.0 ft	338.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Irrigation	100	424.0 ft
Domestic	25	330.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	21	302.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	3	255.0 ft
Test Hole, Uncased	2	408.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 26S range 35W, 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
1053339608	2023	785.0 ft	338.0 ft	Irrigation	Downey Drlg #748
31807	1980	625.0 ft	153.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
31814	1980	615.0 ft	176.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
31815	1980	597.0 ft	159.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
31813	1980	595.0 ft	159.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
330009	2002	588.0 ft	253.0 ft	Irrigation	Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
370880	2005	582.0 ft	296.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
327519	2002	579.0 ft	379.0 ft	Irrigation	Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
31862	1980	578.0 ft	213.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
31865	1980	575.0 ft	152.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC

Buying or drilling in township 26S range 35W?

The median section here has moved 183.6 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. Kearny County, on 100 % of 151 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

26S27W 69.6 ft
26S28W 110.8 ft
26S29W 118.9 ft
26S30W 132.2 ft
26S31W 153.9 ft
26S32W 191.8 ft
26S33W 211.3 ft
26S36W 167.7 ft
26S37W 135.1 ft
27S10W 0.0 ft
27S11W -4.5 ft
27S12W 0.8 ft
27S13W 6.0 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.