Township 27S Range 10W

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

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What has happened in township 27S10W

Median depth went from 36.8 ft before development to 34.5 ft — a change of 0.0 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 11. Shallower: 12. Sharpest fall, section 12 at 29.8 ft; largest rise, section 25 at 9.8 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 27S Range 10W — 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	39.0 ft	61.9 ft	+22.9
02	44.6 ft	60.5 ft	+16.0
03	36.8 ft	41.5 ft	+4.7
04	34.3 ft	34.5 ft	0
05	21.7 ft	21.1 ft	−0.6
06	29.6 ft	27.2 ft	−2.4
07	42.7 ft	38.3 ft	−4.4
08	47.5 ft	45.4 ft	−2.1
09	62.2 ft	62.4 ft	0
10	56.4 ft	63.4 ft	+7.0
11	53.0 ft	71.8 ft	+18.8
12	41.6 ft	71.4 ft	+29.8
13	37.0 ft	57.7 ft	+20.7
14	50.5 ft	61.0 ft	+10.5
15	48.9 ft	53.0 ft	+4.0
16	68.3 ft	70.3 ft	+1.9
17	66.5 ft	67.4 ft	+0.9
18	61.6 ft	58.1 ft	−3.5
19	26.6 ft	26.6 ft	0
20	26.7 ft	17.8 ft	−8.9
21	48.7 ft	39.6 ft	−9.1
22	16.1 ft	16.1 ft	0
23	33.2 ft	32.5 ft	−0.7
24	46.2 ft	45.8 ft	0
25	39.0 ft	29.2 ft	−9.8
26	2.5 ft	0.0 ft	≥ −2.5
27	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
28	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
29	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
30	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
31	9.0 ft	6.8 ft	−2.2
32	0.6 ft	0.0 ft	≥ −0.6
33	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
34	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
35	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
36	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 27S range 10W

213 wells in township 27S range 10W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Kelly's Water Well Service, INC, 31. Oldest record, 1972. Median well 100.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (73), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (49), domestic (35), domestic, livestock (31).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 27S range 10W, 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
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	31	1978–2002	127.0 ft	50.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	27	1976–2013	103.0 ft	32.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	15	2002–2019	80.0 ft	27.0 ft
Larsen and Associates, INC	15	2007–2010	30.0 ft	0.0 ft
Dean L. Lyman, INC	10	1972–2009	81.0 ft	25.0 ft
Terracon, INC	9	1993–1994	30.0 ft	21.2 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	8	1983–2017	104.0 ft	21.0 ft
Big Springs Drilling	7	1979–1982	142.0 ft	55.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	7	1978–1986	90.0 ft	17.0 ft
Lyman's, INC	7	2017–2019	102.0 ft	63.0 ft
Clarke Well & Equip	6	2020	104.0 ft	20.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	6	1992–1994	125.0 ft	66.0 ft
4 Brothers LLC	5	2021–2023	105.0 ft	27.0 ft
Dal Wells Drilling CO	5	1989–1998	66.0 ft	23.0 ft
Chase Drilling	4	2011	186.0 ft	67.0 ft
Crowdis Ww Srvc	4	2020–2025	130.0 ft	70.0 ft
Funkee Drilling Service	4	2000	34.0 ft	0.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	4	2003–2012	120.0 ft	6.4 ft
Terracon Consultants #416	4	2021	17.2 ft	4.4 ft
Able Environmental Drilling, LLC	3	2013	15.0 ft	0.0 ft
Envirotech Services, INC	3	2004	15.5 ft	3.2 ft
H2o Drilling	3	2023–2025	180.0 ft	40.0 ft
H2o Drilling LLC	3	2018–2019	100.0 ft	15.0 ft
Harp Well & Pump Service, INC	3	1989–1991	132.0 ft	48.0 ft
Leon Weber Well Service	3	1976–1986	50.0 ft	30.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	3	1980–1984	95.0 ft	65.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	2	1977–1979	140.0 ft	61.0 ft
Miller Drilling	2	2004	105.0 ft	39.0 ft
Bruce Milburn	1	1997	80.0 ft	60.0 ft
Dunne-gardner Petroleum, INC	1	1984	140.0 ft	0.0 ft
Geocore, INC	1	2013	12.5 ft	0.0 ft
Lyman's #140	1	2021	86.0 ft	20.0 ft
Pratt Well Service	1	2015	74.0 ft	3.0 ft
Premier Pump and Well Service, INC	1	2016	108.0 ft	20.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	1	2025	90.0 ft	42.0 ft
Ted Torkleson	1	1998	90.0 ft	20.0 ft
Well Owner	1	1997	80.0 ft	60.0 ft
White and Ellis Drilling	1	1996	103.0 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	42	117.0 ft	45.0 ft
1980s	28	105.0 ft	32.0 ft
1990s	39	90.0 ft	31.0 ft
2000s	27	34.4 ft	18.2 ft
2010s	53	80.0 ft	20.0 ft
2020s	24	104.0 ft	20.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	73	120.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	49	29.5 ft
Domestic	35	75.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	31	102.0 ft
Irrigation	12	132.0 ft
Feedlot	4	186.0 ft
Other	3	100.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	3	74.0 ft
Industrial	1	140.0 ft
Test Hole, Cased	1	104.0 ft
Public Water Supply	1	103.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 27S range 10W, 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
451733	2011	188.0 ft	67.0 ft	Feedlot	Chase Drilling
508791	2017	188.0 ft	60.8 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
1054144796	2023	188.0 ft	65.0 ft	Domestic	H2o Drilling
451732	2011	186.0 ft	67.0 ft	Feedlot	Chase Drilling
479672	2014	185.0 ft	91.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC
32347	1976	182.0 ft	55.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
451734	2011	180.0 ft	67.0 ft	Feedlot	Chase Drilling
455276	2011	180.0 ft	67.0 ft	Feedlot	Chase Drilling
1054515580	2024	180.0 ft	40.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	H2o Drilling
508792	2017	173.0 ft	63.0 ft	Irrigation	Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC

Buying or drilling in township 27S range 10W?

The median section here has moved 0.0 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. Kingman County, on 100 % of 213 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

26S30W 132.2 ft
26S31W 153.9 ft
26S32W 191.8 ft
26S33W 211.3 ft
26S35W 183.6 ft
26S36W 167.7 ft
26S37W 135.1 ft
27S11W -4.5 ft
27S12W 0.8 ft
27S13W 6.0 ft
27S14W 15.2 ft
27S15W 12.3 ft
27S18W 16.9 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.