Township 27S Range 11W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has risen 4.5 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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-4.5 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 27S11W

Median depth went from 43.1 ft before development to 35.0 ft — a change of -4.5 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 1. Shallower: 27. Sharpest fall, section 24 at 6.1 ft; largest rise, section 29 at 16.4 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 27S Range 11W — 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	29.9 ft	19.0 ft	−10.9
02	20.6 ft	18.5 ft	−2.1
03	26.0 ft	22.2 ft	−3.8
04	28.2 ft	22.9 ft	−5.2
05	38.8 ft	34.2 ft	−4.7
06	46.7 ft	42.7 ft	−4.0
07	56.8 ft	54.4 ft	−2.4
08	58.3 ft	53.8 ft	−4.5
09	62.8 ft	57.0 ft	−5.8
10	58.2 ft	53.6 ft	−4.6
11	53.3 ft	50.9 ft	−2.3
12	51.1 ft	39.8 ft	−11.3
13	66.8 ft	56.4 ft	−10.3
14	63.5 ft	59.6 ft	−3.8
15	72.5 ft	65.0 ft	−7.5
16	73.4 ft	65.9 ft	−7.5
17	71.8 ft	66.9 ft	−4.9
18	73.1 ft	72.9 ft	0
19	64.3 ft	61.2 ft	−3.1
20	78.8 ft	69.5 ft	−9.4
21	61.4 ft	48.4 ft	−13.0
22	49.1 ft	38.2 ft	−10.9
23	35.2 ft	35.0 ft	0
24	19.2 ft	25.3 ft	+6.1
25	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
26	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
27	1.5 ft	0.0 ft	≥ −1.5
28	43.1 ft	27.1 ft	−15.9
29	39.6 ft	23.2 ft	−16.4
30	16.1 ft	8.3 ft	−7.8
31	5.4 ft	0.0 ft	≥ −5.4
32	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
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	7.3 ft	1.0 ft	−6.2

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 27S range 11W

249 wells in township 27S range 11W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC, 43. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 100.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (71), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (59), domestic (37), domestic, livestock (28).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 27S range 11W, 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
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	43	1977–2017	109.0 ft	30.0 ft
Geocore Services INC	26	1995–2004	10.0 ft	6.5 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	18	1977–2009	110.0 ft	38.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	17	1976–2009	100.0 ft	14.0 ft
Usgs	17	2010	101.0 ft	12.9 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	16	1982–1985	100.0 ft	35.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	14	2005–2015	115.0 ft	25.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	13	2004–2018	51.0 ft	10.0 ft
Dean L. Lyman, INC	13	1978–2009	88.0 ft	45.0 ft
4 Brothers LLC	7	2021–2025	76.0 ft	38.0 ft
Crowdis Ww Srvc	7	2020–2022	92.0 ft	60.0 ft
Griffin Dewatering North Central, LLC	7	2013	44.0 ft	7.0 ft
Kgs	6	1983	28.0 ft	9.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	6	1987–1992	116.0 ft	55.0 ft
Pratt Well Service	5	2013–2016	96.0 ft	16.0 ft
Lyman's, INC	4	2012–2020	102.0 ft	48.0 ft
Lyman's, Inc. #997	4	2024–2025	102.0 ft	51.0 ft
Harp Well & Pump Service, INC	3	1989–2000	99.0 ft	41.0 ft
Terracon, INC	3	1990	49.0 ft	37.9 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	2	1978	105.0 ft	67.0 ft
Clt INC	2	2000–2001	96.0 ft	45.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	2	1980–1983	120.0 ft	85.0 ft
Woolsey Petroleum Corp	2	1999	145.0 ft	65.0 ft
B & B Drilling	1	2010	62.0 ft	14.0 ft
Crescent Services	1	2015	140.0 ft	45.0 ft
Curtis J. Weninger Irrigation	1	1999	116.0 ft	42.0 ft
Dal Wells Drilling CO	1	1975	140.0 ft	52.0 ft
Environmental Loop Service, INC	1	2013	260.0 ft	0.0 ft
Fire and Ice Geothermal, LLC	1	2013	205.0 ft	40.0 ft
Hank Bruse Water Well Service	1	1980	77.0 ft	15.0 ft
Ksu	1	1992	14.0 ft	3.0 ft
Miller Drilling	1	2020	59.0 ft	5.5 ft
Premier Pump and Well Service, INC	1	2014	135.0 ft	40.0 ft
Wells Drilling Company	1	1999	120.0 ft	42.0 ft
Weninger Drlg	1	2024	100.0 ft	19.0 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	44	105.0 ft	37.0 ft
1980s	54	90.0 ft	30.0 ft
1990s	35	65.0 ft	31.0 ft
2000s	43	59.0 ft	19.0 ft
2010s	51	89.0 ft	12.9 ft
2020s	22	95.0 ft	39.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	71	109.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	59	28.0 ft
Domestic	37	87.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	28	92.0 ft
Irrigation	26	120.0 ft
Dewatering	7	44.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	5	68.0 ft
Test hole/well	5	191.0 ft
Industrial	4	130.0 ft
Other	3	96.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	2	108.0 ft
Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	2	260.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 27S range 11W, 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
471257	2013	260.0 ft	0.0 ft	Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	Environmental Loop Service, INC
115244	1997	227.0 ft	68.0 ft	Test hole/well	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
115245	1997	227.0 ft	68.0 ft	Test hole/well	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
469396	2013	205.0 ft	40.0 ft	Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	Fire and Ice Geothermal, LLC
305735	1999	191.0 ft	61.0 ft	Test hole/well	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
47557	1977	180.0 ft	72.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
47558	1980	170.0 ft	60.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
47561	1978	165.0 ft	74.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
47539	1977	160.0 ft	37.0 ft	Other	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
422256	2009	158.0 ft	67.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC

Buying or drilling in township 27S range 11W?

The median section here has moved -4.5 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. Pratt County, on 100 % of 249 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

26S31W 153.9 ft
26S32W 191.8 ft
26S33W 211.3 ft
26S35W 183.6 ft
26S36W 167.7 ft
26S37W 135.1 ft
27S10W 0.0 ft
27S12W 0.8 ft
27S13W 6.0 ft
27S14W 15.2 ft
27S15W 12.3 ft
27S18W 16.9 ft
27S19W 23.5 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.