Township 27S Range 13W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 6.0 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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6.0 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 27S13W

Median depth went from 54.8 ft before development to 62.3 ft — a change of 6.0 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 26. Shallower: 7. Sharpest fall, section 31 at 23.0 ft; largest rise, section 13 at 7.6 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 27S Range 13W — 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	40.4 ft	33.5 ft	−7.0
02	47.8 ft	48.8 ft	+1.0
03	56.4 ft	62.5 ft	+6.0
04	57.0 ft	67.6 ft	+10.6
05	49.5 ft	65.2 ft	+15.7
06	43.4 ft	58.2 ft	+14.8
07	51.0 ft	66.7 ft	+15.6
08	52.7 ft	63.0 ft	+10.3
09	58.4 ft	63.7 ft	+5.3
10	58.2 ft	60.9 ft	+2.7
11	60.9 ft	60.0 ft	−0.9
12	55.9 ft	48.6 ft	−7.3
13	58.2 ft	50.6 ft	−7.6
14	65.6 ft	64.1 ft	−1.5
15	74.7 ft	74.6 ft	0
16	60.8 ft	63.7 ft	+3.0
17	52.2 ft	58.3 ft	+6.1
18	54.8 ft	66.4 ft	+11.5
19	38.2 ft	51.6 ft	+13.5
20	54.7 ft	62.5 ft	+7.8
21	67.3 ft	71.9 ft	+4.6
22	67.8 ft	71.1 ft	+3.3
23	76.2 ft	76.3 ft	0
24	72.3 ft	67.0 ft	−5.3
25	68.2 ft	65.7 ft	−2.5
26	64.0 ft	66.7 ft	+2.7
27	55.1 ft	60.9 ft	+5.8
28	54.7 ft	62.3 ft	+7.6
29	39.0 ft	52.3 ft	+13.3
30	12.1 ft	30.3 ft	+18.2
31	12.0 ft	35.0 ft	+23.0
32	28.6 ft	49.4 ft	+20.8
33	40.7 ft	52.8 ft	+12.2
34	42.6 ft	50.2 ft	+7.7
35	47.9 ft	53.9 ft	+6.1
36	53.7 ft	54.1 ft	0

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 27S range 13W

747 wells in township 27S range 13W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Coranco Great Plains, INC, 173. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 95.0 ft deep.

Sunk for monitoring well/observation/piezometer (270), domestic (113), environmental remediation, air sparge (89), environmental remediation, soil vapor extraction (86).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 27S range 13W, 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
Coranco Great Plains, INC	173	2000–2015	59.2 ft	47.9 ft
Geocore Services INC	87	1993–2005	54.0 ft	0.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	54	1976–1986	95.0 ft	52.0 ft
Coranco Great Plains	39	2020–2024	56.9 ft	43.8 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	32	1996–2006	55.0 ft	43.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	31	1975–2026	126.0 ft	60.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	28	2001–2023	95.0 ft	56.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	27	1975–2009	103.0 ft	56.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	17	2000–2011	106.3 ft	52.8 ft
Groundwater Technology	15	1990–1991	35.0 ft	25.5 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	14	1976–2025	140.0 ft	60.0 ft
Hank Bruse Water Well Service	14	1975–1985	103.0 ft	60.0 ft
Maxim Tech./kansas City	12	1995	64.0 ft	48.7 ft
Geotechnical Services, INC	10	2000–2004	35.0 ft	0.0 ft
Kdhe Ber	10	2001–2020	60.0 ft	53.7 ft
Carl Hayse Water Well Service	9	1987–1996	78.0 ft	45.0 ft
Roland Davis Environmental Drilling	9	1997–2010	50.0 ft	0.0 ft
4 Brothers LLC	8	2023–2026	142.0 ft	78.0 ft
Dean L. Lyman, INC	8	1976–2006	102.0 ft	58.0 ft
Geotechnology, INC	7	1994	68.2 ft	57.1 ft
Pratt Well Service	7	2013–2015	110.0 ft	51.0 ft
Ues Exploration #531	7	2005	60.0 ft	56.0 ft
Associated Environmental, INC	6	2017	52.4 ft	44.7 ft
Big Bend Gmd 5	6	1982	156.0 ft	60.2 ft
Clarke Well & Equipment, INC	6	2021–2022	138.0 ft	0.0 ft
Environmental Works, INC	6	2019	206.0 ft	70.2 ft
Funkee Drilling Service	6	2002	57.0 ft	0.0 ft
Kgs	6	1983	31.0 ft	5.0 ft
Psa Environmental Science and Claim Center, INC	6	2001	64.0 ft	49.8 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	5	1975–1979	85.0 ft	47.0 ft
Clt INC	5	2001	110.0 ft	45.0 ft
J & R Drilling Services, INC	5	1985–2015	28.5 ft	27.0 ft
Crescent Services	4	2015	158.0 ft	53.0 ft
Crowdis Ww Srvc	4	2021–2024	110.0 ft	53.0 ft
Davis Environmental Drilling	4	1997	50.0 ft	44.0 ft
Geocore, INC	4	2012	44.3 ft	43.4 ft
Maxim Technologies, INC	4	1997	62.5 ft	49.1 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	4	1981–1984	100.0 ft	49.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	4	1987–1992	122.0 ft	54.0 ft
Clarke Well & Equip	3	2020–2023	109.0 ft	64.8 ft
Dal Wells Drilling CO	3	1989–2001	100.0 ft	47.0 ft
Defenbaugh Industries, Inc. (t.e.s.t.)	3	1994	55.0 ft	43.3 ft
Layne-christensen CO	3	1975–1985	127.0 ft	25.0 ft
Max's Enterprises	3	2004	65.0 ft	39.1 ft
Dan Hayse Water Well Service	2	2000	137.0 ft	60.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	2	2010	120.0 ft	44.0 ft
Downey Drilling, INC	2	2024	115.0 ft	42.1 ft
Huntington Eng. and Env	2	1995	60.0 ft	52.0 ft
L & L Drilling	2	1981–1982	100.0 ft	68.0 ft
Layne Western	2	1998–1999	152.0 ft	60.5 ft
Lyman's, INC	2	2009–2016	132.0 ft	61.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC	2	2021	156.0 ft	63.0 ft
W.l. Peterson, Aaa Water Drilling	2	1976	87.0 ft	50.0 ft
Chase Water Well Drilling	1	1999	93.0 ft	40.0 ft
H-30 Drilling INC	1	1985	100.0 ft	51.0 ft
Heartland Drilling INC	1	1984	82.0 ft	59.0 ft
Ian Smith	1	2005	60.0 ft	43.5 ft
Just Geo Loops	1	2017	200.0 ft	0.0 ft
Kdhe	1	2001	60.0 ft	50.9 ft
Miller Drilling	1	2008	108.0 ft	59.0 ft
Quality Water Well Drilling	1	1985	70.0 ft	22.0 ft
Rama Operating CO	1	1993	68.0 ft	0.0 ft
Sterling Drlg, CO	1	1984	95.0 ft	65.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, Incorporated	1	1999	95.0 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	36	102.0 ft	54.0 ft
1980s	112	95.0 ft	50.0 ft
1990s	148	60.0 ft	43.3 ft
2000s	234	60.0 ft	46.6 ft
2010s	138	62.5 ft	48.0 ft
2020s	80	70.0 ft	46.9 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	270	60.0 ft
Domestic	113	98.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge	89	68.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction	86	50.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	58	120.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	34	82.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Injection	27	57.5 ft
Irrigation	20	152.0 ft
Test hole/well	16	131.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	15	110.0 ft
Public Water Supply	4	152.0 ft
Feedlot	3	115.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	3	120.0 ft
Dewatering	3	75.0 ft
Cathodic Protection Borehole	2	130.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Recovery	1	64.0 ft
Air Conditioning	1	75.0 ft
Feedlot/Livestock/Windmill	1	40.0 ft
Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	1	200.0 ft
Other	1	139.0 ft
Pond/Swimming Pool/Recreation	1	110.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 27S range 13W, 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
423593	1982	260.0 ft	61.4 ft	Test hole/well	Big Bend Gmd 5
423594	1982	240.0 ft	112.8 ft	Test hole/well	Big Bend Gmd 5
388745	2006	230.0 ft	0.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
322516	2001	226.0 ft	45.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
322524	2001	225.0 ft	49.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
322520	2001	223.0 ft	46.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
322514	2001	220.0 ft	50.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
322518	2001	220.0 ft	52.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
322552	2001	217.0 ft	46.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC
47782	1980	212.0 ft	55.5 ft	Irrigation	Central Well & Pump, INC

Buying or drilling in township 27S range 13W?

The median section here has moved 6.0 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. Pratt County, on 100 % of 749 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

26S33W 211.3 ft
26S35W 183.6 ft
26S36W 167.7 ft
26S37W 135.1 ft
27S10W 0.0 ft
27S11W -4.5 ft
27S12W 0.8 ft
27S14W 15.2 ft
27S15W 12.3 ft
27S18W 16.9 ft
27S19W 23.5 ft
27S20W 17.2 ft
27S21W -0.4 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.