Township 27S Range 14W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 15.2 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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15.2 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 27S14W

Median depth went from 42.6 ft before development to 57.8 ft — a change of 15.2 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 04 at 18.3 ft; the smallest fall is section 31 at 9.1 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 27S Range 14W — 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	37.0 ft	52.2 ft	+15.2
02	32.7 ft	49.5 ft	+16.9
03	32.2 ft	50.2 ft	+18.0
04	26.9 ft	45.2 ft	+18.3
05	23.8 ft	42.0 ft	+18.2
06	28.5 ft	45.3 ft	+16.9
07	35.2 ft	50.4 ft	+15.1
08	36.0 ft	52.7 ft	+16.7
09	42.1 ft	58.9 ft	+16.8
10	44.1 ft	60.8 ft	+16.8
11	42.2 ft	58.3 ft	+16.1
12	44.1 ft	60.7 ft	+16.6
13	52.5 ft	67.9 ft	+15.4
14	46.3 ft	62.5 ft	+16.3
15	50.2 ft	66.1 ft	+15.9
16	53.0 ft	69.1 ft	+16.1
17	54.1 ft	69.0 ft	+14.9
18	53.3 ft	67.2 ft	+13.9
19	62.4 ft	74.1 ft	+11.7
20	55.5 ft	68.7 ft	+13.2
21	40.5 ft	55.7 ft	+15.1
22	44.6 ft	59.2 ft	+14.6
23	39.2 ft	54.2 ft	+14.9
24	37.6 ft	53.2 ft	+15.5
25	8.2 ft	25.8 ft	+17.7
26	14.0 ft	29.1 ft	+15.1
27	31.1 ft	43.7 ft	+12.6
28	27.8 ft	40.1 ft	+12.3
29	42.6 ft	54.3 ft	+11.7
30	63.2 ft	73.8 ft	+10.6
31	68.1 ft	77.2 ft	+9.1
32	46.0 ft	56.2 ft	+10.2
33	48.0 ft	59.4 ft	+11.4
34	54.6 ft	65.8 ft	+11.2
35	44.8 ft	57.8 ft	+13.0
36	32.5 ft	50.2 ft	+17.7

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 27S range 14W

137 wells in township 27S range 14W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Clarke Well and Equipment, INC, 42. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 120.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (50), irrigation (43), domestic (31), domestic, livestock (7).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 27S range 14W, 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
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	42	1975–2016	160.0 ft	48.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	21	1976–2013	125.0 ft	48.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	16	1978–1983	120.0 ft	47.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	12	1976–2018	140.0 ft	52.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	6	2004	105.0 ft	54.4 ft
Clt INC	5	2000–2004	85.0 ft	40.0 ft
Dan Hayse Water Well Service	5	2000–2003	60.0 ft	42.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	5	1987–1993	136.0 ft	54.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	4	1981–1982	82.0 ft	38.0 ft
4 Brothers LLC	3	2018–2025	137.0 ft	54.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	3	2003–2026	110.0 ft	48.0 ft
Carl Hayse Water Well Service	2	1987–1998	96.0 ft	62.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	2	1975–1979	90.0 ft	40.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	2	1976	149.0 ft	38.0 ft
American Energies Corp	1	1985	120.0 ft	55.0 ft
Anderson and Darling	1	—	153.0 ft	20.0 ft
Dal Wells Drilling CO	1	1987	63.0 ft	26.0 ft
H-30 Drilling INC	1	1985	115.0 ft	40.0 ft
Huntington Eng. and Env	1	1995	43.0 ft	34.5 ft
Lyman's, INC	1	2012	100.0 ft	54.0 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC	1	2016	140.0 ft	63.0 ft
Red Tiger Drilling CO	1	1990	130.0 ft	55.0 ft
White and Ellis Drilling	1	1993	153.0 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	39	150.0 ft	35.0 ft
1980s	44	112.0 ft	48.0 ft
1990s	15	150.0 ft	55.0 ft
2000s	20	101.0 ft	48.0 ft
2010s	14	146.0 ft	63.0 ft
2020s	4	129.0 ft	52.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	50	115.0 ft
Irrigation	43	160.0 ft
Domestic	31	100.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	7	129.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	3	43.0 ft
Industrial	1	160.0 ft
Feedlot/Livestock/Windmill	1	105.0 ft
Test hole/well	1	153.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 27S range 14W, 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
109335	1996	236.0 ft	48.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
497237	2016	223.0 ft	61.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
48002	1979	200.0 ft	60.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
105548	1995	200.0 ft	74.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
47961	1977	190.0 ft	32.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
48003	1979	190.0 ft	66.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
47967	1977	184.0 ft	33.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
47990	1975	183.0 ft	36.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
109334	1996	181.0 ft	48.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
47999	1977	180.0 ft	52.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC

Buying or drilling in township 27S range 14W?

The median section here has moved 15.2 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 137 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

26S35W 183.6 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
27S15W 12.3 ft
27S18W 16.9 ft
27S19W 23.5 ft
27S20W 17.2 ft
27S21W -0.4 ft
27S22W 24.2 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.