Township 27S Range 15W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 12.3 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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12.3 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 27S15W

Median depth went from 45.7 ft before development to 59.3 ft — a change of 12.3 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 02 at 16.3 ft; the smallest fall is section 06 at 4.3 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 27S Range 15W — 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	34.4 ft	50.0 ft	+15.5
02	33.6 ft	49.9 ft	+16.3
03	37.2 ft	51.8 ft	+14.5
04	31.4 ft	42.5 ft	+11.0
05	33.7 ft	38.6 ft	+4.9
06	34.4 ft	38.7 ft	+4.3
07	36.5 ft	42.8 ft	+6.4
08	32.1 ft	38.5 ft	+6.5
09	30.5 ft	40.2 ft	+9.7
10	35.1 ft	49.4 ft	+14.4
11	35.3 ft	50.7 ft	+15.4
12	37.2 ft	51.7 ft	+14.5
13	45.7 ft	59.3 ft	+13.6
14	42.3 ft	56.8 ft	+14.5
15	46.1 ft	60.0 ft	+13.9
16	38.8 ft	50.0 ft	+11.2
17	34.0 ft	43.4 ft	+9.4
18	35.4 ft	44.3 ft	+8.9
19	40.4 ft	51.8 ft	+11.4
20	41.0 ft	51.8 ft	+10.8
21	56.8 ft	68.8 ft	+12.0
22	65.3 ft	77.3 ft	+12.0
23	54.2 ft	67.5 ft	+13.3
24	52.7 ft	65.0 ft	+12.3
25	59.6 ft	71.3 ft	+11.7
26	56.1 ft	68.0 ft	+11.9
27	64.0 ft	76.1 ft	+12.1
28	55.8 ft	68.2 ft	+12.4
29	49.4 ft	62.8 ft	+13.4
30	54.8 ft	68.3 ft	+13.5
31	66.9 ft	82.6 ft	+15.7
32	46.1 ft	60.7 ft	+14.6
33	55.2 ft	68.3 ft	+13.2
34	63.5 ft	76.2 ft	+12.8
35	69.7 ft	81.9 ft	+12.2
36	69.3 ft	79.8 ft	+10.5

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 27S range 15W

193 wells in township 27S range 15W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Central Well & Pump, INC, 40. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 111.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (85), irrigation (47), domestic, livestock (28), domestic (20).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 27S range 15W, 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
Central Well & Pump, INC	40	1978–1986	100.0 ft	40.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	38	1977–1987	115.0 ft	38.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	26	1975–2025	140.0 ft	54.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	21	2003–2026	111.0 ft	68.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	20	1975–2013	146.6 ft	37.0 ft
Carl Hayse Water Well Service	14	1975–1996	100.0 ft	37.0 ft
Big Bend Gmd 5	6	1996	130.0 ft	40.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	4	1980–1981	100.0 ft	39.0 ft
Dan Hayse Water Well Service	3	1999–2000	100.0 ft	35.0 ft
Harp Well & Pump Service, INC	3	1989–1990	213.0 ft	67.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	3	2010–2012	140.0 ft	67.0 ft
Txo Production Corp	3	1984	100.0 ft	51.0 ft
Hank Bruse Water Well Service	2	1976–1982	101.0 ft	45.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	2	1976–1977	185.0 ft	60.0 ft
Red Tiger Drilling CO	2	1983–1987	170.0 ft	90.0 ft
Albert & Roland Brau Drlg Co., INC	1	1981	103.0 ft	40.0 ft
Clt INC	1	2005	95.0 ft	30.0 ft
Dean L. Lyman, INC	1	2005	92.0 ft	44.0 ft
Leon Weber Well Service	1	1991	100.0 ft	80.0 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC	1	2016	120.0 ft	82.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	1	1986	123.0 ft	62.0 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	35	140.0 ft	40.0 ft
1980s	100	105.0 ft	40.0 ft
1990s	20	102.0 ft	40.0 ft
2000s	11	98.0 ft	38.7 ft
2010s	18	132.0 ft	67.0 ft
2020s	9	150.0 ft	69.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	85	102.0 ft
Irrigation	47	150.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	28	104.0 ft
Domestic	20	95.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	12	130.0 ft
Other	1	160.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 27S range 15W, 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
48161	1990	217.0 ft	67.0 ft	Irrigation	Harp Well & Pump Service, INC
48162	1990	213.0 ft	67.0 ft	Irrigation	Harp Well & Pump Service, INC
48164	1975	212.0 ft	65.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
48153	1981	205.0 ft	30.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
48029	1977	200.0 ft	37.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
48165	1977	200.0 ft	73.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
1056834913	2025	195.0 ft	39.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
48095	1975	190.0 ft	36.5 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
48148	1977	185.0 ft	60.0 ft	Irrigation	Layne-christensen CO
48146	1983	182.0 ft	61.0 ft	Irrigation	Central Well & Pump, INC

Buying or drilling in township 27S range 15W?

The median section here has moved 12.3 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 193 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

26S36W 167.7 ft
26S37W 135.1 ft
27S10W 0.0 ft
27S11W -4.5 ft
27S12W 0.8 ft
27S13W 6.0 ft
27S14W 15.2 ft
27S18W 16.9 ft
27S19W 23.5 ft
27S20W 17.2 ft
27S21W -0.4 ft
27S22W 24.2 ft
27S23W 48.0 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.