Township 27S Range 22W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 24.2 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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24.2 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 27S22W

Median depth went from 30.3 ft before development to 64.2 ft — a change of 24.2 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 34. Shallower: 2. Sharpest fall, section 07 at 47.1 ft; largest rise, section 36 at 2.9 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 27S Range 22W — 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	45.2 ft	46.3 ft	+1.1
02	34.3 ft	47.5 ft	+13.2
03	30.3 ft	54.7 ft	+24.3
04	29.4 ft	59.4 ft	+29.9
05	24.0 ft	56.5 ft	+32.5
06	33.2 ft	73.1 ft	+39.9
07	29.1 ft	76.2 ft	+47.1
08	25.2 ft	67.8 ft	+42.5
09	27.2 ft	71.1 ft	+43.9
10	33.2 ft	68.7 ft	+35.5
11	44.0 ft	62.4 ft	+18.4
12	61.7 ft	64.2 ft	+2.5
13	62.8 ft	64.6 ft	+1.8
14	55.1 ft	72.0 ft	+16.8
15	37.0 ft	69.2 ft	+32.3
16	22.8 ft	64.0 ft	+41.2
17	25.3 ft	66.2 ft	+40.8
18	26.8 ft	67.4 ft	+40.7
19	25.7 ft	55.5 ft	+29.8
20	26.1 ft	61.0 ft	+34.8
21	33.9 ft	67.0 ft	+33.1
22	49.6 ft	73.7 ft	+24.2
23	62.3 ft	74.3 ft	+12.0
24	70.9 ft	71.5 ft	+0.6
25	61.3 ft	59.6 ft	−1.6
26	67.2 ft	74.0 ft	+6.8
27	54.5 ft	70.7 ft	+16.2
28	39.8 ft	65.5 ft	+25.7
29	16.2 ft	46.0 ft	+29.7
30	0.0 ft	17.3 ft	≥ +17.3
31	18.3 ft	28.4 ft	+10.1
32	0.0 ft	13.6 ft	≥ +13.6
33	10.3 ft	20.8 ft	+10.5
34	21.3 ft	29.1 ft	+7.7
35	28.0 ft	30.1 ft	+2.1
36	18.6 ft	15.6 ft	−2.9

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 27S range 22W

100 wells in township 27S range 22W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC, 18. Oldest record, 1974. Median well 200.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (41), domestic (24), oil field water supply (18), domestic, livestock (12).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 27S range 22W, 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	18	1981–2013	155.0 ft	60.0 ft
High Plains Drilling & Supply	14	1975–1978	329.0 ft	52.0 ft
Joe's Well Service, INC	10	1977–2010	200.0 ft	54.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling, INC	5	1994–2012	200.0 ft	66.0 ft
Dan Hayse Water Well Service	4	2001–2009	100.0 ft	58.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	4	1977–1981	356.0 ft	67.0 ft
Well Owner	4	1990–2013	351.0 ft	33.0 ft
Ace-hi International, INC	3	1974–1979	332.0 ft	36.0 ft
Merle Cragg Water Well Drlg	3	1979–1981	140.0 ft	40.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	3	1993–2008	354.0 ft	89.0 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC	3	2012–2018	125.0 ft	62.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	3	2000–2004	348.0 ft	71.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	3	1980	90.0 ft	33.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	2	1983–1984	120.0 ft	53.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	2	1975–1982	242.0 ft	50.0 ft
Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair	2	2003–2007	225.0 ft	132.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	2	2016–2017	400.0 ft	101.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well	2	2023	240.0 ft	99.6 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC	2	2012	30.0 ft	13.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	1	1981	100.0 ft	46.0 ft
Carl Hayse Water Well Service	1	1996	140.0 ft	16.0 ft
E. Willie Hodde, Jr. Drilling Company	1	1976	65.0 ft	34.0 ft
Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair	1	1990	115.0 ft	70.0 ft
Halling Water Well Service	1	2014	160.0 ft	50.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	1	2008	346.0 ft	92.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO	1	2012	280.0 ft	60.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145	1	2024	434.0 ft	128.0 ft
Joe L. Crick, Joe's Well Service, INC	1	2003	345.0 ft	100.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	1	1996	112.0 ft	67.0 ft
Nash Ww Srvc	1	2022	200.0 ft	42.0 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	25	224.0 ft	43.0 ft
1980s	17	145.0 ft	40.0 ft
1990s	13	191.0 ft	60.0 ft
2000s	17	160.0 ft	68.0 ft
2010s	24	160.0 ft	62.0 ft
2020s	4	240.0 ft	99.6 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Irrigation	41	335.0 ft
Domestic	24	140.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	18	145.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	12	195.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	2	168.0 ft
Feedlot	1	115.0 ft
Industrial	1	280.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	1	125.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 27S range 22W, 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
20380	1976	494.0 ft	62.0 ft	Irrigation	High Plains Drilling & Supply
1054837865	2024	434.0 ft	128.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145
20397	1981	406.0 ft	67.0 ft	Irrigation	Layne-christensen CO
20375	1974	405.0 ft	52.0 ft	Irrigation	Ace-hi International, INC
497887	2016	400.0 ft	97.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
409721	2007	395.0 ft	89.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
20401	1976	387.0 ft	33.0 ft	Irrigation	High Plains Drilling & Supply
20402	1990	387.0 ft	33.0 ft	Irrigation	Well Owner
20394	1975	380.0 ft	48.0 ft	Irrigation	High Plains Drilling & Supply
312261	2000	358.0 ft	108.0 ft	Irrigation	Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC

Buying or drilling in township 27S range 22W?

The median section here has moved 24.2 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. Ford County, on 100 % of 100 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

27S13W 6.0 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
27S23W 48.0 ft
27S24W 34.9 ft
27S25W 39.7 ft
27S26W 48.4 ft
27S28W 93.8 ft
27S29W 141.9 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.