Township 27S Range 25W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 39.7 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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39.7 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 27S25W

Median depth went from 92.2 ft before development to 134.1 ft — a change of 39.7 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 08 at 53.4 ft; the smallest fall is section 32 at 28.8 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 27S Range 25W — 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	28.9 ft	64.6 ft	+35.7
02	23.3 ft	58.7 ft	+35.4
03	32.8 ft	65.8 ft	+33.0
04	32.7 ft	68.6 ft	+35.9
05	29.5 ft	80.5 ft	+51.0
06	42.6 ft	87.7 ft	+45.1
07	75.4 ft	124.6 ft	+49.2
08	56.6 ft	109.9 ft	+53.4
09	65.3 ft	109.7 ft	+44.4
10	64.1 ft	102.3 ft	+38.2
11	52.2 ft	89.9 ft	+37.8
12	49.3 ft	87.9 ft	+38.6
13	81.3 ft	122.2 ft	+40.9
14	77.3 ft	117.0 ft	+39.7
15	86.0 ft	126.0 ft	+40.0
16	92.2 ft	134.1 ft	+41.8
17	80.0 ft	124.2 ft	+44.2
18	94.9 ft	140.7 ft	+45.7
19	112.2 ft	154.0 ft	+41.8
20	112.8 ft	150.1 ft	+37.3
21	108.2 ft	145.6 ft	+37.4
22	92.2 ft	131.1 ft	+39.0
23	87.6 ft	127.6 ft	+40.0
24	98.2 ft	139.7 ft	+41.5
25	98.6 ft	140.0 ft	+41.4
26	112.0 ft	151.8 ft	+39.8
27	108.9 ft	146.3 ft	+37.4
28	139.2 ft	173.8 ft	+34.6
29	149.8 ft	183.5 ft	+33.6
30	141.6 ft	180.2 ft	+38.6
31	151.2 ft	186.0 ft	+34.7
32	163.2 ft	192.0 ft	+28.8
33	161.3 ft	193.5 ft	+32.2
34	135.4 ft	172.7 ft	+37.3
35	139.9 ft	180.8 ft	+40.9
36	116.9 ft	159.2 ft	+42.3

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 27S range 25W

223 wells in township 27S range 25W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Joe's Well Service, INC, 47. Oldest record, 1974. Median well 185.0 ft deep.

Sunk for domestic (143), irrigation (44), public water supply (9), domestic, lawn and garden (8).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 27S range 25W, 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
Joe's Well Service, INC	47	1975–2006	175.0 ft	80.0 ft
Merle Cragg Water Well Drlg	33	1975–1983	150.0 ft	67.0 ft
Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair	19	1991–2009	170.0 ft	87.0 ft
Ace-hi International, INC	13	1974–1979	191.0 ft	92.0 ft
J.o. Johnson Drilling Company	13	1975–1976	167.0 ft	78.0 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC	12	2013–2019	205.0 ft	127.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	10	1978–1990	163.0 ft	54.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well	5	2010–2021	170.0 ft	109.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling, INC	4	1996–2011	180.0 ft	61.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	4	1985–2008	235.0 ft	110.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well Repair	4	1998–1999	172.0 ft	55.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	4	2010	185.0 ft	78.0 ft
Michael Woofter Drlg. INC	4	1976–1977	198.0 ft	95.0 ft
Donald R. Dunham Drilling, INC	3	1993–2007	195.0 ft	124.0 ft
Dunham Drilling, INC	3	2011–2017	187.0 ft	130.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	3	2012–2014	193.0 ft	92.0 ft
Jack Cline Drilling CO	3	1983–1988	165.0 ft	60.0 ft
Jonagan Water Well Service	3	2018–2023	170.0 ft	136.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	3	1978–2000	163.0 ft	119.0 ft
Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC	3	2020	188.0 ft	64.0 ft
E. Willie Hodde, Jr. Drilling Company	2	1975	162.0 ft	80.0 ft
Fire and Ice Geothermal, LLC	2	2010–2011	200.0 ft	0.0 ft
Nash Ww Srvc	2	2021–2023	220.0 ft	152.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC	2	2012–2016	246.0 ft	162.0 ft
Abc Drilling, INC	1	1977	185.0 ft	119.0 ft
Albert & Roland Brau Drlg Co., INC	1	1979	158.0 ft	90.0 ft
C and C Loop Drilling	1	2005	200.0 ft	0.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	1	1982	190.0 ft	145.0 ft
Dodge City Ffa	1	1990	140.0 ft	0.0 ft
Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair	1	1991	155.0 ft	95.0 ft
High Plains Drilling & Supply	1	1979	215.0 ft	120.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO	1	2013	200.0 ft	144.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145	1	2025	221.0 ft	134.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145	1	2021	229.0 ft	123.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	1	2009	205.0 ft	51.0 ft
Jim's Water Well Drlg	1	1996	140.0 ft	100.0 ft
Joe L. Crick, Joe's Well Service, INC	1	2002	165.0 ft	65.0 ft
Joe's Well Service	1	1977	165.0 ft	20.0 ft
Jonagan Drilling CO	1	1985	170.0 ft	104.0 ft
Jonagan Water Well Service LLC	1	2011	168.0 ft	65.0 ft
Reuben Bartel Well Drilling, INC	1	2000	123.0 ft	29.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	1	2022	200.0 ft	98.0 ft
Sargent Drlg #946	1	2026	168.0 ft	146.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC	1	2012	226.0 ft	142.0 ft
Well Owner	1	2003	100.0 ft	100.0 ft
Woofter Pump and Well, INC	1	2008	205.0 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	69	170.0 ft	84.0 ft
1980s	40	169.0 ft	82.0 ft
1990s	42	175.0 ft	75.0 ft
2000s	27	180.0 ft	90.0 ft
2010s	34	187.0 ft	113.0 ft
2020s	13	188.0 ft	123.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Domestic	143	170.0 ft
Irrigation	44	193.0 ft
Public Water Supply	9	168.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	8	150.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	7	188.0 ft
Industrial	5	200.0 ft
Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal	2	200.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	1	27.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	1	190.0 ft
Feedlot	1	220.0 ft
Road Construction	1	205.0 ft
Other	1	205.0 ft
Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	1	200.0 ft
Test hole/well	1	168.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 27S range 25W, 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
473659	2013	685.0 ft	217.0 ft	Domestic	Nash Water Well Service, LLC
468356	2013	645.0 ft	196.0 ft	Domestic	Nash Water Well Service, LLC
111223	1996	553.0 ft	229.0 ft	Domestic	Joe's Well Service, INC
96483	1994	520.0 ft	250.0 ft	Industrial	Joe's Well Service, INC
516645	2018	520.0 ft	127.0 ft	Domestic	Nash Water Well Service, LLC
526353	2019	520.0 ft	315.0 ft	Domestic	Nash Water Well Service, LLC
422931	2009	485.0 ft	230.0 ft	Domestic	Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair
464316	2012	445.0 ft	230.0 ft	Domestic	Jantzen Water Well
20752	1976	250.0 ft	141.0 ft	Irrigation	Ace-hi International, INC
20753	1976	250.0 ft	141.0 ft	Irrigation	Ace-hi International, INC

Buying or drilling in township 27S range 25W?

The median section here has moved 39.7 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 Far western Kansas. Ford County, on 100 % of 225 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

27S18W 16.9 ft
27S19W 23.5 ft
27S20W 17.2 ft
27S21W -0.4 ft
27S22W 24.2 ft
27S23W 48.0 ft
27S24W 34.9 ft
27S26W 48.4 ft
27S28W 93.8 ft
27S29W 141.9 ft
27S30W 172.7 ft
27S31W 186.5 ft
27S32W 211.3 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.