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Township 27S Range 33W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 210.1 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections
36Measured
210.1 ftMedian change
HaskellCounty

What has happened in township 27S33W

Median depth went from 136.0 ft before development to 344.7 ft — a change of 210.1 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 22 at 216.8 ft; the smallest fall is section 31 at 192.3 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 27S Range 33W — 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.Before2022–24Change
01114.3 ft321.3 ft+207.0
02114.1 ft324.3 ft+210.1
03114.1 ft324.2 ft+210.1
04115.0 ft323.7 ft+208.7
05109.7 ft315.1 ft+205.4
06115.5 ft315.7 ft+200.2
07133.7 ft330.1 ft+196.4
08126.9 ft330.7 ft+203.8
09121.5 ft331.2 ft+209.7
10117.8 ft329.6 ft+211.8
11112.0 ft324.2 ft+212.2
12110.7 ft322.4 ft+211.7
13108.5 ft323.9 ft+215.3
14114.2 ft329.7 ft+215.6
15129.5 ft344.7 ft+215.2
16137.6 ft350.6 ft+212.9
17131.2 ft334.8 ft+203.6
18140.6 ft333.9 ft+193.3
19168.1 ft361.0 ft+192.9
20156.3 ft360.9 ft+204.6
21157.1 ft372.1 ft+215.0
22136.0 ft352.8 ft+216.8
23122.4 ft339.1 ft+216.7
24116.5 ft333.1 ft+216.5
25147.5 ft363.6 ft+216.1
26152.9 ft368.6 ft+215.7
27160.5 ft374.9 ft+214.4
28177.3 ft387.1 ft+209.8
29180.3 ft381.8 ft+201.4
30192.4 ft385.7 ft+193.3
31210.9 ft403.2 ft+192.3
32195.3 ft394.8 ft+199.5
33185.1 ft391.9 ft+206.9
34170.5 ft382.6 ft+212.1
35163.4 ft377.8 ft+214.4
36161.0 ft376.8 ft+215.9

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 27S range 33W

146 wells in township 27S range 33W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC, 47. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 440.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (88), domestic (31), oil field water supply (20), domestic, livestock (5).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 27S range 33W, 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 recordWellsYearsMedian depthMedian water level
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC471975–2007476.0 ft166.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC181975–2011430.0 ft175.0 ft
Downey Drilling, INC162015–2026667.0 ft355.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC141990–2009320.0 ft200.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC102010–2025635.0 ft331.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC52000–2002500.0 ft260.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC51978–1989330.0 ft180.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC41984–1988340.0 ft170.0 ft
Haskell County Farms31994170.0 ft0.0 ft
L & N Pump, INC32018–2019365.0 ft336.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC32012–2016445.0 ft350.0 ft
Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair21990400.0 ft222.0 ft
Gspf Irrigation Service22015546.0 ft360.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply21999440.0 ft320.0 ft
Well Owner21994130.0 ft0.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO11981381.0 ft151.0 ft
Darcy Kells12001695.0 ft368.0 ft
Howard Drilling11998370.0 ft200.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #14512021545.0 ft347.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well12013540.0 ft301.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO11976430.0 ft127.0 ft
Ray Cramer Drilling CO11997560.0 ft0.0 ft
Southwest Windmill12000296.0 ft294.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC12011670.0 ft0.0 ft
Walters Irrigation INC12013460.0 ft330.0 ft
Wells by decade drilled, with the median depth reached and the median water level the driller measured on arrival.
DecadeWellsMedian depthMedian level
1970s23435.0 ft175.0 ft
1980s39401.0 ft162.0 ft
1990s30320.0 ft200.0 ft
2000s14480.0 ft260.0 ft
2010s29558.0 ft336.0 ft
2020s11661.0 ft347.0 ft
What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
PurposeWellsMedian depth
Irrigation88535.0 ft
Domestic31400.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply20325.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock5130.0 ft
Feedlot2660.0 ft
The ten deepest wells on record in township 27S range 33W, 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.
RecordYearDepthWater levelPurposeDriller
5003162016870.0 ft412.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drilling, INC
5268992019824.0 ft394.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drilling, INC
10570584682025701.0 ft331.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
4539362012698.0 ft377.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
3222562001695.0 ft368.0 ftIrrigationDarcy Kells
10570312002025689.0 ft458.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drilling, INC
4929422015680.0 ft296.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drilling, INC
5055442016680.0 ft376.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drilling, INC
4455282011670.0 ft0.0 ftIrrigationTyler Water Well, INC
5444582021670.0 ft362.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drilling, INC

Buying or drilling in township 27S range 33W?

The median section here has moved 210.1 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. Haskell County, on 100 % of 146 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

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.