Township 28S Range 10W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has risen 1.5 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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-1.5 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 28S10W

Median depth went from 34.0 ft before development to 30.2 ft — a change of -1.5 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 11. Shallower: 21. Sharpest fall, section 35 at 10.1 ft; largest rise, section 13 at 19.7 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 28S Range 10W — 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	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
02	2.5 ft	0.0 ft	≥ −2.5
03	12.9 ft	3.4 ft	−9.5
04	26.8 ft	18.4 ft	−8.4
05	28.9 ft	23.5 ft	−5.4
06	32.6 ft	33.9 ft	+1.3
07	47.3 ft	46.1 ft	−1.2
08	52.3 ft	47.6 ft	−4.7
09	38.7 ft	29.8 ft	−8.9
10	19.2 ft	8.7 ft	−10.5
11	1.7 ft	0.0 ft	≥ −1.7
12	1.5 ft	0.0 ft	≥ −1.5
13	28.7 ft	9.0 ft	−19.7
14	0.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ 0
15	38.1 ft	30.2 ft	−7.8
16	47.4 ft	40.5 ft	−6.9
17	44.9 ft	41.7 ft	−3.2
18	37.5 ft	35.5 ft	−2.0
19	26.1 ft	25.4 ft	−0.7
20	10.2 ft	9.9 ft	0
21	17.3 ft	14.8 ft	−2.5
22	10.3 ft	7.2 ft	−3.1
23	7.8 ft	2.4 ft	−5.4
24	52.4 ft	43.8 ft	−8.6
25	56.3 ft	57.2 ft	+0.8
26	34.0 ft	36.5 ft	+2.4
27	13.3 ft	16.8 ft	+3.5
28	24.5 ft	27.1 ft	+2.6
29	41.3 ft	41.9 ft	+0.6
30	52.0 ft	50.4 ft	−1.7
31	59.5 ft	60.0 ft	0
32	55.5 ft	59.7 ft	+4.3
33	51.9 ft	59.0 ft	+7.1
34	49.3 ft	58.4 ft	+9.2
35	54.8 ft	65.0 ft	+10.1
36	50.3 ft	58.6 ft	+8.2

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 28S range 10W

103 wells in township 28S range 10W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC, 21. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 95.0 ft deep.

Sunk for domestic (32), domestic, livestock (24), oil field water supply (22), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (11).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 28S range 10W, 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
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	21	2002–2019	85.0 ft	26.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	10	1975–1989	137.0 ft	45.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	8	1976–1985	95.0 ft	43.0 ft
Gsi Engineering, LLC	8	2025	40.0 ft	25.4 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	7	1978–2019	80.0 ft	26.0 ft
Crowdis Ww Srvc	6	2021–2024	95.0 ft	40.0 ft
Dean L. Lyman, INC	6	1976–1996	91.0 ft	45.0 ft
4 Brothers LLC	5	2021–2025	135.0 ft	50.0 ft
Leon Weber Well Service	5	1975–1995	50.0 ft	31.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	4	2019–2025	115.0 ft	56.0 ft
Hws Consulting Group INC	3	1990	27.0 ft	23.8 ft
Red Tiger Drilling CO	3	1989	104.0 ft	34.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	3	1989	104.0 ft	34.0 ft
Well Owner	2	1995–2001	80.0 ft	10.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	1	1977	105.0 ft	30.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	1	2013	135.0 ft	57.0 ft
Dal Wells Drilling CO	1	1977	82.0 ft	58.0 ft
H-30 Drilling INC	1	1985	95.0 ft	43.0 ft
Hank Bruse Water Well Service	1	1984	114.0 ft	35.0 ft
Harp Well & Pump Service, INC	1	1990	70.0 ft	6.0 ft
Lyman's #140	1	2021	62.0 ft	29.0 ft
Lyman's, INC	1	2019	100.0 ft	45.0 ft
Peterson Irrigation, INC	1	1997	146.0 ft	50.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	1	2012	118.0 ft	8.0 ft
Txo Prod. Corp	1	1984	100.0 ft	51.0 ft
Wells Drilling CO	1	1999	63.0 ft	20.0 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	10	91.0 ft	50.0 ft
1980s	26	104.0 ft	40.0 ft
1990s	15	60.0 ft	24.5 ft
2000s	7	60.0 ft	5.0 ft
2010s	22	108.0 ft	30.0 ft
2020s	23	95.0 ft	31.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Domestic	32	85.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	24	95.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	22	104.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	11	40.0 ft
Irrigation	6	142.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	5	65.0 ft
Air Conditioning	1	125.0 ft
Feedlot	1	50.0 ft
Industrial	1	110.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 28S range 10W, 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
32739	1981	160.0 ft	49.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
115739	1997	146.0 ft	50.0 ft	Irrigation	Peterson Irrigation, INC
1056868989	2025	145.0 ft	66.0 ft	Domestic	4 Brothers LLC
462442	2012	143.0 ft	34.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
456247	2012	142.0 ft	42.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
32734	1989	140.0 ft	45.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
32735	1984	140.0 ft	45.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
32738	1981	140.0 ft	35.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
525167	2019	138.0 ft	45.0 ft	Domestic	Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC
32750	1977	137.0 ft	60.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC

Buying or drilling in township 28S range 10W?

The median section here has moved -1.5 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. Kingman County, on 100 % of 103 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

27S31W 186.5 ft
27S32W 211.3 ft
27S33W 210.1 ft
27S34W 183.3 ft
27S35W 192.2 ft
27S36W 174.7 ft
27S37W 186.3 ft
28S11W -2.0 ft
28S12W 1.8 ft
28S13W 3.4 ft
28S14W 3.3 ft
28S16W 9.3 ft
28S18W 13.1 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.