Township 28S Range 16W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 9.3 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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9.3 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 28S16W

Median depth went from 94.0 ft before development to 104.2 ft — a change of 9.3 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 01 at 14.6 ft; the smallest fall is section 31 at 2.0 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 28S Range 16W — 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	84.4 ft	99.0 ft	+14.6
02	80.6 ft	92.1 ft	+11.5
03	80.2 ft	91.5 ft	+11.3
04	81.4 ft	92.7 ft	+11.4
05	85.6 ft	95.8 ft	+10.2
06	77.4 ft	86.7 ft	+9.3
07	94.2 ft	102.7 ft	+8.6
08	95.2 ft	104.9 ft	+9.7
09	93.7 ft	104.2 ft	+10.6
10	98.1 ft	109.3 ft	+11.2
11	94.0 ft	106.3 ft	+12.3
12	99.1 ft	113.0 ft	+13.8
13	103.0 ft	116.4 ft	+13.3
14	105.8 ft	118.4 ft	+12.6
15	115.7 ft	126.0 ft	+10.3
16	113.1 ft	122.5 ft	+9.4
17	114.9 ft	123.0 ft	+8.1
18	107.8 ft	116.0 ft	+8.2
19	122.1 ft	129.0 ft	+6.9
20	127.2 ft	134.8 ft	+7.6
21	101.6 ft	109.2 ft	+7.6
22	96.5 ft	104.4 ft	+7.9
23	88.5 ft	98.9 ft	+10.5
24	94.7 ft	106.9 ft	+12.2
25	87.0 ft	97.0 ft	+10.0
26	68.4 ft	76.3 ft	+7.9
27	80.6 ft	86.2 ft	+5.6
28	81.4 ft	87.0 ft	+5.6
29	108.6 ft	113.3 ft	+4.7
30	117.1 ft	121.8 ft	+4.7
31	88.7 ft	90.7 ft	+2.0
32	81.6 ft	83.8 ft	+2.2
33	64.3 ft	67.3 ft	+2.9
34	63.7 ft	67.6 ft	+3.9
35	62.3 ft	68.6 ft	+6.3
36	76.2 ft	84.1 ft	+8.0

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 28S range 16W

159 wells in township 28S range 16W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Kelly's Water Well Service, INC, 34. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 140.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (87), domestic (29), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (13), irrigation (11).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 28S range 16W, 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
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	34	1975–2006	170.0 ft	90.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	31	1976–1986	140.0 ft	89.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	22	1975–2011	185.0 ft	94.0 ft
Carl Hayse Water Well Service	15	1977–2001	140.0 ft	95.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	14	2002–2026	180.0 ft	109.0 ft
Env. Works	8	2022	70.0 ft	63.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	7	1980–1984	130.0 ft	80.0 ft
Whitetail Drilling, LLC	6	2006–2009	70.0 ft	0.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	3	1975–1979	150.0 ft	100.0 ft
Lyman's, INC	3	1982–1997	125.0 ft	90.0 ft
Peterson Irrigation, INC	3	1987–2009	150.0 ft	88.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	2	1979	150.0 ft	100.0 ft
Crowdis Ww Srvc	2	2022	165.0 ft	97.0 ft
Dan Hayse Water Well Service	2	2001	140.0 ft	76.0 ft
4 Brothers LLC	1	2021	200.0 ft	135.0 ft
Clt, INC	1	2001	137.0 ft	110.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	1	2009	158.0 ft	0.0 ft
Hank Bruse Water Well Service	1	1975	92.0 ft	79.0 ft
Lehl's Water Well Service	1	1999	110.0 ft	75.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	1	2002	132.0 ft	93.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	1	1992	180.0 ft	115.0 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	26	150.0 ft	95.0 ft
1980s	79	153.0 ft	89.0 ft
1990s	12	155.0 ft	95.0 ft
2000s	16	132.0 ft	76.0 ft
2010s	12	180.0 ft	110.0 ft
2020s	14	70.0 ft	65.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	87	153.0 ft
Domestic	29	146.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	13	70.0 ft
Irrigation	11	206.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	9	155.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	7	166.0 ft
Other	2	135.0 ft
Public Water Supply	1	201.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 28S range 16W, 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
33999	1975	230.0 ft	115.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
33992	1980	225.0 ft	105.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
33985	1975	220.0 ft	100.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
33986	1984	220.0 ft	120.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
33998	1975	215.0 ft	130.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
33994	1976	212.0 ft	110.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
33997	1981	210.0 ft	110.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
34007	1982	210.0 ft	105.0 ft	Irrigation	Central Well & Pump, INC
510545	2017	210.0 ft	110.0 ft	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC
510544	2017	208.0 ft	108.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC

Buying or drilling in township 28S range 16W?

The median section here has moved 9.3 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. Kiowa County, on 100 % of 159 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

27S36W 174.7 ft
27S37W 186.3 ft
28S10W -1.5 ft
28S11W -2.0 ft
28S12W 1.8 ft
28S13W 3.4 ft
28S14W 3.3 ft
28S18W 13.1 ft
28S19W 6.5 ft
28S20W 10.2 ft
28S21W -1.6 ft
28S22W 5.2 ft
28S23W 27.0 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.