Township 28S Range 18W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 13.1 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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36Measured

13.1 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 28S18W

Median depth went from 94.8 ft before development to 104.4 ft — a change of 13.1 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 09 at 19.9 ft; the smallest fall is section 30 at 4.1 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 28S Range 18W — 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	63.6 ft	77.4 ft	+13.8
02	68.1 ft	83.3 ft	+15.3
03	71.6 ft	89.3 ft	+17.7
04	59.4 ft	79.1 ft	+19.7
05	63.3 ft	81.6 ft	+18.3
06	70.7 ft	87.4 ft	+16.7
07	78.6 ft	92.7 ft	+14.1
08	75.6 ft	92.7 ft	+17.2
09	72.0 ft	91.8 ft	+19.9
10	73.1 ft	90.6 ft	+17.5
11	74.0 ft	88.5 ft	+14.5
12	65.9 ft	79.2 ft	+13.3
13	85.3 ft	96.0 ft	+10.7
14	83.3 ft	96.4 ft	+13.1
15	89.5 ft	104.4 ft	+14.9
16	85.2 ft	101.6 ft	+16.5
17	81.3 ft	95.3 ft	+14.0
18	80.4 ft	89.9 ft	+9.5
19	94.8 ft	99.5 ft	+4.7
20	100.9 ft	111.2 ft	+10.2
21	101.0 ft	114.4 ft	+13.4
22	99.9 ft	113.0 ft	+13.1
23	106.6 ft	117.9 ft	+11.3
24	102.8 ft	111.1 ft	+8.3
25	114.7 ft	121.1 ft	+6.4
26	123.2 ft	132.1 ft	+8.9
27	119.4 ft	130.1 ft	+10.8
28	112.5 ft	122.7 ft	+10.1
29	117.4 ft	125.8 ft	+8.4
30	113.5 ft	117.6 ft	+4.1
31	138.6 ft	143.9 ft	+5.2
32	138.2 ft	146.2 ft	+8.0
33	123.5 ft	132.6 ft	+9.1
34	135.3 ft	144.6 ft	+9.3
35	123.9 ft	131.6 ft	+7.7
36	129.4 ft	134.5 ft	+5.2

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 28S range 18W

604 wells in township 28S range 18W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Greenfield Contractors, INC, 108. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 125.0 ft deep.

Sunk for monitoring well/observation/piezometer (236), oil field water supply (84), environmental remediation, soil vapor extraction (79), environmental remediation, air sparge (76).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 28S range 18W, 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
Greenfield Contractors, INC	108	2011–2015	94.0 ft	0.0 ft
Geocore Services INC	71	1996–2008	97.0 ft	0.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	57	2001–2006	35.0 ft	0.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	55	1976–2015	140.0 ft	70.0 ft
Geocore, INC	43	1994–2014	95.0 ft	77.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	41	2002–2012	97.5 ft	87.6 ft
Carl Hayse Water Well Service	38	1976–2000	120.0 ft	74.0 ft
Coranco Great Plains, INC	22	2004–2005	89.0 ft	74.9 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	21	1975–2017	140.0 ft	90.0 ft
Peterson Irrigation, INC	15	2008–2010	200.0 ft	90.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	13	1977–1985	120.0 ft	67.0 ft
Defenbaugh Industries, Inc. (t.e.s.t.)	13	1993–1995	90.2 ft	77.6 ft
4 Brothers LLC	12	2022–2025	144.0 ft	100.0 ft
Geotechnical Services, INC	12	2006	90.0 ft	0.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	9	2007–2017	125.0 ft	108.0 ft
Dan Hayse Water Well Service	9	2003–2014	136.0 ft	81.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	7	1977–1991	130.0 ft	96.0 ft
Environmental Priority Service, INC	6	2014–2015	100.0 ft	78.0 ft
Maxim Tech./kansas City	6	1994–1995	98.0 ft	85.0 ft
Associated Drilling, INC	4	2014	130.0 ft	77.8 ft
Greenfield Contractors INC	4	2015	95.0 ft	0.0 ft
Gsi Engineering, LLC	4	1993–1997	80.0 ft	69.5 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	4	1981–1985	110.0 ft	58.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	3	1976–1977	145.0 ft	110.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	3	1992–1994	158.0 ft	103.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling, INC	2	2002–2005	160.0 ft	84.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment INC	2	2008	181.0 ft	81.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	2	1983–1991	143.0 ft	68.0 ft
Environmental Loop Service, INC	2	2009–2010	320.0 ft	0.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	2	2006	187.0 ft	73.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	2	1975–1976	186.0 ft	120.0 ft
Clarke Well & Equip	1	2023	171.0 ft	142.8 ft
Clt INC	1	2005	105.0 ft	80.0 ft
Hillenburg Oil CO	1	1990	100.0 ft	62.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	1	1998	175.0 ft	110.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well	1	2022	125.0 ft	107.0 ft
Layne Western	1	2001	126.0 ft	71.0 ft
Lehl's Water Well Service	1	2008	78.0 ft	0.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	1	1984	160.0 ft	50.0 ft
Pratt Well Service	1	2014	98.0 ft	77.2 ft
Scotts Oilfield Construction	1	2009	90.0 ft	5.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well #554	1	2003	95.0 ft	86.5 ft
Zavala Drilling CO	1	2019	250.0 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	29	144.0 ft	83.0 ft
1980s	52	130.0 ft	70.0 ft
1990s	89	95.0 ft	79.1 ft
2000s	249	96.0 ft	0.0 ft
2010s	172	98.0 ft	0.0 ft
2020s	14	144.0 ft	100.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	236	93.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	84	140.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction	79	30.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge	76	98.0 ft
Domestic	61	130.0 ft
Irrigation	14	156.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	14	123.0 ft
Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	10	250.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	8	140.0 ft
Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal	7	250.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	5	120.0 ft
Industrial	3	150.0 ft
Air Conditioning	3	123.0 ft
Public Water Supply	1	126.0 ft
Cathodic Protection Borehole	1	13.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Injection	1	131.0 ft
Test hole/well	1	90.0 ft
Road Construction	1	120.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 28S range 18W, 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
418237	2008	415.0 ft	0.0 ft	Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal	Pratt Well Service, INC
424860	2009	350.0 ft	97.0 ft	Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	Peterson Irrigation, INC
417785	2008	340.0 ft	103.0 ft	Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	Peterson Irrigation, INC
436185	2010	320.0 ft	0.0 ft	Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	Environmental Loop Service, INC
434021	2009	310.0 ft	0.0 ft	Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	Environmental Loop Service, INC
411889	2008	300.0 ft	65.0 ft	Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal	Peterson Irrigation, INC
411893	2008	300.0 ft	65.0 ft	Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal	Peterson Irrigation, INC
411874	2008	250.0 ft	70.0 ft	Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal	Peterson Irrigation, INC
527162	2019	250.0 ft	0.0 ft	Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	Zavala Drilling CO
412516	2008	215.0 ft	100.0 ft	Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal	Peterson Irrigation, INC

Buying or drilling in township 28S range 18W?

The median section here has moved 13.1 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 Central and western Kansas. Kiowa County, on 100 % of 605 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

27S37W 186.3 ft
28S10W -1.5 ft
28S11W -2.0 ft
28S12W 1.8 ft
28S13W 3.4 ft
28S14W 3.3 ft
28S16W 9.3 ft
28S19W 6.5 ft
28S20W 10.2 ft
28S21W -1.6 ft
28S22W 5.2 ft
28S23W 27.0 ft
28S24W 33.4 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.