Township 28S Range 27W

27 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 77.1 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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77.1 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 28S27W

Median depth went from 161.9 ft before development to 244.4 ft — a change of 77.1 ft, over 27 of 36 sections. Deeper: 27. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 35 at 104.3 ft; the smallest fall is section 01 at 52.2 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 28S Range 27W — 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	155.1 ft	207.3 ft	+52.2
02	152.8 ft	214.9 ft	+62.1
03	158.0 ft	226.4 ft	+68.4
04	163.5 ft	236.7 ft	+73.2
05	165.5 ft	239.3 ft	+73.8
06	165.8 ft	239.4 ft	+73.7
07	161.9 ft	245.5 ft	+83.5
08	166.6 ft	249.5 ft	+82.8
09	171.2 ft	252.3 ft	+81.1
10	169.2 ft	244.4 ft	+75.2
11	153.8 ft	222.9 ft	+69.2
12	156.8 ft	221.5 ft	+64.7
13	184.5 ft	252.2 ft	+67.7
14	172.3 ft	246.1 ft	+73.8
15	175.4 ft	257.0 ft	+81.6
16	169.8 ft	258.9 ft	+89.1
17	158.9 ft	251.3 ft	+92.4
18	155.2 ft	250.7 ft	+95.6
19	138.5 ft	—	—
20	139.2 ft	—	—
21	151.7 ft	250.3 ft	+98.7
22	164.0 ft	252.0 ft	+88.0
23	176.1 ft	253.2 ft	+77.1
24	192.4 ft	258.5 ft	+66.1
25	159.7 ft	235.7 ft	+75.9
26	151.7 ft	235.0 ft	+83.3
27	142.0 ft	237.7 ft	+95.7
28	129.4 ft	—	—
29	116.1 ft	—	—
30	111.2 ft	—	—
31	94.3 ft	—	—
32	96.5 ft	—	—
33	111.5 ft	—	—
34	126.1 ft	—	—
35	121.6 ft	225.9 ft	+104.3
36	117.4 ft	215.1 ft	+97.7

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 28S range 27W

65 wells in township 28S range 27W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Prairie Land Environmental Remed, 12. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 228.0 ft deep.

Sunk for domestic (31), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (18), irrigation (6), environmental remediation, soil vapor extraction (3).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 28S range 27W, 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
Prairie Land Environmental Remed	12	1995–2001	210.0 ft	187.5 ft
Joe's Well Service, INC	11	1975–2011	187.0 ft	98.0 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC	8	2013–2015	228.0 ft	157.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	7	2004	220.0 ft	0.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling, INC	5	2001–2013	217.0 ft	151.0 ft
Donald R. Dunham Drilling, INC	5	1992–2007	360.0 ft	160.0 ft
Geocore Services INC	2	2006–2009	218.0 ft	0.0 ft
J.o. Johnson Drilling Company	2	1975	208.0 ft	150.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	2	1982	145.0 ft	108.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	1	1983	300.0 ft	0.0 ft
Cragg Well Drilling	1	1980	200.0 ft	155.0 ft
Downey Drilling, INC	1	2015	271.0 ft	216.0 ft
Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair	1	2008	500.0 ft	228.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	1	1977	295.0 ft	178.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO	1	2012	240.0 ft	100.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	1	2013	326.0 ft	202.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well	1	2014	270.0 ft	230.0 ft
Jonagan Drilling CO	1	1981	210.0 ft	166.0 ft
K and K Water Wells, LLC	1	2015	250.0 ft	210.0 ft
Stone Pumping	1	2002	150.0 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	7	215.0 ft	150.0 ft
1980s	6	200.0 ft	108.0 ft
1990s	16	207.2 ft	0.0 ft
2000s	21	220.0 ft	172.0 ft
2010s	15	250.0 ft	198.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Domestic	31	215.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	18	212.0 ft
Irrigation	6	271.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction	3	75.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	3	200.0 ft
Other	2	455.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	1	300.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	1	150.0 ft
Test Hole, Uncased	1	70.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 28S range 27W, 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
444413	2011	585.0 ft	259.0 ft	Domestic	Joe's Well Service, INC
495624	2015	565.0 ft	204.0 ft	Domestic	Nash Water Well Service, LLC
348689	2003	525.0 ft	172.0 ft	Domestic	Joe's Well Service, INC
420732	2008	500.0 ft	228.0 ft	Domestic	Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair
363633	2005	465.0 ft	216.0 ft	Domestic	Donald R. Dunham Drilling, INC
423745	1998	455.0 ft	160.0 ft	Other	Donald R. Dunham Drilling, INC
493790	2015	376.0 ft	198.0 ft	Domestic	Nash Water Well Service, LLC
409313	2007	360.0 ft	265.0 ft	Domestic	Donald R. Dunham Drilling, INC
468919	2013	326.0 ft	202.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
493840	2015	305.0 ft	142.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Nash Water Well Service, LLC

Buying or drilling in township 28S range 27W?

The median section here has moved 77.1 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. Gray County, on 100 % of 66 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

29S42W 114.7 ft
32S18W -137.2 ft
29S13W 2.9 ft
31S26W 21.3 ft
10S26W -15.2 ft
31S18W -89.3 ft
23S17W 11.2 ft
29S14W 1.7 ft
19S13W 2.3 ft
26S23W 36.5 ft
29S27W 116.7 ft
34S43W 31.0 ft
32S41W 38.6 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.