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Township 28S Range 32W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 193.9 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections
36Measured
193.9 ftMedian change
HaskellCounty

What has happened in township 28S32W

Median depth went from 189.7 ft before development to 378.7 ft — a change of 193.9 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 06 at 218.7 ft; the smallest fall is section 24 at 153.5 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 28S Range 32W — 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
01162.5 ft356.3 ft+193.8
02168.3 ft369.7 ft+201.5
03156.3 ft364.9 ft+208.6
04156.7 ft370.1 ft+213.4
05167.6 ft385.2 ft+217.6
06167.1 ft385.9 ft+218.7
07183.1 ft400.4 ft+217.3
08190.1 ft405.2 ft+215.1
09191.6 ft398.6 ft+207.0
10192.1 ft390.3 ft+198.2
11189.7 ft376.6 ft+186.9
12172.5 ft348.2 ft+175.7
13181.6 ft338.7 ft+157.1
14191.3 ft364.9 ft+173.6
15201.3 ft388.6 ft+187.3
16202.2 ft401.0 ft+198.8
17192.4 ft399.6 ft+207.2
18182.9 ft393.4 ft+210.4
19190.6 ft394.7 ft+204.1
20195.2 ft394.8 ft+199.6
21196.8 ft388.0 ft+191.2
22191.6 ft371.5 ft+179.9
23186.7 ft353.7 ft+167.0
24191.2 ft344.7 ft+153.5
25189.7 ft346.9 ft+157.2
26184.3 ft350.6 ft+166.3
27186.1 ft362.7 ft+176.6
28191.6 ft378.7 ft+187.1
29190.3 ft385.4 ft+195.1
30191.4 ft391.9 ft+200.6
31194.6 ft394.0 ft+199.4
32185.7 ft379.6 ft+193.9
33184.7 ft370.7 ft+186.0
34185.6 ft361.5 ft+175.9
35184.2 ft350.6 ft+166.4
36186.2 ft345.3 ft+159.1

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 28S range 32W

103 wells in township 28S range 32W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC, 31. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 550.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (65), domestic (29), oil field water supply (8), domestic, livestock (1).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 28S range 32W, 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. INC311975–2009563.0 ft245.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC82011–2019600.0 ft384.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC71976–2002605.0 ft280.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC71975–1990460.0 ft250.0 ft
Downey Drilling, INC62015–2019653.0 ft390.0 ft
Gspf Irrigation Service62015590.0 ft398.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC41990–1997480.0 ft290.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC42014–2017461.0 ft270.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO31976–1990417.0 ft281.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well LLC32024600.0 ft404.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC32001–2002557.0 ft311.0 ft
Well Owner31976–2004480.0 ft252.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #14522024538.0 ft392.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well22012–2023600.0 ft385.0 ft
Southwest Windmill22003–2004227.0 ft0.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC11987400.0 ft190.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service12008590.0 ft0.0 ft
Donald R. Dunham Drilling, INC12005438.0 ft330.0 ft
Downey Drlg #74812024719.0 ft392.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO12012550.0 ft360.0 ft
K and K Water Wells, LLC12014400.0 ft347.0 ft
L & N Pump12024365.0 ft0.0 ft
L & N Pump, INC12021575.0 ft442.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO11980510.0 ft240.0 ft
Layne-western11975596.0 ft230.0 ft
Martin's Well Service12014600.0 ft300.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC12011455.0 ft0.0 ft
Wells by decade drilled, with the median depth reached and the median water level the driller measured on arrival.
DecadeWellsMedian depthMedian level
1970s20549.0 ft234.0 ft
1980s15495.0 ft240.0 ft
1990s17480.0 ft308.0 ft
2000s13557.0 ft305.0 ft
2010s29590.0 ft367.0 ft
2020s9555.0 ft392.0 ft
What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
PurposeWellsMedian depth
Irrigation65573.0 ft
Domestic29455.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply8480.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock1532.0 ft
The ten deepest wells on record in township 28S range 32W, 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
5068302017770.0 ft376.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drilling, INC
10558651062024719.0 ft392.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drlg #748
5290522019663.0 ft370.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
5200892018659.0 ft390.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drilling, INC
5000562016653.0 ft301.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drilling, INC
5272522019651.0 ft394.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drilling, INC
4688652013636.0 ft362.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
4912692015625.0 ft432.0 ftDomesticGspf Irrigation Service
4860892015620.0 ft354.0 ftDomesticGspf Irrigation Service
4463252011617.0 ft409.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC

Buying or drilling in township 28S range 32W?

The median section here has moved 193.9 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 103 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.