Township 28S Range 37W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 192.3 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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192.3 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 28S37W

Median depth went from 47.3 ft before development to 238.6 ft — a change of 192.3 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 03 at 211.3 ft; the smallest fall is section 33 at 130.1 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 28S Range 37W — 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	41.9 ft	234.9 ft	+193.1
02	85.1 ft	290.3 ft	+205.1
03	63.6 ft	274.8 ft	+211.3
04	58.2 ft	268.0 ft	+209.8
05	51.6 ft	261.8 ft	+210.1
06	53.2 ft	262.0 ft	+208.8
07	45.6 ft	251.1 ft	+205.5
08	47.3 ft	255.5 ft	+208.2
09	52.3 ft	261.2 ft	+208.9
10	58.4 ft	269.1 ft	+210.8
11	61.7 ft	264.4 ft	+202.7
12	43.6 ft	235.7 ft	+192.1
13	41.0 ft	227.2 ft	+186.2
14	26.5 ft	218.7 ft	+192.3
15	47.5 ft	247.1 ft	+199.7
16	46.3 ft	248.3 ft	+202.0
17	47.3 ft	252.5 ft	+205.2
18	39.6 ft	248.8 ft	+209.2
19	47.0 ft	247.3 ft	+200.3
20	48.8 ft	243.2 ft	+194.4
21	45.9 ft	235.3 ft	+189.4
22	45.8 ft	234.4 ft	+188.6
23	24.7 ft	206.6 ft	+181.9
24	39.5 ft	219.1 ft	+179.6
25	57.6 ft	230.8 ft	+173.2
26	31.4 ft	196.5 ft	+165.2
27	55.6 ft	217.5 ft	+161.9
28	56.5 ft	219.3 ft	+162.8
29	50.6 ft	223.7 ft	+173.1
30	54.1 ft	238.6 ft	+184.5
31	33.7 ft	207.5 ft	+173.7
32	27.0 ft	183.6 ft	+156.6
33	31.1 ft	161.2 ft	+130.1
34	42.3 ft	178.3 ft	+136.0
35	25.8 ft	180.2 ft	+154.4
36	71.0 ft	242.4 ft	+171.4

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 28S range 37W

326 wells in township 28S range 37W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO, 42. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 345.0 ft deep.

Sunk for monitoring well/observation/piezometer (147), domestic (115), irrigation (18), test hole/well (16).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 28S range 37W, 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
Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO	42	1975–1997	395.0 ft	200.0 ft
Prairie Land Environmental Remed	31	1992–2001	59.1 ft	50.0 ft
Associated Environmental, INC	24	1997–2018	70.0 ft	59.6 ft
Will Purdon, Maximum/kansas City Testing	23	1994–1996	90.0 ft	74.2 ft
Coranco Great Plains, INC	18	2007–2017	65.0 ft	55.4 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	18	1999–2010	395.0 ft	120.0 ft
Cascade Drilling	17	2015	70.0 ft	0.0 ft
James Puyear Contractors, INC	17	1992–1993	80.0 ft	75.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	17	1977–2002	235.0 ft	75.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	11	1975–2004	376.0 ft	167.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	10	1991–2020	380.0 ft	200.0 ft
Milco Environmental Services	9	2006	78.0 ft	70.2 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	8	1994–2007	100.0 ft	80.2 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC	8	2013–2025	380.0 ft	230.0 ft
Layne Western	4	1996–1997	39.5 ft	23.5 ft
Martin's Well Service	4	2011–2020	290.0 ft	195.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	4	2000–2004	552.0 ft	239.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	3	1976–1988	406.0 ft	236.0 ft
Cramer Drilling CO	3	1999	410.0 ft	235.0 ft
Dwayne Wagner, Wagner Drilling	3	1975–1977	480.0 ft	220.0 ft
Fire and Ice Geothermal, LLC	3	2010	250.0 ft	0.0 ft
Geocore Services INC	3	2009	73.0 ft	0.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145	3	2022	300.0 ft	260.0 ft
Larsen and Associates, INC	3	2012–2015	90.0 ft	0.0 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC	3	2020–2025	380.0 ft	216.0 ft
Geostat Environmental	2	2013	85.0 ft	70.7 ft
Joe's Well Service, INC	2	2008–2009	525.0 ft	318.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	2	1977–1984	350.0 ft	182.5 ft
Layne-western CO	2	1975–1976	592.0 ft	234.0 ft
Ray Cramer Drilling CO	2	1997–1998	400.0 ft	315.0 ft
Roland Davis Environmental Drilling	2	2008	75.0 ft	60.0 ft
Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC	2	2020–2021	505.0 ft	213.0 ft
Steve's Drilling	2	2016	380.0 ft	267.0 ft
Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc	2	2024–2025	518.0 ft	271.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC	2	1986–1990	300.0 ft	175.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC	2	2012–2013	541.0 ft	280.0 ft
Blue Sage Services	1	2024	390.0 ft	160.0 ft
Cramer Drilling Company	1	1999	380.0 ft	235.0 ft
Donald Fulton Drilling CO	1	1990	380.0 ft	0.0 ft
Houck Brothers Drilling	1	1998	343.0 ft	235.0 ft
Houck Brothers Drilling, INC	1	1998	400.0 ft	244.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO	1	2010	360.0 ft	190.0 ft
James Ray Smith Pump Service	1	1975	265.0 ft	117.0 ft
Martin's Well Sevice	1	2017	255.0 ft	255.0 ft
Maxim Technologies	1	1995	89.0 ft	75.2 ft
Mw Drilling	1	1998	475.0 ft	45.0 ft
Nash Ww Srvc	1	2021	480.0 ft	155.0 ft
Ralph A. Cadwallader Enterprises	1	1996	250.0 ft	0.0 ft
Wagner Drilling	1	1975	345.0 ft	100.0 ft
Well Owner	1	1995	185.0 ft	160.0 ft
Woofter Pump and Well, INC	1	2007	95.0 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	34	400.0 ft	190.0 ft
1980s	24	387.0 ft	182.5 ft
1990s	128	85.0 ft	74.2 ft
2000s	66	95.0 ft	70.0 ft
2010s	57	75.0 ft	55.4 ft
2020s	17	390.0 ft	240.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	147	80.0 ft
Domestic	115	380.0 ft
Irrigation	18	570.0 ft
Test hole/well	16	55.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	4	360.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	4	400.0 ft
Other	4	65.0 ft
Public Water Supply	3	350.0 ft
Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal	3	250.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	3	300.0 ft
Industrial	3	290.0 ft
Pond/Swimming Pool/Recreation	2	400.0 ft
Feedlot	1	400.0 ft
Injection well/air sparge (AS)/shallow	1	250.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	1	343.0 ft
Test Hole, Uncased	1	70.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 28S range 37W, 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
23323	1977	600.0 ft	190.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
23334	1977	600.0 ft	222.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
23322	1976	592.0 ft	234.0 ft	Irrigation	Layne-western CO
23333	1975	585.0 ft	206.0 ft	Irrigation	Layne-western CO
23341	1980	584.6 ft	267.0 ft	Irrigation	Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO
23332	1976	584.0 ft	190.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
23340	1981	581.0 ft	240.0 ft	Irrigation	Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO
312705	2000	581.0 ft	239.0 ft	Irrigation	Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
23359	1976	570.0 ft	151.0 ft	Irrigation	Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO
23339	1975	563.0 ft	220.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC

Buying or drilling in township 28S range 37W?

The median section here has moved 192.3 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 Far western Kansas. Grant County, on 100 % of 326 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

28S30W 145.7 ft
28S31W 151.9 ft
28S32W 193.9 ft
28S33W 207.3 ft
28S34W 176.7 ft
28S35W 164.1 ft
28S36W 180.1 ft
28S39W 253.9 ft
28S40W 198.8 ft
28S41W 126.2 ft
29S19W 0.8 ft
29S21W 8.6 ft
29S22W 8.3 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.