Township 29S Range 11W

23 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 1.1 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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1.1 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 29S11W

Median depth went from 54.2 ft before development to 53.1 ft — a change of 1.1 ft, over 23 of 36 sections. Deeper: 14. Shallower: 8. Sharpest fall, section 16 at 4.4 ft; largest rise, section 13 at 7.3 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 29S Range 11W — 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	56.8 ft	53.1 ft	−3.6
02	62.0 ft	63.1 ft	+1.1
03	57.7 ft	59.0 ft	+1.3
04	54.2 ft	57.0 ft	+2.8
05	46.6 ft	46.4 ft	0
06	61.7 ft	57.4 ft	−4.3
07	80.3 ft	76.6 ft	−3.7
08	62.3 ft	63.1 ft	+0.8
09	62.0 ft	65.6 ft	+3.6
10	43.4 ft	46.8 ft	+3.4
11	39.7 ft	42.2 ft	+2.5
12	54.3 ft	48.1 ft	−6.2
13	29.2 ft	21.9 ft	−7.3
14	22.8 ft	24.5 ft	+1.7
15	40.9 ft	43.8 ft	+2.9
16	41.3 ft	45.7 ft	+4.4
17	48.7 ft	49.6 ft	+0.8
18	68.8 ft	68.0 ft	−0.8
19	70.7 ft	72.9 ft	+2.2
20	63.5 ft	65.1 ft	+1.6
21	51.3 ft	54.9 ft	+3.6
22	—	41.8 ft	—
23	—	31.8 ft	—
24	30.7 ft	25.2 ft	−5.5
25	41.5 ft	35.4 ft	−6.2
26	—	33.6 ft	—
27	—	61.5 ft	—
28	—	65.0 ft	—
29	—	65.8 ft	—
30	—	76.2 ft	—
31	—	73.5 ft	—
32	—	60.5 ft	—
33	—	61.7 ft	—
34	—	55.2 ft	—
35	—	53.6 ft	—
36	—	38.4 ft	—

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 29S range 11W

177 wells in township 29S range 11W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Kelly's Water Well Service, INC, 31. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 120.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (86), irrigation (33), domestic (26), domestic, livestock (15).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 29S range 11W, 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	31	1978–2010	120.0 ft	55.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	21	1975–1979	97.0 ft	47.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	14	1975–2014	132.0 ft	52.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	13	1977–1985	98.0 ft	42.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	12	1975–2014	171.0 ft	62.2 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	11	1980–1986	90.0 ft	39.0 ft
Lyman's, INC	10	1975–2009	93.0 ft	64.0 ft
Big Bend Gmd 5	9	1980–1983	155.0 ft	44.7 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	9	2015–2018	138.0 ft	65.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	8	1989–1994	109.0 ft	45.0 ft
Leon Weber Well Service	7	1978–1992	80.0 ft	38.0 ft
4 Brothers LLC	6	2017–2025	120.0 ft	40.0 ft
Peterson Irrigation, INC	6	1989–1996	120.0 ft	41.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	3	1975–1976	164.0 ft	56.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	3	2005–2008	120.0 ft	63.1 ft
Curtis J. Weninger Irrigation	2	2003	124.0 ft	54.0 ft
Dean L. Lyman, INC	2	2001–2005	172.0 ft	59.0 ft
Mike Flowers Drilling & Pump Service	2	1992	145.0 ft	39.0 ft
Crescent Services	1	2015	160.0 ft	65.0 ft
Dal Wells Drilling CO	1	1975	125.0 ft	42.0 ft
Duke Drilling CO	1	1991	119.0 ft	68.0 ft
Harp Well & Pump Service, INC	1	1988	95.0 ft	41.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	1	2022	122.0 ft	39.0 ft
Sterling Drilling CO	1	1984	105.0 ft	60.0 ft
Well Owner	1	1995	60.0 ft	30.0 ft
White and Ellis Drilling	1	1994	109.0 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	53	105.0 ft	47.0 ft
1980s	63	100.0 ft	42.0 ft
1990s	28	119.0 ft	53.0 ft
2000s	9	120.6 ft	56.0 ft
2010s	19	135.0 ft	65.0 ft
2020s	5	106.0 ft	40.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	86	105.0 ft
Irrigation	33	139.0 ft
Domestic	26	95.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	15	106.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	11	169.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	3	120.0 ft
Pond/Swimming Pool/Recreation	2	124.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	1	138.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 29S range 11W, 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
301848	1998	204.0 ft	77.6 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
48776	1982	199.0 ft	49.7 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Big Bend Gmd 5
48759	1982	197.0 ft	46.9 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Big Bend Gmd 5
48863	1976	186.0 ft	67.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
48864	1983	185.0 ft	85.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
111313	1996	184.0 ft	62.2 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
48869	1990	183.0 ft	65.0 ft	Domestic	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
439294	1998	183.0 ft	62.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
48878	1976	180.0 ft	56.0 ft	Irrigation	Layne-christensen CO
484771	2014	180.0 ft	70.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC

Buying or drilling in township 29S range 11W?

The median section here has moved 1.1 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. Pratt County, on 100 % of 177 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

19S13W 2.3 ft
26S23W 36.5 ft
29S27W 116.7 ft
34S43W 31.0 ft
32S41W 38.6 ft
29S12W 2.2 ft
25S21W 7.9 ft
35S42W 54.0 ft
19S12W 4.7 ft
30S25W 29.9 ft
25S23W -20.8 ft
35S33W 57.2 ft
35S36W 92.6 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.