Township 29S Range 12W

24 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 2.2 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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2.2 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 29S12W

Median depth went from 81.7 ft before development to 83.9 ft — a change of 2.2 ft, over 24 of 36 sections. Deeper: 16. Shallower: 8. Sharpest fall, section 07 at 4.4 ft; largest rise, section 12 at 7.4 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 29S Range 12W — 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	80.1 ft	74.8 ft	−5.3
02	83.0 ft	81.2 ft	−1.8
03	95.3 ft	97.8 ft	+2.5
04	80.1 ft	83.9 ft	+3.8
05	74.0 ft	78.4 ft	+4.4
06	70.4 ft	74.5 ft	+4.1
07	81.7 ft	86.1 ft	+4.4
08	81.8 ft	84.9 ft	+3.1
09	72.7 ft	74.7 ft	+1.9
10	87.7 ft	86.8 ft	−0.9
11	92.2 ft	86.3 ft	−5.9
12	94.1 ft	86.7 ft	−7.4
13	87.7 ft	85.2 ft	−2.5
14	77.4 ft	74.3 ft	−3.1
15	80.2 ft	77.8 ft	−2.4
16	67.5 ft	68.2 ft	+0.7
17	76.4 ft	78.4 ft	+2.0
18	82.1 ft	85.9 ft	+3.8
19	88.7 ft	93.1 ft	+4.4
20	91.2 ft	93.3 ft	+2.1
21	74.4 ft	77.5 ft	+3.0
22	60.8 ft	63.8 ft	+3.1
23	65.0 ft	67.2 ft	+2.2
24	81.7 ft	84.1 ft	+2.4
25	—	77.9 ft	—
26	—	58.6 ft	—
27	—	77.3 ft	—
28	—	85.9 ft	—
29	—	83.0 ft	—
30	—	83.9 ft	—
31	—	82.8 ft	—
32	—	53.1 ft	—
33	—	72.0 ft	—
34	—	63.1 ft	—
35	—	53.6 ft	—
36	—	64.9 ft	—

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 29S range 12W

168 wells in township 29S range 12W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Kelly's Water Well Service, INC, 46. Oldest record, 1974. Median well 131.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (77), domestic (38), irrigation (30), domestic, livestock (12).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 29S range 12W, 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	46	1977–2018	168.0 ft	85.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	21	1976–1985	155.0 ft	82.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	15	1979–2023	190.0 ft	83.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	14	1976–2000	167.0 ft	81.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	12	2003–2025	135.0 ft	85.0 ft
4 Brothers LLC	8	2018–2025	127.0 ft	61.0 ft
Harp Well & Pump Service, INC	7	1981–1989	142.0 ft	61.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	7	1975–1976	196.0 ft	92.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	7	1980–1984	120.0 ft	80.0 ft
Hank Bruse Water Well Service	5	1976–1981	131.0 ft	84.0 ft
Lyman's, INC	4	1989–2011	122.0 ft	78.0 ft
Big Bend Gmd 5	3	1982	167.0 ft	55.8 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	2	1978	90.0 ft	63.0 ft
Crescent Services	2	2012	96.0 ft	65.0 ft
Leon Weber Well Service	2	1974–1986	108.0 ft	90.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	2	2019	190.0 ft	81.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	2	1986	143.0 ft	75.0 ft
Clt INC	1	2002	115.0 ft	75.0 ft
Dean L. Lyman, INC	1	2003	102.0 ft	67.0 ft
H-30 Drilling INC	1	1984	142.0 ft	82.0 ft
Hummon Corp	1	1981	105.0 ft	77.0 ft
Kdot	1	1997	0.0 ft	0.0 ft
Pratt Well Service	1	2014	108.0 ft	75.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	1	2011	165.0 ft	79.0 ft
Sterling Drilling CO	1	1984	125.0 ft	65.0 ft
Well Owner	1	2003	90.0 ft	70.0 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	25	168.0 ft	81.0 ft
1980s	72	155.0 ft	80.0 ft
1990s	26	170.0 ft	84.0 ft
2000s	14	167.0 ft	80.0 ft
2010s	20	148.0 ft	80.0 ft
2020s	11	129.0 ft	66.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	77	155.0 ft
Domestic	38	120.0 ft
Irrigation	30	190.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	12	123.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	6	192.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	3	190.0 ft
Test hole/well	1	220.0 ft
Pond/Swimming Pool/Recreation	1	168.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 29S range 12W, 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
48908	1975	224.0 ft	105.0 ft	Irrigation	Layne-christensen CO
301762	1998	220.0 ft	72.5 ft	Test hole/well	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
48904	1975	219.0 ft	108.0 ft	Irrigation	Layne-christensen CO
417592	2008	213.0 ft	80.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
422427	2009	213.0 ft	80.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
48931	1981	212.0 ft	90.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
118034	1997	212.0 ft	89.3 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
48899	1991	209.0 ft	80.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
301849	1998	207.0 ft	89.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
305742	1999	205.0 ft	71.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC

Buying or drilling in township 29S range 12W?

The median section here has moved 2.2 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 168 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

28S27W 77.1 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
25S21W 7.9 ft
29S11W 1.1 ft
35S42W 54.0 ft
19S12W 4.7 ft
30S25W 29.9 ft
25S23W -20.8 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.