Township 29S Range 13W

30 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 2.9 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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2.9 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 29S13W

Median depth went from 82.4 ft before development to 83.0 ft — a change of 2.9 ft, over 30 of 36 sections. Deeper: 25. Shallower: 4. Sharpest fall, section 26 at 10.3 ft; largest rise, section 06 at 3.1 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 29S Range 13W — 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	77.9 ft	80.9 ft	+3.0
02	80.1 ft	82.9 ft	+2.9
03	88.7 ft	89.8 ft	+1.0
04	82.4 ft	81.1 ft	−1.2
05	89.5 ft	87.7 ft	−1.7
06	97.9 ft	94.8 ft	−3.1
07	93.8 ft	93.1 ft	−0.7
08	83.4 ft	84.1 ft	+0.7
09	61.4 ft	63.4 ft	+2.0
10	74.3 ft	78.7 ft	+4.4
11	88.7 ft	93.9 ft	+5.2
12	84.8 ft	89.8 ft	+5.0
13	89.5 ft	94.3 ft	+4.7
14	77.4 ft	83.0 ft	+5.6
15	49.1 ft	53.1 ft	+4.0
16	76.4 ft	78.9 ft	+2.5
17	90.2 ft	91.7 ft	+1.5
18	92.4 ft	92.3 ft	0
19	82.8 ft	83.9 ft	+1.1
20	84.0 ft	86.3 ft	+2.4
21	78.3 ft	81.9 ft	+3.6
22	45.8 ft	51.7 ft	+5.8
23	55.9 ft	63.1 ft	+7.1
24	90.3 ft	97.2 ft	+6.9
25	—	81.1 ft	—
26	38.1 ft	48.5 ft	+10.3
27	40.2 ft	48.7 ft	+8.4
28	54.7 ft	60.1 ft	+5.3
29	84.2 ft	86.5 ft	+2.3
30	71.5 ft	72.5 ft	+1.0
31	53.1 ft	55.4 ft	+2.3
32	—	91.5 ft	—
33	—	54.4 ft	—
34	—	8.8 ft	—
35	—	29.7 ft	—
36	—	54.5 ft	—

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 29S range 13W

224 wells in township 29S range 13W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Kelly's Water Well Service, INC, 57. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 136.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (123), domestic (38), domestic, livestock (19), irrigation (17).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 29S range 13W, 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	57	1975–2010	158.0 ft	80.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	34	1976–2019	170.0 ft	85.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	21	1977–1986	140.0 ft	78.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	14	1986–1994	136.0 ft	68.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	12	2002–2020	135.0 ft	80.0 ft
Lyman's, INC	12	1975–2014	100.0 ft	72.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	12	1980–1983	120.0 ft	79.0 ft
Crowdis Ww Srvc	10	2020–2023	124.0 ft	64.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	8	1975–1979	140.0 ft	80.0 ft
Big Bend Gmd 5	7	1982–1983	165.0 ft	71.2 ft
Hank Bruse Water Well Service	5	1976–1982	65.0 ft	29.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	4	1986–2001	236.0 ft	100.0 ft
Geocore, INC	4	1995	85.0 ft	68.5 ft
Dean L. Lyman, INC	3	2002–2008	82.0 ft	42.5 ft
H-30 Drilling INC	3	1984–1987	140.0 ft	79.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	3	1975–1985	192.0 ft	73.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	3	1992–2011	143.0 ft	70.0 ft
Carl Hayse Water Well Service	2	1992–1993	110.0 ft	50.0 ft
Clt INC	2	2005–2006	100.0 ft	50.0 ft
Dal Wells Drilling CO	2	1994–1996	157.0 ft	84.0 ft
Peterson Irrigation, INC	2	1990–2012	195.0 ft	93.0 ft
4 Brothers LLC	1	2022	128.0 ft	75.0 ft
Heartland Drilling INC	1	1985	165.0 ft	100.0 ft
Larsen and Associates, INC	1	2013	59.2 ft	0.0 ft
Leon Weber Well Service	1	1978	100.0 ft	85.0 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	40	145.0 ft	77.0 ft
1980s	90	140.0 ft	77.0 ft
1990s	45	148.0 ft	78.0 ft
2000s	18	123.0 ft	84.0 ft
2010s	18	143.0 ft	85.0 ft
2020s	12	128.0 ft	64.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	123	143.0 ft
Domestic	38	103.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	19	124.0 ft
Irrigation	17	195.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	17	86.0 ft
Test hole/well	8	214.0 ft
Domestic, changed from Oil Field Water Supply	1	64.0 ft
Other	1	152.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 29S range 13W, 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
326232	2001	237.0 ft	100.0 ft	Irrigation	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
118002	1997	236.0 ft	97.8 ft	Test hole/well	Clarke Well and Equipment, INC
116521	1997	234.0 ft	97.6 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
49064	1979	230.0 ft	85.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
116518	1997	230.0 ft	100.0 ft	Test hole/well	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
116516	1997	224.0 ft	95.0 ft	Test hole/well	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
322530	2001	221.0 ft	93.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
313211	2000	216.0 ft	70.2 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
49016	1987	215.0 ft	100.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	H-30 Drilling INC
49017	1987	215.0 ft	100.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC

Buying or drilling in township 29S range 13W?

The median section here has moved 2.9 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 Central and western Kansas. Pratt County, on 100 % of 224 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

24S19W 3.9 ft
29S10W 0.0 ft
24S18W 14.5 ft
30S10W -3.0 ft
16S25W 0.0 ft
29S42W 114.7 ft
32S18W -137.2 ft
31S26W 21.3 ft
10S26W -15.2 ft
31S18W -89.3 ft
23S17W 11.2 ft
28S27W 77.1 ft
29S14W 1.7 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.