Township 29S Range 26W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 71.9 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 29S26W

Median depth went from 45.5 ft before development to 133.0 ft — a change of 71.9 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 31 at 109.7 ft; the smallest fall is section 25 at 33.4 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 29S Range 26W — 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	99.6 ft	152.5 ft	+52.9
02	110.9 ft	168.9 ft	+58.0
03	87.0 ft	151.4 ft	+64.4
04	85.1 ft	157.0 ft	+71.9
05	107.5 ft	191.4 ft	+83.9
06	83.7 ft	186.4 ft	+102.7
07	84.9 ft	184.7 ft	+99.8
08	92.7 ft	178.5 ft	+85.8
09	69.9 ft	143.6 ft	+73.7
10	70.4 ft	135.2 ft	+64.9
11	76.0 ft	133.0 ft	+57.0
12	76.2 ft	127.5 ft	+51.2
13	45.5 ft	91.8 ft	+46.3
14	44.8 ft	97.7 ft	+52.9
15	44.2 ft	106.0 ft	+61.8
16	63.2 ft	136.0 ft	+72.7
17	76.1 ft	161.6 ft	+85.6
18	78.9 ft	174.3 ft	+95.3
19	66.7 ft	162.3 ft	+95.6
20	55.6 ft	146.0 ft	+90.4
21	37.2 ft	113.8 ft	+76.6
22	23.4 ft	85.4 ft	+62.0
23	23.0 ft	71.8 ft	+48.7
24	30.2 ft	69.0 ft	+38.9
25	27.7 ft	61.1 ft	+33.4
26	6.4 ft	52.3 ft	+45.8
27	3.2 ft	68.2 ft	+65.0
28	9.7 ft	93.5 ft	+83.8
29	25.5 ft	124.0 ft	+98.5
30	42.5 ft	144.0 ft	+101.5
31	28.5 ft	138.2 ft	+109.7
32	8.4 ft	116.3 ft	+107.9
33	6.8 ft	101.2 ft	+94.4
34	0.0 ft	68.6 ft	≥ +68.6
35	10.2 ft	60.3 ft	+50.1
36	34.0 ft	70.0 ft	+35.9

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 29S range 26W

81 wells in township 29S range 26W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC, 11. Oldest record, 1974. Median well 220.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (48), domestic (24), domestic, livestock (4), feedlot (3).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 29S range 26W, 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
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	11	1985–2005	266.0 ft	90.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	9	1981–2014	260.0 ft	103.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling, INC	8	1978–2002	220.0 ft	78.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	8	2012–2025	372.0 ft	141.0 ft
Ace-hi International, INC	5	1974–1979	284.0 ft	49.0 ft
Merle Cragg Water Well Drlg	5	1976–1983	200.0 ft	74.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC	5	2011–2013	147.0 ft	93.0 ft
Joe's Well Service, INC	4	1977–2000	220.0 ft	75.0 ft
Michael Woofter Drlg. INC	4	1976–1977	210.0 ft	60.0 ft
Well Owner	4	1990–1999	196.0 ft	96.0 ft
Donald R. Dunham Drilling, INC	3	2001	190.0 ft	60.0 ft
Albert & Roland Brau Drlg Co., INC	2	1975–1976	255.0 ft	35.0 ft
Allen & Rawlins Drlg CO	2	1975	280.0 ft	40.0 ft
Downey Drilling, INC	2	2020–2025	310.0 ft	118.0 ft
Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair	2	1998	120.0 ft	73.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well LLC	2	2011–2014	315.0 ft	124.0 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC	2	2015	240.0 ft	128.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	1	1984	140.0 ft	53.0 ft
Ford County Planning, Zoning & Env. Health	1	2009	0.0 ft	0.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC	1	1983	200.0 ft	60.0 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	20	220.0 ft	60.0 ft
1980s	10	195.0 ft	76.0 ft
1990s	19	220.0 ft	87.0 ft
2000s	8	235.0 ft	78.0 ft
2010s	18	240.0 ft	115.0 ft
2020s	6	382.0 ft	143.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Irrigation	48	266.0 ft
Domestic	24	200.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	4	230.0 ft
Feedlot	3	206.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	2	260.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 29S range 26W, 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
464681	2013	600.0 ft	132.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
1057022845	2025	421.0 ft	141.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
1054813696	2023	416.0 ft	153.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
1056884862	2025	382.0 ft	147.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
21320	1994	373.0 ft	106.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
1054813731	2023	372.0 ft	143.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
21319	1989	366.0 ft	104.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
472398	2013	365.0 ft	122.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
464682	2013	350.0 ft	116.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
452497	2011	315.0 ft	124.0 ft	Feedlot	Jantzen Water Well LLC

Buying or drilling in township 29S range 26W?

The median section here has moved 71.9 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. Ford County, on 100 % of 81 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

28S40W 198.8 ft
28S41W 126.2 ft
29S19W 0.8 ft
29S21W 8.6 ft
29S22W 8.3 ft
29S24W 20.4 ft
29S25W 34.4 ft
29S29W 115.3 ft
29S30W 136.2 ft
29S31W 155.1 ft
29S32W 174.0 ft
29S33W 191.9 ft
29S34W 184.5 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.