Township 29S Range 32W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 174.0 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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174.0 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 29S32W

Median depth went from 191.1 ft before development to 368.2 ft — a change of 174.0 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 06 at 196.5 ft; the smallest fall is section 25 at 160.7 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 29S Range 32W — 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	181.2 ft	342.8 ft	+161.7
02	183.4 ft	350.1 ft	+166.7
03	186.0 ft	360.7 ft	+174.7
04	185.5 ft	370.6 ft	+185.1
05	187.6 ft	381.0 ft	+193.4
06	194.6 ft	391.1 ft	+196.5
07	196.2 ft	384.1 ft	+187.9
08	191.1 ft	378.9 ft	+187.9
09	186.1 ft	368.9 ft	+182.9
10	186.8 ft	361.4 ft	+174.5
11	180.5 ft	348.7 ft	+168.2
12	176.1 ft	341.2 ft	+165.0
13	177.1 ft	341.8 ft	+164.7
14	182.0 ft	349.5 ft	+167.6
15	192.3 ft	365.5 ft	+173.1
16	191.1 ft	369.6 ft	+178.5
17	192.4 ft	374.0 ft	+181.6
18	197.9 ft	381.1 ft	+183.2
19	198.1 ft	378.8 ft	+180.7
20	192.2 ft	370.0 ft	+177.8
21	195.2 ft	369.9 ft	+174.6
22	189.3 ft	359.6 ft	+170.3
23	183.8 ft	348.0 ft	+164.2
24	182.2 ft	343.1 ft	+160.9
25	185.8 ft	346.5 ft	+160.7
26	188.6 ft	351.5 ft	+162.9
27	191.9 ft	359.9 ft	+168.0
28	196.3 ft	368.2 ft	+171.9
29	196.1 ft	371.1 ft	+175.1
30	200.8 ft	379.7 ft	+178.8
31	208.4 ft	386.7 ft	+178.3
32	199.1 ft	373.1 ft	+174.0
33	198.2 ft	369.6 ft	+171.4
34	192.1 ft	360.7 ft	+168.6
35	187.4 ft	353.0 ft	+165.6
36	183.1 ft	347.3 ft	+164.2

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 29S range 32W

179 wells in township 29S range 32W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC, 25. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 440.0 ft deep.

Sunk for domestic (66), irrigation (43), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (43), oil field water supply (11).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 29S range 32W, 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
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	25	1990–2010	460.0 ft	330.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	20	1975–2006	494.0 ft	270.0 ft
Coranco Great Plains, INC	19	2004–2009	367.0 ft	0.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	11	2001–2007	369.0 ft	0.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC	11	2012–2024	480.0 ft	0.0 ft
Downey Drilling, INC	10	2021–2025	720.0 ft	361.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	9	2010–2022	705.0 ft	364.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	6	1984–2006	400.0 ft	331.0 ft
Southwest Windmill	6	2000–2003	400.0 ft	300.0 ft
Gspf Irrigation Service	5	2015–2017	500.0 ft	362.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO	5	2006–2022	460.0 ft	295.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	5	1983–2004	480.0 ft	334.0 ft
Associated Environmental, INC	4	2007–2012	382.0 ft	300.0 ft
Prairie Land Environmental Remed	4	1993	344.0 ft	310.0 ft
3-b Drilling	3	2023–2024	495.0 ft	345.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	3	1987–1989	440.0 ft	245.0 ft
Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair	3	2006–2007	460.0 ft	318.0 ft
Ray Cramer Drilling CO	3	2001–2002	460.0 ft	310.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	2	1998–2006	540.0 ft	304.0 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC	2	2015–2019	510.0 ft	356.0 ft
Well Owner	2	1990	437.0 ft	318.0 ft
Woofter Pump and Well, INC	2	2010	385.0 ft	0.0 ft
Almac Ent	1	2010	406.0 ft	0.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling, INC	1	1998	380.0 ft	289.0 ft
City of Sublette	1	2012	403.0 ft	0.0 ft
Clarence L. Dingus Well Service & Trenching	1	1994	250.0 ft	0.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	1	1977	389.0 ft	250.0 ft
D and D Pump, INC	1	2003	400.0 ft	350.0 ft
Donald R. Dunham Drilling, INC	1	2010	435.0 ft	305.0 ft
Dunham Drilling, INC	1	2014	435.0 ft	330.0 ft
Environmental Priority Service, INC	1	2015	445.0 ft	435.0 ft
Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair	1	1991	462.0 ft	302.0 ft
L & N Pump	1	2025	640.0 ft	391.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	1	1980	472.0 ft	218.0 ft
Layne-western	1	1975	400.0 ft	207.0 ft
Maxim Tech./kansas City	1	1994	360.0 ft	302.0 ft
Mh Drilling	1	2026	496.0 ft	384.0 ft
Smith Irrigation INC	1	2025	370.0 ft	0.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC	1	1989	420.0 ft	310.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC	1	2013	490.0 ft	250.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	1	2014	445.0 ft	435.0 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	12	471.0 ft	250.0 ft
1980s	13	440.0 ft	280.0 ft
1990s	18	437.0 ft	300.0 ft
2000s	77	400.0 ft	309.6 ft
2010s	37	500.0 ft	330.0 ft
2020s	22	640.0 ft	356.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Domestic	66	460.0 ft
Irrigation	43	520.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	43	369.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	11	440.0 ft
Public Water Supply	7	685.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	3	504.0 ft
Recovery/Soil Vapor Extraction/Soil Vent	2	126.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	2	510.0 ft
Geothermal, Closed Loop, Vertical	1	240.0 ft
Industrial	1	704.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 29S range 32W, 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
1057086803	2025	750.0 ft	361.0 ft	Irrigation	Downey Drilling, INC
1055221157	2024	748.0 ft	373.0 ft	Irrigation	Downey Drilling, INC
500974	2016	745.0 ft	374.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
1052888136	2022	731.0 ft	356.0 ft	Irrigation	Downey Drilling, INC
28712	1984	728.0 ft	285.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
463078	2012	725.0 ft	348.0 ft	Public Water Supply	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
1052899211	2022	725.0 ft	350.0 ft	Irrigation	Downey Drilling, INC
1055864604	2024	720.0 ft	384.0 ft	Irrigation	Downey Drilling, INC
449781	2011	718.0 ft	350.0 ft	Public Water Supply	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
28722	1985	713.0 ft	285.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC

Buying or drilling in township 29S range 32W?

The median section here has moved 174.0 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. Haskell County, on 100 % of 179 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

29S22W 8.3 ft
29S24W 20.4 ft
29S25W 34.4 ft
29S26W 71.9 ft
29S29W 115.3 ft
29S30W 136.2 ft
29S31W 155.1 ft
29S33W 191.9 ft
29S34W 184.5 ft
29S35W 159.5 ft
29S36W 192.9 ft
29S37W 207.5 ft
29S38W 205.8 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.