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Township 29S Range 34W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 184.5 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections
36Measured
184.5 ftMedian change
HaskellCounty

What has happened in township 29S34W

Median depth went from 203.8 ft before development to 387.8 ft — a change of 184.5 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 01 at 215.9 ft; the smallest fall is section 06 at 162.2 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 29S Range 34W — 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.Before2022–24Change
01185.4 ft401.3 ft+215.9
02189.9 ft402.9 ft+213.0
03201.7 ft406.0 ft+204.3
04212.8 ft403.0 ft+190.3
05209.6 ft385.8 ft+176.2
06210.0 ft372.1 ft+162.2
07222.8 ft390.9 ft+168.1
08211.9 ft391.1 ft+179.2
09206.6 ft393.3 ft+186.7
10196.1 ft391.8 ft+195.7
11183.9 ft387.7 ft+203.8
12182.5 ft391.3 ft+208.9
13186.2 ft385.9 ft+199.7
14184.7 ft380.8 ft+196.2
15193.3 ft383.9 ft+190.6
16200.5 ft387.8 ft+187.2
17210.1 ft395.3 ft+185.1
18222.9 ft400.0 ft+177.2
19218.9 ft394.4 ft+175.4
20207.0 ft390.4 ft+183.4
21197.9 ft385.3 ft+187.4
22188.8 ft377.3 ft+188.5
23188.3 ft378.4 ft+190.1
24191.6 ft383.2 ft+191.6
25203.8 ft388.3 ft+184.5
26198.2 ft382.0 ft+183.8
27192.9 ft376.4 ft+183.5
28201.7 ft383.7 ft+182.0
29213.5 ft390.6 ft+177.1
30223.7 ft391.6 ft+167.9
31222.4 ft385.4 ft+163.0
32218.8 ft387.1 ft+168.4
33206.7 ft381.1 ft+174.4
34203.8 ft379.3 ft+175.5
35210.5 ft387.2 ft+176.6
36212.6 ft390.4 ft+177.8

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 29S range 34W

194 wells in township 29S range 34W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC, 44. Oldest record, 1974. Median well 510.0 ft deep.

Sunk for monitoring well/observation/piezometer (70), oil field water supply (46), irrigation (46), domestic (15).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 29S range 34W, 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 recordWellsYearsMedian depthMedian water level
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC441976–2010587.0 ft295.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC321995–2004399.0 ft321.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC301977–2009405.0 ft300.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC211991–2004480.0 ft320.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC181974–1986426.0 ft310.0 ft
Martin's Well Service172016402.0 ft354.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC51994–1996400.0 ft330.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #14532022620.0 ft417.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC32012–2016630.0 ft439.0 ft
Southwest Windmill32001253.0 ft0.0 ft
Downey Drilling, Inc. #74822021650.0 ft442.0 ft
Gigot Irrigation21993–1994400.0 ft359.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO22010–2015550.0 ft390.0 ft
K.i. Drilling CO21976570.0 ft261.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC21975–1990460.0 ft328.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO11976500.0 ft261.0 ft
Dwayne Wagner, Wagner Drilling11977510.0 ft290.0 ft
Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO11977515.0 ft245.0 ft
Gt Water Well Drlg12025257.0 ft0.0 ft
High Plains Drilling & Supply11975560.0 ft285.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #14512021671.0 ft370.0 ft
Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC12021570.0 ft395.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC12014567.0 ft354.0 ft
Wells by decade drilled, with the median depth reached and the median water level the driller measured on arrival.
DecadeWellsMedian depthMedian level
1970s17568.0 ft278.0 ft
1980s48426.0 ft290.0 ft
1990s41460.0 ft308.0 ft
2000s52400.0 ft322.0 ft
2010s28421.0 ft355.0 ft
2020s8623.0 ft414.0 ft
What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
PurposeWellsMedian depth
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer70400.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply46447.0 ft
Irrigation46629.0 ft
Domestic15500.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Recovery5420.0 ft
Dewatering5408.0 ft
Other2373.0 ft
Recharge Well2360.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock2570.0 ft
Recovery/Soil Vapor Extraction/Soil Vent1395.0 ft
The ten deepest wells on record in township 29S range 34W, 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.
RecordYearDepthWater levelPurposeDriller
3487492004685.0 ft348.0 ftIrrigationRichard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
288201980673.0 ft272.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
5477252021671.0 ft370.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145
288401987670.0 ft297.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
4966902016669.0 ft386.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
1086001996664.0 ft335.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
3984452006660.0 ft362.0 ftDomesticHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
3349512002652.0 ft345.0 ftIrrigationRichard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
3879262006652.0 ft380.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
288141976650.0 ft310.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC

Buying or drilling in township 29S range 34W?

The median section here has moved 184.5 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 194 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

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.