ks-water-table

Township 29S Range 35W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 159.5 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections
36Measured
159.5 ftMedian change
GrantCounty

What has happened in township 29S35W

Median depth went from 182.6 ft before development to 331.8 ft — a change of 159.5 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 33 at 193.3 ft; the smallest fall is section 05 at 133.1 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 29S Range 35W — 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
01216.6 ft367.4 ft+150.8
02209.2 ft356.6 ft+147.4
03199.5 ft344.4 ft+144.9
04192.4 ft331.8 ft+139.4
05188.3 ft321.4 ft+133.1
06172.1 ft305.2 ft+133.1
07146.1 ft286.1 ft+140.0
08176.5 ft318.2 ft+141.7
09182.6 ft327.9 ft+145.2
10193.6 ft342.8 ft+149.2
11216.1 ft365.9 ft+149.8
12225.4 ft377.7 ft+152.3
13233.7 ft396.5 ft+162.7
14228.5 ft387.4 ft+158.9
15193.3 ft352.0 ft+158.7
16171.7 ft327.8 ft+156.0
17170.0 ft325.9 ft+155.9
18140.6 ft298.4 ft+157.8
19134.3 ft311.4 ft+177.1
20139.4 ft312.7 ft+173.3
21150.6 ft321.6 ft+171.0
22181.7 ft349.5 ft+167.9
23227.2 ft391.7 ft+164.5
24234.2 ft400.5 ft+166.3
25234.8 ft394.3 ft+159.5
26215.9 ft380.6 ft+164.8
27167.5 ft342.8 ft+175.3
2890.5 ft277.3 ft+186.8
2970.0 ft257.8 ft+187.8
30107.5 ft297.9 ft+190.4
3142.3 ft230.3 ft+188.0
3228.7 ft220.8 ft+192.0
3358.5 ft251.7 ft+193.3
34157.0 ft329.9 ft+172.9
35216.8 ft378.2 ft+161.4
36229.5 ft387.9 ft+158.3

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 29S range 35W

94 wells in township 29S range 35W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC, 17. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 490.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (44), domestic (17), industrial (10), oil field water supply (10).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 29S range 35W, 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. INC171976–2009611.0 ft325.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC131977–2002505.0 ft250.0 ft
Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO101976–1997503.0 ft258.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC91990–2010460.0 ft285.0 ft
Downey Drilling, INC72018–2025688.0 ft382.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC42012–2019672.0 ft376.0 ft
K.i. Drilling CO41975510.0 ft267.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well INC31999340.0 ft285.2 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC21976–1977400.0 ft300.0 ft
Martin's Well Service22013553.0 ft375.0 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC22019–2026700.0 ft386.0 ft
Prairie Land Environmental Remed21995366.0 ft191.0 ft
Sand Creek Consultants, INC22015361.0 ft0.0 ft
Southwest Windmill22001310.0 ft0.0 ft
Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC22021460.0 ft267.0 ft
Well Owner21996–2002442.0 ft369.0 ft
Woofter Pump and Well, INC22008350.0 ft0.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service12001490.0 ft335.0 ft
Dwayne Wagner, Wagner Drilling11975340.0 ft210.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #14512025665.0 ft400.0 ft
Kenny Martin12026385.0 ft0.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC12001639.0 ft360.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well12019435.0 ft319.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC11989520.0 ft320.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC12013580.0 ft347.0 ft
Webber Supply11990317.0 ft296.0 ft
Wells by decade drilled, with the median depth reached and the median water level the driller measured on arrival.
DecadeWellsMedian depthMedian level
1970s18470.0 ft267.0 ft
1980s11507.0 ft296.0 ft
1990s24460.0 ft300.0 ft
2000s17460.0 ft314.0 ft
2010s13553.0 ft366.0 ft
2020s11665.0 ft371.0 ft
What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
PurposeWellsMedian depth
Irrigation44611.0 ft
Domestic17460.0 ft
Industrial10463.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply10460.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer6350.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock5460.0 ft
Heat Pump (Closed Loop/Disposal), Geothermal1248.0 ft
Test Hole, Uncased1420.0 ft
The ten deepest wells on record in township 29S range 35W, 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
5252552019740.0 ft372.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
10558650642024700.0 ft371.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drilling, INC
10572546432026700.0 ft386.0 ftDomesticNash Water Well Service, LLC
10529576242022694.0 ft366.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drilling, INC
10558642042024690.0 ft383.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drilling, INC
10558652732024688.0 ft382.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drilling, INC
5177492018674.0 ft389.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drilling, INC
4723872013672.0 ft366.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
10570227572025665.0 ft400.0 ftIrrigationHydro Res. Mid Continent #145
234621987660.0 ft339.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC

Buying or drilling in township 29S range 35W?

The median section here has moved 159.5 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. Grant County, on 100 % of 94 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.