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Township 29S Range 39W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 247.4 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections
36Measured
247.4 ftMedian change
StantonCounty

What has happened in township 29S39W

Median depth went from 76.8 ft before development to 324.5 ft — a change of 247.4 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 19 at 276.0 ft; the smallest fall is section 12 at 207.6 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 29S Range 39W — 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
0142.0 ft258.5 ft+216.5
0258.2 ft288.7 ft+230.5
0376.7 ft322.8 ft+246.1
0484.4 ft343.3 ft+258.8
0578.6 ft348.4 ft+269.9
0681.8 ft355.0 ft+273.2
0786.8 ft360.7 ft+273.9
0890.0 ft359.3 ft+269.3
0983.3 ft340.5 ft+257.2
1076.5 ft319.0 ft+242.5
1160.2 ft285.8 ft+225.6
1255.7 ft263.3 ft+207.6
1363.4 ft272.6 ft+209.1
1470.7 ft296.2 ft+225.5
1576.8 ft318.8 ft+242.0
1682.3 ft339.7 ft+257.4
1789.6 ft359.6 ft+270.0
1898.3 ft373.1 ft+274.7
1995.8 ft371.8 ft+276.0
2086.6 ft356.3 ft+269.7
2174.3 ft330.2 ft+255.9
2261.6 ft303.9 ft+242.4
2353.6 ft281.6 ft+227.9
2452.8 ft267.7 ft+214.9
2539.9 ft261.2 ft+221.3
2670.8 ft301.4 ft+230.6
2776.8 ft318.3 ft+241.6
2872.8 ft324.5 ft+251.7
2981.1 ft341.4 ft+260.3
3084.5 ft344.5 ft+260.1
31101.3 ft349.8 ft+248.5
3286.5 ft338.3 ft+251.8
3378.9 ft326.4 ft+247.4
3472.6 ft313.1 ft+240.5
3560.7 ft292.9 ft+232.2
3654.3 ft277.1 ft+222.9

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 29S range 39W

89 wells in township 29S range 39W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC, 18. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 475.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (56), domestic (12), oil field water supply (9), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (9).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 29S range 39W, 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
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC182011–2026560.0 ft345.0 ft
Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO91976–1983403.8 ft146.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC91976–2000455.0 ft202.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC71988–2010400.0 ft237.0 ft
Coranco Great Plains, INC52008179.0 ft139.2 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC41988–2010553.0 ft309.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #14532023–2025551.0 ft364.0 ft
Western Sprinklers INC32013470.0 ft360.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC31999173.0 ft137.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC21988–1989360.0 ft180.0 ft
Donald Fulton Drilling CO21987–1990548.0 ft230.0 ft
Downey Drlg #74822023630.0 ft386.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #54822024611.0 ft392.0 ft
James Ray Smith Pump Service21979–1982505.0 ft195.0 ft
Nash Ww Srvc22020–2025600.0 ft413.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC21988–2000477.0 ft242.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC22022–2024545.0 ft365.0 ft
Webber Supply21990500.0 ft240.0 ft
Albert Consturction Co., INC12005548.0 ft230.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service12002400.0 ft193.0 ft
Dreiling, INC11975475.0 ft186.0 ft
Dwayne Wagner, Wagner Drilling11976315.0 ft120.0 ft
Emj Farms INC12008393.0 ft325.0 ft
K.i. Drilling CO11975412.0 ft190.0 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC12025540.0 ft342.0 ft
Well Owner12014340.0 ft308.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well INC11999180.0 ft140.5 ft
Woofter Pump & Well,inc11999175.0 ft119.6 ft
Wells by decade drilled, with the median depth reached and the median water level the driller measured on arrival.
DecadeWellsMedian depthMedian level
1970s13412.0 ft175.0 ft
1980s11409.0 ft146.0 ft
1990s15380.0 ft230.0 ft
2000s14400.0 ft220.0 ft
2010s20533.0 ft324.0 ft
2020s17551.0 ft364.0 ft
What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
PurposeWellsMedian depth
Irrigation56541.0 ft
Domestic12400.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply9380.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer9179.0 ft
Industrial1505.0 ft
Recovery/Soil Vapor Extraction/Soil Vent165.9 ft
Domestic, Livestock1480.0 ft
Feedlot1460.0 ft
The ten deepest wells on record in township 29S range 39W, 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
4689372013647.0 ft362.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
10532776982023630.0 ft378.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drlg #748
10532780292023630.0 ft386.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drlg #748
5028322016621.0 ft346.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
10554583742024611.0 ft368.0 ftIrrigationHydro Res. Mid Continent #548
4887512015602.0 ft350.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
10566591072025600.0 ft413.0 ftDomesticNash Ww Srvc
10553993422024584.0 ft392.0 ftIrrigationHydro Res. Mid Continent #548
4785012014583.0 ft316.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
4716582013579.0 ft352.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC

Buying or drilling in township 29S range 39W?

The median section here has moved 247.4 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. Stanton County, on 100 % of 90 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.