Township 30S Range 10W

33 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has risen 3.0 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections

33Measured

-3.0 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 30S10W

Median depth went from 39.2 ft before development to 39.3 ft — a change of -3.0 ft, over 33 of 36 sections. Deeper: 11. Shallower: 22. Sharpest fall, section 20 at 7.6 ft; largest rise, section 35 at 17.0 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 30S Range 10W — 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	21.5 ft	5.3 ft	−16.2
02	21.2 ft	6.5 ft	−14.7
03	—	0.0 ft	—
04	—	14.1 ft	—
05	—	42.4 ft	—
06	52.0 ft	49.8 ft	−2.2
07	54.9 ft	56.5 ft	+1.6
08	44.4 ft	45.7 ft	+1.3
09	45.7 ft	44.6 ft	−1.1
10	39.2 ft	34.1 ft	−5.1
11	50.5 ft	43.3 ft	−7.2
12	48.1 ft	40.5 ft	−7.6
13	64.2 ft	62.4 ft	−1.8
14	54.8 ft	51.3 ft	−3.5
15	55.8 ft	54.7 ft	−1.0
16	35.3 ft	39.3 ft	+4.0
17	49.7 ft	54.9 ft	+5.2
18	52.0 ft	55.5 ft	+3.5
19	47.7 ft	51.7 ft	+3.9
20	42.6 ft	50.2 ft	+7.6
21	45.7 ft	51.3 ft	+5.6
22	38.9 ft	37.7 ft	−1.2
23	45.1 ft	40.9 ft	−4.2
24	43.3 ft	40.3 ft	−3.0
25	18.5 ft	9.1 ft	−9.4
26	24.2 ft	14.7 ft	−9.5
27	23.9 ft	17.3 ft	−6.5
28	30.6 ft	31.3 ft	+0.7
29	31.5 ft	35.5 ft	+4.0
30	31.4 ft	35.4 ft	+4.1
31	23.1 ft	15.0 ft	−8.2
32	22.3 ft	12.4 ft	−9.9
33	19.5 ft	7.1 ft	−12.4
34	15.7 ft	0.0 ft	≥ −15.7
35	17.0 ft	0.0 ft	≥ −17.0
36	10.4 ft	0.0 ft	≥ −10.4

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 30S range 10W

137 wells in township 30S range 10W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Leon Weber Well Service, 33. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 98.0 ft deep.

Sunk for domestic (71), oil field water supply (24), irrigation (22), domestic, livestock (12).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 30S range 10W, 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
Leon Weber Well Service	33	1975–1997	60.0 ft	30.0 ft
Dean L. Lyman, INC	28	1977–2010	62.0 ft	22.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	13	1976–1986	120.0 ft	38.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	13	1978–1988	120.0 ft	35.0 ft
Lyman's, INC	10	1999–2019	92.0 ft	42.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	7	1976–2012	105.0 ft	45.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	5	2010–2018	93.0 ft	27.0 ft
Peterson Irrigation, INC	5	1986–1995	96.0 ft	14.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent	3	2019–2024	135.0 ft	45.0 ft
Wade Ewbank, INC	3	1992	82.0 ft	10.0 ft
4 Brothers LLC	2	2017–2023	100.0 ft	26.0 ft
Charles C. Myers Water Well Service	2	1977–1978	105.0 ft	80.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	2	1976	167.0 ft	56.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	2	2012	154.0 ft	50.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Ent., INC	2	2020	90.0 ft	39.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	1	1985	124.0 ft	23.0 ft
D.r. Lauck Oil Co., INC	1	1984	100.0 ft	35.0 ft
Dal Wells Drilling CO	1	1976	84.0 ft	56.0 ft
L & L Drilling	1	1981	70.0 ft	42.0 ft
Pratt Well Service	1	2013	64.0 ft	41.0 ft
Steven P Hellman	1	1993	98.0 ft	20.0 ft
Twyla Day	1	1994	56.0 ft	23.0 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	27	100.0 ft	35.0 ft
1980s	32	94.0 ft	30.0 ft
1990s	34	70.0 ft	30.0 ft
2000s	15	62.0 ft	19.0 ft
2010s	24	100.0 ft	34.0 ft
2020s	5	92.0 ft	39.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Domestic	71	62.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	24	113.0 ft
Irrigation	22	120.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	12	80.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	3	82.0 ft
Other	2	134.0 ft
Industrial	1	80.0 ft
Feedlot	1	60.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	1	64.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 30S range 10W, 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
33297	1978	180.0 ft	53.0 ft	Irrigation	Central Well & Pump, INC
452510	2011	174.0 ft	65.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC
33322	1976	167.0 ft	56.0 ft	Irrigation	Layne-christensen CO
1055125098	2024	166.0 ft	53.0 ft	Irrigation	Rosencrantz-bemis Ent
33319	1978	165.0 ft	48.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
33277	1984	155.0 ft	80.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Kelly's Water Well Service, INC
468119	2013	155.0 ft	42.0 ft	Domestic	Lyman's, INC
462840	2012	154.0 ft	50.0 ft	Domestic	Pratt Well Service, INC
33286	1976	150.0 ft	45.0 ft	Irrigation	Central Well & Pump, INC
33271	1979	148.0 ft	45.0 ft	Irrigation	Central Well & Pump, INC

Buying or drilling in township 30S range 10W?

The median section here has moved -3.0 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 Central and western Kansas. Kingman County, on 100 % of 137 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

18S28W 17.5 ft
22S16W 11.1 ft
26S24W 34.3 ft
18S40W 22.2 ft
24S19W 3.9 ft
29S10W 0.0 ft
24S18W 14.5 ft
16S25W 0.0 ft
29S42W 114.7 ft
32S18W -137.2 ft
29S13W 2.9 ft
31S26W 21.3 ft
10S26W -15.2 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.