ks-water-table

Township 30S Range 29W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 133.0 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections
36Measured
133.0 ftMedian change
MeadeCounty

What has happened in township 30S29W

Median depth went from 129.6 ft before development to 257.7 ft — a change of 133.0 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 03 at 158.1 ft; the smallest fall is section 26 at 120.7 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 30S Range 29W — 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
0164.6 ft201.9 ft+137.3
0264.7 ft208.9 ft+144.3
0358.4 ft216.5 ft+158.1
04103.5 ft255.7 ft+152.2
05133.5 ft275.1 ft+141.6
06154.9 ft291.6 ft+136.7
07152.1 ft291.3 ft+139.2
08139.5 ft281.9 ft+142.3
09118.3 ft266.3 ft+148.1
1084.4 ft233.8 ft+149.3
1171.1 ft213.0 ft+141.8
1298.4 ft234.8 ft+136.3
13122.3 ft254.1 ft+131.8
14104.4 ft237.4 ft+133.0
15105.3 ft242.0 ft+136.7
16125.7 ft263.8 ft+138.1
17142.4 ft279.8 ft+137.3
18154.8 ft292.0 ft+137.2
19150.9 ft284.0 ft+133.2
20140.2 ft271.4 ft+131.1
21124.0 ft253.3 ft+129.3
22119.6 ft245.9 ft+126.3
23138.3 ft261.8 ft+123.4
24142.3 ft268.9 ft+126.6
25139.7 ft262.0 ft+122.4
26148.5 ft269.2 ft+120.7
27121.5 ft244.0 ft+122.6
28119.9 ft245.2 ft+125.3
29130.2 ft257.7 ft+127.5
30140.4 ft269.8 ft+129.5
31129.6 ft259.0 ft+129.4
32119.5 ft247.9 ft+128.3
33113.2 ft239.7 ft+126.4
34131.9 ft254.7 ft+122.8
35142.7 ft263.6 ft+120.8
36134.9 ft256.2 ft+121.3

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 30S range 29W

88 wells in township 30S range 29W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC, 20. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 405.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (52), domestic (28), domestic, livestock (4), oil field water supply (3).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 30S range 29W, 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
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC201975–2012422.0 ft162.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC112011–2026556.0 ft274.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO81976–1988305.0 ft172.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC71979–2006410.0 ft173.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling, INC61979–2005395.0 ft209.0 ft
Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair41991–2009400.0 ft225.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well42010–2015445.0 ft245.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC42013–2017395.0 ft216.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC31975–1984260.0 ft160.0 ft
Smith Irrigation INC32026430.0 ft285.0 ft
Donald R. Dunham Drilling, INC21995–2007365.0 ft222.0 ft
Downey Drlg #74822022–2024580.0 ft309.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #14522024566.0 ft275.0 ft
Well Owner22004–2006340.0 ft300.0 ft
Allen & Rawlins Drlg CO11976405.0 ft110.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO12012480.0 ft230.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC11994340.0 ft100.0 ft
J.o. Johnson Drilling Company11975416.0 ft160.0 ft
Jonagan Drilling CO11988300.0 ft190.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO11976368.0 ft162.0 ft
Reuben Bartel Well Drilling, INC12001245.0 ft0.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC12003512.0 ft231.0 ft
Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC12021540.0 ft266.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC11982290.0 ft190.0 ft
Wells by decade drilled, with the median depth reached and the median water level the driller measured on arrival.
DecadeWellsMedian depthMedian level
1970s22395.0 ft157.0 ft
1980s16340.0 ft180.0 ft
1990s9400.0 ft206.0 ft
2000s10390.0 ft222.0 ft
2010s17440.0 ft230.0 ft
2020s14556.0 ft275.0 ft
What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
PurposeWellsMedian depth
Irrigation52435.0 ft
Domestic28367.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock4395.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply3290.0 ft
Industrial1240.0 ft
The ten deepest wells on record in township 30S range 29W, 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
10568932962025588.0 ft312.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
10529572992022580.0 ft272.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drlg #748
4716802013578.0 ft280.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
10544017382024575.0 ft309.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drlg #748
4526032011570.0 ft270.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
10530237832022570.0 ft246.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
10568928872024566.0 ft275.0 ftIrrigationHydro Res. Mid Continent #145
5435552021565.0 ft282.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
10572717752026556.0 ft324.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
5435632021553.0 ft274.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC

Buying or drilling in township 30S range 29W?

The median section here has moved 133.0 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. Meade County, on 100 % of 88 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.