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Township 30S Range 32W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 168.9 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections
36Measured
168.9 ftMedian change
HaskellCounty

What has happened in township 30S32W

Median depth went from 180.1 ft before development to 347.2 ft — a change of 168.9 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 07 at 179.7 ft; the smallest fall is section 36 at 150.9 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 30S Range 32W — 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
01175.4 ft342.4 ft+166.9
02180.4 ft349.2 ft+168.9
03189.0 ft360.4 ft+171.3
04195.4 ft369.3 ft+173.8
05197.7 ft374.2 ft+176.4
06206.7 ft385.9 ft+179.2
07204.8 ft384.4 ft+179.7
08196.1 ft374.1 ft+178.0
09188.4 ft364.7 ft+176.4
10185.3 ft359.2 ft+173.9
11177.8 ft348.0 ft+170.2
12171.7 ft338.7 ft+167.0
13169.0 ft333.5 ft+164.5
14174.3 ft344.1 ft+169.8
15178.8 ft354.9 ft+176.1
16180.3 ft357.8 ft+177.5
17191.0 ft367.2 ft+176.2
18201.3 ft377.5 ft+176.2
19193.3 ft362.0 ft+168.6
20185.7 ft355.5 ft+169.8
21175.4 ft349.1 ft+173.7
22171.3 ft345.0 ft+173.7
23167.3 ft334.0 ft+166.6
24164.2 ft324.7 ft+160.5
25161.5 ft317.6 ft+156.1
26160.9 ft320.8 ft+159.9
27165.9 ft328.4 ft+162.5
28172.8 ft336.7 ft+164.0
29181.7 ft343.7 ft+162.0
30186.7 ft347.2 ft+160.4
31180.6 ft331.7 ft+151.1
32180.1 ft333.5 ft+153.4
33173.1 ft327.7 ft+154.6
34166.0 ft318.6 ft+152.6
35159.5 ft311.7 ft+152.2
36159.4 ft310.3 ft+150.9

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 30S range 32W

109 wells in township 30S range 32W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC, 36. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 440.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (78), domestic (23), oil field water supply (8).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 30S range 32W, 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. INC361975–2008617.0 ft262.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC152011–2025642.0 ft360.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO71976–1987405.0 ft257.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC71992–2008440.0 ft250.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC61977–2011470.0 ft282.0 ft
Downey Drilling, INC52022–2025630.0 ft358.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC42009–2024329.0 ft0.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO31977–1981401.0 ft220.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC32002–2003624.0 ft332.0 ft
Well Owner31994–2019320.0 ft310.0 ft
L & N Pump22023368.0 ft366.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service12007400.0 ft0.0 ft
Ed Jantzen Water Well Repair12008430.0 ft322.0 ft
Gt Water Well Drilling LLC12026665.0 ft502.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply11999450.0 ft280.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO12013600.0 ft475.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #14512024670.0 ft414.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #14512022711.0 ft369.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well12023470.0 ft360.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC12006440.0 ft0.0 ft
Jonagan Drilling CO11981383.0 ft230.0 ft
Ktm Drilling, INC11978538.0 ft0.0 ft
Layne-western11975425.0 ft205.0 ft
Leon Birney Construction12024380.0 ft344.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC11986410.0 ft275.0 ft
Noel E. Clemens Irrigation Drlg., INC11976460.0 ft0.0 ft
Paul Slocum Water Well Drilling11978400.0 ft273.0 ft
Southwest Windmill12000370.0 ft310.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC11983420.0 ft240.0 ft
Wells by decade drilled, with the median depth reached and the median water level the driller measured on arrival.
DecadeWellsMedian depthMedian level
1970s20463.0 ft221.0 ft
1980s17420.0 ft251.0 ft
1990s16569.0 ft280.0 ft
2000s22460.0 ft304.0 ft
2010s18624.0 ft350.0 ft
2020s16630.0 ft362.0 ft
What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
PurposeWellsMedian depth
Irrigation78600.0 ft
Domestic23420.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply8440.0 ft
The ten deepest wells on record in township 30S range 32W, 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
4735252014723.0 ft405.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
5522702022711.0 ft369.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145
4735292014709.0 ft380.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
3419592003703.0 ft364.0 ftIrrigationRichard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
4096462007700.0 ft364.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
4055822007696.0 ft345.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
5214092018686.0 ft365.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
10571221752025678.0 ft374.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
289091994677.0 ft309.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
10533238372023676.0 ft369.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC

Buying or drilling in township 30S range 32W?

The median section here has moved 168.9 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 109 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.