Township 30S Range 33W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 170.3 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 30S33W

Median depth went from 207.3 ft before development to 379.2 ft — a change of 170.3 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 04 at 191.1 ft; the smallest fall is section 31 at 142.6 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 30S Range 33W — 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	211.8 ft	393.5 ft	+181.7
02	209.8 ft	394.6 ft	+184.8
03	212.1 ft	400.1 ft	+188.0
04	212.1 ft	403.2 ft	+191.1
05	210.8 ft	399.3 ft	+188.6
06	224.8 ft	402.2 ft	+177.4
07	217.4 ft	386.1 ft	+168.7
08	212.6 ft	392.3 ft	+179.7
09	218.4 ft	403.7 ft	+185.3
10	212.0 ft	399.0 ft	+187.0
11	206.7 ft	391.2 ft	+184.5
12	207.9 ft	388.9 ft	+181.0
13	205.9 ft	382.5 ft	+176.7
14	206.5 ft	388.2 ft	+181.8
15	210.4 ft	392.8 ft	+182.5
16	214.7 ft	392.2 ft	+177.4
17	214.4 ft	384.7 ft	+170.3
18	207.3 ft	370.0 ft	+162.7
19	207.0 ft	366.5 ft	+159.5
20	212.5 ft	375.4 ft	+162.9
21	210.9 ft	379.2 ft	+168.4
22	205.3 ft	377.8 ft	+172.5
23	202.5 ft	374.1 ft	+171.6
24	201.8 ft	371.0 ft	+169.2
25	193.3 ft	354.1 ft	+160.8
26	196.2 ft	357.9 ft	+161.8
27	200.4 ft	361.4 ft	+161.1
28	205.7 ft	364.6 ft	+158.9
29	209.7 ft	364.9 ft	+155.2
30	205.2 ft	357.2 ft	+152.0
31	201.5 ft	344.1 ft	+142.6
32	205.2 ft	351.7 ft	+146.5
33	203.6 ft	353.1 ft	+149.5
34	200.1 ft	352.1 ft	+152.0
35	193.3 ft	346.2 ft	+152.9
36	187.2 ft	339.2 ft	+152.0

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 30S range 33W

107 wells in township 30S range 33W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC, 24. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 460.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (51), oil field water supply (40), domestic (13), other (1).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 30S range 33W, 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
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	24	1975–2009	590.0 ft	323.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	24	1987–2008	420.0 ft	295.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	6	1975–1991	460.0 ft	245.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	5	1993–2006	385.0 ft	316.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC	5	2009–2021	390.0 ft	0.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	4	1984–1986	440.0 ft	290.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	4	2013–2017	603.0 ft	346.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC	4	1975–1984	380.0 ft	280.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	3	1975–1987	400.0 ft	250.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO	3	2011–2012	480.0 ft	310.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	3	2001–2003	653.0 ft	360.0 ft
Southwest Windmill	3	2003	400.0 ft	340.0 ft
Downey Drlg #748	2	2023–2024	656.0 ft	407.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply	2	1999	673.0 ft	343.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145	2	2022–2024	652.0 ft	356.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	2	1976–1981	416.0 ft	306.0 ft
Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC	2	2020–2021	548.0 ft	395.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling, INC	1	1998	390.0 ft	225.0 ft
Downey Drilling, INC	1	2015	629.0 ft	348.0 ft
Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair	1	1991	610.0 ft	315.0 ft
Jonagan Drilling CO	1	1982	402.0 ft	256.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	1	1980	382.0 ft	300.0 ft
Paul Slocum Water Well Drilling	1	1980	410.0 ft	260.0 ft
Ray Cramer Drilling CO	1	1997	500.0 ft	197.0 ft
Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc	1	2022	402.0 ft	347.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC	1	2011	500.0 ft	0.0 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	16	455.0 ft	240.0 ft
1980s	17	402.0 ft	282.0 ft
1990s	38	420.0 ft	296.0 ft
2000s	18	440.0 ft	312.0 ft
2010s	10	500.0 ft	345.0 ft
2020s	8	600.0 ft	347.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Irrigation	51	541.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	40	420.0 ft
Domestic	13	420.0 ft
Other	1	75.0 ft
Industrial	1	400.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	1	427.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 30S range 33W, 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
341958	2003	706.0 ft	360.0 ft	Irrigation	Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
99199	1995	704.0 ft	365.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
28968	1989	685.0 ft	323.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
425841	2009	675.0 ft	383.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
305021	1999	673.0 ft	340.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply
28965	1993	672.0 ft	348.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
414884	1998	664.0 ft	343.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
1054143185	2023	656.0 ft	407.0 ft	Irrigation	Downey Drlg #748
329593	2002	653.0 ft	369.0 ft	Irrigation	Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
1052892653	2022	652.0 ft	356.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145

Buying or drilling in township 30S range 33W?

The median section here has moved 170.3 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 107 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

29S39W 247.4 ft
30S26W 64.6 ft
30S27W 119.5 ft
30S29W 133.0 ft
30S30W 142.8 ft
30S31W 152.1 ft
30S32W 168.9 ft
30S34W 146.6 ft
30S35W 137.5 ft
30S36W 143.6 ft
30S37W 200.1 ft
31S27W 63.4 ft
31S29W 112.8 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.