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Township 30S Range 34W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 146.6 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections
36Measured
146.6 ftMedian change
HaskellCounty

What has happened in township 30S34W

Median depth went from 199.6 ft before development to 347.7 ft — a change of 146.6 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 01 at 171.0 ft; the smallest fall is section 30 at 115.8 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 30S Range 34W — 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
01216.2 ft387.2 ft+171.0
02214.9 ft383.6 ft+168.7
03213.4 ft379.3 ft+165.9
04212.1 ft372.9 ft+160.8
05219.7 ft374.8 ft+155.1
06222.2 ft376.2 ft+154.0
07219.3 ft361.4 ft+142.1
08219.6 ft364.1 ft+144.4
09209.4 ft361.9 ft+152.5
10211.2 ft370.1 ft+158.9
11213.8 ft376.3 ft+162.5
12217.1 ft379.3 ft+162.2
13207.5 ft368.5 ft+161.0
14200.1 ft359.7 ft+159.6
15196.1 ft350.7 ft+154.7
16199.6 ft348.5 ft+148.9
17212.9 ft347.7 ft+134.8
18209.5 ft334.3 ft+124.8
19135.3 ft256.9 ft+121.6
20164.9 ft297.4 ft+132.5
21191.0 ft332.2 ft+141.2
22181.1 ft327.6 ft+146.6
23193.9 ft346.5 ft+152.5
24198.9 ft358.1 ft+159.2
25198.5 ft347.5 ft+149.0
26188.4 ft332.3 ft+143.8
27153.7 ft292.8 ft+139.1
28143.1 ft273.2 ft+130.1
2987.6 ft210.5 ft+122.9
3065.0 ft180.8 ft+115.8
31104.6 ft226.9 ft+122.3
3255.6 ft184.3 ft+128.7
3349.3 ft183.2 ft+133.9
3486.8 ft226.1 ft+139.4
35178.7 ft315.3 ft+136.6
36202.8 ft341.3 ft+138.5

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 30S range 34W

141 wells in township 30S range 34W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Coranco Great Plains, INC, 25. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 400.0 ft deep.

Sunk for monitoring well/observation/piezometer (37), domestic (34), oil field water supply (24), irrigation (21).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 30S range 34W, 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
Coranco Great Plains, INC251997–2016344.0 ft299.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC241975–2009475.0 ft275.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC121977–2009435.0 ft210.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC111993–2008405.0 ft267.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC112011–2025365.0 ft230.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC91995–1998420.0 ft285.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO61976–1986260.0 ft151.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC51975–1989340.0 ft210.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC51975–1991400.0 ft250.0 ft
Geocore Services INC41995–199898.0 ft0.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC41983–2006320.0 ft190.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO32010–2021375.0 ft215.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC32013–2024654.0 ft366.0 ft
Ray Cramer Drilling CO31996–1998400.0 ft190.0 ft
Southwest Windmill32001–2004195.0 ft0.0 ft
Downey Drilling, INC22024660.0 ft368.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well INC21999348.0 ft311.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service12008448.0 ft0.0 ft
Downey Drilling, Inc. #74812021568.0 ft347.0 ft
Dunham Drilling, INC11999420.0 ft330.0 ft
Gspf Irrigation Service12015344.0 ft270.0 ft
Hdc Ag LLC11999380.0 ft204.0 ft
Prairie Land Environmental Remed11994340.0 ft293.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC12003664.0 ft355.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC12012500.0 ft0.0 ft
Wagner Drilling11977170.0 ft45.0 ft
Wells by decade drilled, with the median depth reached and the median water level the driller measured on arrival.
DecadeWellsMedian depthMedian level
1970s13380.0 ft197.0 ft
1980s22355.0 ft213.0 ft
1990s40360.0 ft285.0 ft
2000s37435.0 ft326.0 ft
2010s20359.0 ft270.0 ft
2020s9568.0 ft357.0 ft
What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
PurposeWellsMedian depth
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer37345.0 ft
Domestic34344.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply24410.0 ft
Irrigation21590.0 ft
Feedlot8380.0 ft
Public Water Supply5390.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock5365.0 ft
Industrial4375.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction398.0 ft
The ten deepest wells on record in township 30S range 34W, 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
10568722972024696.0 ft384.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
3362462003664.0 ft355.0 ftIrrigationRichard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
10565142302024660.0 ft368.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drilling, INC
4690492013654.0 ft366.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
10558651702024650.0 ft366.0 ftIrrigationDowney Drilling, INC
3259792001640.0 ft327.0 ftIrrigationMinter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
4177732008637.0 ft334.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
4298472009632.0 ft360.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
4740372014626.0 ft358.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
5385302021600.0 ft357.0 ftIndustrialHoward Drilling CO

Buying or drilling in township 30S range 34W?

The median section here has moved 146.6 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 141 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.