Township 30S Range 35W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 137.5 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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137.5 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 30S35W

Median depth went from 92.7 ft before development to 230.2 ft — a change of 137.5 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 05 at 185.0 ft; the smallest fall is section 35 at 96.9 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 30S Range 35W — 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	227.0 ft	383.1 ft	+156.1
02	229.0 ft	382.6 ft	+153.6
03	152.0 ft	302.8 ft	+150.8
04	48.9 ft	231.6 ft	+182.6
05	59.4 ft	244.4 ft	+185.0
06	55.5 ft	230.2 ft	+174.7
07	134.9 ft	296.1 ft	+161.3
08	97.1 ft	259.4 ft	+162.3
09	61.0 ft	216.1 ft	+155.1
10	157.1 ft	297.6 ft	+140.4
11	222.9 ft	367.9 ft	+145.1
12	205.9 ft	352.8 ft	+147.0
13	158.5 ft	295.3 ft	+136.8
14	170.3 ft	307.9 ft	+137.6
15	100.2 ft	237.7 ft	+137.5
16	72.1 ft	206.5 ft	+134.4
17	86.0 ft	228.1 ft	+142.2
18	141.9 ft	295.4 ft	+153.5
19	132.8 ft	285.4 ft	+152.6
20	128.2 ft	265.5 ft	+137.3
21	51.5 ft	188.2 ft	+136.7
22	43.5 ft	183.5 ft	+140.0
23	80.0 ft	212.1 ft	+132.0
24	86.7 ft	213.5 ft	+126.8
25	73.4 ft	190.0 ft	+116.6
26	76.7 ft	194.3 ft	+117.5
27	55.9 ft	180.8 ft	+124.9
28	88.9 ft	216.5 ft	+127.5
29	67.3 ft	194.9 ft	+127.6
30	67.3 ft	202.9 ft	+135.6
31	92.7 ft	200.8 ft	+108.1
32	113.1 ft	223.9 ft	+110.8
33	69.0 ft	179.9 ft	+110.8
34	77.9 ft	181.0 ft	+103.1
35	126.4 ft	223.3 ft	+96.9
36	168.3 ft	276.1 ft	+107.7

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 30S range 35W

89 wells in township 30S range 35W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Ktm Drilling, INC, 17. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 415.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (30), irrigation (28), domestic (24), domestic, livestock (4).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 30S range 35W, 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
Ktm Drilling, INC	17	1975–1977	393.0 ft	144.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	16	1990–2010	380.0 ft	183.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	14	1975–1986	280.0 ft	121.0 ft
Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO	8	1978–1994	382.0 ft	190.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	5	1977–1993	341.0 ft	230.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	4	1981–1986	303.0 ft	170.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	4	1983–2010	515.0 ft	220.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC	3	1985–1988	300.0 ft	182.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	2	1993–2005	560.0 ft	290.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	2	2022–2025	585.0 ft	326.0 ft
Martin's Well Service	2	2014–2018	540.0 ft	270.0 ft
Southwest Windmill	2	2004	300.0 ft	0.0 ft
Donald Fulton Drilling CO	1	1988	455.0 ft	0.0 ft
Downey Drilling, INC	1	2025	460.0 ft	162.0 ft
James Ray Smith Pump Service	1	1982	415.0 ft	296.0 ft
L & N Pump	1	2026	365.0 ft	258.0 ft
Layne Christensen CO	1	2014	385.0 ft	284.6 ft
Layne-christensen CO	1	1976	462.0 ft	184.0 ft
M&t Pump Service LLC	1	2021	418.0 ft	263.0 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC	1	2019	480.0 ft	219.0 ft
Nash Ww Srvc	1	2021	480.0 ft	253.0 ft
Paul Slocum Water Well Drilling	1	1976	180.0 ft	100.0 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	32	370.0 ft	144.0 ft
1980s	22	320.0 ft	175.0 ft
1990s	15	380.0 ft	160.0 ft
2000s	8	360.0 ft	240.0 ft
2010s	6	480.0 ft	240.0 ft
2020s	6	480.0 ft	263.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	30	305.0 ft
Irrigation	28	420.0 ft
Domestic	24	374.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	4	480.0 ft
Industrial	2	345.0 ft
Public Water Supply	1	385.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 30S range 35W, 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
23667	1983	585.0 ft	220.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
1057006966	2025	585.0 ft	302.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
1052957918	2022	578.0 ft	326.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
23670	1993	560.0 ft	247.0 ft	Irrigation	Destal Tyler Water Well Service
473532	2014	540.0 ft	270.0 ft	Domestic	Martin's Well Service
433799	2010	515.0 ft	202.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
377128	2005	500.0 ft	290.0 ft	Domestic	Destal Tyler Water Well Service
524590	2019	480.0 ft	219.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Nash Water Well Service, LLC
548975	2021	480.0 ft	253.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Nash Ww Srvc
23703	1976	462.0 ft	184.0 ft	Irrigation	Layne-christensen CO

Buying or drilling in township 30S range 35W?

The median section here has moved 137.5 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. Grant County, on 100 % of 89 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

30S27W 119.5 ft
30S29W 133.0 ft
30S30W 142.8 ft
30S31W 152.1 ft
30S32W 168.9 ft
30S33W 170.3 ft
30S34W 146.6 ft
30S36W 143.6 ft
30S37W 200.1 ft
31S27W 63.4 ft
31S29W 112.8 ft
31S30W 134.6 ft
31S31W 130.3 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.