Township 30S Range 36W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 143.6 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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143.6 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 30S36W

Median depth went from 105.8 ft before development to 242.7 ft — a change of 143.6 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 02 at 173.1 ft; the smallest fall is section 34 at 85.8 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 30S Range 36W — 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	108.0 ft	278.9 ft	+170.9
02	100.4 ft	273.5 ft	+173.1
03	88.2 ft	259.6 ft	+171.4
04	107.5 ft	272.7 ft	+165.2
05	109.4 ft	256.8 ft	+147.4
06	117.5 ft	270.0 ft	+152.5
07	110.7 ft	259.0 ft	+148.3
08	113.4 ft	257.0 ft	+143.6
09	113.8 ft	264.5 ft	+150.7
10	117.6 ft	273.7 ft	+156.1
11	115.1 ft	273.8 ft	+158.7
12	125.9 ft	284.2 ft	+158.3
13	122.0 ft	277.5 ft	+155.5
14	114.9 ft	263.3 ft	+148.3
15	122.1 ft	261.8 ft	+139.7
16	97.8 ft	232.0 ft	+134.2
17	46.3 ft	182.5 ft	+136.2
18	58.8 ft	203.0 ft	+144.2
19	39.8 ft	181.0 ft	+141.2
20	78.8 ft	206.5 ft	+127.6
21	47.0 ft	160.2 ft	+113.2
22	56.1 ft	174.2 ft	+118.1
23	52.3 ft	190.0 ft	+137.7
24	94.2 ft	252.3 ft	+158.1
25	19.0 ft	159.5 ft	+140.5
26	28.9 ft	164.6 ft	+135.7
27	102.5 ft	201.5 ft	+98.9
28	118.0 ft	215.6 ft	+97.6
29	127.2 ft	254.5 ft	+127.3
30	96.7 ft	242.5 ft	+145.8
31	94.5 ft	242.7 ft	+148.3
32	112.4 ft	236.5 ft	+124.1
33	123.9 ft	216.5 ft	+92.6
34	105.8 ft	191.6 ft	+85.8
35	77.9 ft	180.1 ft	+102.3
36	95.9 ft	203.1 ft	+107.2

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 30S range 36W

61 wells in township 30S range 36W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC, 15. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 420.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (16), domestic (14), oil field water supply (10), feedlot (8).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 30S range 36W, 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
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	15	1991–2004	420.0 ft	190.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	11	1979–1995	400.0 ft	160.0 ft
Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO	7	1977–1988	300.0 ft	160.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	3	2004–2005	400.0 ft	240.0 ft
H.d.c. Ag, LLC	3	2000	400.0 ft	200.0 ft
James Ray Smith Pump Service	3	1980	340.0 ft	180.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	2	1976–1986	380.0 ft	210.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	2	1995–2005	519.0 ft	255.0 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC	2	2019	540.0 ft	320.0 ft
Well Owner	2	2000	440.0 ft	275.0 ft
Donald Fulton Drilling CO	1	1985	485.0 ft	264.0 ft
Dwayne Wagner, Wagner Drilling	1	1975	450.0 ft	280.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #548	1	2025	599.0 ft	292.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	1	2012	460.0 ft	334.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	1	1981	430.0 ft	151.0 ft
Nash Ww Srvc	1	2019	540.0 ft	320.0 ft
Paul Slocum Water Well Drilling	1	1975	260.0 ft	160.0 ft
Ray Cramer Drilling CO	1	1998	420.0 ft	227.0 ft
Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC	1	2021	388.0 ft	200.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC	1	2013	535.0 ft	205.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	1	1998	335.0 ft	292.0 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	8	450.0 ft	160.0 ft
1980s	15	340.0 ft	162.0 ft
1990s	16	420.0 ft	210.0 ft
2000s	15	400.0 ft	200.0 ft
2010s	5	535.0 ft	320.0 ft
2020s	2	599.0 ft	292.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Irrigation	16	480.0 ft
Domestic	14	340.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	10	420.0 ft
Feedlot	8	420.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	8	380.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	5	230.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 30S range 36W, 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
1056387302	2025	599.0 ft	292.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Res. Mid Continent #548
97294	1995	580.0 ft	270.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
23714	1979	570.0 ft	0.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
23719	1979	545.0 ft	0.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
526354	2019	540.0 ft	320.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Nash Water Well Service, LLC
530856	2019	540.0 ft	320.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Nash Ww Srvc
465638	2013	535.0 ft	205.0 ft	Feedlot	Tyler Water Well, INC
23725	1993	525.0 ft	225.0 ft	Feedlot	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
365033	2005	519.0 ft	226.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
23717	1978	505.0 ft	235.0 ft	Irrigation	Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO

Buying or drilling in township 30S range 36W?

The median section here has moved 143.6 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. Grant County, on 100 % of 61 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

30S29W 133.0 ft
30S30W 142.8 ft
30S31W 152.1 ft
30S32W 168.9 ft
30S33W 170.3 ft
30S34W 146.6 ft
30S35W 137.5 ft
30S37W 200.1 ft
31S27W 63.4 ft
31S29W 112.8 ft
31S30W 134.6 ft
31S31W 130.3 ft
31S32W 129.6 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.