Township 30S Range 37W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 200.1 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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200.1 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 30S37W

Median depth went from 95.1 ft before development to 298.7 ft — a change of 200.1 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 06 at 219.6 ft; the smallest fall is section 24 at 153.0 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 30S Range 37W — 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	115.1 ft	289.4 ft	+174.3
02	118.4 ft	310.3 ft	+191.9
03	110.7 ft	316.7 ft	+206.0
04	89.8 ft	303.9 ft	+214.1
05	89.4 ft	308.5 ft	+219.1
06	93.4 ft	313.0 ft	+219.6
07	95.8 ft	311.0 ft	+215.2
08	100.5 ft	315.0 ft	+214.5
09	95.1 ft	305.9 ft	+210.8
10	112.2 ft	309.2 ft	+197.1
11	114.1 ft	294.5 ft	+180.4
12	107.7 ft	271.5 ft	+163.8
13	82.7 ft	239.6 ft	+156.9
14	78.2 ft	250.8 ft	+172.6
15	110.5 ft	298.7 ft	+188.3
16	96.2 ft	302.3 ft	+206.0
17	103.2 ft	311.7 ft	+208.5
18	104.2 ft	314.7 ft	+210.5
19	106.0 ft	311.7 ft	+205.7
20	105.2 ft	307.1 ft	+201.9
21	102.1 ft	301.7 ft	+199.6
22	80.4 ft	272.5 ft	+192.2
23	22.3 ft	195.3 ft	+173.0
24	22.2 ft	175.2 ft	+153.0
25	57.2 ft	217.4 ft	+160.2
26	37.4 ft	219.6 ft	+182.2
27	5.7 ft	207.7 ft	+202.0
28	53.7 ft	253.8 ft	+200.1
29	103.2 ft	303.5 ft	+200.3
30	99.7 ft	304.5 ft	+204.8
31	36.0 ft	241.0 ft	+205.0
32	33.1 ft	233.8 ft	+200.7
33	23.3 ft	218.5 ft	+195.2
34	34.7 ft	233.0 ft	+198.3
35	79.0 ft	265.9 ft	+186.9
36	80.5 ft	248.5 ft	+168.0

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 30S range 37W

120 wells in township 30S range 37W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO, 19. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 380.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (33), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (24), domestic (22), oil field water supply (10).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 30S range 37W, 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
Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO	19	1975–1995	411.0 ft	190.0 ft
Martin's Well Srvc	16	2025	111.0 ft	0.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	16	1977–2006	350.0 ft	200.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	12	2010–2015	431.0 ft	288.0 ft
Peterson Drilling and Testing INC	8	2012–2014	110.0 ft	0.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	7	1993–2010	417.0 ft	175.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	7	1993–1999	340.0 ft	210.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC	5	1987–1990	320.0 ft	185.0 ft
Downey Drilling, Inc. #748	3	2020–2022	502.0 ft	278.0 ft
Maxim Tech./kansas City	3	1995	250.0 ft	227.5 ft
Maxim Technologies, INC	3	2000	250.0 ft	238.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	2	1989	320.0 ft	120.0 ft
Downey Drlg #748	2	2022	591.0 ft	358.0 ft
H.d.c. Ag, LLC	2	1999–2000	420.0 ft	243.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	2	1975–1996	550.0 ft	280.0 ft
Martin's Well Service	2	2018–2020	548.0 ft	395.0 ft
Dick Grosch Lrrigating Co., INC	1	1997	260.0 ft	132.0 ft
Donald Fulton Drilling CO	1	1989	518.0 ft	0.0 ft
Floyd Norden Brothers, INC	1	1976	360.0 ft	230.0 ft
Gspf Irrigation Service	1	2017	450.0 ft	272.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO	1	2013	380.0 ft	212.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	1	1993	265.0 ft	205.0 ft
Lane L. Spencer Trust 2	1	1999	400.0 ft	230.0 ft
Martins Well Service	1	2000	0.0 ft	225.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	1	2002	90.0 ft	0.0 ft
Ray Cramer Drilling CO	1	1997	380.0 ft	0.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC	1	1999	445.0 ft	250.0 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	18	411.0 ft	175.0 ft
1980s	14	357.0 ft	185.0 ft
1990s	26	350.0 ft	226.3 ft
2000s	16	360.0 ft	230.0 ft
2010s	24	367.0 ft	245.0 ft
2020s	22	111.0 ft	0.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Irrigation	33	469.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	24	111.0 ft
Domestic	22	372.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	10	340.0 ft
Feedlot	9	356.0 ft
Industrial	6	500.0 ft
Recovery/Soil Vapor Extraction/Soil Vent	6	110.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	5	396.0 ft
Other	1	150.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	1	0.0 ft
Test hole/well	1	90.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction	1	121.5 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	1	450.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 30S range 37W, 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
1052890363	2022	591.0 ft	358.0 ft	Feedlot	Downey Drlg #748
23754	1977	552.0 ft	260.0 ft	Irrigation	Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO
551132	2022	552.0 ft	272.0 ft	Irrigation	Downey Drilling, Inc. #748
23755	1975	550.0 ft	280.0 ft	Industrial	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
111848	1997	550.0 ft	247.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
446310	2011	548.0 ft	302.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
520093	2018	548.0 ft	395.0 ft	Industrial	Martin's Well Service
23764	1975	542.0 ft	226.0 ft	Irrigation	Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO
476382	2014	535.0 ft	325.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
390043	2006	530.0 ft	198.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC

Buying or drilling in township 30S range 37W?

The median section here has moved 200.1 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 120 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

30S30W 142.8 ft
30S31W 152.1 ft
30S32W 168.9 ft
30S33W 170.3 ft
30S34W 146.6 ft
30S35W 137.5 ft
30S36W 143.6 ft
31S27W 63.4 ft
31S29W 112.8 ft
31S30W 134.6 ft
31S31W 130.3 ft
31S32W 129.6 ft
31S33W 120.3 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.