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Township 31S Range 30W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 134.6 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections
36Measured
134.6 ftMedian change
MeadeCounty

What has happened in township 31S30W

Median depth went from 133.3 ft before development to 270.7 ft — a change of 134.6 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 16 at 147.9 ft; the smallest fall is section 36 at 111.2 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 31S Range 30W — 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
01118.1 ft250.0 ft+131.9
02116.1 ft250.7 ft+134.5
03116.8 ft255.3 ft+138.6
04124.5 ft265.6 ft+141.1
05143.2 ft284.8 ft+141.6
06150.8 ft291.2 ft+140.4
07147.2 ft289.4 ft+142.2
08133.0 ft279.4 ft+146.4
09128.1 ft274.4 ft+146.3
10124.4 ft264.7 ft+140.3
11127.6 ft261.8 ft+134.2
12123.9 ft254.1 ft+130.2
13129.8 ft254.9 ft+125.2
14131.0 ft262.5 ft+131.5
15128.2 ft267.4 ft+139.2
16130.3 ft278.2 ft+147.9
17133.3 ft280.7 ft+147.4
18141.4 ft283.8 ft+142.4
19135.2 ft275.4 ft+140.2
20130.1 ft272.3 ft+142.2
21130.0 ft270.8 ft+140.8
22132.8 ft267.4 ft+134.6
23134.1 ft260.8 ft+126.7
24131.3 ft250.0 ft+118.7
25132.8 ft247.1 ft+114.2
26140.4 ft262.6 ft+122.2
27141.6 ft270.7 ft+129.1
28134.8 ft269.0 ft+134.2
29133.9 ft270.8 ft+136.9
30139.6 ft276.6 ft+137.0
31146.9 ft281.0 ft+134.1
32138.3 ft270.9 ft+132.5
33142.7 ft271.9 ft+129.2
34148.1 ft272.5 ft+124.4
35145.2 ft263.2 ft+118.0
36139.2 ft250.4 ft+111.2

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 31S range 30W

89 wells in township 31S range 30W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC, 26. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 466.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (57), domestic (25), oil field water supply (6), domestic, livestock (1).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 31S range 30W, 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
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC261975–2008488.0 ft192.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC102010–2026519.0 ft264.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO81975–1992300.0 ft192.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC71975–1994410.0 ft145.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC51976–1986320.0 ft170.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC52011–2022504.0 ft260.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC42000–2003525.0 ft250.0 ft
Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc42023–2024504.0 ft290.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling, INC21981–1995400.0 ft213.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC22004–2006472.0 ft229.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #14522020–2021545.0 ft286.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO21976420.0 ft178.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC21976–1977400.0 ft180.0 ft
3t Drilling, INC12025540.0 ft276.0 ft
Coranco Great Plains, INC11994290.0 ft210.0 ft
Downey Drilling, INC12016466.0 ft220.0 ft
Downey Drlg #74812022525.0 ft273.0 ft
Elite Irrigation & Drilling12018500.0 ft263.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #14512024523.0 ft300.0 ft
Layne-western11976426.0 ft156.0 ft
Marvin W. Jones Drilling Company11976421.0 ft126.0 ft
Ray Cramer Drilling CO12002420.0 ft270.0 ft
Reuben Bartel Well Drilling, INC12001392.0 ft231.0 ft
Wells by decade drilled, with the median depth reached and the median water level the driller measured on arrival.
DecadeWellsMedian depthMedian level
1970s19412.0 ft156.0 ft
1980s18483.0 ft183.0 ft
1990s15430.0 ft205.0 ft
2000s11472.0 ft239.0 ft
2010s14519.0 ft263.0 ft
2020s12508.0 ft276.0 ft
What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
PurposeWellsMedian depth
Irrigation57492.0 ft
Domestic25400.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply6320.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock1540.0 ft
The ten deepest wells on record in township 31S range 30W, 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
5214082018575.0 ft246.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
3362062003561.0 ft239.0 ftIrrigationRichard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
5347182020545.0 ft286.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145
4936032015544.0 ft268.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
10559633472025540.0 ft276.0 ftDomestic, Livestock3t Drilling, INC
4925512015533.0 ft276.0 ftDomesticSouthwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC
4773112014527.0 ft260.0 ftDomesticSouthwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC
395861980525.0 ft186.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
396201980525.0 ft187.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
3295692002525.0 ft250.0 ftIrrigationRichard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC

Buying or drilling in township 31S range 30W?

The median section here has moved 134.6 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. Meade County, on 100 % of 89 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.