Township 31S Range 33W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 120.3 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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120.3 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 31S33W

Median depth went from 172.5 ft before development to 293.1 ft — a change of 120.3 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 01 at 145.4 ft; the smallest fall is section 31 at 97.4 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 31S Range 33W — 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	173.0 ft	318.4 ft	+145.4
02	178.0 ft	322.0 ft	+144.0
03	188.6 ft	332.3 ft	+143.7
04	195.4 ft	338.4 ft	+143.0
05	198.7 ft	340.3 ft	+141.6
06	199.9 ft	337.1 ft	+137.1
07	186.4 ft	311.5 ft	+125.1
08	187.7 ft	316.0 ft	+128.4
09	186.5 ft	318.1 ft	+131.6
10	179.6 ft	313.9 ft	+134.3
11	172.5 ft	308.5 ft	+136.0
12	171.7 ft	310.8 ft	+139.1
13	165.7 ft	296.5 ft	+130.7
14	169.7 ft	297.9 ft	+128.1
15	173.6 ft	298.6 ft	+125.0
16	175.3 ft	295.9 ft	+120.6
17	178.1 ft	293.1 ft	+115.1
18	166.1 ft	279.5 ft	+113.4
19	145.2 ft	250.8 ft	+105.6
20	169.8 ft	274.5 ft	+104.6
21	170.7 ft	282.1 ft	+111.4
22	169.5 ft	286.3 ft	+116.8
23	168.2 ft	288.5 ft	+120.3
24	170.0 ft	293.1 ft	+123.1
25	169.9 ft	284.9 ft	+115.0
26	165.6 ft	278.2 ft	+112.7
27	171.8 ft	282.1 ft	+110.4
28	172.9 ft	279.1 ft	+106.2
29	159.9 ft	261.3 ft	+101.4
30	110.0 ft	210.9 ft	+100.9
31	74.7 ft	172.1 ft	+97.4
32	139.4 ft	236.8 ft	+97.4
33	169.3 ft	270.2 ft	+100.9
34	181.4 ft	285.8 ft	+104.4
35	175.1 ft	281.1 ft	+106.0
36	173.2 ft	282.3 ft	+109.1

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 31S range 33W

85 wells in township 31S range 33W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC, 26. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 400.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (38), irrigation (29), domestic (16), domestic, livestock (2).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 31S range 33W, 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	26	1988–2008	400.0 ft	230.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	10	1976–2007	532.0 ft	236.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	9	2012–2025	560.0 ft	310.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	6	1983–1988	340.0 ft	210.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC	5	2013–2026	480.0 ft	273.0 ft
Layne-western	4	1975–1976	396.0 ft	200.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	3	1978–1984	263.0 ft	100.0 ft
Ray Cramer Drilling CO	3	1997	460.0 ft	237.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling, INC	2	1986–1994	400.0 ft	246.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	2	1993–1995	390.0 ft	294.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	2	1977–2000	490.0 ft	276.0 ft
Noel E. Clemens Irrigation Drlg., INC	2	1976	450.0 ft	200.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	2	2001	525.0 ft	240.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC	2	1991	340.0 ft	240.0 ft
B & M Services Swk, LLC	1	2026	409.0 ft	347.0 ft
Cramer Drilling CO	1	1999	400.0 ft	280.0 ft
Db&e Co, LLC	1	2023	561.0 ft	260.0 ft
K&k Water Wells LLC	1	2014	369.0 ft	239.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	1	1984	400.0 ft	185.0 ft
Reuben Bartel Well Drilling, INC	1	2002	246.0 ft	0.0 ft
Southwest Windmill	1	2000	198.0 ft	0.0 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	11	405.0 ft	200.0 ft
1980s	11	340.0 ft	206.0 ft
1990s	30	390.0 ft	232.0 ft
2000s	16	420.0 ft	240.0 ft
2010s	8	535.0 ft	306.0 ft
2020s	9	514.0 ft	304.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	38	380.0 ft
Irrigation	29	525.0 ft
Domestic	16	400.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	2	503.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 31S range 33W, 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
303363	1999	619.0 ft	276.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
1056885004	2025	617.0 ft	352.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
1052885122	2022	599.0 ft	352.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
1053323461	2022	580.0 ft	304.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
77752	1977	575.0 ft	210.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
470256	2013	563.0 ft	297.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
1053344217	2023	561.0 ft	260.0 ft	Irrigation	Db&e Co, LLC
457917	2012	560.0 ft	314.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
525242	2019	547.0 ft	306.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
77772	1979	541.0 ft	207.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC

Buying or drilling in township 31S range 33W?

The median section here has moved 120.3 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. Seward County, on 100 % of 85 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

30S36W 143.6 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
31S34W 108.0 ft
31S35W 102.1 ft
31S36W 66.5 ft
31S37W 150.2 ft
32S28W 25.8 ft
32S29W 92.0 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.