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Township 31S Range 35W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 102.1 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections
36Measured
102.1 ftMedian change
StevensCounty

What has happened in township 31S35W

Median depth went from 191.1 ft before development to 301.7 ft — a change of 102.1 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 31 at 138.0 ft; the smallest fall is section 25 at 86.1 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 31S 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.Before2022–24Change
01161.4 ft279.5 ft+118.1
02217.6 ft322.8 ft+105.2
03205.0 ft301.2 ft+96.2
04144.2 ft240.0 ft+95.8
05105.5 ft204.5 ft+99.0
06149.8 ft248.8 ft+99.1
07148.8 ft243.2 ft+94.4
08152.7 ft248.8 ft+96.1
09204.0 ft299.9 ft+95.9
10227.3 ft325.3 ft+98.0
11223.4 ft325.3 ft+101.9
12195.3 ft302.4 ft+107.1
13174.2 ft271.8 ft+97.6
14209.2 ft308.2 ft+99.0
15223.7 ft325.7 ft+102.1
16215.2 ft319.7 ft+104.5
17190.9 ft295.1 ft+104.2
18162.8 ft265.1 ft+102.3
19172.9 ft291.6 ft+118.6
20191.1 ft317.0 ft+125.9
21209.0 ft333.3 ft+124.3
22204.0 ft310.6 ft+106.7
23183.9 ft279.4 ft+95.5
24146.3 ft233.3 ft+87.1
25189.8 ft276.0 ft+86.1
26209.5 ft302.4 ft+92.9
27215.8 ft318.3 ft+102.5
28208.8 ft331.2 ft+122.4
29184.6 ft319.5 ft+134.9
30170.1 ft301.7 ft+131.5
31153.4 ft291.3 ft+138.0
32168.6 ft298.3 ft+129.7
33188.9 ft302.3 ft+113.4
34205.9 ft306.0 ft+100.1
35210.6 ft304.6 ft+94.0
36207.8 ft298.8 ft+91.0

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 31S range 35W

139 wells in township 31S range 35W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC, 42. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 440.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (63), irrigation (54), domestic (17), test hole, uncased (4).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 31S 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 recordWellsYearsMedian depthMedian water level
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC421983–1989432.0 ft253.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC221987–1996340.0 ft220.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC151978–2006537.0 ft294.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC111975–1997440.0 ft247.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC72011–2019572.0 ft341.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service62003–2010440.0 ft300.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #54842020–2021554.0 ft352.0 ft
Kgs4—420.0 ft0.0 ft
Ktm Drilling, INC41976–1994560.0 ft296.0 ft
Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc42019–2021380.0 ft335.0 ft
Ray Cramer Drilling CO31998–2002420.0 ft270.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO21975–1976524.0 ft305.0 ft
Paul Slocum Water Well Drilling21976460.0 ft230.0 ft
Downey Drilling, INC12017540.0 ft344.0 ft
Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO11981398.0 ft127.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #14512022547.0 ft378.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #54812023471.0 ft220.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well12017500.0 ft328.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO11977497.0 ft250.0 ft
M and T Pump Service LLC12019423.0 ft343.0 ft
Noel E. Clemens Irrigation Drlg., INC11976430.0 ft279.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC12019397.0 ft330.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC11975320.0 ft172.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC12015450.0 ft340.0 ft
Well Owner11999400.0 ft220.0 ft
Western Sprinklers INC12013379.0 ft328.0 ft
Wells by decade drilled, with the median depth reached and the median water level the driller measured on arrival.
DecadeWellsMedian depthMedian level
1970s14460.0 ft247.0 ft
1980s52440.0 ft253.0 ft
1990s34390.0 ft223.0 ft
2000s11440.0 ft313.0 ft
2010s17500.0 ft336.0 ft
2020s7547.0 ft345.0 ft
What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
PurposeWellsMedian depth
Oil Field Water Supply63400.0 ft
Irrigation54522.0 ft
Domestic17416.0 ft
Test Hole, Uncased4420.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock1295.0 ft
The ten deepest wells on record in township 31S 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.
RecordYearDepthWater levelPurposeDriller
3965401976604.0 ft243.0 ftIrrigationKtm Drilling, INC
857681989600.0 ft288.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
5371212019594.0 ft300.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
1112021996590.0 ft220.0 ftIrrigationMinter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
3349952002582.0 ft313.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
4757072013579.0 ft336.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
5167342018579.0 ft350.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
5440662021576.0 ft345.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #548
4900782015572.0 ft348.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
1057251996570.0 ft296.0 ftIrrigationMinter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC

Buying or drilling in township 31S range 35W?

The median section here has moved 102.1 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. Stevens County, on 100 % of 139 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.