Township 32S Range 18W

32 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has risen 137.2 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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32Measured

-137.2 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 32S18W

Median depth went from 205.0 ft before development to 62.3 ft — a change of -137.2 ft, over 32 of 36 sections. Deeper: 0. Shallower: 32. Sharpest fall, section 01 at -125.5 ft; largest rise, section 31 at 156.0 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 32S Range 18W — 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	219.0 ft	93.6 ft	−125.5
02	206.6 ft	76.5 ft	−130.1
03	208.3 ft	76.9 ft	−131.4
04	224.5 ft	97.8 ft	−126.7
05	219.6 ft	92.1 ft	−127.5
06	185.6 ft	55.5 ft	−130.2
07	192.6 ft	56.9 ft	−135.8
08	217.9 ft	84.9 ft	−133.1
09	215.4 ft	82.4 ft	−132.9
10	202.0 ft	65.3 ft	−136.7
11	198.1 ft	61.8 ft	−136.4
12	205.0 ft	71.4 ft	−133.6
13	181.6 ft	44.5 ft	−137.1
14	181.1 ft	43.9 ft	−137.2
15	186.5 ft	49.3 ft	−137.2
16	213.0 ft	77.1 ft	−135.9
17	225.9 ft	88.1 ft	−137.8
18	188.4 ft	46.5 ft	−141.9
19	181.9 ft	34.4 ft	−147.5
20	228.9 ft	86.4 ft	−142.5
21	208.0 ft	69.4 ft	−138.7
22	167.5 ft	29.0 ft	−138.5
23	164.0 ft	25.1 ft	−139.0
24	156.3 ft	16.2 ft	−140.1
25	—	0.0 ft	—
26	153.8 ft	11.3 ft	−142.5
27	145.6 ft	3.7 ft	−141.9
28	186.1 ft	43.1 ft	−143.0
29	230.3 ft	83.2 ft	−147.1
30	214.6 ft	62.3 ft	−152.4
31	208.0 ft	52.0 ft	−156.0
32	223.6 ft	72.8 ft	−150.8
33	178.5 ft	31.5 ft	−147.0
34	—	0.0 ft	—
35	—	0.0 ft	—
36	—	0.0 ft	—

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 32S range 18W

108 wells in township 32S range 18W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Ronald Lehl's Water Well Service, 24. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 120.0 ft deep.

Sunk for domestic (27), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (25), oil field water supply (23), domestic, livestock (19).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 32S range 18W, 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
Ronald Lehl's Water Well Service	24	1982–2000	100.0 ft	65.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	9	1976–1988	225.0 ft	80.0 ft
Lehl's Water Well Service	9	1997–2014	140.0 ft	75.0 ft
Kelly's Water Well Service, INC	7	1976–1986	100.0 ft	60.0 ft
Terracon, INC	6	1992	59.5 ft	49.5 ft
Dean L. Lyman, INC	5	1975–2006	112.0 ft	69.0 ft
Gsi Engineering, LLC	5	2021	89.3 ft	66.4 ft
Pratt Well Service	5	2013–2015	155.0 ft	65.0 ft
Crowdis Water Well Service, LLC	4	2013–2019	125.0 ft	65.0 ft
Defenbaugh Industries, Inc. (t.e.s.t.)	4	1993	75.0 ft	58.5 ft
Geocore Services INC	4	1993–1996	65.0 ft	0.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	4	2009–2012	117.0 ft	63.0 ft
Central Well & Pump, INC	3	1978–1985	120.0 ft	72.0 ft
Associated Drilling, INC	2	2013	240.0 ft	74.0 ft
Associated Environmental, INC	2	2018	70.0 ft	0.0 ft
Dalen Dee Graff, Ashland Well Serv., INC	2	1996	110.0 ft	83.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	2	2000–2001	240.0 ft	67.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	2	1975–1997	210.0 ft	66.0 ft
Sam's Water Well Service	2	1987–1991	142.0 ft	48.0 ft
4 Brothers LLC	1	2023	121.0 ft	32.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling, INC	1	2017	230.0 ft	125.0 ft
Carl Hayse Water Well Service	1	1996	220.0 ft	90.0 ft
H-30 Drilling INC	1	1985	160.0 ft	79.0 ft
Ksu	1	1991	80.0 ft	74.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	1	1990	94.0 ft	40.0 ft
Rudolph J. Reiser Water Well Service, INC	1	1980	95.0 ft	72.0 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	14	210.0 ft	72.0 ft
1980s	19	100.0 ft	60.0 ft
1990s	42	85.0 ft	54.8 ft
2000s	6	112.0 ft	67.0 ft
2010s	21	125.0 ft	65.0 ft
2020s	6	89.8 ft	66.4 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Domestic	27	103.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	25	70.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	23	155.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	19	116.0 ft
Irrigation	7	239.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	4	121.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	1	0.0 ft
Public Water Supply	1	205.0 ft
Industrial	1	240.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 32S range 18W, 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
104724	1995	263.0 ft	86.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Ronald Lehl's Water Well Service
9304	1977	251.0 ft	80.0 ft	Irrigation	Layne-christensen CO
104093	1995	243.0 ft	96.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Ronald Lehl's Water Well Service
104721	1995	243.0 ft	87.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Ronald Lehl's Water Well Service
104722	1995	243.0 ft	83.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Ronald Lehl's Water Well Service
9300	1976	241.0 ft	84.0 ft	Irrigation	Layne-christensen CO
9297	1976	240.0 ft	88.0 ft	Irrigation	Layne-christensen CO
325651	2001	240.0 ft	60.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC
471268	2013	240.0 ft	74.0 ft	Industrial	Associated Drilling, INC
9301	1976	239.0 ft	63.0 ft	Irrigation	Layne-christensen CO

Buying or drilling in township 32S range 18W?

The median section here has moved -137.2 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 Central and western Kansas. Comanche County, on 100 % of 108 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

18S40W 22.2 ft
24S19W 3.9 ft
29S10W 0.0 ft
24S18W 14.5 ft
30S10W -3.0 ft
16S25W 0.0 ft
29S42W 114.7 ft
29S13W 2.9 ft
31S26W 21.3 ft
10S26W -15.2 ft
31S18W -89.3 ft
23S17W 11.2 ft
28S27W 77.1 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.