Township 32S Range 31W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 114.2 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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114.2 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 32S31W

Median depth went from 169.9 ft before development to 280.1 ft — a change of 114.2 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 01 at 130.8 ft; the smallest fall is section 31 at 70.4 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 32S Range 31W — 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	155.3 ft	286.2 ft	+130.8
02	153.5 ft	280.7 ft	+127.2
03	155.7 ft	280.7 ft	+125.0
04	157.2 ft	280.9 ft	+123.7
05	159.8 ft	279.7 ft	+120.0
06	176.5 ft	291.2 ft	+114.7
07	168.8 ft	282.6 ft	+113.8
08	160.8 ft	278.0 ft	+117.2
09	161.0 ft	280.6 ft	+119.6
10	157.5 ft	278.5 ft	+121.0
11	157.9 ft	280.6 ft	+122.7
12	153.4 ft	279.8 ft	+126.4
13	160.0 ft	280.1 ft	+120.1
14	169.9 ft	288.1 ft	+118.2
15	169.8 ft	286.4 ft	+116.5
16	169.0 ft	284.0 ft	+114.9
17	161.5 ft	275.8 ft	+114.3
18	160.1 ft	273.4 ft	+113.3
19	165.0 ft	266.6 ft	+101.6
20	171.0 ft	275.9 ft	+104.9
21	176.2 ft	284.5 ft	+108.3
22	172.8 ft	284.1 ft	+111.3
23	171.4 ft	285.5 ft	+114.2
24	168.4 ft	284.0 ft	+115.6
25	173.1 ft	284.6 ft	+111.4
26	173.6 ft	282.9 ft	+109.3
27	173.4 ft	276.4 ft	+102.9
28	178.6 ft	277.3 ft	+98.7
29	183.5 ft	273.7 ft	+90.2
30	175.3 ft	260.4 ft	+85.1
31	185.8 ft	256.2 ft	+70.4
32	185.9 ft	263.4 ft	+77.5
33	183.8 ft	266.1 ft	+82.3
34	185.4 ft	268.7 ft	+83.2
35	178.9 ft	271.2 ft	+92.3
36	175.5 ft	274.2 ft	+98.7

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 32S range 31W

109 wells in township 32S range 31W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC, 18. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 408.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (41), oil field water supply (38), domestic (20), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (4).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 32S range 31W, 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
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	18	1976–1984	300.0 ft	188.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	16	1988–2008	400.0 ft	230.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	14	2011–2026	498.0 ft	276.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	12	1975–2008	487.0 ft	213.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC	7	1981–1988	340.0 ft	210.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	6	1982–1989	300.0 ft	194.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	4	1977–1982	488.0 ft	213.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	4	2000–2003	495.0 ft	248.0 ft
Layne-western	3	1975–1976	380.0 ft	196.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC	3	2013	490.0 ft	257.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling, INC	2	2003–2012	382.0 ft	189.0 ft
Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair	2	1989–1990	515.0 ft	211.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	2	1994–1995	300.0 ft	219.0 ft
Southwest Windmill	2	2001–2003	354.0 ft	258.0 ft
Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC	2	2020–2021	490.0 ft	325.0 ft
Allen & Rawlins Drlg CO	1	1976	408.0 ft	177.0 ft
Ark Valley Pump and Supply	1	1995	395.0 ft	250.0 ft
B & M Services Swk, LLC	1	2026	300.0 ft	280.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	1	2010	485.0 ft	0.0 ft
Downey Drlg #748	1	2023	512.0 ft	311.0 ft
Elite Drilling Co. LLC	1	2019	500.0 ft	0.0 ft
Elite Irrigation & Drlg	1	2019	475.0 ft	268.0 ft
Gspf Irrigation Service	1	2014	372.0 ft	275.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump	1	2022	510.0 ft	301.0 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC	1	2023	500.0 ft	280.0 ft
Rosencrantz-bemis Enterprises, INC	1	1983	350.0 ft	210.0 ft
Woodward-clyde	1	1998	33.5 ft	26.0 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	419.0 ft	196.0 ft
1980s	37	320.0 ft	200.0 ft
1990s	14	395.0 ft	219.0 ft
2000s	16	437.0 ft	250.0 ft
2010s	20	495.0 ft	268.0 ft
2020s	8	497.0 ft	301.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Irrigation	41	493.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	38	320.0 ft
Domestic	20	383.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	4	437.0 ft
Public Water Supply	2	497.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	2	382.0 ft
Feedlot/Livestock/Windmill	1	400.0 ft
Test Hole, Uncased	1	500.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 32S range 31W, 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
486721	2015	565.0 ft	264.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
459828	2012	541.0 ft	284.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
414808	2008	536.0 ft	248.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
479280	2014	532.0 ft	276.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
475641	2014	526.0 ft	268.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
337383	2003	521.0 ft	226.0 ft	Irrigation	Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
77894	1981	516.0 ft	215.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
77860	1990	515.0 ft	206.0 ft	Irrigation	Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair
77861	1989	515.0 ft	211.0 ft	Irrigation	Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair
500943	2016	515.0 ft	310.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC

Buying or drilling in township 32S range 31W?

The median section here has moved 114.2 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 Far western Kansas. Seward County, on 100 % of 109 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

31S34W 108.0 ft
31S35W 102.1 ft
31S36W 66.5 ft
31S37W 150.2 ft
32S28W 25.8 ft
32S29W 92.0 ft
32S30W 115.3 ft
32S32W 99.5 ft
32S33W 81.3 ft
32S34W 96.5 ft
32S35W 111.1 ft
32S36W 166.2 ft
32S37W 98.9 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.