Township 32S Range 33W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 81.3 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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36Measured

81.3 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 32S33W

Median depth went from 93.0 ft before development to 169.4 ft — a change of 81.3 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 01 at 103.7 ft; the smallest fall is section 35 at 56.7 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 32S 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	180.1 ft	283.8 ft	+103.7
02	184.9 ft	285.1 ft	+100.2
03	186.5 ft	286.4 ft	+99.9
04	157.8 ft	254.4 ft	+96.5
05	115.6 ft	208.7 ft	+93.1
06	42.8 ft	135.6 ft	+92.8
07	19.6 ft	107.7 ft	+88.1
08	82.7 ft	169.4 ft	+86.8
09	125.3 ft	214.3 ft	+89.0
10	185.9 ft	277.2 ft	+91.2
11	185.6 ft	278.9 ft	+93.3
12	179.4 ft	279.7 ft	+100.3
13	184.5 ft	276.4 ft	+91.9
14	162.9 ft	242.9 ft	+80.0
15	157.4 ft	231.3 ft	+73.9
16	90.6 ft	168.7 ft	+78.1
17	48.2 ft	129.0 ft	+80.8
18	32.7 ft	116.8 ft	+84.1
19	76.4 ft	158.2 ft	+81.8
20	17.4 ft	95.2 ft	+77.9
21	61.2 ft	132.9 ft	+71.7
22	93.0 ft	159.2 ft	+66.2
23	139.5 ft	210.2 ft	+70.7
24	130.8 ft	213.0 ft	+82.2
25	63.4 ft	135.6 ft	+72.3
26	61.9 ft	124.6 ft	+62.8
27	33.0 ft	97.0 ft	+64.0
28	20.5 ft	90.6 ft	+70.1
29	72.5 ft	149.5 ft	+77.1
30	119.4 ft	200.8 ft	+81.3
31	167.4 ft	250.0 ft	+82.6
32	147.3 ft	225.4 ft	+78.2
33	91.8 ft	161.4 ft	+69.6
34	40.4 ft	102.4 ft	+62.0
35	42.9 ft	99.6 ft	+56.7
36	20.7 ft	80.9 ft	+60.2

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 32S range 33W

147 wells in township 32S range 33W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC, 34. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 320.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (55), irrigation (29), domestic (29), other (9).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 32S 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
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	34	1975–1989	230.0 ft	95.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	27	1987–2008	280.0 ft	148.0 ft
Geocore Services INC	21	1995–2004	70.0 ft	0.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC	15	1976–1992	340.0 ft	210.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling, INC	7	1996–2016	175.0 ft	68.0 ft
Layne-western	7	1975–1976	320.0 ft	88.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	6	1979–1996	413.0 ft	140.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	5	1976–1982	398.0 ft	154.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	4	1994–1996	320.0 ft	206.0 ft
Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc	4	2019–2023	300.0 ft	233.0 ft
H.d.c. Ag, LLC	2	1998	300.0 ft	149.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO	2	2016	420.0 ft	110.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	2	2013–2026	559.0 ft	280.0 ft
Reuben Bartel Well Drilling, INC	2	2000	376.0 ft	226.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	2	2000	400.0 ft	99.0 ft
Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC	2	2021	400.0 ft	137.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	1	1984	200.0 ft	52.0 ft
Db&e Co, LLC	1	2023	260.0 ft	103.0 ft
Ktm Drilling, INC	1	1994	360.0 ft	143.0 ft
Mike Rinehart	1	2007	80.0 ft	0.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC	1	2013	338.0 ft	87.0 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	37	260.0 ft	100.0 ft
1980s	26	280.0 ft	148.0 ft
1990s	48	280.0 ft	100.0 ft
2000s	24	200.0 ft	63.0 ft
2010s	7	400.0 ft	110.0 ft
2020s	6	400.0 ft	233.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	55	280.0 ft
Irrigation	29	336.0 ft
Domestic	29	220.0 ft
Other	9	70.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	8	400.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction	7	90.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	6	70.0 ft
Feedlot	3	300.0 ft
Industrial	1	200.0 ft
Feedlot/Livestock/Windmill	1	260.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 32S 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
1057210473	2026	559.0 ft	280.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
77970	1979	523.0 ft	202.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
469147	2013	480.0 ft	267.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
1053425992	2023	455.0 ft	233.0 ft	Domestic	Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc
77995	1982	446.0 ft	175.0 ft	Feedlot	Layne-christensen CO
339764	2003	440.0 ft	240.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC
78025	1976	424.0 ft	134.0 ft	Irrigation	Layne-christensen CO
494402	2016	420.0 ft	110.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Howard Drilling CO
517253	2016	420.0 ft	110.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Howard Drilling CO
77996	1991	415.0 ft	164.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC

Buying or drilling in township 32S range 33W?

The median section here has moved 81.3 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 148 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

31S36W 66.5 ft
31S37W 150.2 ft
32S28W 25.8 ft
32S29W 92.0 ft
32S30W 115.3 ft
32S31W 114.2 ft
32S32W 99.5 ft
32S34W 96.5 ft
32S35W 111.1 ft
32S36W 166.2 ft
32S37W 98.9 ft
32S38W 125.0 ft
32S39W 110.8 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.