Township 32S Range 36W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 166.2 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 32S36W

Median depth went from 120.0 ft before development to 289.1 ft — a change of 166.2 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 22 at 189.5 ft; the smallest fall is section 06 at 74.1 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 32S Range 36W — 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	142.4 ft	294.2 ft	+151.8
02	138.4 ft	300.4 ft	+162.0
03	125.0 ft	281.8 ft	+156.8
04	118.9 ft	237.2 ft	+118.2
05	119.7 ft	208.5 ft	+88.8
06	122.6 ft	196.7 ft	+74.1
07	119.2 ft	212.8 ft	+93.6
08	116.0 ft	233.9 ft	+117.9
09	118.3 ft	268.5 ft	+150.3
10	120.0 ft	295.7 ft	+175.7
11	129.8 ft	305.8 ft	+175.9
12	127.1 ft	289.1 ft	+162.0
13	121.0 ft	288.2 ft	+167.2
14	115.7 ft	294.7 ft	+179.0
15	113.5 ft	297.8 ft	+184.3
16	123.4 ft	292.5 ft	+169.1
17	117.4 ft	250.5 ft	+133.1
18	117.1 ft	223.9 ft	+106.9
19	118.4 ft	232.3 ft	+113.8
20	122.7 ft	261.0 ft	+138.3
21	122.6 ft	297.5 ft	+174.9
22	119.6 ft	309.1 ft	+189.5
23	116.2 ft	297.5 ft	+181.3
24	127.6 ft	298.5 ft	+170.9
25	128.2 ft	301.6 ft	+173.4
26	127.5 ft	308.7 ft	+181.2
27	123.1 ft	305.6 ft	+182.5
28	125.3 ft	294.6 ft	+169.3
29	128.1 ft	270.3 ft	+142.2
30	123.2 ft	243.5 ft	+120.3
31	114.5 ft	245.9 ft	+131.4
32	115.0 ft	262.5 ft	+147.4
33	111.8 ft	278.0 ft	+166.2
34	103.0 ft	284.4 ft	+181.3
35	114.5 ft	300.0 ft	+185.5
36	112.2 ft	292.4 ft	+180.2

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 32S range 36W

79 wells in township 32S range 36W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC, 14. Oldest record, 1976. Median well 495.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (29), domestic (21), oil field water supply (18), domestic, livestock (9).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 32S range 36W, 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	14	1978–1987	420.0 ft	180.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	10	1998–2010	558.0 ft	262.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	6	1991–2007	455.0 ft	241.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	6	1976–1997	535.0 ft	187.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC	5	2002–2018	453.0 ft	208.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC	4	2011	510.0 ft	298.0 ft
Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO	3	1982–1993	257.0 ft	120.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	3	2010–2017	640.0 ft	332.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling, INC	2	1992–1996	380.0 ft	270.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	2	1982–1986	436.0 ft	204.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	2	2008–2009	480.0 ft	0.0 ft
Downey Drlg #748	2	2022–2024	583.0 ft	339.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO	2	2016–2020	380.0 ft	210.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #548	2	2024	538.0 ft	326.0 ft
Ktm Drilling, INC	2	1989–1995	715.0 ft	286.0 ft
Marvin W. Jones Drilling Company	2	1976	560.0 ft	155.0 ft
Paul Slocum Water Well Drilling	2	1979	460.0 ft	177.0 ft
Ray Cramer Drilling CO	2	2002	400.0 ft	190.0 ft
3-b Drilling	1	2025	500.0 ft	340.0 ft
C.o. Water Well Drlg	1	1989	495.0 ft	260.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #145	1	2023	510.0 ft	365.0 ft
L & N Pump	1	2017	515.0 ft	346.0 ft
Midwest Well & Pump, INC	1	1987	365.0 ft	157.0 ft
Steve's Drilling	1	2016	500.0 ft	300.0 ft
Stout's Water Well Service, INC	1	1997	253.0 ft	165.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC	1	1989	300.0 ft	180.0 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	6	515.0 ft	160.0 ft
1980s	23	436.0 ft	180.0 ft
1990s	11	420.0 ft	205.0 ft
2000s	17	487.0 ft	210.0 ft
2010s	15	510.0 ft	298.0 ft
2020s	7	510.0 ft	326.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Irrigation	29	558.0 ft
Domestic	21	440.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	18	420.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	9	453.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	1	400.0 ft
Feedlot	1	537.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 32S range 36W, 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
86056	1989	715.0 ft	237.0 ft	Irrigation	Ktm Drilling, INC
431728	2009	681.0 ft	304.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
431727	2009	660.0 ft	297.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
508970	2017	642.0 ft	332.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
494425	2016	640.0 ft	310.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
433979	2010	599.0 ft	298.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
1055355556	2024	583.0 ft	305.0 ft	Irrigation	Downey Drlg #748
117423	1997	580.0 ft	220.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
102632	1995	576.0 ft	286.0 ft	Irrigation	Ktm Drilling, INC
319065	2001	572.0 ft	210.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC

Buying or drilling in township 32S range 36W?

The median section here has moved 166.2 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. Stevens County, on 100 % of 79 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

32S29W 92.0 ft
32S30W 115.3 ft
32S31W 114.2 ft
32S32W 99.5 ft
32S33W 81.3 ft
32S34W 96.5 ft
32S35W 111.1 ft
32S37W 98.9 ft
32S38W 125.0 ft
32S39W 110.8 ft
33S29W 82.8 ft
33S30W 85.4 ft
33S31W 56.6 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.