Township 32S Range 39W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 110.8 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 32S39W

Median depth went from 88.1 ft before development to 180.7 ft — a change of 110.8 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 08 at 132.0 ft; the smallest fall is section 30 at 23.3 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 32S Range 39W — 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	34.5 ft	159.0 ft	+124.6
02	80.1 ft	202.2 ft	+122.1
03	97.1 ft	215.0 ft	+118.0
04	105.0 ft	224.3 ft	+119.3
05	118.7 ft	243.7 ft	+124.9
06	120.9 ft	239.1 ft	+118.2
07	130.1 ft	239.1 ft	+109.0
08	106.9 ft	238.9 ft	+132.0
09	89.0 ft	220.9 ft	+131.9
10	87.7 ft	210.4 ft	+122.7
11	62.8 ft	189.5 ft	+126.7
12	3.3 ft	133.6 ft	+130.3
13	1.4 ft	130.4 ft	+129.0
14	35.5 ft	155.8 ft	+120.3
15	88.2 ft	204.2 ft	+116.0
16	99.1 ft	217.0 ft	+117.9
17	117.0 ft	227.8 ft	+110.8
18	133.6 ft	231.8 ft	+98.2
19	103.6 ft	171.5 ft	+67.9
20	88.4 ft	163.5 ft	+75.1
21	95.6 ft	180.7 ft	+85.1
22	73.7 ft	171.4 ft	+97.7
23	13.0 ft	121.6 ft	+108.6
24	49.9 ft	169.1 ft	+119.1
25	82.8 ft	194.8 ft	+112.0
26	46.2 ft	146.7 ft	+100.5
27	33.2 ft	116.6 ft	+83.5
28	61.6 ft	118.4 ft	+56.8
29	62.5 ft	108.6 ft	+46.1
30	74.0 ft	97.3 ft	+23.3
31	106.3 ft	133.6 ft	+27.3
32	119.0 ft	159.0 ft	+40.0
33	110.8 ft	165.9 ft	+55.1
34	88.1 ft	169.7 ft	+81.6
35	84.7 ft	182.3 ft	+97.6
36	84.8 ft	191.1 ft	+106.3

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 32S range 39W

77 wells in township 32S range 39W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC, 22. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 365.2 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (29), irrigation (20), domestic (18), domestic, livestock (7).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 32S range 39W, 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
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	22	1991–2009	300.0 ft	200.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	8	1994–2009	400.0 ft	91.0 ft
Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO	6	1975–1982	365.2 ft	100.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC	6	1975–1991	250.0 ft	115.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC	5	2012–2015	400.0 ft	260.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	4	1977–1997	534.0 ft	208.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	3	1975–1980	200.0 ft	35.0 ft
James Ray Smith Pump Service	3	1979–1981	290.0 ft	215.0 ft
Joe's Well Service, INC	3	2002–2005	278.0 ft	164.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	3	1976–1985	405.0 ft	90.0 ft
Well Owner	3	2010	155.0 ft	60.0 ft
Ktm Drilling, INC	2	1977	313.0 ft	195.0 ft
Usgs	2	2000	158.0 ft	134.0 ft
Arnold Winter, Ktm Drilling, INC	1	1975	437.0 ft	86.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply	1	1999	485.0 ft	219.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	1	2013	545.0 ft	260.0 ft
K.i. Drilling CO	1	1975	577.0 ft	225.0 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC	1	2017	410.0 ft	171.0 ft
Paul Slocum Water Well Drilling	1	1980	280.0 ft	150.0 ft
Stout's Water Well Service, INC	1	1996	3.0 ft	0.0 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	313.0 ft	186.0 ft
1980s	12	302.0 ft	100.0 ft
1990s	23	305.0 ft	200.0 ft
2000s	18	300.0 ft	134.0 ft
2010s	10	400.0 ft	250.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	29	300.0 ft
Irrigation	20	483.0 ft
Domestic	18	303.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	7	155.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	2	158.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	1	400.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 32S range 39W, 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
41399	1975	577.0 ft	225.0 ft	Irrigation	K.i. Drilling CO
86154	1978	568.0 ft	188.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
467203	2013	545.0 ft	260.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
117653	1997	534.0 ft	208.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
313529	2000	518.0 ft	232.0 ft	Irrigation	Destal Tyler Water Well Service
425505	2009	505.0 ft	0.0 ft	Irrigation	Destal Tyler Water Well Service
86155	1976	498.0 ft	166.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
86161	1981	489.9 ft	100.0 ft	Irrigation	Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO
307128	1999	485.0 ft	219.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply
86153	1977	483.0 ft	186.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC

Buying or drilling in township 32S range 39W?

The median section here has moved 110.8 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. Morton County, on 52 % of 77 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

32S32W 99.5 ft
32S33W 81.3 ft
32S34W 96.5 ft
32S35W 111.1 ft
32S36W 166.2 ft
32S37W 98.9 ft
32S38W 125.0 ft
33S29W 82.8 ft
33S30W 85.4 ft
33S31W 56.6 ft
33S32W 46.5 ft
33S33W 59.8 ft
33S34W 131.1 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.