Township 33S Range 32W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 46.5 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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46.5 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 33S32W

Median depth went from 99.3 ft before development to 130.4 ft — a change of 46.5 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 24 at 90.6 ft; the smallest fall is section 30 at 19.2 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 33S Range 32W — 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	197.4 ft	250.8 ft	+53.4
02	209.3 ft	262.6 ft	+53.4
03	199.5 ft	257.7 ft	+58.2
04	177.2 ft	238.7 ft	+61.5
05	129.4 ft	195.1 ft	+65.6
06	22.2 ft	89.9 ft	+67.8
07	5.9 ft	66.6 ft	+60.7
08	91.6 ft	148.4 ft	+56.8
09	153.2 ft	206.7 ft	+53.5
10	198.6 ft	248.4 ft	+49.8
11	212.2 ft	251.6 ft	+39.4
12	206.5 ft	243.4 ft	+36.9
13	148.1 ft	215.3 ft	+67.3
14	176.3 ft	235.9 ft	+59.6
15	166.4 ft	219.0 ft	+52.6
16	110.1 ft	157.6 ft	+47.4
17	39.6 ft	85.5 ft	+45.8
18	3.1 ft	49.7 ft	+46.5
19	99.3 ft	130.4 ft	+31.1
20	12.5 ft	45.7 ft	+33.3
21	44.7 ft	84.0 ft	+39.3
22	57.7 ft	111.0 ft	+53.3
23	42.6 ft	119.0 ft	+76.4
24	23.2 ft	113.8 ft	+90.6
25	0.0 ft	37.7 ft	≥ +37.7
26	0.0 ft	34.4 ft	≥ +34.4
27	0.0 ft	29.1 ft	≥ +29.1
28	14.5 ft	41.9 ft	+27.4
29	61.1 ft	83.1 ft	+22.0
30	170.6 ft	189.8 ft	+19.2
31	191.3 ft	217.8 ft	+26.5
32	132.7 ft	153.6 ft	+20.9
33	110.2 ft	130.2 ft	+20.0
34	89.1 ft	116.4 ft	+27.3
35	98.6 ft	129.9 ft	+31.4
36	25.3 ft	49.1 ft	+23.8

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 33S range 32W

180 wells in township 33S range 32W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC, 31. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 201.0 ft deep.

Sunk for monitoring well/observation/piezometer (62), oil field water supply (30), irrigation (20), domestic (19).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 33S range 32W, 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	31	1976–1989	240.0 ft	115.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	17	1992–2006	25.0 ft	0.0 ft
Cascade Drilling	14	2017	23.6 ft	0.0 ft
Keith Pool, A. W. Pool, INC	13	2000–2002	32.0 ft	24.0 ft
Accurate Drilling Services INC	10	2008–2013	30.0 ft	20.0 ft
Layne Western CO	9	1998	30.0 ft	0.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	7	1983–2007	335.0 ft	190.0 ft
Layne Western	7	1997–2001	30.0 ft	0.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling, INC	6	1975–2016	260.0 ft	140.0 ft
Geotechnical Services, INC	6	2004	28.0 ft	0.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	6	1976–1980	300.0 ft	151.0 ft
Below Ground Surface, INC	5	2011	34.0 ft	0.0 ft
Geocore, INC	5	2019	30.7 ft	26.7 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	5	1991–2008	370.0 ft	180.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC	4	2015–2017	310.0 ft	99.0 ft
Woodward-clyde	4	1998	38.0 ft	34.0 ft
Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc	3	2019–2022	356.0 ft	234.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC	3	1987–1990	300.0 ft	180.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	2	1979–1985	302.0 ft	196.0 ft
Geocore Services INC	2	1996	22.0 ft	0.0 ft
Geocore, LLC	2	2019	29.7 ft	26.7 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	2	2013–2014	565.0 ft	242.0 ft
Layne Christensen CO	2	2012	201.0 ft	91.0 ft
Les Taylor Drilling	2	2003	401.0 ft	112.0 ft
Razek Environmental, LLC	2	2015	39.0 ft	32.5 ft
Reuben Bartel Well Drilling, INC	2	2001	300.0 ft	213.0 ft
3t Drilling, INC	1	2023	340.0 ft	252.0 ft
Cramer Drilling CO	1	1998	300.0 ft	204.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	1	1998	260.0 ft	45.0 ft
Dick Grosch Lrrigating Co., INC	1	1998	350.0 ft	42.0 ft
Jason Jennings	1	2000	170.0 ft	35.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	1	1999	170.0 ft	35.0 ft
Noel E. Clemens Irrigation Drlg., INC	1	1976	152.0 ft	4.0 ft
Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC	1	2021	543.0 ft	248.0 ft
Urs Greiner - Woodward-clyde	1	1998	53.5 ft	45.0 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	18	258.0 ft	104.0 ft
1980s	25	260.0 ft	120.0 ft
1990s	39	33.0 ft	22.0 ft
2000s	50	31.0 ft	13.0 ft
2010s	44	30.0 ft	24.6 ft
2020s	4	385.0 ft	248.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	62	30.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	30	260.0 ft
Irrigation	20	260.0 ft
Domestic	19	260.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction	16	25.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	12	30.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	6	385.0 ft
Industrial	4	140.0 ft
Test hole/well	4	53.0 ft
Public Water Supply	3	344.0 ft
Other	2	240.0 ft
Recovery/Soil Vapor Extraction/Soil Vent	1	28.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge	1	28.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 33S range 32W, 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
465979	2013	565.0 ft	242.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
550632	2021	543.0 ft	248.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC
475658	2014	509.0 ft	144.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
78184	1983	495.0 ft	203.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
486865	2015	467.0 ft	236.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC
343945	2003	401.0 ft	100.0 ft	Irrigation	Les Taylor Drilling
386708	1997	400.0 ft	215.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC
391139	2006	400.0 ft	240.0 ft	Domestic	Bartel Well Drilling, INC
1052889835	2022	385.0 ft	234.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc
117026	1997	380.0 ft	219.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC

Buying or drilling in township 33S range 32W?

The median section here has moved 46.5 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 180 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

32S36W 166.2 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
33S33W 59.8 ft
33S34W 131.1 ft
33S35W 174.8 ft
33S36W 169.6 ft
33S37W 157.6 ft
33S38W 143.5 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.