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Township 33S Range 36W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 169.6 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections
36Measured
169.6 ftMedian change
StevensCounty

What has happened in township 33S36W

Median depth went from 105.5 ft before development to 279.3 ft — a change of 169.6 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 02 at 190.9 ft; the smallest fall is section 06 at 143.5 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 33S 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.Before2022–24Change
0193.3 ft279.3 ft+185.9
0291.9 ft282.9 ft+190.9
0390.4 ft269.9 ft+179.5
0493.4 ft259.2 ft+165.8
0591.9 ft246.4 ft+154.6
0691.4 ft234.9 ft+143.5
0788.4 ft240.8 ft+152.4
0894.2 ft254.4 ft+160.2
0994.8 ft263.2 ft+168.3
1097.1 ft276.1 ft+179.1
11102.1 ft288.7 ft+186.6
1295.1 ft278.5 ft+183.4
13103.8 ft284.2 ft+180.4
14105.5 ft288.1 ft+182.6
15100.5 ft278.9 ft+178.4
1697.9 ft267.6 ft+169.8
17100.4 ft264.6 ft+164.2
18101.2 ft260.6 ft+159.4
19110.0 ft275.8 ft+165.9
20109.1 ft275.7 ft+166.7
21104.7 ft274.2 ft+169.6
22109.1 ft282.4 ft+173.3
23111.8 ft288.6 ft+176.8
24114.1 ft293.0 ft+178.9
25123.9 ft301.8 ft+177.9
26123.5 ft295.1 ft+171.6
27115.4 ft285.0 ft+169.6
28121.0 ft286.6 ft+165.7
29123.0 ft288.7 ft+165.7
30110.2 ft279.2 ft+169.0
31114.2 ft282.3 ft+168.1
32129.9 ft290.9 ft+161.0
33120.9 ft278.4 ft+157.5
34123.9 ft283.6 ft+159.7
35127.3 ft292.3 ft+165.0
36128.5 ft302.2 ft+173.8

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 33S range 36W

96 wells in township 33S range 36W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC, 14. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 404.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (43), oil field water supply (26), domestic (20), domestic, livestock (6).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 33S 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 recordWellsYearsMedian depthMedian water level
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC141977–1988300.0 ft110.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC141979–2009522.0 ft237.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service112002–2010360.0 ft0.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC111991–2009300.0 ft100.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC72013–2018506.0 ft287.0 ft
Ktm Drilling, INC71976–1996543.0 ft145.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC51980–1995380.0 ft150.0 ft
Paul Slocum Water Well Drilling51975–1979288.0 ft135.0 ft
3-b Drilling32024–2025520.0 ft176.0 ft
Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc32021–2024380.0 ft240.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO21976–1981404.0 ft183.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC22020–2021400.0 ft290.0 ft
3t Drilling, INC12024520.0 ft182.0 ft
Downey Drilling, INC12025542.0 ft329.0 ft
Gspf Irrigation Service12016465.0 ft174.0 ft
H.d.c. Ag12026290.0 ft146.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO12012280.0 ft118.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #14512025498.0 ft190.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #54812024627.0 ft298.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #14512021640.0 ft302.0 ft
Noel E. Clemens Irrigation Drlg., INC11976545.0 ft180.0 ft
Stout's Water Well Service, INC11997195.0 ft90.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC11990320.0 ft170.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC12011340.0 ft275.0 ft
Wells by decade drilled, with the median depth reached and the median water level the driller measured on arrival.
DecadeWellsMedian depthMedian level
1970s13390.0 ft145.0 ft
1980s21334.0 ft129.0 ft
1990s19385.0 ft166.0 ft
2000s17360.0 ft130.0 ft
2010s12465.0 ft282.0 ft
2020s14500.0 ft240.0 ft
What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
PurposeWellsMedian depth
Irrigation43505.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply26300.0 ft
Domestic20360.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock6500.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden1465.0 ft
The ten deepest wells on record in township 33S 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.
RecordYearDepthWater levelPurposeDriller
3985102006723.0 ft250.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
862501983682.0 ft129.0 ftIrrigationKtm Drilling, INC
1081941996643.0 ft182.0 ftIrrigationKtm Drilling, INC
5435772021640.0 ft302.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145
862631976628.0 ft134.0 ftIrrigationKtm Drilling, INC
10557852012024627.0 ft298.0 ftIrrigationHydro Res. Mid Continent #548
4867632015619.0 ft282.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
4821082014615.0 ft288.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
5290562018594.0 ft288.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
1058891996592.0 ft108.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC

Buying or drilling in township 33S range 36W?

The median section here has moved 169.6 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 96 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

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.