ks-water-table

Township 34S Range 32W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 21.8 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections
36Measured
21.8 ftMedian change
SewardCounty

What has happened in township 34S32W

Median depth went from 201.2 ft before development to 221.8 ft — a change of 21.8 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 30 at 50.1 ft; the smallest fall is section 01 at 10.4 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 34S 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.Before2022–24Change
0190.5 ft100.9 ft+10.4
02174.7 ft195.1 ft+20.4
03189.6 ft212.0 ft+22.4
04194.6 ft218.6 ft+24.0
05202.3 ft230.2 ft+28.0
06228.1 ft263.4 ft+35.3
07228.4 ft263.9 ft+35.5
08227.1 ft258.4 ft+31.3
09210.9 ft236.9 ft+26.1
10208.8 ft229.6 ft+20.8
11201.2 ft219.5 ft+18.3
12151.6 ft165.0 ft+13.4
13209.8 ft224.6 ft+14.8
14208.3 ft223.1 ft+14.8
15207.1 ft224.2 ft+17.2
16209.6 ft231.5 ft+21.9
17225.2 ft249.8 ft+24.6
18210.5 ft243.8 ft+33.2
19184.7 ft229.7 ft+45.0
20198.8 ft232.0 ft+33.2
21207.2 ft229.0 ft+21.8
22200.9 ft215.6 ft+14.7
23201.9 ft215.6 ft+13.8
24210.3 ft227.3 ft+17.0
25201.4 ft220.2 ft+18.8
26196.2 ft211.6 ft+15.3
27197.0 ft213.1 ft+16.1
28201.2 ft223.4 ft+22.2
29179.1 ft214.3 ft+35.1
30162.2 ft212.4 ft+50.1
31159.3 ft195.4 ft+36.1
32182.5 ft204.4 ft+21.8
33200.5 ft219.5 ft+19.0
34205.7 ft221.8 ft+16.1
35191.1 ft208.9 ft+17.7
36189.6 ft209.1 ft+19.5

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 34S range 32W

148 wells in township 34S range 32W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC, 33. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 303.0 ft deep.

Sunk for domestic (86), oil field water supply (40), irrigation (10), other (5).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 34S 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 recordWellsYearsMedian depthMedian water level
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC331984–2006280.0 ft202.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC301975–1989300.0 ft187.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling, INC201993–2012291.0 ft208.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC102012–2016303.0 ft207.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC101976–1989300.0 ft190.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO61978–1985305.0 ft198.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO52011–2023300.0 ft219.0 ft
Neal Combs Engineering41977–1980300.0 ft188.0 ft
Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc42019–2022362.0 ft224.0 ft
Carl Hayse Water Well Service31975–1978300.0 ft190.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC32010–2016340.0 ft240.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO31977416.0 ft165.0 ft
Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC32020–2021340.0 ft205.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC21993–2004400.0 ft227.0 ft
Reuben Bartel Well Drilling, INC22000340.0 ft265.0 ft
3t Drilling, INC12023340.0 ft224.0 ft
Arnold Winter, Ktm Drilling, INC11976382.0 ft198.0 ft
Billy D. Riggs11976300.0 ft193.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service12007220.0 ft0.0 ft
Gspf Irrigation12016371.0 ft218.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #54812024431.0 ft222.0 ft
Paul Slocum Water Well Drilling11975260.0 ft190.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC12003410.0 ft200.0 ft
Southwest Windmill12000206.0 ft189.0 ft
Troy Barber11977300.0 ft180.0 ft
Wells by decade drilled, with the median depth reached and the median water level the driller measured on arrival.
DecadeWellsMedian depthMedian level
1970s24300.0 ft190.0 ft
1980s39280.0 ft189.0 ft
1990s20300.0 ft205.0 ft
2000s34280.0 ft204.0 ft
2010s22304.0 ft218.0 ft
2020s9347.0 ft224.0 ft
What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
PurposeWellsMedian depth
Domestic86287.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply40300.0 ft
Irrigation10410.0 ft
Other5334.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock4387.0 ft
Industrial2340.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned1220.0 ft
The ten deepest wells on record in township 34S 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.
RecordYearDepthWater levelPurposeDriller
4778922014536.0 ft250.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
4565722012460.0 ft219.0 ftDomestic, LivestockHoward Drilling CO
10557511032024431.0 ft222.0 ftIrrigationHydro Res. Mid Continent #548
784321977430.0 ft165.0 ftIrrigationLayne-christensen CO
784311977416.0 ft206.0 ftIrrigationLayne-christensen CO
3413842003410.0 ft200.0 ftIrrigationRichard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
10528921922022405.0 ft222.0 ftOtherSw Windmill & Ww Srvc
784181993400.0 ft227.0 ftDomesticHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
4819612014398.0 ft248.0 ftDomesticSouthwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC
784351977390.0 ft160.0 ftIrrigationLayne-christensen CO

Buying or drilling in township 34S range 32W?

The median section here has moved 21.8 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. Seward County, on 100 % of 148 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.