Township 34S Range 34W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 133.4 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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133.4 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 34S34W

Median depth went from 109.3 ft before development to 237.0 ft — a change of 133.4 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 06 at 176.7 ft; the smallest fall is section 12 at 81.5 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 34S Range 34W — 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	127.1 ft	215.7 ft	+88.6
02	122.8 ft	230.3 ft	+107.5
03	115.7 ft	243.2 ft	+127.5
04	112.0 ft	258.5 ft	+146.5
05	107.0 ft	272.6 ft	+165.7
06	111.1 ft	287.8 ft	+176.7
07	114.7 ft	288.7 ft	+174.0
08	110.6 ft	273.5 ft	+162.9
09	112.6 ft	259.4 ft	+146.8
10	108.6 ft	237.0 ft	+128.4
11	117.1 ft	221.4 ft	+104.3
12	120.9 ft	202.4 ft	+81.5
13	119.6 ft	205.0 ft	+85.4
14	114.8 ft	221.1 ft	+106.3
15	110.3 ft	238.1 ft	+127.8
16	118.1 ft	263.0 ft	+144.8
17	116.8 ft	276.8 ft	+160.0
18	114.5 ft	286.7 ft	+172.2
19	106.9 ft	269.5 ft	+162.6
20	108.6 ft	261.1 ft	+152.5
21	109.6 ft	250.4 ft	+140.8
22	104.9 ft	233.6 ft	+128.7
23	105.9 ft	218.6 ft	+112.7
24	109.3 ft	205.8 ft	+96.5
25	95.7 ft	199.1 ft	+103.5
26	85.6 ft	208.6 ft	+123.1
27	89.4 ft	221.5 ft	+132.1
28	93.0 ft	230.8 ft	+137.8
29	99.0 ft	244.5 ft	+145.4
30	105.4 ft	257.2 ft	+151.8
31	100.6 ft	245.5 ft	+144.9
32	89.4 ft	230.2 ft	+140.8
33	75.0 ft	208.4 ft	+133.4
34	84.4 ft	210.4 ft	+125.9
35	85.6 ft	203.8 ft	+118.2
36	91.0 ft	194.7 ft	+103.7

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 34S range 34W

182 wells in township 34S range 34W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC, 47. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 477.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (78), domestic (51), irrigation (38), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (3).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 34S range 34W, 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	47	1976–1987	280.0 ft	120.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	26	1996–2009	666.0 ft	195.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	24	1983–2009	400.0 ft	150.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC	22	1975–1992	260.0 ft	120.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling, INC	12	1993–2015	355.0 ft	175.0 ft
Reuben Bartel Well Drilling, INC	6	1999–2001	340.0 ft	147.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC	6	2011–2020	467.0 ft	222.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	5	1975–1998	643.0 ft	152.0 ft
Layne-western	5	1975–1976	600.0 ft	160.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	4	1983–1988	290.0 ft	110.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO	3	2013–2015	520.0 ft	290.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	3	2001–2003	688.0 ft	164.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	2	2016	760.0 ft	216.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	2	1998–2006	650.0 ft	274.0 ft
Southwest Windmill	2	2001–2003	150.0 ft	145.0 ft
Vapor Well Systems	2	1991	0.0 ft	0.0 ft
3-b Drilling	1	2025	480.0 ft	265.0 ft
Arnold Winter, Ktm Drilling, INC	1	1993	690.0 ft	131.0 ft
B & M Services Swk, LLC	1	2025	600.0 ft	230.0 ft
Bartel Drilling	1	1982	240.0 ft	128.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling,inc	1	1999	320.0 ft	120.0 ft
Gspf Irrigation Service	1	2015	610.0 ft	290.0 ft
Houck Bros. Drilling	1	1999	631.0 ft	180.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	1	1976	477.0 ft	132.0 ft
Paul Klassen Drilling	1	1981	280.0 ft	122.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC	1	2011	640.0 ft	0.0 ft
Us Army Corps of Engineers	1	2016	227.5 ft	200.0 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	477.0 ft	130.0 ft
1980s	70	280.0 ft	120.0 ft
1990s	40	360.0 ft	140.0 ft
2000s	38	640.0 ft	202.0 ft
2010s	16	520.0 ft	231.0 ft
2020s	3	480.0 ft	230.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	78	280.0 ft
Domestic	51	300.0 ft
Irrigation	38	665.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	3	620.0 ft
Public Water Supply	2	688.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	2	610.0 ft
Feedlot/Livestock/Windmill	2	700.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction	2	0.0 ft
Feedlot	2	580.0 ft
Industrial	1	280.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	1	360.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 34S range 34W, 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
496721	2016	760.0 ft	212.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
322160	2001	722.0 ft	216.0 ft	Irrigation	Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
118105	1997	721.0 ft	150.0 ft	Irrigation	Destal Tyler Water Well Service
116577	1997	715.0 ft	130.0 ft	Irrigation	Destal Tyler Water Well Service
413602	1998	715.0 ft	220.0 ft	Irrigation	Destal Tyler Water Well Service
345985	2004	703.0 ft	165.0 ft	Irrigation	Destal Tyler Water Well Service
78565	1975	700.0 ft	116.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
115861	—	700.0 ft	180.0 ft	Irrigation	Destal Tyler Water Well Service
314514	2000	700.0 ft	222.0 ft	Irrigation	Destal Tyler Water Well Service
345974	2004	700.0 ft	158.0 ft	Irrigation	Destal Tyler Water Well Service

Buying or drilling in township 34S range 34W?

The median section here has moved 133.4 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 182 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

33S35W 174.8 ft
33S36W 169.6 ft
33S37W 157.6 ft
33S38W 143.5 ft
34S30W 52.6 ft
34S32W 21.8 ft
34S33W 61.5 ft
34S35W 173.1 ft
34S36W 132.8 ft
34S37W 145.4 ft
34S38W 144.0 ft
34S39W 51.7 ft
34S40W -5.3 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.