Township 34S Range 35W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 173.1 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 34S35W

Median depth went from 116.9 ft before development to 291.3 ft — a change of 173.1 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 11 at 188.9 ft; the smallest fall is section 31 at 136.9 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 34S Range 35W — 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	114.7 ft	298.8 ft	+184.1
02	113.8 ft	302.4 ft	+188.6
03	104.9 ft	293.3 ft	+188.4
04	112.1 ft	297.9 ft	+185.9
05	117.3 ft	299.2 ft	+181.8
06	119.5 ft	293.6 ft	+174.1
07	121.7 ft	290.3 ft	+168.6
08	133.4 ft	312.5 ft	+179.0
09	124.2 ft	308.7 ft	+184.5
10	113.4 ft	300.1 ft	+186.7
11	120.1 ft	309.0 ft	+188.9
12	116.9 ft	302.5 ft	+185.7
13	116.9 ft	301.4 ft	+184.5
14	117.0 ft	302.9 ft	+185.9
15	122.3 ft	304.3 ft	+182.0
16	125.2 ft	305.5 ft	+180.3
17	139.5 ft	312.6 ft	+173.1
18	131.6 ft	294.3 ft	+162.7
19	132.4 ft	287.7 ft	+155.2
20	127.7 ft	291.3 ft	+163.7
21	114.5 ft	285.1 ft	+170.6
22	111.1 ft	285.3 ft	+174.2
23	113.1 ft	289.1 ft	+176.0
24	112.2 ft	283.3 ft	+171.1
25	108.9 ft	266.6 ft	+157.6
26	113.7 ft	277.2 ft	+163.5
27	111.3 ft	273.9 ft	+162.6
28	106.3 ft	263.8 ft	+157.4
29	124.1 ft	276.0 ft	+152.0
30	127.2 ft	272.0 ft	+144.8
31	129.9 ft	266.8 ft	+136.9
32	117.0 ft	257.7 ft	+140.8
33	109.1 ft	254.4 ft	+145.3
34	107.3 ft	255.7 ft	+148.4
35	114.6 ft	257.8 ft	+143.2
36	108.2 ft	253.0 ft	+144.8

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 34S range 35W

150 wells in township 34S range 35W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC, 44. Oldest record, 1976. Median well 600.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (65), irrigation (47), domestic (26), domestic, livestock (12).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 34S range 35W, 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	44	1976–1989	340.0 ft	143.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	20	1976–2009	668.0 ft	194.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	19	1993–2006	420.0 ft	206.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC	8	2011–2014	250.0 ft	240.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	7	2000–2010	670.0 ft	191.0 ft
Ray Cramer Drilling CO	7	1998–2002	160.0 ft	139.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO	6	2011–2015	600.0 ft	312.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	6	2012–2016	720.0 ft	287.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	5	1981–1998	635.0 ft	217.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC	5	1981–1990	335.0 ft	120.0 ft
Ktm Drilling, INC	4	1976	718.0 ft	115.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC	4	2013–2016	507.0 ft	267.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	3	1981–1986	399.0 ft	144.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply	3	1998–1999	661.0 ft	210.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	3	1977–1979	639.0 ft	146.0 ft
Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO	2	1980–1992	377.0 ft	180.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145	1	2021	651.0 ft	324.0 ft
Les Taylor Drilling CO	1	1997	594.0 ft	190.0 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC	1	2017	680.0 ft	301.0 ft
Paul Slocum Water Well Drilling	1	1976	360.0 ft	115.0 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	11	622.0 ft	130.0 ft
1980s	52	340.0 ft	144.0 ft
1990s	25	594.0 ft	175.0 ft
2000s	35	460.0 ft	206.0 ft
2010s	26	556.0 ft	267.0 ft
2020s	1	651.0 ft	324.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	65	360.0 ft
Irrigation	47	668.0 ft
Domestic	26	420.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	12	180.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 34S range 35W, 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
458418	2012	790.0 ft	260.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
86419	1989	780.0 ft	175.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
86447	1977	750.0 ft	130.0 ft	Irrigation	Layne-christensen CO
497834	2016	750.0 ft	292.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
414832	2008	735.0 ft	276.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
86410	1976	725.0 ft	114.0 ft	Irrigation	Ktm Drilling, INC
389576	1998	723.0 ft	170.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
330006	2002	720.0 ft	261.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
475697	2014	720.0 ft	260.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
86461	1976	718.0 ft	115.0 ft	Irrigation	Ktm Drilling, INC

Buying or drilling in township 34S range 35W?

The median section here has moved 173.1 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 150 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

33S36W 169.6 ft
33S37W 157.6 ft
33S38W 143.5 ft
34S30W 52.6 ft
34S32W 21.8 ft
34S33W 61.5 ft
34S34W 133.4 ft
34S36W 132.8 ft
34S37W 145.4 ft
34S38W 144.0 ft
34S39W 51.7 ft
34S40W -5.3 ft
11S26W 1.0 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.