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Township 34S Range 36W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 132.8 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections
36Measured
132.8 ftMedian change
StevensCounty

What has happened in township 34S36W

Median depth went from 132.3 ft before development to 270.5 ft — a change of 132.8 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 01 at 166.9 ft; the smallest fall is section 31 at 90.5 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 34S 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
01126.0 ft292.9 ft+166.9
02129.5 ft285.7 ft+156.2
03137.3 ft284.6 ft+147.3
04129.7 ft277.4 ft+147.7
05124.9 ft278.7 ft+153.8
06115.2 ft276.9 ft+161.6
07128.0 ft278.9 ft+150.9
08131.1 ft275.6 ft+144.5
09140.8 ft276.7 ft+135.9
10141.2 ft274.6 ft+133.4
11132.3 ft275.1 ft+142.7
12128.2 ft284.0 ft+155.7
13132.5 ft282.0 ft+149.5
14134.8 ft270.5 ft+135.7
15148.1 ft274.9 ft+126.8
16141.7 ft268.8 ft+127.2
17142.9 ft274.4 ft+131.5
18144.2 ft279.9 ft+135.7
19133.7 ft251.4 ft+117.7
20134.1 ft253.6 ft+119.5
21142.2 ft263.6 ft+121.4
22140.6 ft265.3 ft+124.7
23132.9 ft265.7 ft+132.8
24135.0 ft278.9 ft+143.9
25130.8 ft265.8 ft+135.0
26132.8 ft257.6 ft+124.8
27126.4 ft243.4 ft+116.9
28133.5 ft246.5 ft+113.0
29130.4 ft238.4 ft+108.0
30127.2 ft227.9 ft+100.7
31124.3 ft214.8 ft+90.5
32132.2 ft230.9 ft+98.7
33126.9 ft230.8 ft+103.9
34125.5 ft230.3 ft+104.8
35121.3 ft234.9 ft+113.6
36125.2 ft250.7 ft+125.5

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 34S range 36W

134 wells in township 34S range 36W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC, 24. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 482.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (49), oil field water supply (40), domestic (28), domestic, livestock (6).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 34S 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
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC241975–2010663.0 ft186.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC231976–1989320.0 ft135.0 ft
Ktm Drilling, INC161975–1996640.0 ft148.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC111987–2006340.0 ft150.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC91986–1991280.0 ft162.0 ft
Ray Cramer Drilling CO71999–2002155.0 ft0.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service62004–2007265.0 ft190.0 ft
Geocore Services INC5200747.7 ft0.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO41976–1983482.0 ft154.0 ft
Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO31981–1989330.0 ft170.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC32015–2016670.0 ft332.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC32011320.0 ft148.0 ft
Cramer Drilling CO22000315.0 ft165.0 ft
Everett Miller Gearhead & Pump Repair21991678.0 ft150.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO22015–2023565.0 ft300.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #14522022–2025685.0 ft356.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #14522021690.0 ft244.0 ft
Paul Slocum Water Well Drilling21977–1978300.0 ft130.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC22012–2015595.0 ft0.0 ft
C.o. Water Well Drlg11989315.0 ft160.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply11998636.0 ft201.0 ft
Ksu11991158.0 ft0.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO11976552.0 ft110.0 ft
Southwest Windmill & Water Well Service, INC12021575.0 ft160.0 ft
Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc12022584.0 ft277.0 ft
Wells by decade drilled, with the median depth reached and the median water level the driller measured on arrival.
DecadeWellsMedian depthMedian level
1970s18552.0 ft132.0 ft
1980s40320.0 ft149.0 ft
1990s26360.0 ft159.0 ft
2000s33430.0 ft178.0 ft
2010s10595.0 ft248.0 ft
2020s7653.0 ft256.0 ft
What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
PurposeWellsMedian depth
Irrigation49657.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply40320.0 ft
Domestic28390.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock6200.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer547.7 ft
(unstated)/abandoned3180.0 ft
Feedlot/Livestock/Windmill2155.0 ft
Industrial1260.0 ft
The ten deepest wells on record in township 34S 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
3055401999755.0 ft178.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
4895772015742.0 ft375.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
3361882003718.0 ft235.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
4255022009717.0 ft213.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
3115242000708.0 ft217.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
864961985700.0 ft178.0 ftIrrigationKtm Drilling, INC
3176902000699.0 ft214.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
3336082002699.0 ft216.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
3895961998695.0 ft159.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
5506302021690.0 ft244.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, Inc. #145

Buying or drilling in township 34S range 36W?

The median section here has moved 132.8 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. Stevens County, on 100 % of 134 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.