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Township 34S Range 37W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 145.4 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

36Sections
36Measured
145.4 ftMedian change
StevensCounty

What has happened in township 34S37W

Median depth went from 129.3 ft before development to 279.8 ft — a change of 145.4 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 02 at 180.3 ft; the smallest fall is section 36 at 81.9 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 34S Range 37W — 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
01111.5 ft283.9 ft+172.4
02119.3 ft299.5 ft+180.3
03113.8 ft288.3 ft+174.5
04113.5 ft287.1 ft+173.6
05107.4 ft279.3 ft+171.9
06103.5 ft275.6 ft+172.1
07121.3 ft284.0 ft+162.8
08125.8 ft285.9 ft+160.1
09140.2 ft298.4 ft+158.2
10131.4 ft287.3 ft+155.9
11132.9 ft290.2 ft+157.3
12126.2 ft281.9 ft+155.7
13146.5 ft283.3 ft+136.8
14145.0 ft287.0 ft+142.1
15145.5 ft292.4 ft+146.9
16145.4 ft292.7 ft+147.2
17143.8 ft293.9 ft+150.1
18134.5 ft288.3 ft+153.8
19138.3 ft285.6 ft+147.3
20138.6 ft279.8 ft+141.3
21134.6 ft266.9 ft+132.3
22137.8 ft258.5 ft+120.6
23144.1 ft259.4 ft+115.3
24142.5 ft255.7 ft+113.2
25129.3 ft221.2 ft+91.8
26130.9 ft220.2 ft+89.2
27125.6 ft227.6 ft+102.0
28123.4 ft246.7 ft+123.4
29127.4 ft263.3 ft+135.9
30134.0 ft278.1 ft+144.1
31126.6 ft272.1 ft+145.4
32121.7 ft259.7 ft+138.0
33118.3 ft244.7 ft+126.4
34118.9 ft222.5 ft+103.6
35122.6 ft205.1 ft+82.5
36122.1 ft204.1 ft+81.9

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 34S range 37W

108 wells in township 34S range 37W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC, 22. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 598.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (47), oil field water supply (29), domestic (22), domestic, livestock (10).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 34S range 37W, 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. INC221976–2009608.0 ft171.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC151994–2009380.0 ft154.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC91978–1989340.0 ft128.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC92010–2016395.0 ft150.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service62003–2010340.0 ft0.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC52010–2025657.0 ft242.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC51986–1999635.0 ft141.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC51977–1989270.0 ft140.0 ft
Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO41981–1998560.0 ft154.0 ft
Ray Cramer Drilling CO42001–2002170.0 ft166.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC42012–2023598.0 ft268.0 ft
Cramer Drilling CO31999155.0 ft115.0 ft
Ktm Drilling, INC31976–1992660.0 ft135.0 ft
Paul Slocum Water Well Drilling31975–1978260.0 ft120.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply21999620.0 ft175.0 ft
B & M Srvcs. Swk12026448.0 ft248.0 ft
Bartel Well Drilling, INC12003292.0 ft141.0 ft
Downey Drlg #74812022621.0 ft258.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #14512024668.0 ft298.0 ft
Hydro Res. Mid Continent #54812023668.0 ft212.0 ft
James Ray Smith Pump Service11981255.0 ft140.0 ft
Marvin W. Jones Drilling Company11976660.0 ft168.0 ft
Water Right Irrigation, INC11999698.0 ft180.0 ft
Well Owner11986620.0 ft140.0 ft
Wells by decade drilled, with the median depth reached and the median water level the driller measured on arrival.
DecadeWellsMedian depthMedian level
1970s10340.0 ft130.0 ft
1980s17340.0 ft135.0 ft
1990s30560.0 ft153.0 ft
2000s30400.0 ft170.0 ft
2010s16500.0 ft203.0 ft
2020s7621.0 ft248.0 ft
What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
PurposeWellsMedian depth
Irrigation47620.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply29340.0 ft
Domestic22304.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock10180.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned1180.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer1560.0 ft
The ten deepest wells on record in township 34S range 37W, 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
3081491999698.0 ft180.0 ftIrrigationWater Right Irrigation, INC
3156232000689.0 ft176.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
865641977685.0 ft135.0 ftIrrigationKtm Drilling, INC
3848791998685.0 ft153.0 ftIrrigationMinter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
4867572015685.0 ft262.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
4234342008680.0 ft215.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
10561771882025680.0 ft223.0 ftIrrigationHydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
865601976670.0 ft145.0 ftIrrigationHenkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
10534311712023668.0 ft212.0 ftIrrigationHydro Res. Mid Continent #548
10568724472024668.0 ft298.0 ftIrrigationHydro Res. Mid Continent #145

Buying or drilling in township 34S range 37W?

The median section here has moved 145.4 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. Stevens County, on 100 % of 110 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.