Township 34S Range 39W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 51.7 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 34S39W

Median depth went from 180.1 ft before development to 226.0 ft — a change of 51.7 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 35. Shallower: 1. Sharpest fall, section 12 at 101.7 ft; largest rise, section 06 at 1.2 ft.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 34S Range 39W — 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	141.3 ft	237.7 ft	+96.3
02	129.1 ft	199.7 ft	+70.6
03	140.3 ft	181.1 ft	+40.8
04	148.4 ft	173.2 ft	+24.8
05	137.1 ft	152.4 ft	+15.3
06	137.2 ft	136.0 ft	−1.2
07	150.2 ft	171.7 ft	+21.4
08	163.4 ft	186.3 ft	+22.9
09	173.7 ft	195.3 ft	+21.6
10	166.0 ft	194.8 ft	+28.8
11	154.1 ft	226.0 ft	+71.9
12	149.1 ft	250.8 ft	+101.7
13	173.1 ft	265.1 ft	+92.1
14	184.0 ft	237.3 ft	+53.2
15	185.1 ft	196.9 ft	+11.8
16	186.4 ft	204.6 ft	+18.2
17	174.1 ft	201.0 ft	+26.9
18	178.5 ft	203.2 ft	+24.7
19	182.9 ft	214.2 ft	+31.3
20	178.4 ft	214.0 ft	+35.6
21	177.9 ft	208.6 ft	+30.6
22	186.7 ft	220.7 ft	+34.0
23	199.9 ft	256.2 ft	+56.3
24	196.7 ft	284.7 ft	+88.0
25	204.2 ft	295.0 ft	+90.8
26	206.5 ft	278.5 ft	+72.0
27	192.7 ft	252.8 ft	+60.1
28	180.1 ft	232.6 ft	+52.5
29	179.7 ft	228.8 ft	+49.1
30	185.3 ft	223.5 ft	+38.2
31	195.9 ft	247.7 ft	+51.7
32	182.5 ft	249.6 ft	+67.1
33	191.0 ft	263.6 ft	+72.6
34	197.3 ft	274.5 ft	+77.3
35	198.2 ft	283.2 ft	+85.1
36	199.2 ft	292.5 ft	+93.3

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 34S range 39W

86 wells in township 34S range 39W have a completion record. Busiest driller: T & W Water Well Serv., INC, 15. Oldest record, 1976. Median well 415.0 ft deep.

Sunk for oil field water supply (24), irrigation (22), domestic (19), domestic, livestock (15).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 34S range 39W, 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
T & W Water Well Serv., INC	15	1976–1990	300.0 ft	170.0 ft
Ktm Drilling, INC	10	1976–1997	506.0 ft	182.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	9	1991–2009	400.0 ft	180.0 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	9	1985–2007	505.0 ft	195.0 ft
Ray Cramer Drilling CO	7	1996–2002	280.0 ft	0.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	5	1977–1989	280.0 ft	150.0 ft
Stout's Water Well Service, INC	5	1992–2001	176.0 ft	0.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC	5	2011–2012	175.0 ft	0.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	4	1990–2000	440.0 ft	180.0 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	3	1994–2005	415.0 ft	190.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	2	2015–2019	601.0 ft	242.0 ft
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	2	1995	300.0 ft	222.0 ft
Joe's Well Service, INC	2	1994–1995	265.0 ft	170.0 ft
Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc	2	2020–2025	536.0 ft	280.0 ft
3-b Drilling	1	2023	420.0 ft	130.0 ft
Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO	1	1997	435.0 ft	161.0 ft
Kansas Geological Survey	1	—	360.0 ft	0.0 ft
Nash Ww Srvc	1	2019	460.0 ft	204.0 ft
Southwest Windmill and Water Well Service, INC	1	2013	425.0 ft	155.0 ft
Sure Energy Service	1	2019	350.0 ft	270.0 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	8	461.0 ft	162.0 ft
1980s	18	320.0 ft	173.0 ft
1990s	31	420.0 ft	171.0 ft
2000s	15	380.0 ft	162.0 ft
2010s	10	460.0 ft	155.0 ft
2020s	3	484.0 ft	276.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Oil Field Water Supply	24	320.0 ft
Irrigation	22	505.0 ft
Domestic	19	331.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	15	200.0 ft
Test hole/well	2	500.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	1	95.0 ft
Feedlot	1	380.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	1	360.0 ft
Industrial	1	350.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 34S range 39W, 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
523810	2019	601.0 ft	242.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
86625	1976	573.0 ft	162.0 ft	Irrigation	Ktm Drilling, INC
456029	2012	570.0 ft	0.0 ft	Domestic	Tyler Water Well, INC
86623	1985	558.0 ft	208.0 ft	Irrigation	Ktm Drilling, INC
382034	1998	540.0 ft	195.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
535803	2020	536.0 ft	276.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Sw Windmill & Ww Srvc
41638	1992	533.0 ft	202.0 ft	Irrigation	Ktm Drilling, INC
486723	2015	530.0 ft	230.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
107208	1996	525.0 ft	193.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
86622	1978	522.0 ft	182.0 ft	Irrigation	Ktm Drilling, INC

Buying or drilling in township 34S range 39W?

The median section here has moved 51.7 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 53 % of 86 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

34S32W 21.8 ft
34S33W 61.5 ft
34S34W 133.4 ft
34S35W 173.1 ft
34S36W 132.8 ft
34S37W 145.4 ft
34S38W 144.0 ft
34S40W -5.3 ft
11S26W 1.0 ft
12S23W 7.9 ft
14S40W 70.9 ft
18S28W 17.5 ft
22S16W 11.1 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.