Township 34S Range 43W

26 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 31.0 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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31.0 ftMedian change

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What has happened in township 34S43W

Median depth went from 37.5 ft before development to 72.7 ft — a change of 31.0 ft, over 26 of 36 sections. Deeper: 26. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 35 at 52.6 ft; the smallest fall is section 14 at 4.8 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 34S Range 43W — 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	76.8 ft	94.9 ft	+18.0
02	95.2 ft	119.3 ft	+24.0
03	122.0 ft	152.3 ft	+30.3
04	130.0 ft	161.2 ft	+31.2
05	—	170.3 ft	—
06	—	174.9 ft	—
07	—	146.3 ft	—
08	—	136.5 ft	—
09	78.2 ft	109.2 ft	+31.0
10	57.4 ft	86.3 ft	+28.9
11	17.2 ft	40.9 ft	+23.7
12	16.9 ft	35.2 ft	+18.3
13	0.0 ft	19.7 ft	≥ +19.7
14	0.0 ft	4.8 ft	≥ +4.8
15	7.6 ft	37.3 ft	+29.7
16	37.5 ft	69.0 ft	+31.5
17	—	75.7 ft	—
18	—	73.7 ft	—
19	—	8.7 ft	—
20	—	8.6 ft	—
21	0.0 ft	9.8 ft	≥ +9.8
22	0.0 ft	13.0 ft	≥ +13.0
23	0.0 ft	28.5 ft	≥ +28.5
24	24.6 ft	53.6 ft	+29.0
25	53.2 ft	93.7 ft	+40.4
26	31.9 ft	72.7 ft	+40.9
27	24.5 ft	64.8 ft	+40.3
28	11.4 ft	47.0 ft	+35.6
29	—	31.4 ft	—
30	—	24.4 ft	—
31	32.0 ft	65.5 ft	+33.5
32	48.3 ft	81.5 ft	+33.2
33	52.1 ft	90.9 ft	+38.9
34	59.0 ft	106.9 ft	+47.9
35	74.4 ft	127.0 ft	+52.6
36	91.7 ft	144.0 ft	+52.2

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 34S range 43W

182 wells in township 34S range 43W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Cascade Technical Services, 35. Oldest record, 1981. Median well 166.0 ft deep.

Sunk for monitoring well/observation/piezometer (109), environmental remediation, soil vapor extraction (20), oil field water supply (14), environmental remediation, air sparge (14).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 34S range 43W, 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
Cascade Technical Services	35	2019	23.2 ft	20.0 ft
Davis Environmental Drilling	22	1998	20.0 ft	0.0 ft
Accurate Drilling Services INC	21	2006–2008	25.0 ft	0.0 ft
Stout's Water Well Service, INC	18	1992–2002	152.0 ft	88.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	13	1989–2005	195.0 ft	126.0 ft
Dennis J. Anderson, Thiele Geotech, INC	10	2001	20.0 ft	16.0 ft
Geocore Services INC	9	2005	18.0 ft	0.0 ft
Howard Drilling CO	9	2014	20.9 ft	17.1 ft
Harrison and Cooper, INC	7	2009–2013	30.0 ft	22.0 ft
Below Ground Surface, INC	6	2012	22.0 ft	0.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	6	1981	210.0 ft	60.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	6	2003	200.0 ft	125.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC	6	1982–1989	240.0 ft	130.0 ft
Joe's Well Service, INC	4	1994–2010	240.0 ft	74.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	2	1992–1994	175.0 ft	30.0 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	2	2004	180.0 ft	0.0 ft
Accurate Drilling Services	1	2006	166.0 ft	0.0 ft
Arnold Winter, Ktm Drilling, INC	1	1987	207.0 ft	100.0 ft
Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO	1	1993	62.0 ft	15.0 ft
Kansas Geological Survey	1	2018	42.0 ft	4.2 ft
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	1	2002	250.0 ft	157.0 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC	1	2017	340.0 ft	102.0 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
1980s	15	213.0 ft	90.0 ft
1990s	45	20.0 ft	0.0 ft
2000s	62	30.0 ft	0.0 ft
2010s	60	23.2 ft	18.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	109	23.2 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction	20	24.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	14	200.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge	14	22.6 ft
Domestic	10	230.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	4	300.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Recovery	4	220.0 ft
(unstated)/abandoned	3	109.0 ft
Industrial	2	155.0 ft
Irrigation	2	250.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 34S range 43W, 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
513993	2017	340.0 ft	102.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Nash Water Well Service, LLC
41714	1992	300.0 ft	94.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Stout's Water Well Service, INC
442901	2010	283.0 ft	98.0 ft	Domestic	Joe's Well Service, INC
382154	1981	280.0 ft	118.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC
98213	1992	275.0 ft	80.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Stout's Water Well Service, INC
41724	1990	250.0 ft	130.0 ft	Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC
327227	2002	250.0 ft	157.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
41715	1986	240.0 ft	155.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	T & W Water Well Serv., INC
41716	1988	240.0 ft	130.0 ft	Domestic	T & W Water Well Serv., INC
41717	1989	240.0 ft	130.0 ft	Domestic	T & W Water Well Serv., INC

Buying or drilling in township 34S range 43W?

The median section here has moved 31.0 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. Morton County, on 100 % of 182 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

31S18W -89.3 ft
23S17W 11.2 ft
28S27W 77.1 ft
29S14W 1.7 ft
19S13W 2.3 ft
26S23W 36.5 ft
29S27W 116.7 ft
32S41W 38.6 ft
29S12W 2.2 ft
25S21W 7.9 ft
29S11W 1.1 ft
35S42W 54.0 ft
19S12W 4.7 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.