Township 35S Range 42W

21 of the 24 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 54.0 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 35S42W

Median depth went from 181.9 ft before development to 231.7 ft — a change of 54.0 ft, over 21 of 24 sections. Deeper: 21. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 18 at 87.2 ft; the smallest fall is section 02 at 16.5 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 35S Range 42W — 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	177.0 ft	194.3 ft	+17.3
02	176.0 ft	192.6 ft	+16.5
03	154.9 ft	185.6 ft	+30.7
04	153.4 ft	196.5 ft	+43.1
05	132.8 ft	185.0 ft	+52.2
06	126.1 ft	185.8 ft	+59.7
07	150.9 ft	224.4 ft	+73.6
08	166.5 ft	227.1 ft	+60.6
09	181.9 ft	233.1 ft	+51.3
10	181.4 ft	227.6 ft	+46.2
11	189.9 ft	231.7 ft	+41.8
12	183.4 ft	222.6 ft	+39.2
13	203.5 ft	257.5 ft	+54.0
14	200.2 ft	259.7 ft	+59.5
15	203.7 ft	263.8 ft	+60.1
16	206.8 ft	260.4 ft	+53.6
17	191.6 ft	260.3 ft	+68.7
18	165.8 ft	253.0 ft	+87.2
19	182.1 ft	—	—
20	194.0 ft	—	—
21	213.5 ft	—	—
22	217.7 ft	298.8 ft	+81.1
23	215.0 ft	287.4 ft	+72.4
24	219.3 ft	284.6 ft	+65.2

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 35S range 42W

113 wells in township 35S range 42W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC, 36. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 238.0 ft deep.

Sunk for monitoring well/observation/piezometer (68), domestic (16), environmental remediation, soil vapor extraction (14), oil field water supply (7).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 35S range 42W, 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
Jay C. Woofter Pump & Well, INC	36	2003–2006	210.0 ft	185.9 ft
Gsi Engineering, LLC	14	2019	169.6 ft	169.6 ft
Pratt Well Service, INC	11	2003–2004	213.0 ft	189.5 ft
Flint Hills Drilling #914	10	2020	238.0 ft	204.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	7	1994–2009	320.0 ft	150.0 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC	6	1975–1990	260.0 ft	160.0 ft
Joe's Well Service, INC	5	1995–2007	325.0 ft	194.0 ft
Stout's Water Well Service, INC	5	1994–1997	268.0 ft	235.0 ft
Associated Drilling, INC	3	2014	215.0 ft	208.4 ft
Milco Environmental Services	3	2006	199.8 ft	187.1 ft
Clarke Well & Equip	2	2016	216.7 ft	209.6 ft
Paul Slocum Water Well Drilling	2	1975–1978	300.0 ft	225.0 ft
Ralph's Welding Shop and Irrigation Drilling	2	1977	490.0 ft	180.0 ft
Arnold Winter, Ktm Drilling, INC	1	1995	575.0 ft	262.0 ft
Clarke Well and Equipment, INC	1	2016	215.6 ft	208.1 ft
Destal Tyler Water Well Service	1	2006	316.0 ft	170.0 ft
Ray Cramer Drilling CO	1	1996	220.0 ft	168.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC	1	2012	350.0 ft	193.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	1	2013	180.0 ft	0.0 ft
Woofter Pump and Well, INC	1	2014	180.0 ft	0.0 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	6	300.0 ft	185.0 ft
1980s	3	260.0 ft	150.0 ft
1990s	11	269.0 ft	196.0 ft
2000s	60	210.0 ft	187.1 ft
2010s	23	203.5 ft	192.7 ft
2020s	10	238.0 ft	204.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	68	210.0 ft
Domestic	16	300.0 ft
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction	14	75.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	7	270.0 ft
Public Water Supply	4	269.0 ft
Irrigation	2	575.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	1	260.0 ft
Domestic, Lawn and Garden	1	365.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 35S range 42W, 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
360905	1995	575.0 ft	262.0 ft	Irrigation	Arnold Winter, Ktm Drilling, INC
41773	1977	490.0 ft	180.0 ft	Irrigation	Ralph's Welding Shop and Irrigation Drilling
415731	2007	365.0 ft	255.0 ft	Domestic, Lawn and Garden	Joe's Well Service, INC
458897	2012	350.0 ft	193.0 ft	Domestic	Tyler Water Well, INC
108894	1995	342.0 ft	196.0 ft	Domestic	Joe's Well Service, INC
383016	2006	340.0 ft	190.0 ft	Domestic	Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC
313194	2000	325.0 ft	144.0 ft	Domestic	Joe's Well Service, INC
400242	2007	325.0 ft	163.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC
94034	1994	320.0 ft	150.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC
386841	2006	320.0 ft	180.0 ft	Oil Field Water Supply	Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC

Buying or drilling in township 35S range 42W?

The median section here has moved 54.0 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 113 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

26S23W 36.5 ft
29S27W 116.7 ft
34S43W 31.0 ft
32S41W 38.6 ft
29S12W 2.2 ft
25S21W 7.9 ft
29S11W 1.1 ft
19S12W 4.7 ft
30S25W 29.9 ft
25S23W -20.8 ft
35S33W 57.2 ft
35S36W 92.6 ft
35S38W 145.4 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.