KGS Home Page Water Well Data base Specific Water Well Detail
Water Resources

Well T14S, R18W, Sec. 18, NW NW SE, Action: Constructed

Location Info
Owner: City of Hays Status: Constructed
Location: T14S, R18W, Sec. 18, NW NW SE County: Ellis
Directions: From Hays, 1 mi S, 2.5 mi W, and 0.5 mi S
Latitude: 38.8338281 Longitude: -99.3631099 Datum NAD 27
Latitude: 38.8338399 Longitude: -99.3634927 Datum NAD 83
Longitude and latitude calculated by Survey from township-range-section-quarter calls. Only good to within the quarter call accuracy.
View well on interactive map
General Info
Well Depth: 496 ft. Elevation: ft.
Static Water Level: 170 ft. Est. Yield: 30 gpm.
Comp. Date: 26-May-1993 Well Use: Monitoring well/observation/piezometer
DWR Applic. #: Other ID: MW D-3
Driller Info
Driller: Karst Water Well Drilling & Service, Inc. License #: 199
Scanned Form
View scan of this form in PDF format.

You will need the Acrobat PDF Reader, available free from Adobe, to read this file.

Chemical Sample Submitted?: No
Water Well disinfected?:
Ground water encountered: 420 ft. , 0 ft. , 0 ft.
Pump test data: Well water was 170 ft after 3 hours pumping 30 gpm
Casing Info
Casing Type: PVC
Casing Joints:
Diam: 2 in. to 425 ft
Diam: 2 in. to 435 ft
Diam: 0 in. to 0 ft
Casing height above land surface: in
Casing Weight: lbs/ft
Wall thickness or gauge no.:
Screen and Perforation Info
Screen Type: PVC Screen Openings: Saw cut
Screen-perforated intervals From: 425 ft to 435 ft
From: 455 ft to 495 ft
From: 0 ft to 0 ft
Gravel pack intervals From: ft to ft
Grout Info
Grout used: Bentonite From: 0 to 30 ft
From: 260 to 280 ft
From: 360 to 380 ft
Source of Possible Contamination
Source: Oil well/gas well
Direction from well: Distance: 0 ft
Lithologic Log
(Log data entered by KGS.)
From: 0 ft. to 3 ft. top soil
From: 3 ft. to 15 ft. gumbo
From: 15 ft. to 16 ft. sandy clay
From: 16 ft. to 80 ft. weathered shale
From: 80 ft. to 120 ft. soft black shale
From: 120 ft. to 190 ft. hard dry shale
From: 190 ft. to 225 ft. sandy shale
From: 225 ft. to 270 ft. hard white layers
From: 270 ft. to 305 ft. soft shale
From: 305 ft. to 310 ft. hard white
From: 310 ft. to 348 ft. Dakota clay
From: 348 ft. to 349 ft. hard spot
From: 349 ft. to 367 ft. gray clay
From: 367 ft. to 375 ft. white and gray clay
From: 375 ft. to 390 ft. gray clay with hard black layers
From: 390 ft. to 410 ft. red and white clay
From: 410 ft. to 420 ft. very red clay
From: 420 ft. to 425 ft. sand rock
From: 425 ft. to 455 ft. sand rock and clay layers
From: 455 ft. to 495 ft. good sand rock
From: 495 ft. to 496 ft. red clay

Kansas Geological Survey
Comments to webadmin@kgs.ku.edu
URL=http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Magellan/WaterWell/index.html
Display Programs Updated July 2, 2014
Data added continuously.