texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 02-50

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Dallam County and Hartley County. 193 reports, median depth 500 ft.

193Reports
500 ftMedian depth
364 ftWater at
500 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 02-50

Logged in state well grid 02-50, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftCaliche 10, Topsoil 9, Top Soil 8, Fine Loose Sand With Soft Brown Clay Strips 7, Caliche W/Hard Rock Strips 6, Surface Top Soil Fine Sand 5
25–50 ftCaliche W/Rock Strips 6, Fine Sand 6, Fine To Med Loose Sand 5, Sand W/Brown Clay Strips 4, Brown Clay W/Fine Sand Strips 2, Caliche 2
50–100 ftFine Sand 6, Sand W/Minor Clay Strips 5, Fine Sand Brown Clay 3, Fine To Med Loose Sand 4, Sand 2, Caliche W/Rock Strips 3
100–200 ftFine Sand 7, Brown Clay 6, Fine Sand Brown Clay 7, Sand W/Clay Mix + Minor Clay Strips 6, Gravel 4, Sandy Brown Clay 2
200–300 ftFine To Med Loose Sand 7, Fine Sand 8, Brown Clay Fine Sand 5, Brown Clay 2, Sandy Clay 3, Sand 3
300–500 ftFine To Med Loose Sand 8, Med To Coarse Tight Sand W/Gravel + Hard Gravel Strips 8, Fine To Med Sand 4, Coarse Tight Sand W/Gravel + Hard Gravel Strips 6, Sand 6, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Gravel Strips 5
500–1000 ftRed Clay & Shale 6, Red Clay 7, Red Clay W/Gray Clay Mix W/Hard Sandstone Strips 2, Hard Cemented Gravel To Brown/Gray Clay 2, Brown & Gray Sandy Clay W/Hard Rock Strips To Red Clay 2, Hard Gray Sand W/Clay Mix To Gray & Red Shale 2
1000–5000 ftRed Clay & Shale W/Hard Shale Strips 1, Red Soft Clay 1, Red Clay & Shale W/Hard Shale & Fine Dirty Sand Strips 2, Red Clay 2, Red Clay & Shale W/Hard Shale 1, Gray Clay & Shale W/Hard Shale Strips 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 02-50, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.505404002010–2024
L T Drilling Company275009002006–2007
LT Drilling Company254838002008–2009
Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc224605002012–2014
DB&E Co LTD175392902008–2025
Les Taylor Drilling Company145077502003–2004
JB Drilling6570—2021–2022
Rita Blanca Well Services Inc.54601002010–2012
D B & E5—4952003–2010
Rocking K Well Industries4426—2021–2022
Geoprojects International, Inc.3417—2011
Burkett Drilling24805002004–2017
Akin & Akin Drilling252012014
DB & E2535—2013
LT Drillling Company2540—2009
Fairview Sales & Service1392—2021
3T Drilling, Inc.1540—2015
Jacob P Klassen Drilling Co1565—2015
Hydro Resouces Mid Continent Inc1800—2013
Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc1—6002013
Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc.1——2012
Turn Key Drilling1540—2005

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Test Well10152.3%490
Irrigation7639.4%511
Domestic63.1%520
Stock42.1%453
Monitor31.6%417
Public Supply21.0%—
Environmental Soil Boring10.5%424
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s74500333
2010s82480375
2020s37585450

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 02-50. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
22651920101,200——Test Well
22651320101,200——Test Well
22650620101,200——Test Well
3431132013800——Test Well
907692006760——Test Well
907702006751380900Irrigation
1322922008720——Test Well
5798702021700——Irrigation
6308192023680——Test Well
6308162023680——Test Well

Every figure here comes from a report a licensed driller filed on the day the work ended — sometimes decades ago. It describes what was found then, not what a well yields today, and it is not a statement that any well is sound, potable or still in use.

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This grid falls in Dallam County, Hartley County.

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