texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 02-55

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Dallam County and Sherman County. 302 reports, median depth 660 ft.

302Reports
660 ftMedian depth
353 ftWater at
700 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 02-55

Logged in state well grid 02-55, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftCaliche W/Rock Strips 49, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay 45, Surface Top Soil Brown Sandy Clay 41, Sand W/Minor Clay Strips 28, Caliche W/Hard Rock Strips 26, Caliche 20
25–50 ftSand W/Minor Clay Strips 26, Sand W/Clay Strips 14, Sand W/Brown Clay Strips 9, Sand W/Minor Clay 6, Sand W/Minor Brown Clay Strips 3, Sand W/Brown & Gray Clay Strips 2
50–100 ftSand W/Clay Strips 2, Sand With Clay Strips 1, Caliche W/Rock Strips 1, Sandy Clay W/Caliche Strips 1, Sandy Clay W/Sand Strips 1, Sandy Clay Sand Strips 1
100–200 ftFine To Med Sand W/Clay Strips 13, Sandy Clay W/Sand Strips 1, Sand 3, Sand W/Minor Clay Strips 3, Brown Sandy Clay W/Gravel Mix 2, Fine To Med Size Sand 2
200–300 ftFine To Med Loose Sand 5, Fine To Med Sand W/Clay Strips 4, Med Fine Fairly Loose Sand 3, Sand With Clay Strips 2, Fine To Med Sand 2, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand 2
300–500 ftMed Fine Fairly Loose Sand 39, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand 35, Fine Fairly Loose Sand 29, Med Size Fairly Loose Sand 22, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Little Clay Mix 18, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 20
500–1000 ftRed Clay & Shale 46, Red Clay 39, Fine Little Tight Sand 27, Firm Red Clay 18, Red Clay And Shale 15, Tight Red Clay & Shale 7
1000–5000 ftHard Gyp Rock W/Soft Red Clay Strips 1, Red Clay 1, Hard Gyp Rock W/Soft Sticky Red Clay Strips 1, Red Clay & Shale W/Tight Shale Strips 1, Red Clay & Shale W/Hard White Rock Strips 1, Hard White Rock To Red Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 02-55, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.1336937002010–2024
L T Drilling Company477209002004–2007
LT Drilling Company456007002007–2010
Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc186807002012–2013
Les Taylor Drilling Company166008002003–2008
Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc156003502013
3T Drilling, Inc.7660202012–2025
Burkett Drilling57222005–2024
JB Drilling21,0002024
Water Right Irr.25602006–2021
Hydro Resource Mid Continent INC.27402014–2015
Hydro Resouces Mid Conteint Inc25807002013
Hydro Resouces Mid Continent Inc25402013
Fairview Sales & Service14252021
ETTER WATER WELL LLC15902016
Rita Blanca Well Services Inc.1479172014
DB & E12014
Turn Key Drilling1530202005
D B & E17802002

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Test Well19263.6%680
Irrigation9029.8%632
Domestic144.6%660
Stock41.3%620
Monitor20.7%680
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s110621321
2010s124660353
2020s68680385

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 02-55. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
39721120151,180Test Well
39704020151,180Test Well
66815920241,000Test Well
23954720101,000Test Well
5500372020920Irrigation
2386782010880Test Well
4546162017860Test Well
3972142015840Test Well
1005042006840Test Well
1005272006820Test 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.

Drilling a well near grid 02-55?

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This grid falls in Dallam County, Sherman County.

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