texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 02-56

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Sherman County and Dallam County. 131 reports, median depth 500 ft.

131Reports
500 ftMedian depth
289 ftWater at
275 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 02-56

Logged in state well grid 02-56, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftCaliche W/Rock Strips 16, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay 13, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay W/Sandy Clay Strips 8, Caliche 8, Surface 5, Surface Top Soil Brown Sandy Clay 5
25–50 ftSand W/Minor Clay Strips 9, Sand W/Brown Clay Strips 4, Sand W/Clay Strips 3, Sand With Clay Strips 3, Fine To Med Sand With Clay Strips 3, Brown Sandy Clay 2
50–100 ftBrown Sandy Clay W/Coarse Sand Strips 2, Brown Sandy Clay 2, Fine Sand W/Hard Caliche Strip 1, Fine Sand 1, Fine Sand W/Caliche 1, Sandy Clay & Caliche 1
100–200 ftFine To Med Sand W/Clay Strips 9, Brown Clay 6, Fine Sand 6, Sand W/Clay Strips 5, Med Sand 2, Fine, Med, Coarse Sand W/Gravel Strips & Clay Strips 2
200–300 ftFine To Med Fairly Loose Sand 4, Fine Sand 6, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Strips 6, Fine Fairly Loose Sand 3, Red Clay W/Med Fine Fairly Loose Sand Strips 2, Fine Loose Sand 3
300–500 ftRed Clay 28, Med Fine Fairly Loose Sand 9, Red Clay W/Shale 7, Fine Little Tight Sand 7, Fine Fairly Loose Sand 6, Med Size Fairly Loose Sand 6
500–1000 ftRed Clay 9, Red Shale 6, Red Clay And Shale 6, Red Clay & Shale 6, Red Clay & Shale W/Gyp Rock Strips 3, Red Clay & Shale W/Silt Sand 2

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 02-56, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.424404502010–2024
L T Drilling Company175608502006–2007
3T Drilling, Inc.14385202011–2026
LT Drilling Company105607002008–2010
Les Taylor Drilling Company105608002003–2008
Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc85246002013
Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc75404002013
DB&E Co LTD63532014–2022
Water Right Irr.52002012–2013
Burkett Drilling4500102003–2016
JB Drilling34112022
LES TAYLOR DRILLINGP2395172007
wd jones drilling15154602017
ETTER WATER WELL LLC15602016
LES TAYLOR12003

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Test Well8161.8%520
Irrigation3526.7%501
Domestic96.9%395
Stock64.6%380
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s39560282
2010s44520317
2020s48400282

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 02-56. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
19289720091,000Test Well
2166842010900Test Well
2480862011840Test Well
1154602007740Test Well
1154652007723290Irrigation
3136592013700Test Well
1059292007694Irrigation
992292003660Test Well
6583622024600Test Well
3191372013600325600Irrigation

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 Sherman County, Dallam County.

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