texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 03-34

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Sherman County and Hansford County. 203 reports, median depth 420 ft.

203Reports
420 ftMedian depth
270 ftWater at
500 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 03-34

Logged in state well grid 03-34, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTop Bearing 16, Top Soil Caliche & Brown Sandy Clay 11, Top Soil, Caliche, Sands, & Clay 8, Surface Top Soil Brown Sandy Clay 8, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay 6, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay W/ Sandy Clay Strips 6
25–50 ftBrown Sandy Clay Fine Med & Coarse Sand W/Clay Strips 3, Fine To Med Sand With Clay Strips 3, Caliche W/Rock Strips 3, Brown Sandy Clay 2, Firm Brown Clay With Loose Sandy Clay Mix 2, Loose To Tight Sand W/Minor Clay 2
50–100 ftSandy Clay, Caliche 1, Sand W/Clay Mix + Minor Clay Strips 2, Fine To Medium Sand With Clay Streaks 1, Fine, Med & Coarse Sand W/Gravel & Clay Strips 1, Fine, Med To Coarse Sand W/Gravel & Clay Strips 1, Fine Loose Sandy Clay Mix & Brown Clay W Caliche Rock Strips 1
100–200 ftFine Med & Coarse Sand W/Clay Strips 16, Fine Med & Coarse Sand W/Gravel Strips & Clay Strips 8, Brown Sandy Clay & Clay 5, Fine/Med/Coarse Sand 2, Fine, Med & Coarse Sand W/Clay Strips 3, Sandy Clay 2
200–300 ftMed To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 11, Fine To Med Loose Sand 7, Fine, Med, & Course 6, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/ Gravel Strips 5, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/ Gravel 6, Fine To Med Sand 5
300–500 ftRed Clay 40, Red Bed 31, Red Clay & Shale 10, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand 8, Red Clay W/Hard Shale Strips 7, Red Clay W/Hard Shale 6
500–1000 ftRed Bed 5, Red Clay 3, Red Clay & Shale 2, Tight Red Clay W/Shale 2, Fine & Red Clay 2, White Sandstone W/ Red Bed 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 03-34, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.594407502009–2025
Water Right Irr.414404002010–2024
LT Drilling Company354026502008–2010
Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc134206002012–2014
3T Drilling, Inc.104553002018–2023
Water Right Irrigation104194002011–2014
Burkett Drilling9400—2011–2023
Les Taylor Drilling Company76158002004–2007
L T Drilling Company54004502005–2006
Hydro Resouces Mid Conteint Inc4420—2013
Downey Drilling Inc3440—2021
Hydro Resouces Mid Continent Inc2400—2013
Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc.2——2004
JB Drilling1378—2020
Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc13845002013
HOWARD DRILLING COMPANY1400402006

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Test Well14470.9%420
Irrigation4924.1%421
Domestic63.0%400
Environmental Soil Boring21.0%—
Stock10.5%460
Rig Supply10.5%400
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s45410236
2010s84400260
2020s74440288

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 03-34. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
1422952008700——Test Well
2397162010660280—Test Well
1742542004615290800Irrigation
3077542012572——Irrigation
4128532016560330400Test Well
5711912021550283—Irrigation
4128472015550330300Test Well
4128522016540330400Test Well
4128342015540300—Test Well
3598102014540——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 Sherman County, Hansford County, Ochiltree County.

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