texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 03-42

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Sherman County and Ochiltree County. 202 reports, median depth 540 ft.

202Reports
540 ftMedian depth
314 ftWater at
500 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 03-42

Logged in state well grid 03-42, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftCaliche W/Rock Strips 20, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay 17, Top Soil 9, Topsoil 9, Surface Top Soil Brown Sandy Clay 9, Top Soil, Caliche & Brown Clay W/Sand Strips 8
25–50 ftSand W/Clay Strips 11, Sand W/Minor Clay Strips 10, Sand W/Sticky Clay Strips 3, Sand W/Clay & Gravel Strips 3, Sandy Clay 2, Sand 2
50–100 ftSand 4, Sandy Clay 3, Sand W/Clay & Gravel Strips 3, Caliche Mix Sandy Clay 1, Sand W/Clay Strips 1, Fine To Med Sand W/Clay Strips 1
100–200 ftSand 5, Sand And Gravel 6, Brown Clay 5, Clay 4, Gravel 4, Sand/Gravel 3
200–300 ftFine To Med Sand W/Clay Strips 8, Sand W/Clay Strips 7, Clay 5, Sand 4, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 3, Sand W/Minor Clay Strips 4
300–500 ftRed Clay 16, Fine Fairly Loose Sand 15, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand 13, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Gravel 7, Brown Clay 11, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Little Clay Mix 12
500–1000 ftRed Clay 28, Red Clay & Shale 8, Red Bed 4, Red Clay And Shale 3, Fine, Med, Coarse Fairly Loose To Little Tight Sand W/ Clay 2, Red Clay W/Rock Strips 3

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 03-42, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.975405002010–2026
Water Right Irr.385185002007–2023
Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc155208002011–2013
Burkett Drilling7597102005–2020
Les Taylor Drilling Company75422003–2009
L T Drilling Company65602005–2007
Fairview Sales & Service53762021
DURAN DRILLING55002019
Vanguard Well Resources, LLC45182019
Water Right Irrigation44502011
3T Drilling, Inc.3540202012–2025
HOWARD DRILLING COMPANY35201002007–2018
LT Drilling Company35302007–2008
Hydro Resouces Mid Continent Inc25402013
JB Drilling14682022
ETTER WATER WELL LLC13422021
Randal James Taylor15032011

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Test Well13365.8%540
Irrigation6029.7%530
Domestic31.5%540
Monitor21.0%555
Industrial21.0%520
Stock10.5%460
Rig Supply10.5%420
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s35560338
2010s123540304
2020s44540314

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 03-42. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
53258820191,000Irrigation
7224322026660Test Well
2785542011660Test Well
2603022011660Test Well
2603092011653296700Irrigation
7223932026640Test Well
2647232011620Test Well
3821092014610290Irrigation
2603052011600Test Well
2386282010600Test 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, Ochiltree County.

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