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Texas well grid 03-43

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Sherman County and Ochiltree County. 130 reports, median depth 540 ft.

130Reports
540 ftMedian depth
320 ftWater at
550 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 03-43

Logged in state well grid 03-43, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSurface Top Soil Brown Clay 14, Caliche W/Rock Strips 13, Top Soil, Caliche & Brown Clay W/Sand Strips 8, Sand W/Clay Strips 6, Caliche And Rock And Shale 4, Top Bearing 3
25–50 ftSand W/Clay Strips 4, Sand W/Brown Clay Strips 3, Fine And Med Fairly Loose Sand With Brown Clays Strips 3, Sand W/Minor Clay Strips 3, Sandy Clay With Caliche Stirps 2, Brown Sandy Clay With Sand Strips 2
50–100 ftSand W/Brown Clay Strips 2, Brown Sandy Clay W/Sand Strips 2, Brown Clay With Fine Sand 1, Brown Sandy Clay W/Sandstrips 1, Fine To Med Sand W/Clay Strips 1, Loose To Tight Sands W/Clay Strips 1
100–200 ftFine, Med & Coarse Sand W/Clay Strips 2, Fine To Med Sand W/Clay Strips 2, Med Sand To Gravel 1, Gravel & Sandy Clay 1, Coarse Sand 1, Fine To Med Coarse & Coarse Sand W/Sandy Clay 1
200–300 ftMed To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 6, Fine To Med Loose Sand 4, Fine To Med Sand W/Clay Strips 4, Sand W/Clay Strips 3, Fine Fairly Loose Sand And Gravel 3, Brown Clay 2
300–500 ftFine Fairly Loose Sand 11, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand 8, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Strips 8, Fine And Med Fairly Loose Sand 4, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 7, Fine To Med Fairly Loose To Little Tight Sand W/Clay Strips 3
500–1000 ftRed Clay 18, Red Bed 3, Red Clay & Shale 3, Red Clay And Shale 3, Fine And Med Fairly Loose Sand With Little Blue And Red Clay 3, Blue And Red Clay 3

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 03-43, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.475407002011–2025
Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc22540—2012–2014
Burkett Drilling21535—2008–2024
LT Drilling Company12580—2008–2009
Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc95409002013
Water Right Irr.55785002011–2024
3T Drilling, Inc.3540202022–2025
L T Drilling Company35405502007
Les Taylor Drilling Company3—8502004
Rocking K Well Industries1500—2022
ETTER WATER WELL LLC1500—2021
Randy Taylor15365002014
Hydro Resouces Mid Continent Inc15247002013
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co., Inc.15757622009

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Test Well8464.6%540
Irrigation3930.0%546
Domestic43.1%540
Stock21.5%535
Monitor10.8%500
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s21560314
2010s72540320
2020s37556352

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 03-43. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
1384362008880——Test Well
1384412008827350—Irrigation
3188042013612363—Domestic
5395372020600——Test Well
3092572013600——Test Well
1365912008600250—Irrigation
1365772008600——Test Well
3160292013597348900Irrigation
6285372023590——Test Well
6375312023587352—Irrigation

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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