texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 03-46

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Hansford County. 133 reports, median depth 522 ft.

133Reports
522 ftMedian depth
320 ftWater at
35 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 03-46

Logged in state well grid 03-46, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSurface Top Soil Brown Clay W/Sandy Clay Strips 23, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay 12, Top Soil Caliche & Clay W/Sand Strips 8, Top Soil Caliche & Sand W/Clay Strips 8, Caliche W/Rock Strips 7, Top Soil Caliche & Sandy Clay 5
25–50 ftCaliche W/Rock Strips 12, Sand W/Brown Clay Strips 11, Caliche With Rock Strips 4, Caliche W/Rock & Sand Strips 3, Caliche W/Brown Clay Strips 2, Caliche With Rock And Sand Strips 2
50–100 ftSand W/Brown Clay Strips 14, Sand W/Clay Strips 4, Sand With Minor Clay Strips 3, Sand W/Minor Clay Strips 3, Sand W/ Brown Clay Strips 2, Fine Med And Coarse Sand W/Clay Strips 2
100–200 ftFine Med And Coarse Sand W/Clay Strips 10, Sand W/Clay Strips 4, Fine Med & Coarse Sand W/Gravel Strips & Clay Strips 4, Sand 4, Caliche Clay 3, Fine Med & Coarse Sand W/Clay Strips 3
200–300 ftFine Med And Coarse Sand 4, Fine Sand 3, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Small Gravel Strips 2, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 1, Fine Med & Coarse Sand W/Gravel Strips & Clay Strips 2, Med To Coarse Sand W/Gravel Strips 2
300–500 ftFine Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 15, Red Clay 21, Fine Fairly Loose Sand 13, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand 12, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Strips 11, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 12
500–1000 ftFine Fairly Loose Sand 4, Red Clay 27, Fine Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 2, Red Silty Clay 6, Red Clay & Shale 3, Med To Coarse Little Tight Sand W/Gravel Strips 2
1000–5000 ftMed To Coarse Tight Sand W/Hard Gravel Strips 1, Coarse Tight Sand To Hard Red Shale 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 03-46, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.905211,1002012–2026
L T Drilling Company105202006–2007
3T Drilling, Inc.8540202011–2024
Burkett Drilling75204002004–2026
HOWARD DRILLING COMPANY64251002003–2013
Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc65602012–2013
Hydro Resources Mid Continet Inc45402012
Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc12013
LES TAYLOR DRILLINGP1520102007

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Test Well9470.7%540
Irrigation2216.5%542
Domestic75.3%520
Stock64.5%500
Industrial32.3%520
Rig Supply10.8%425
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s15502285
2010s75522283
2020s43540350

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 03-46. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
58330420211,030Test Well
5833122021900Test Well
5833172021880Test Well
5855612021869304Irrigation
3772602014820Test Well
7108332025800Test Well
7234422026760Test Well
38126720147273361,100Irrigation
5767602021720Test Well
7143282026701366Irrigation

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 Hansford County.

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