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Texas well grid 03-50

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Sherman County. 230 reports, median depth 503 ft.

230Reports
503 ftMedian depth
307 ftWater at
600 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 03-50

Logged in state well grid 03-50, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftCaliche W/Rock Strips 19, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay 17, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay W/Sandy Clay Strips 11, Caliche With Rock Strips 9, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay With Sandy Clay Strips 8, Surface Top Soil 8
25–50 ftSand W/Clay Strips 17, Sand W/Brown Clay Strips 13, Caliche W/Rock Strips 7, Sand With Minor Clay Strips 6, Sand W/Minor Clay Strips 4, Caliche W/Rock & Clay Strips 2
50–100 ftSand With Minor Clay Strips 4, Sand W/Brown Clay Strips 3, Fine To Med Sand With Clay Stirps 3, Sand With Brown Clay Strips 2, Fine To Med Loose And With Brown Clay Strips 2, Sand With Minor Clay 2
100–200 ftSand W/Clay Strips 5, Fine To Med Sand W/Clay Strips 4, Fine Med And Coarse Sand W/Gravel Strips & Clay Strips 4, Fine To Med Sand With Clay Strips 3, Fine To Med Loose Sand 3, Sand W/Minor Clay Strips 3
200–300 ftFine To Med Sand W/Clay Strips 11, Fine To Medium Sand 9, Sand W/Clay Strips 8, Fine To Med Loose Sand With Brown Clay Strips 2, Brown Clay With Sand Strips 3, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Strips 3
300–500 ftMed Fine Fairly Loose Sand 31, Red Clay 38, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand 23, Med Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Strips 11, Fine To Med Loose Sand 12, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Strips 9
500–1000 ftRed Clay 32, Red Clay And Shale 6, Tight To Firm Red Clay & Shale 4, Red Clay W/Hard Shale 3, Red Clay W/Shale Strips 3, Red Clay & Shale 3

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 03-50, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.1005177002011–2026
Burkett Drilling455405002003–2025
Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc345025002011–2014
LT Drilling Company155207002008–2009
Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc75026002013
Hydro Resouces Mid Conteint Inc6500—2013
3T Drilling, Inc.5480202014–2025
L T Drilling Company5480—2005–2007
Hydro Resouces Mid Continent Inc4500—2013
Hydro Resouces Mid Continet Inc25227002013
Hydro Resources Mid Contienent Inc2660—2012
DB&E Co LTD1526—2024
B & R IRRIGATION1519—2009
LT Driiling Company1——2008
Water Right Irr.14904502007
W.D. Jones Drilling Co., Inc.15106402004

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Test Well13960.4%500
Irrigation8135.2%521
Stock62.6%480
Domestic31.3%420
Environmental Soil Boring10.4%—
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s30500280
2010s120502304
2020s80517340

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 03-50. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
6929592025720——Test Well
3076952012660——Test Well
6964882025615——Irrigation
5684352021601——Irrigation
6906242025600——Test Well
6035982022600——Test Well
3463892013592280—Irrigation
1918722009591244800Irrigation
6136932022582——Irrigation
6136872022580——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.

Drilling a well near grid 03-50?

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This grid falls in Sherman County.

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