texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 03-56

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Ochiltree County and Hansford County. 209 reports, median depth 740 ft.

209Reports
740 ftMedian depth
420 ftWater at
100 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 03-56

Logged in state well grid 03-56, 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 39, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay 22, Caliche Clay 8, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay With Sandy Clay Strips 9, Clay 6, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay W/Sandy Strips 6
25–50 ftCaliche W/Rock Strips 17, Caliche 9, Caliche W/Rock & Sand Strips 3, Caliche W/Rock & Sandy Clay Strips 3, Sand W/Brown Clay Strips 2, Caliche W/Sand & Clay Strips 2
50–100 ftSand W/Brown Clay Strips 19, Caliche With Rock Strips 13, Caliche W/Rock Strips 12, Sand W/Clay Strips 9, Sand W/Minor Clay Strips 7, Caliche W/Rock & Sand Strips 4
100–200 ftSand W/Clay Strips 13, Fine To Med Sand With Clay Strips 10, Sand W/Minor Clay Strips 10, Sand With Clay Strips 9, Sand With Minor Clay Strips 8, Caliche Clay 3
200–300 ftFine To Med Sand W/Clay Strips 7, Sand 7, Sandy Clay 4, Clay 5, Sand W/Clay Strips 3, Brown Clay W/Sand Strips 3
300–500 ftMed To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 38, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand 27, Fine Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 9, Med Size Fairly Loose Sand 14, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Small Gravel 10, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Strips 6
500–1000 ftRed Clay 59, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 31, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand 19, Fine Fairly Loose Sand 26, Med Fine Fairly Loose Sand 19, Fine Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 9
1000–5000 ftRed Sandy Clay & Clay 1, Sand/Sandy Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 03-56, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.1007441,3002010–2026
Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc338008002011–2014
L T Drilling Company197002005–2007
Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc127402013
LT Drilling Company127602008–2010
HOWARD DRILLING COMPANY106001002003–2017
3T Drilling, Inc.6640202012–2024
ETTER WATER WELL LLC4550202015–2023
Hydro Resouces Mid Continent Inc47447002013
Hydro Resouces Mid Conteint Inc37652013
Hydro Resoucres Mid Contient Inc17202014
HOWARD DRILLIG COMPANY16801002012
HOWARD DRLLING COMPANY1560502011
Les Taylor Drilling Company12004
Burkett Drilling12008
Les Taylor Drilling Companu12003

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Test Well13665.1%740
Irrigation5023.9%761
Rig Supply94.3%600
Domestic83.8%560
Stock31.4%640
Industrial31.4%580
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s38700393
2010s116760420
2020s55737426

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 03-56. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
43667220161,020Test Well
7272220051,000Test Well
5413862020980Test Well
3052572012980Test Well
4596172017900Test Well
4365532016900Test Well
4365342016900Test Well
5418262020871Test Well
3067092012870422800Irrigation
2891212011860Test 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 03-56?

Depth is only half the quote. What it costs depends on the rock, the casing and the pump. Tell us where and we pass the request to licensed Texas drillers.

We are nobody's agent and have no arrangement with any firm today. What we do with this.

This grid falls in Ochiltree County, Hansford County, Sherman County.

Grids with a comparable number of reports