texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 03-59

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Sherman County and Moore County. 357 reports, median depth 480 ft.

357Reports
480 ftMedian depth
317 ftWater at
500 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 03-59

Logged in state well grid 03-59, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSurface Top Soil Brown Clay 49, Caliche W/Rock Strips 37, Surface Top Soil 28, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay W/Sandy Clay Strips 27, Caliche & Rock 16, Caliche 13
25–50 ftSand W/Brown Clay Strips 27, Caliche W/Rock Strips 16, Sand W/Clay Strips 13, Sand W/Minor Clay Strips 10, Caliche 7, Fine To Med Sand With Clay Strips 5
50–100 ftSand W/Brown Clay Strips 13, Sand W/Gravel + Minor Clay Strips 6, Fine To Med Sand W/Clay Strips 5, Sand W/Clay Strips 4, Fine Fairly Loose Sand & Gravel W/Brown Clay Strips 4, Sand W/Sandy Clay Strips 3
100–200 ftSand W/Clay Strips 12, Sand 2, Fine To Med Sand With Coarse Sand Strips 4, Fine To Med Sand W/Clay Strips 3, Fine Sand W/Clay Strips 3, Clay 2
200–300 ftFine Fairly Loose Sand 8, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand 7, Fine To Med Sand W/Clay Strips 7, Fine & Med Fairly Loose Sand 6, Fine To Med Sand 5, Fine Sand 5
300–500 ftFine & Med Fairly Loose Sand & Gravel 15, Fine Fairly Loose Sand 25, Red Clay 28, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand 22, Fine & Med Fairly Loose Sand 13, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Gravel Strips 22
500–1000 ftRed Clay & Shale 12, Red Clay 6, Tight To Firm Red Clay & Shale 4, Fine Fairly Loose Sand 2, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Little Clay Mix 2, Red Clay W/Hard Shale Strips 3
1000–5000 ftFirm Red Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 03-59, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.1934805002010–2025
Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc514605002012–2014
Burkett Drilling314906352003–2021
LT Drilling Company265001,2002007–2009
L T Drilling Company184802005–2007
Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc124717002013
Hydro Resouces Mid Conteint Inc124602013
3T Drilling, Inc.5460202013–2024
Les Taylor Drilling Company3475172008
ETTER WATER WELL LLC25302017–2023
Peter B Loewen15002025
JB Drilling16002022
HOWARD DRILLING COMPANY15201702016
W.D. Jones Drilling Co., Inc.14307002006

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Test Well25872.3%480
Irrigation7721.6%495
Domestic133.6%500
Stock72.0%460
Monitor20.6%475
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s50500278
2010s181473309
2020s126481342

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 03-59. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
1562592008880Test Well
1591072008869Irrigation
5379792020740Test Well
3733262014720Test Well
1562702008700Test Well
1041032007672300Irrigation
4163022016624Irrigation
1344312008601Irrigation
6350432022600Domestic
5379872020600Test 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, Moore County, Hutchinson County.

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