texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 03-61

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Hutchinson County and Hansford County. 119 reports, median depth 400 ft.

119Reports
400 ftMedian depth
177 ftWater at
600 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 03-61

Logged in state well grid 03-61, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSurface Top Soil Brown Clay 13, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay W/Sandy Clay Strips 8, Surface Top Soil Brown Sandy Clay 4, Clay 3, Topsoil, Sand & Caliche 2, Top Soil, Brown Clay, Caliche & Sand 2
25–50 ftCaliche W/Rock Strips 5, Caliche W/Clay Strips 3, Caliche W/Clay & Sand Strips 2, Brown, Gray & White Clay & Shale 2, Sand W/Brown Clay & Caliche Strips 2, Sand 2
50–100 ftSand W/Clay Strips 5, Sandy Clay 3, Gray Clay W/Caliche Strips 2, Sand W/Brown Clay Strips 2, Caliche W/Rock Strips 2, Rock 2
100–200 ftFine Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Strips 5, Sand W/Clay Mix 5, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Mix 4, Sand W/Clay Strips 4, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Little Clay Mix 4, Sand W/Minor Brown Clay Strips 3
200–300 ftFine Fairly Loose Sand 22, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Little Clay Mix 10, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Strips 11, Med Fine Fairly Loose Sand 8, Med Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Strips 5, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand 8
300–500 ftRed Clay 38, Fine Fairly Loose Sand 15, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand 7, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Strips 6, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Gravel 7, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Gravel Strips 7
500–1000 ftRed Clay 3, Tight White/Yellow Rock To Red Clay 2, Fine Fairly Tight Sand W/Shale Strips To Red Clay 1, Red Clay W/White Rock Strips 1, Fine Little Tight Sand W/Soapstone Strips To Red Clay 1, Tan & Gray Sand/Sandstone To Red Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 03-61, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.754208002011–2025
Les Taylor Drilling Company124026002004–2009
3T Drilling, Inc.7395202011–2025
L T Drilling Company64101,1002005–2007
LT Drilling Company45256002007–2008
ETTER WATER WELL LLC33902017–2020
Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc33802013
HOWARD DRILLING COMPANY3300902006
Turn Key Drilling3400202005
Hydro Resouces Mid Conteint Inc13727002013
Burkett Drilling12011
W.D. Jones Drilling Co., Inc.18002003

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Test Well7663.9%400
Irrigation2420.2%443
Domestic97.6%400
Stock75.9%360
Rig Supply21.7%260
Public Supply10.8%410
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s29400164
2010s47420187
2020s43400219

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 03-61. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
6893982025540Test Well
6893932025540Test Well
6533772023540Test Well
6533612023540Test Well
1539042008540Test Well
6579262024538236Irrigation
6581282024537249Irrigation
1473222008525Test Well
1539072008521260Irrigation
6893902025520Test 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 Hutchinson County, Hansford County, Moore County.

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