texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 05-39

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Wheeler County. 155 reports, median depth 100 ft.

155Reports
100 ftMedian depth
37 ftWater at
25 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 05-39

Logged in state well grid 05-39, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSand 39, Clay 28, Sandy Clay 25, Top Soil 24, Surface 19, Clay/Sandy Clay 16
25–50 ftSand 11, Red Clay 10, Clay 9, Sandy Clay 6, Red 5, Clay/Sandy Clay 4
50–100 ftRed Clay 27, Red 22, Sand 17, Sandy Clay 10, Red Bed 7, Clay 5
100–200 ftRed Clay 12, Red 7, Red Clay And Gypsum 3, Red Clay & Shale 3, Red And Blue Clay 3, Clay 3
200–300 ftRed Clay And Fine Red Clay Silt 2, Sandy Clay 1, Gyp W/Minor Sand Strip 1, Sandy Clay & Clay 1, Red Clay W/Shale 1, Red Clay And Silt 1
300–500 ftGypsum 3, Sandy Clay 1, Gyp W/Small Sandstone Strip 1, Red Clay 1, Gyp 1, Fine Sand, Silty Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 05-39, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
HOWARD DRILLING COMPANY60100502003–2019
3T Drilling, Inc.23120202010–2025
Arrow Water Well Inc.1795182004–2022
K-Ran Drilling8180172010–2024
First priority Irr7100202014–2024
Les Taylor Drilling Company7120202008
4-M Water Well Service680202009–2010
Trident Pump590232022–2023
L T Drilling Company41602007
Roy's Water Well385152016–2021
Talon/LPE3302017
Faulks Well Service LLC21122002022
wyatt drilling21202502014
MORROW DRILLING COMPANY21202002006
Double J Water Well11612022
ETTER WATER WELL LLC11912018
K-Ran Drilling(Lupe)165302010
B2D Enterprises152013
Bobby Faulks Well Serv1102011
Rod Ewbank Water Well Drilling, Inc.130032005

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Rig Supply6139.4%100
Domestic3421.9%105
Stock2818.1%107
Test Well127.7%100
Industrial95.8%100
Irrigation74.5%120
Monitor31.9%30
Fracking Supply10.6%210
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s6510037
2010s6411535
2020s2611045

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 05-39. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
697112202549411820Industrial
65926520243657018Domestic
65025320233652758Industrial
65785720233621107Domestic
42272200434012512Industrial
6499520053003Rig Supply
673501202426096Stock
341545201321063150Fracking Supply
674556202420028Stock
34227220132006250Rig Supply

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 05-39?

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 Wheeler County.

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