texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 06-02

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Moore County and Sherman County. 249 reports, median depth 470 ft.

249Reports
470 ftMedian depth
302 ftWater at
320 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 06-02

Logged in state well grid 06-02, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftCl: 7.5Yr 4/3 Brown, Clay With Sand, Moist, Low Plasticity C 8, Cl: 7.5Yr 5/3 Brown, Clay With Sand, Moist, Low Plasticity C 8, Cl: 7.5Yr 6/4 Light Brown, Clay With Sand, Moist, Low Plasti 7, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay W/Sandy Clay Strips 15, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay 10, Cl: 7.5Yr 6/3 Light Brown, Clay With Sand, Moist, Low Plasti 4
25–50 ftCaliche W/Rock Strips 13, Caliche 8, Pink Silty Sand 7, Pink Sand 4, Sand W/Minor Clay Strips 4, Sand W/Gravel + Minor Clay Strips 4
50–100 ftSand W/Minor Clay Strips 12, Pink Sand 6, Sand W/Clay Strips 5, Silty Sand W/Sandstone, Light Brown, Hard, Fine-Medium Grain 3, Pink Gravel 2, Pink Silty Sand 2
100–200 ftPink Silty Sand 7, Pink Sand 8, Light Brown Sand 5, Pink & White Silty Sand 4, Pink & Brown Sand 5, Silty Sand W/Sandstone, Light Brown, Hard, Fine-Medium Grain 3
200–300 ftPink & Reddish Yellow Sand 3, Reddish Yellow Silty Sand 3, Light Yellowish Brown Sand 2, Fine To Med Sand W/Clay Strips 4, Pink Sand 1, Sandy Clay 3
300–500 ftFine Fairly Loose Sand 26, Med Fine Fairly Loose Sand 14, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Little Clay Mix 9, Fine Sand 8, Red Clay 9, Fine Sands "Using Water" 2
500–1000 ftRed Clay 6, Red Clay + Shale 5, Brown Clay W/Occ Sandy Streaks 1, Red With Greenish Gray Red Beds 2, Red Shale 2, Red Clay & Shale 2

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 06-02, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Talon/LPE42302011–2025
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.394804002010–2023
Talon Drilling, LP313202004–2009
Burkett Drilling244808002004–2020
L T Drilling Company245408002006–2007
LT Drilling Company195405002008–2009
Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc.15472202020–2026
Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc145204002012–2014
3T Drilling, Inc.9490202010–2026
W.D. Jones Drilling Co., Inc.64405002004
Cascade Drilling42015
Les Taylor Drilling Company45002004–2006
Boart Longyear347822022–2023
ETTER WATER WELL LLC25202019–2021
K-Ran Drilling2485202012–2019
wd jones drilling25204002013–2016
HOWARD DRILLING COMPANY14002023
B & J Irrigation & Drilling co12202022
WALKER HILL ENVIRONMENTAL INC14902018
Hydro Resouces Mid Continent Inc14202013
Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc14602013
Randal James Taylor15272012
WDC Exploration & Wells14652008
WDC Exploration and Wells12007
Turn Key Drilling1182005

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Test Well8534.1%500
Monitor6124.5%445
Environmental Soil Boring4417.7%30
Irrigation4417.7%504
Domestic104.0%475
Stock20.8%500
Other20.8%505
Industrial10.4%454
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s88475280
2010s80499320
2020s8145306

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 06-02. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
1121032007720Test Well
6227112022631Test Well
1197882007620Test Well
3601372014600Test Well
1197962007600321800Irrigation
1060382007600Test Well
6208122022595282Irrigation
1427312008583Irrigation
1847592009580Test Well
1145582007580310Irrigation

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 06-02?

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This grid falls in Moore County, Sherman County.

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