texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 06-05

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Hutchinson County and Armstrong County. 169 reports, median depth 574 ft.

169Reports
574 ftMedian depth
360 ftWater at
700 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 06-05

Logged in state well grid 06-05, 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 26, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay 16, Top Soil Caliche & Clay W/Sand Strips 13, Caliche W/Rock Strips 8, Top Soil Caliche & Sandy Clay 5, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay W/Sandy Strips 4
25–50 ftCaliche W/Rock Strips 21, Sand W/Clay Strips 5, Caliche W/Rock & Sand Strips 3, Brown Sandy Clay 3, Caliche With Rock Strips 3, Caliche 2
50–100 ftSand W/Minor Clay Strips 17, Caliche W/Rock Strips 8, Sand W/Clay Strips 7, Sand W/Brown Clay Strips 4, Sand W/Brown Clay & Gravel Strips 2, Caliche 2
100–200 ftFine Med And Coarse Sand W/Gravel Strips & Clay Strips 5, Fine Med And Coarse Sand W/Clay Strips 4, Brown Clay 3, Brown Clay W/Brown Sandy Clay 2, Fine Sand 3, Fine To Med Sand With Clay Strips 3
200–300 ftFine To Med Sand W/Clay Strips 9, Fine To Med Loose Sand 4, Fine Sand 4, Red Clay 4, Fine To Med Loose Sand With Soft Brown Clay Strip 2, Fine Sand W/Clay Strips 3
300–500 ftMed To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Gravel Strips 32, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Gravel 17, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand W/Coarse Sand Strips 15, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 14, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Strips 12, Fine Med And Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 9
500–1000 ftRed Clay 35, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Gravel Strips 7, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand W/Coarse Sand Strips 7, Fine Med And Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Gravel Strips 4, Red Clay & Shale 8, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 7

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 06-05, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.1005809002010–2026
Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc165801,0002012–2014
3T Drilling, Inc.13480202011–2024
Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc135801,0002011–2013
L T Drilling Company10580—2007
LT Drilling Company45401,0002007–2009
Turn Key Drilling4230122003–2005
Les Taylor Drilling Company44808502004
K-Ran Drilling2310—2010–2014
HOWARD DRILLING COMPANY124032019
Hydro Resouces Mid Conteint Inc15441,0002013
LES TAYLOR DRILLINGP1—172007

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Test Well11266.3%580
Irrigation3822.5%602
Domestic137.7%480
Stock63.6%460
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s23540354
2010s114580362
2020s32520348

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 06-05. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
5796892021999404—Irrigation
27550820119903921,200Irrigation
2754822011990——Test Well
34763120138243481,000Irrigation
5089202019823——Irrigation
29142720127872961,000Irrigation
5319972020780——Test Well
5305542019780——Test Well
2754312011780——Test Well
30672420127743651,000Irrigation

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, Armstrong County, Moore County.

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