texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 06-09

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Moore County. 178 reports, median depth 400 ft.

178Reports
400 ftMedian depth
260 ftWater at
17 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 06-09

Logged in state well grid 06-09, 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 9, Surface Top Soil Brown Sandy Clay 9, Caliche 8, Top Soil 6, Caliche W/Rock Strips 5, Topsoil 4
25–50 ftSand W/Minor Clay Strips 3, Caliche W/Rock Strips 2, Sand W/Brown Clay Strips 2, Light Brown Sand 1, Caliche W/Rock & Clay Strips 1, Sandy Clay, Sandstone, Clay & Sandy Clay 1
50–100 ftSand W/Brown Clay Strips 6, Caliche W/Rock Strips 3, Sand W/Clay Strips 2, Brown Clay W/Sand Strips 2, Sand W/Minor Brown Clay Strips 2, Brown Clay, Sandy Brown Clay 2
100–200 ftFine Sand 6, Fine To Med Sand W/Gravel Strips & Clay Strips 3, Medium Sand 3, Brown Sandy Clay 2, Fine Sand W/Gravel 1, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Little Clay Mix 2
200–300 ftBrown Sandy Clay 3, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Gravel Strips 5, Fine Sand 4, Red Clay 4, Fine To Medium Sand 2, Coarse Sand 4
300–500 ftRed Clay 31, Fine Fairly Loose Sand 5, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Strips 6, Fine Sand 6, Brown To Red Clay 6, Fine Fairly Tight Sand W/Clay Strips 3
500–1000 ftRed Clay 9, Red Clay & Shale 8, Med Fine Fairly Tight Sand W/Clay Strips 3, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Strips 1, Red Shale 2, Fine Sand W/Red And Blue Clay Stringers And Streaks 2

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 06-09, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.36562—2011–2025
Talon/LPE3516—2013
3T Drilling, Inc.25515202010–2026
Burkett Drilling19520102003–2024
ETTER WATER WELL LLC14520152014–2026
Les Taylor Drilling Company12560172003–2009
Talon Drilling, LP1022—2003
K-Ran Drilling7335172006–2025
L T Drilling Company4340—2006–2007
Savage Excavation320—2025
Aark Drilling3440142007–2009
Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc.3350—2003–2005
HENRY NEUFELD1550—2025
Hoyt Wheeler1505—2022
LT Drilling Company1760—2010
W.D. Jones Drilling Co., Inc.14803002004
Turn Key Drilling1—202004
Advanced Drilling1400122008
Les Taylor Driling1——2003

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic6234.8%460
Test Well4525.3%500
Environmental Soil Boring4123.0%16
Monitor126.7%257
Irrigation116.2%553
Stock63.4%520
Closed-Loop Geothermal10.6%—
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s44350260
2010s76260240
2020s58520316

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 06-09. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
2139932010760——Test Well
2720262011700——Test Well
6764422024680——Test Well
6764452024662——Test Well
6882142025660——Test Well
4699382018660——Test Well
3730762014660——Test Well
6764392024659——Test Well
6882172025640——Test Well
5742122021640——Test 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.

Drilling a well near grid 06-09?

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This grid falls in Moore County.

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