texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 06-12

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Hutchinson County and Moore County. 278 reports, median depth 460 ft.

278Reports
460 ftMedian depth
150 ftWater at
600 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 06-12

Logged in state well grid 06-12, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTop Soil Caliche & Clay W/Sand Strips 36, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay W/Sandy Clay Strips 23, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay 23, Surface Top Soil Brown Sandy Clay 18, Top Soil & Clay W/Sand Strips 13, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay With Sandy Clay Strips 8
25–50 ftCaliche W/Rock Strips 12, Caliche With Rock Strips 9, Sand W/Brown Clay Strips 5, Caliche W/Rock & Sand Strips 4, Sand W/Gravel & Brown Clay Strips 3, Sand W/Gravel Strips 2
50–100 ftSand With Clay Strips 16, Sand W/Brown Clay Strips 4, Sand W/Gravel & Brown Clay Strips 3, Sand W/Clay Strips 3, Sand W/Gravel & Clay Strips 3, Sand With Minor Clay Strips 3
100–200 ftFine Med And Coarse Sand W/Gravel Strips & Clay Strips 25, Fine Med And Coarse Sand W/Clay Strips 11, Fine Med & Coarse Sand W/Gravel Strips & Clay Strips 10, Fine Med And Caorse Sand W/Gravel Strips & Clay Strips 6, Fine Med And Coarse Sand W/Gravel Strips 6, Hard Red Clay 1
200–300 ftMed To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 14, Red Clay 11, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Gravel Strips 6, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand With Gravel Strips 4, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Brown Clay Mix 3, Fine Med And Coarse Sand W/Gravel Strips & Clay Strips 4
300–500 ftRed Clay 82, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Gravel Strips 25, Fine Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 27, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand 17, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 18, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Gravel 11
500–1000 ftMed To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Gravel Strips 7, Red Clay 22, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 11, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand W/Coarse Sand Strips 6, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand 7, Fine Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 3
1000–5000 ftFine Med To Coarse Fairly Tight To Tight Sand W/Little Clay 1, Fine Med To Coarse Little Tight Sand To Red Clay W/White Roc 1, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Gravel To Brown Clay W/Gra 1, Brown Clay W/Gravel Mix W/Gyp Rock Strip To Red Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 06-12, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.2104738002010–2026
Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc204961,8002013
Burkett Drilling134001002003–2016
3T Drilling, Inc.9300202014–2025
Hydro Resouces Mid Continent Inc73602013
Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc56202,3002013
L T Drilling Company54602006–2007
Hydro Resources Mid Conteint Inc44602013
Turn Key Drilling2400202004–2006
ETTER WATER WELL LLC13202024
Les Taylor Drilling Company12010
W.D. Jones Drilling Co., Inc.17921,2002004

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Test Well23785.3%460
Domestic155.4%400
Irrigation103.6%801
Stock93.2%320
Public Supply72.5%400
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s1846085
2010s167480217
2020s93420190

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 06-12. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
44904820171,040Test Well
44899920171,0400Test Well
35226820131,0102252,300Public Supply
51068220191,000Test Well
32245820131,000Test Well
6699532024980Test Well
4393932016980Test Well
3483342013980Test Well
3483312013960Test Well
6699492024940Test 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, Moore County.

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