texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 06-18

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Moore County and Hutchinson County. 120 reports, median depth 53 ft.

120Reports
53 ftMedian depth
80 ftWater at
12 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 06-18

Logged in state well grid 06-18, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftHydro-Excavated 7, Medium Brown Poorly Graded Sand 6, Light Brown Sandstone 4, Reddish Brown Sandstone Interbedded With Sand Shale With Int 1, Reddish Brown Sandy Shale With Interbedded Light Tan To Gray 2, Top Soil 2
25–50 ftLight Reddish Brown (2.5Yr 6/4); Dry, Poorly Graded Sand; Fi 1, Red (10R 4/6); Dry, Poorly Graded Sand; Fine Rounded Sand, F 1, Red (2.5Yr 5/6); Dry, Poorly Graded Sand With Clay, Fine San 1, No Sample 1, Light Reddish Brown (2.5Yr 6/4); Dry, Poorly Graded Sand Wit 1, Red (2.5Yr 5/6), Dry, Poorly Graded Sand; Fine Rounded Sand, 1
50–100 ftReddish Brown Shale With Interbedded Gray 3, Dark Red (2.5Yr 3/6), Slightly Moist, Clayey Sand; Fine Sand 1, Red (2.5Yr 5/6), Slightly Moist, Poorly Graded Sand; Fine Sa 1, Red (2.5Yr 3/6), Dry, Clayey Sand; Fine Sand, Some Clay. Wea 1, Red (2.5Yr 4/6), Slightly Moist, Clayey Sand; Fine Sand, Som 1, Chert, Medium Gray With Some Reddish Brown 1
100–200 ftRed Clay 3, Red Clay W/Caliche Strip 1, Clay With Sand Strips 1, Red Clay, W/Red Sand 1, Multi-Colored Clay 1, Multi-Colored Clay, Hard White Sandstone, Red Clay 1
200–300 ftRed Clay W/Gray Sandy Clay 1, Red Clay 1, Red Clay W/Few Gyp Strips 1, Red Clay W/Small Gray Sandy Clay Strip 1, Red Sandy Clay 1, Gray Sandy Clay W/ Very Fine Gray Sand 1
300–500 ftRed Sandy Clay 1, Fine Loose Sand 1, Sandy Clay W/Gyp 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 06-18, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc.98532004–2017
Talon/LPE8122012–2019
Burkett Drilling6295122004–2008
3T Drilling, Inc.3295202010–2026
K-Ran Drilling21852014
Les Taylor Drilling Company252008–2009
4-M Drilling132022018

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor5646.7%53
Environmental Soil Boring5041.7%12
Stock86.7%295
Domestic54.2%
Irrigation10.8%295
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s9329585
2010s265150
2020s141545

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 06-18. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
72196220264154520Stock
48114720183202Stock
2200722010295125Stock
481802004295130400Irrigation
33849420132906020Stock
371323201418526Stock
371321201417024Stock
447671201785Monitor
442960201675Monitor
52557720196050Monitor

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 06-18?

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This grid falls in Moore County, Hutchinson County.

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