texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 06-20

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Hutchinson County and Moore County. 220 reports, median depth 40 ft.

220Reports
40 ftMedian depth
80 ftWater at
16 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 06-20

Logged in state well grid 06-20, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSandy Clay, Moderate Moisture, Low Plasticity, Poorly Graded 13, Sand 10, Clay 7, Dark Brown, Sandy Clay 7, Light Brown & White, Fine Sand & Caliche 7, Brown Very Fine Sand 7
25–50 ftRed Clay 9, Brown Medium Sand 7, Brown, Fine-Very Fine Sand 7, Brown Clay 3, White Rock, (Drill Hard) 2, Red And Blue Clay 1
50–100 ftRed Clay 6, Red Clay With Shale 2, Light Green Rock, (Drill Hard) 2, Red Sandy Clay W/Gray Clay Strip & Red Clay 1, Red Clay W/Caliche 1, Red & Gray Clay 1
100–200 ftRed Clay 9, Red Clay W/Gyp Rock Strips 2, Red And Blue Clay 1, Very Sandy Brown Clay 2, Red Clay With Occ Sandy Streaks 2, Gypsum Rock (Drill Hard) 1
200–300 ftFine Sand W/Red Shale Stks 1, Red Clay 2, Sandy Clay 2, Red Clay, W/Red Sand 2, Red Clay & Shale 2, Red Clay W/Silt Sand 2
300–500 ftRed Clay 7, Red Sand W/Red Shale Stks 1, Red Clay With Red Silty Sand 2, Red Clay, Red Sand, W/Limestone 2, Red Clay W/Fine Red Silt 1, Red Clay W/Gray Clay Strips & Silt Sand 2
500–1000 ftGyp Rock 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 06-20, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc.136122002–2012
Talon/LPE27102020
3T Drilling, Inc.11400162010–2024
K-Ran Drilling7380142014–2024
Burkett Drilling72202006–2022
Turn Key Drilling7410202003–2005
Talon Drilling, LP7412006
Straub Corporation3802010
Les Taylor Drilling Company3400102003–2009
Rita Blanca Well3420352002
Savage Excavation2172024
LT Drilling Company25202009
LES TAYLOR DRILLINGP21202007
ETTER WATER WELL LLC14232025
Harrison & Cooper, Inc.1602013
WALKER HILL ENVIRONMENTAL INC12010

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor9342.3%14
Environmental Soil Boring7935.9%10
Domestic3013.6%380
Test Well135.9%420
Stock31.4%460
Irrigation10.5%180
Injection10.5%
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s1324067
2010s45380115
2020s431480

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 06-20. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
1733552009520Test Well
401338201547010015Domestic
677066202446032216Stock
6673622024460198Stock
643405202346018420Domestic
1733522009460Test Well
4034512015440332Domestic
222626201044010015Domestic
881220024405035Test Well
7014482025423173Domestic

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 06-20?

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This grid falls in Hutchinson County, Moore County.

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