texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 06-44

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Carson County and Potter County. 1,482 reports, median depth 240 ft.

1,482Reports
240 ftMedian depth
276 ftWater at
14 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 06-44

Logged in state well grid 06-44, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftBrown Clayey Silt 70, Topsoil 64, Brown Silty Clay 48, Ft.-Top Soil. 33, Ft.-Brown Clayey Silt. 31, Reddish Brown Clay 30
25–50 ftBrown Silty, Sandy, Clay 28, Ft.-Brown Clayey, Sandy, Silt. 15, Caliche 9, Weathered Caliche 9, Ft.-Brown Silty Clay. 9, Ft.-Brown Sandy, Silty, Clay. 9
50–100 ftCaliche 30, Sand To Silty Sand, Very Fine To Fine Grain, Poorly Graded, 19, Pink Caliche 17, Sand, Very Fine To Fine Grain, Silty, Poor Grading, Dry, Med 9, Sand W/Clay Strips 9, Sand To Silty Sand: Very Fine To Fine Grain, Poorly Graded, 5
100–200 ftSand To Silty Sand, Very Fine To Fine Grain, Poorly Graded, 45, Sand, Fine To Medium Grain, Poorly Graded, Dry, Loose, Suban 19, Sand, Fine To Medium Grain, Poorly Graded, Dry, Loose To Med 16, Sand, Light Brown 13, Silty Sand, Light Brown 12, Silty Sand, Very Fine To Fine Grain, Poorly Graded, Dry, Loo 13
200–300 ftSand, Fine To Coarse Grain, Occasional Very Coarse Grain, We 24, Sand, Light Brown 11, Sand, Fine To Medium Grain, Trace Coarse Grain, Poorly Grade 8, Sand, Tan 6, Sand, Fine To Medium Grain, With Some Coarse Grain, Almost W 7, Sand, Fine To Medium Grain, Poorly Graded, Dry, Loose, Suban 7
300–500 ftRed Clay 6, Med Size Fairly Loose Sand 3, Red Clay & Shale 1, Fine Sand 3, Fine To Med Loose Sand 2, Gravelly Sand To Sandy Gravel: Fine To Coarse Grain Sand, Su 2
500–1000 ftFine Fairly Loose Sand 9, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Gravel 7, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Gravel Strips 8, Med Size Fairly Loose Sand 7, Red Clay 8, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand 8

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 06-44, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Bingham Resources Inc.459212002–2004
Cascade Drilling2662912017–2026
Talon/LPE128302011–2026
Talon Drilling, LP892862005–2009
WDC Exploration & Wells662852005–2011
WDC Exploration and Wells60702004–2009
US Dept of Energy5522009–2020
BWXT Pantex39202002–2005
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.368202009–2025
U.S. Department of Energy362005–2009
W.D.C. Exploration and Wells34302004
SCI32602005
Yellow Jacket Drilling242882014
National EWP233002012–2016
Bingham Resource Inc.212002–2004
BETTS ENVIRONMENTAL RECOVERY, INC.16102025
US Department of Energy9622008–2015
Fugro Geosciences, Inc.92001
Cascade Environmental62842017
Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc68602013
LT Drilling Company68002008–2009
Magic Circle Drilling5685282009–2022
Roy Burson52014
Yellow Jacket Drilling Svc.52802013
Layne Western42004

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Environmental Soil Boring81555.0%26
Injection27818.8%290
Monitor26117.6%287
Test Well402.7%800
Extraction362.4%295
Irrigation191.3%823
Other130.9%2
Domestic110.7%330
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s89141221
2010s209289277
2020s382288280

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 06-44. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
43249420161,000Test Well
3092252013980Test Well
4163912016940Test Well
4163672016940Test Well
3215152013940Test Well
3218542013923535Irrigation
4163882016920Test Well
4194032016912Irrigation
5655062020908Test Well
4177072016903Irrigation

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 Carson County, Potter County, Garza County.

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