texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 06-45

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Carson County. 134 reports, median depth 783 ft.

134Reports
783 ftMedian depth
455 ftWater at
900 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 06-45

Logged in state well grid 06-45, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTop Soil 37, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay 14, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay With Sandy Clay Strips 10, Brown Clay 8, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay W/Sandy Clay Strips 8, Brown And Red Clay 7
25–50 ftCaliche Rock 3, Caliche W/Rock Strips 3, Clay 2, Caliche With Rock Strips 2, Sand With Minor Clay Strips 2, Caliche W/ Sand 1
50–100 ftCaliche W/Rock Strips 6, Brown Clay W/ Caliche 4, Sand W/Clay Strips 4, Sand W/Brown Clay Strips 3, Brown Clay 3, Sand With Clay Strips 3
100–200 ftFine To Medium Sand 7, Coarse Sand W/ Gravel 6, Fine To Medium Sand W/ Clay Streaks 5, Coarse Sand 4, Brown Clay W/ Fine Sand Strips 4, Sand W/Clay Strips 4
200–300 ftBrown Sticky Clay 12, Brown Clay 8, Brown Clay W/ Fine Sand Strips 4, Medium Sand 3, Fine Sand W/ Minor Clay Strips 2, Fine To Medium Sand W/ Clay Strips 2
300–500 ftFine Fairly Loose Sand 16, Fine Sand W/ Clay 10, Med Fine Fairly Loose Sand 10, Fine Sand 11, Fine To Medium Sand 7, Fine Sand W/ Clay Strips 6
500–1000 ftRed Clay 32, Fine Fairly Loose Sand 16, Coarse Sand W/ Gravel 15, Fine To Medium Sand 11, Fine Sand 11, Medium To Coarse Sand 13

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 06-45, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Lichtie Pump Service348001,0002019–2025
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.318002009–2026
Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc207978002012–2014
Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc.172003–2013
Magic Circle Drilling7596202009–2023
L T Drilling Company67802005–2007
LT Drilling Company47952009
Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc37801,2002012–2013
K-Ran Drilling2645192018–2020
Les Taylor Drilling Company22004
ETTER WATER WELL LLC17302019
DB&E Co LTD17552015
Hydro Resoucres Mid Contient Inc15352014
Hydro Resources18402012
3T Drilling, Inc.16352010
WDC Exploration and Wells12009
Les Tyalor Drilling Company12004

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Test Well6447.8%800
Irrigation4029.9%787
Monitor1611.9%
Domestic75.2%645
Stock43.0%596
Environmental Soil Boring21.5%
Industrial10.7%328
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s31780370
2010s69795444
2020s34796460

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 06-45. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
3532212013880Test Well
3092302013880Test Well
2836672012880Test Well
2833272012880Test Well
3540382013862421800Irrigation
3105682013861Irrigation
4828602018860Test Well
4259492016860Test Well
2835112012852Irrigation
6461422023850Test 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 Carson County.

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