texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 06-55

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Carson County and Armstrong County. 111 reports, median depth 575 ft.

111Reports
575 ftMedian depth
378 ftWater at
450 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 06-55

Logged in state well grid 06-55, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTop Soil 34, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay 31, Brown Clay 11, Caliche With Rock Strips 7, Brown And Red Clay 6, Surface Soil To Brown Clay 4
25–50 ftCaliche W/Rock Strips 8, Sand With Clay Strips 6, Sand W/Minor Clay Strips 6, Fine Sand W/ Clay Streaks 4, Sandy Clay 3, Caliche W/ Clay 3
50–100 ftSand With Clay Strips 5, Sand W/Minor Clay Strips 5, Brown Clay W/ Fine Sand Strips 3, Clay W/ Caliche Strips 3, Fine To Med Sand W/Gravel Strips & Clay Strips 3, Sand W/Clay Strips 3
100–200 ftCoarse Sand W/ Gravel 7, Fine To Medium Sand 5, Sand And Gravel 4, Medium To Coarse Sand W/ Gravel 4, Coarse Sand And Gravel 4, Fine Sand W/ Clay Strips 3
200–300 ftBrown Clay 11, Red Clay 5, Brown Clay W/ Sand Strips 4, Brown Sticky Clay 3, Brown Clay W/ Fine Sand Strips 3, Brown Clay W/ Hard Caliche Strips 3
300–500 ftFine Fairly Loose Sand 15, Coarse Sand W/ Gravel 11, Red Clay 17, Fine To Medium Sand 15, Fine Sand 12, Med Fine Fairly Loose Sand 11
500–1000 ftRed Clay 20, Fine To Medium Sand 7, Red Clay & Shale 6, Fine Fairly Loose Sand 6, Med Size Fairly Loose Sand W/Coarse Sand Strips 6, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand 3

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 06-55, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Lichtie Pump Service315755602017–2025
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.195862010–2018
Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc166292012–2013
LT Drilling Company95602007–2009
L T Drilling Company86801,2002005–2008
Les Taylor Drilling Company87111,2002004
Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc46132013
Hydro Resouces Mid Continent Inc44802013
Trident Pump32702025
4-M Drilling3260102011–2016
DB&E Co LTD16562015
K-Ran Drilling14452013
Advanced Drilling1360182009
4M Water Well Service LLC1300152006
MORROW DRILLING COMPANY1460252005

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Test Well6054.1%580
Irrigation3834.2%586
Domestic76.3%445
Stock65.4%377
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s28560354
2010s57580379
2020s26600398

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 06-55. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
3102642012800Test Well
3102632012800Test Well
2582912011780Test Well
3126762013764388Irrigation
550992005760Test Well
6125202022750Test Well
1364472007740Test Well
2583992011734Irrigation
3126502013729382Irrigation
7628020047113621,200Irrigation

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 06-55?

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This grid falls in Carson County, Armstrong County, Randall County.

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