texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 07-02

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Hartley County and Harrison County. 560 reports, median depth 500 ft.

560Reports
500 ftMedian depth
183 ftWater at
550 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 07-02

Logged in state well grid 07-02, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTop Soil 32, Fine Loose Sand 17, Sand 14, Surface Top Soil Fine Sand 11, Brown Loose Sandy Surface Soil 11, Fine Loose Sand & Sandy Clay Mix 8
25–50 ftFine Sand W/Clay Strips 13, Brown Clay 12, Caliche W/Rock Strips 10, Fine Sand 4, Brown Sandy Clay 4, Sandy Brown Clay 4
50–100 ftBrown Clay 12, Sand 7, Fine Sand 8, Gravel 7, Sandy Brown Clay 4, Sand And Clay 3
100–200 ftBrown Clay 31, Fine Sand 14, Sand 10, Red Clay 9, Clay 11, Sand And Clay 6
200–300 ftBrown Clay 18, Fine To Med Loose Sand 22, Sandy Clay 16, Fine Loose Sandy Clay Mix W/Firm Brown Clay Strips 12, Firm Brown Clay W/Few Sandy Clay Mix Strips 13, Brown Sandy Clay 10
300–500 ftRed Clay 43, Firm Red Clay 37, Fine To Med Loose Sand 14, Fine To Med Loose Sand W/Few Brown Clay Strips 13, Fine To Med Little Firm Gray Sand 9, Red Bed 14
500–1000 ftFirm Red Clay 35, Red Clay 21, Red Clay & Shale 20, Red Shale & Clay 10, Tight Red Clay & Shale 7, Tight To Firm Red Clay & Shale 3
1000–5000 ftBrown Clay W/Fine Sand Rock & Shale Strips 1, Red Clay + Shale 1, Red Clay + Shale W/Hard Alibate Rock Strip 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 07-02, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.2265206002010–2025
LT Drilling Company1074806002007–2008
Larsen Farms LLC71360—2011–2014
DB&E Co LTD32461—2011–2021
D B & E26—5002005–2011
Les Taylor Drilling Company184801,2002003–2004
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co., Inc.15460—2008
L T Drilling Company124955502006–2008
Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc8500—2011–2014
DB & E8—5502009–2013
Hyrdro Resources Mid Contient Inc8500—2011
Henkle Drilling and Supply Co8480—2008
Hydro Resources-Mid Contnent Inc54825002011
Landowner Drilled44803002006–2023
oHydro Resources Mid-Continent Inc.4580—2011
Burkett Drilling2480102004–2019
Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc1400—2013
Larsen LLC1400—2011
DBE1—5252009
Turn Key Drilling1—152005
Les Taylor Drill Co.1360—2003
Rita Blanca Well1—9042001

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Irrigation29652.9%479
Test Well24744.1%500
Stock101.8%480
Domestic61.1%480
Monitor10.2%340
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s180480178
2010s285500180
2020s95520274

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 07-02. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
14188120081,040——Test Well
3200702013895——Irrigation
2748332011640——Test Well
2695842011620——Test Well
2746832011602192400Irrigation
5432812020600——Test Well
2695862011600——Test Well
6811462024580——Test Well
5657492021580——Test Well
5657482021580——Test 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.

Drilling a well near grid 07-02?

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This grid falls in Hartley County, Harrison County, Dallam County.

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