texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 07-61

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Deaf Smith County and Randall County. 236 reports, median depth 420 ft.

236Reports
420 ftMedian depth
300 ftWater at
190 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 07-61

Logged in state well grid 07-61, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSurface Top Soil Brown Clay 39, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay W/Sandy Clay Strips 34, Topsoil 31, Caliche 18, Top Soil 11, Caliche & Caliche Rock 10
25–50 ftCaliche W/Rock Strips 20, Sand W/Minor Clay Strips 18, Caliche W/Rock & Sand Strips 8, Caliche 5, Sand With Minor Clay Strips 4, Sand W/Sandstone Strips 4
50–100 ftSand W/Minor Clay Strips 37, Sand W/Brown Clay Strips 8, Sand With Minor Clay Strips 8, Sand W/Clay Strips 6, Caliche W/Rock Strips 6, Fine Sand W/Clay Strips 5
100–200 ftFine Sand W/Clay Strips 11, Sand 6, Sand & Sandstone 4, Fine Loose Sand 2, Fine Sand 2, Sand & Sandstone (Muddy) 2
200–300 ftFine Fairly Loose Sand 55, Sand 12, Med Fine Fairly Loose Sand 7, Fine Loose Sand 6, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Little Clay Mix 7, Sandstone 6
300–500 ftRed Clay 78, Fine Fairly Loose Sand 35, Red Clay W/Gray Clay Strips 13, Red Clay & Shale 13, Red & Gray Clay 13, Red Bed 11
500–1000 ftRed Clay 48, Red Clay & Shale 24, Fine Little Tight Sand 15, Red Clay W/Gray Clay Strips 10, Red Clay & Shale W/Gray Shale Strips 8, Red Clay W/Shale 4

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 07-61, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.1008616002010–2026
LT Drilling Company324013902007–2009
CURRIE DRILLING CO.,INC.253461252003–2024
L T Drilling Company194003502005–2007
DRILL PRO WATER WELL DRILLING133972016–2026
Les Taylor Drilling Company124131,0002003–2004
ETTER WATER WELL LLC63032017–2021
Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc68205002012–2014
Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc64002013
PETER KLASSEN53792015–2016
4-M Drilling33102024
Turn Key Drilling24201902004
Vanguard Well Resources, LLC14102023
HOWARD & SONS INC13922015
DB&E Co LTD18122014
K-Ran Drilling1345152013
W.D. Jones Drilling Co., Inc.18052006
Campbell Drilling13902003
B & B CONSTRUCTION CO.12003

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Test Well11749.6%800
Irrigation10142.8%406
Domestic166.8%330
Stock10.4%304
Monitor10.4%
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s80400300
2010s97420282
2020s59869330

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 07-61. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
7306932026980Test Well
2868892012980Test Well
6134652022960Test Well
2876182012953745600Irrigation
6495982023940Test Well
4216172016940Test Well
2836752012940Test Well
6505172023921Irrigation
7025652025920Test Well
6909192025920Test 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 07-61?

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This grid falls in Deaf Smith County, Randall County, Terry County.

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