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Texas well grid 10-06

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Deaf Smith County and Randall County. 113 reports, median depth 410 ft.

113Reports
410 ftMedian depth
220 ftWater at
300 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 10-06

Logged in state well grid 10-06, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSurface Top Soil Brown Clay 18, Topsoil 16, Caliche W/Rock Strips 9, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay W/Sandy Clay Strips 8, Caliche & Caliche Rock 7, Caliche 6
25–50 ftCaliche W/Rock Strips 9, Sand With Minor Clay Strips 4, Sand W/Minor Clay Strips 3, Brown And Gray Clay W/Sandy Clay Strips 1, Brown And Gray Clay W/Sand Strips 1, Sand W/Clay Mix & Cemented Sand Strips 1
50–100 ftSand W/Minor Clay Strips 15, Caliche W/Rock Strips 8, Sand 5, Sand W/Minor Clay 4, Sand W/Sandstone & Brown Clay Strips 2, Sand & Sandstone 2
100–200 ftSand & Sandstone 4, Fine Fairly Loose Sand 4, Sandstone 3, Fine Sand W/Clay Strips 3, Sand Layers Of Clay 2, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Mix 1
200–300 ftFine Fairly Loose Sand 21, Fine Sand W/Clay Strips 8, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Little Clay Mix 7, Red Clay 7, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Strips 4, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Mix 4
300–500 ftRed Clay 53, Red And Gray Clay 11, Red Clay W/Little Gray Clay Mix 6, Red Clay + Shale 7, Red Clay W/Shale 6, Red Clay W/Gray Clay Strips 5
500–1000 ftRed Clay 19, Fine Tight Sand 9, Red Clay + Shale 7, Red And Gray Clay + Shale 4, Fine Little Tight Sand W/Clay Strips 4, Red And Gray Clay 5

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 10-06, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.448005002010–2024
CURRIE DRILLING CO.,INC.163301252004–2020
L T Drilling Company138202006–2007
Les Taylor Drilling Company124103502003–2004
LT Drilling Company93872002007–2009
DRILL PRO WATER WELL DRILLING43342018–2026
Hydro Resouces Mid Continent Inc38002013
ETTER WATER WELL LLC28552021
Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc28202013–2014
3T Drilling, Inc.23552010
Howell Drilling Services, LLC12902025
Hydro Resources MDC18022015
H & F Waterwell Drilling Co.13502013
4 Way Pump Service, Inc.13002010
BRUCE CURRIE12010
K-Ran Drilling1405122003

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Test Well5548.7%800
Irrigation4035.4%394
Domestic1210.6%305
Public Supply54.4%827
Stock10.9%334
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s40410228
2010s47760220
2020s26765261

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 10-06. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
960842006900Test Well
5528272020860Test Well
5487052020860Test Well
3811562014860Test Well
960792006860Test Well
810892006860Test Well
810872006860Test Well
810862006860Test Well
5708392021855670Irrigation
6157052022840Test 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 Deaf Smith County, Randall County.

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