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Texas well grid 10-38

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Castro County and Childress County. 231 reports, median depth 400 ft.

231Reports
400 ftMedian depth
342 ftWater at
500 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 10-38

Logged in state well grid 10-38, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTop Soil 117, Caliche 88, Topsoil 78, Sandy Clay 34, Clay 35, Caliche And Clay 33
25–50 ftClay 15, Sandstone 12, Sand 11, Sandy Clay 7, Sandstone And Clay 4, Fine Sand 4
50–100 ftSand 27, Sandstone 26, Sandy Clay 17, Sandstone And Clay 11, Clay 10, Fine Sand 7
100–200 ftSandy Clay 28, Sand 27, Sandstone 25, Sandstone And Clay 13, Clay 10, Sand, Sandy Clay, Sandstone 7
200–300 ftClay 37, Sand 36, Sandy Clay 20, Fine Sand, Sandstone 13, Sandstone 11, Sand And Gravel 9
300–500 ftRed Bed 66, Redbed 66, Gravel And Sand 44, Red Clay 46, Sand And Gravel 23, Red And Blue Clay 22
500–1000 ftRed Clay 1, Hard Red Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 10-38, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Peter B Loewen704012015–2026
HI PLAINS DRILLING, INC.283922001–2020
Thunder Well Service, LLC183972014–2024
PETER KLASSEN164502014–2026
Ricky Baccus134152005–2013
DRILL PRO WATER WELL DRILLING123862015–2026
Vanguard Well Resources, LLC114102018–2024
Baccus Drilling Co.114202002–2011
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.104205002010–2022
Goertzen Drilling94002024–2025
CURRIE DRILLING CO.,INC.73932013–2022
B & R IRRIGATION63662008
Drill Pro Waterwell Drilling43982014–2015
Wilson Drilling, Inc.34252002–2020
LT Drilling Company34602008–2010
Couch Operating, LLC24202014–2015
Jack Spears Drilling23882011
L T Drilling Company23805002005
Rodgers Well Service14282020
Pearson Drilling12015
N. Blake Scott12013
Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc14692012

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Irrigation20890.0%400
Domestic93.9%400
Test Well83.5%420
Public Supply31.3%440
Stock20.9%438
Industrial10.4%390
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s33400291
2010s63399315
2020s135401344

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 10-38. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
6660442024540Irrigation
7077212025531Irrigation
5189282019485Irrigation
6081662022480Test Well
6585542023478Irrigation
6678222023470Irrigation
6650312023470Irrigation
2912652012469Irrigation
2838632012466Irrigation
6050102022461Irrigation

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 10-38?

Depth is only half the quote. What it costs depends on the rock, the casing and the pump. Tell us where and we pass the request to licensed Texas drillers.

We are nobody's agent and have no arrangement with any firm today. What we do with this.

This grid falls in Castro County, Childress County, Hale County.

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