texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 10-40

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Castro County and Childress County. 123 reports, median depth 382 ft.

123Reports
382 ftMedian depth
330 ftWater at
14 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 10-40

Logged in state well grid 10-40, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTopsoil 60, Caliche 26, Top Soil 24, Sandy Clay 19, Sand-Clay 13, Clayey-Silt; Brown, Moist 9
25–50 ftSandstone 11, Sand 5, Sand/Sandstone 3, Sand Stone 3, Sand - Sandstone 2, Clay & Sand 2
50–100 ftSand 11, Sand - Sandstone 5, Sandstone 4, Fine Sand, Sandstone 3, Sand, Sandstone 2, Fine Sand 2
100–200 ftSandstone 15, Sand-Clay 9, Sand 7, Sand Stone 5, Sandyclay 4, Sand - Sandstone 4
200–300 ftSand 14, Sandstone 8, Sand, Sandy Clay, Sandstone 4, Sand-Clay 7, Sand - Gravel 4, Hard Sand 4
300–500 ftRed Bed 74, Sand 20, Sand-Gravel 13, Sand & Gravel 8, Sand - Gravel 7, Red Clay 6

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 10-40, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
DRILL PRO WATER WELL DRILLING253882016–2025
Drill Pro Waterwell Drilling143842014–2015
HI PLAINS DRILLING, INC.133802003–2020
N. Blake Scott112012–2013
Jeter Drilling Co.113772011–2012
Talon/LPE1062019
Baccus Drilling Co.73932004–2010
B & R IRRIGATION63862011–2012
Rodgers Well Service5365132009–2025
Ricky Baccus54002007–2009
Goyne Drilling5389142005–2009
Wilson Drilling, Inc.33852007–2020
B & J Irrigation & Drilling co13982020
Peter B Loewen12015
PETER KLASSEN13812015
H & F Waterwell Drilling Co.13952013
Jack Spears Drilling13382008
LT Drilling Company13882008
Goyne Drilling & Well Service1902003
Davis Pump13412652003

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Irrigation9476.4%382
Domestic129.8%389
Environmental Soil Boring108.1%6
Stock32.4%390
Public Supply32.4%388
Test Well10.8%
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s24388330
2010s77378327
2020s22388343

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 10-40. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
3916732015410363Irrigation
2126212008410Irrigation
156375200841014Domestic
5432312020405Irrigation
3916802015401357Irrigation
2126022007401Irrigation
3340422010400Irrigation
2074602009400Irrigation
1790142004399Irrigation
5494342020398300Stock

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 10-40?

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, Lamb County.

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