texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 16-39

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Bowie County. 500 reports, median depth 48 ft.

500Reports
48 ftMedian depth
35 ftWater at
25 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 16-39

Logged in state well grid 16-39, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftRed Clay 224, Red Sand 105, Top Soil 69, Topsoil 53, No Recovery 44, Clay And Silt Red Tan And Gray Mottled To Orange Tan And Gra 33
25–50 ftRed Clay 114, Red Sand 44, Water Sand 30, Blue Shale 19, Gray Shale 16, Sandy Red Clay 17
50–100 ftWater Sand 67, Blue Shale 60, Red Sand 49, Gray Shale 22, Shale 9, Fine Medium Sand 9
100–200 ftShale 5, Gray Shale 3, Gray Sand 2, Lignite 2, Sand 3, Blue Shale 2
300–500 ftWater Sand 4, Solid Rock 2, Gray Sand And Rock Lenses 1, Blue Shale/Rock Streaks 1, Fine/Med. Sand W/Shale 1, Sand 1
500–1000 ftSolid Rock 6, Water Sand 6, Fine Gray Sand 1, Rock 1, Sand/Rock 1, Sand 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 16-39, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
W.E. Pender & Sons Inc7271252004–2026
Dwyer Water Wells6476252015–2026
Patton Drilling Co.6174252006–2014
BETTS ENVIRONMENTAL RECOVERY, INC.56282026
ETTL Engineers and Consultants Inc.44202012
Sunbelt Industrial Services42322013–2025
Hughes Drilling Company4075252003–2005
ETTL Engineers & Consultants Inc.25352002–2025
Pender Water Wells2182252003–2022
MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services9122012–2014
ETTL Engineers & Consulants Inc.7402021
DIXIE DRILLING7202002–2003
Environmental Logistics Company, LLC6252019–2020
W.E.S.T. Drilling6302014
Strata Core Services, LLC5152011–2014
Total Support Services5202007–2009
Cascade Drilling4402023
W E Pender249172016–2018
The Fix Your Well Company2720152006–2015
Thomas C. Patton270252003–2014
Strata Core Drilling Co.2232009
W.E. Pender and Sons, Inc.295302005
GAULDEN WATER WELLS2352003
Geothermal Advantage13002012
Cain Ent.12002004

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic24048.0%75
Environmental Soil Boring15030.0%24
Monitor6813.6%30
Irrigation316.2%80
Test Well61.2%43
Industrial20.4%84
Other10.2%41
Stock10.2%150
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s1497235
2010s1793935
2020s1723630

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 16-39. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
19656920097508515Domestic
29575220127409515Domestic
33195520127258515Domestic
4143572015720160Domestic
15259020057207515Domestic
14356220086319760Domestic
47309820186179530Domestic
15445720056158525Domestic
6790220035958515Domestic
33838120135176520Domestic

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 16-39?

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This grid falls in Bowie County.

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