texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 17-20

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Lamar County. 278 reports, median depth 20 ft.

278Reports
20 ftMedian depth
19 ftWater at
20 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 17-20

Logged in state well grid 17-20, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTan Clay 29, Clay 21, Brown Sandy Clay 19, Concrete 17, Tan Sandy Clay 14, Sandy Clay 10
25–50 ft-Gray, Moist 4, Color Change To Dark Gray, Very Dense, Very Stiff, Fine Sand 4, -Brown, Moist 2, Dark Gray Shale 2, Silty Clay 2, Gray To Dark Gray, Dense To Very Stiff, Slightly Moist 2
100–200 ftSand 2, Shale W/ Sand Strks 1, Sand W/ Shale Strks 1, Rock 1, Sandy Blue 1
200–300 ftShale 2

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 17-20, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Sunbelt Industrial Services48102007–2020
Vortex Drilling, Inc.42302016–2018
MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services27142004–2010
W.E.S.T. Drilling20252003–2005
SCI16202003–2011
ETTL Engineers & Consultants Inc.14252003–2015
Environmental Logistics Company, LLC12202020–2021
Total Support Services11152002–2009
WEST Drilling10252015–2023
Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling10252015–2020
WALKER HILL ENVIRONMENTAL INC10292018–2019
Vista GeoScience9262017
Groundwater Monitoring Inc.882005–2006
Eagle Remediation5252020–2023
RIOMAR DRILLING INC5182020
Pacific West3302024
ETTL Engineers & Consulants Inc.3202022
C. Miller Drilling3302202010–2016
Universal Drilling Services of Texas, LLC32007
Wel-Mat Drilling LLP32006
dba Universal Drilling Services3252003–2004
GM Enterprises22006
Precision Probe and Drilling22002
GA Services12502014
Roddy Qualls Drilling1182013

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor15555.8%25
Environmental Soil Boring11441.0%15
Domestic41.4%242
Irrigation31.1%302
Other10.4%29
Closed-Loop Geothermal10.4%250
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s962019
2010s1452520
2020s37204

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 17-20. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
2277882010362Irrigation
425928201630220Irrigation
3759592014250Closed-Loop Geothermal
3398122013242Domestic
31293820131953040Irrigation
560967202055Monitor
484000201852Monitor
484005201850Monitor
484002201850Monitor
477389201850Monitor

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 17-20?

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.

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This grid falls in Lamar County.

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