texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 17-49

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Hunt County and Delta County. 335 reports, median depth 33 ft.

335Reports
33 ftMedian depth
70 ftWater at
19 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 17-49

Logged in state well grid 17-49, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftNo Data--Blind Push For Isco Installation 85, Yellow Clay 80, Black Clay 53, Black Soil 47, Brown Clay 40, Concrete 24
25–50 ftGray Shale 49, Shale 36, Rock 6, Sand 4, Shale - Gray 3, Hard Rock 2
50–100 ftSand 13, Rock 10, Gray Shale 8, Sandy Shale 4, Shale 4, Sand Streaks 3
100–200 ftSand 34, Rock 25, Gray Shale 18, Shale 7, Sand Streaks 4, Hard Rock 2
200–300 ftSand 39, Rock 32, Gray Shale 10, Sandy Shale 4, Shale 5, Gray Sand 4
300–500 ftSand 27, Rock 14, Gray Shale 12, Shale 5, Sand Streaks 3, Sandy Shale 2
500–1000 ftClay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 17-49, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Wades water well101270182004–2026
Alliance Maintenance and Services92182015–2016
Alliance Maintenance & Services, Inc.54172013–2014
CoreCo USA14552021
C. Miller Drilling11350272006–2022
MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services10202007–2014
Strata Core Services, LLC7252011–2016
W.E.S.T. Drilling5252012
Environmental Logistics Company, LLC4302019
Wade's Water Well Co., LLC4280182003–2007
East Texas Water Well33202019–2023
Folmar Drilling Co.3364502016–2023
WEST Drilling3452023
Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling3452021
Wade water well3280152004–2014
qualls drilling3402014
dba Universal Drilling Services3252004–2005
ETTL Engineers & Consultants Inc.2332016–2017
Comb's Well Service2602011
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.2402009
Eagle Remediation1452023
A1 Water Wells176062014
C.Milleer Drilling1402162010
Clay Earle Water Wells1560402001
SCI1252006

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic11534.3%274
Other8525.4%18
Monitor6118.2%30
Injection4914.6%17
Environmental Soil Boring92.7%15
Irrigation72.1%274
Test Well30.9%501
Stock20.6%202
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s5420045
2010s2141880
2020s6722879

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 17-49. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
36106920147601756Irrigation
18252120015609040Domestic
26325420115225Irrigation
548594202050125Test Well
22195320084704040Domestic
613992202246217642Test Well
29788320124448025Irrigation
23420920074408030Domestic
221843200743010020Domestic
16480220044308022Domestic

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 17-49?

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This grid falls in Hunt County, Delta County, Hopkins County.

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