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Texas well grid 18-42

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Collin County and Denton County. 230 reports, median depth 685 ft.

230Reports
685 ftMedian depth
453 ftWater at
25 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 18-42

Logged in state well grid 18-42, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftGray Shale 53, Topsoil 48, Yellow Clay 46, Black Topsoil 29, Top Soil 13, Shale 11
25–50 ftGray Shale 28, Shale 3, Black Shale 2, Clay 2, Blue Shale 2, Rotten Gray Shale/ Sandy 1
50–100 ftGray Shale 44, Shale 3, Black Shale 2, Shale And Clay 2, Gray Shale/Black Shale 1, Black Shale/Tan Clay 1
100–200 ftGray Shale 4, Shale 3, Sand 3, Sandy Gray Shale 1, Black Clay 1, Blueshale Pinkshale 1
200–300 ftSand 18, Gray Shale 13, Shale 3, Sandy Shale 3, Rock 2, Sand And Shale 1
300–500 ftSand 46, Gray Shale 21, Sandy Shale 13, Shale 8, Gray Shale/Sand 6, Sandy Gray Shale 4
500–1000 ftSand 93, Gray Shale 62, Shale 40, Sand And Shale 9, Sandy Shale 11, Gray Shale/Sand 11
1000–5000 ftSand 11, Gray Shale 9, Tan Limestone 6, Sand Shale Sequence 5, Lime 2, Lime Shale 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 18-42, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Earth Tech54840252004–2014
Double D Drilling35840252010–2026
Barco Well Service, LP19860382015–2025
A.L. Moser Drilling, Inc.11980102004–2010
Strittmatter Irrigation9640222003–2015
MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services918—2011–2016
THI WATER WELL71,3209372022–2026
WEST Drilling720—2017
Ground to Sprinkler7800222006–2007
Lonestar Underground7780252003–2006
Cascade Drilling615—2026
BETTS ENVIRONMENTAL RECOVERY, INC.618—2024
Environmental Logistics Company, LLC624—2021
SEA-LITE DRILLING CO6390202002–2003
Sunbelt Industrial Services520—2019
Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling520—2017
Eagle Remediation420—2022–2023
Next-Gen Solutions, Inc.420—2017–2018
Aqua Source4800302006
Erwin Water Well Drilling3480302017–2020
DD Drilling Inc.2760602008–2009
Action Water Wells Trust11,750702024
Erwin Drilling1800—2023
AFFORDABLE WATER WELL1525202015
Andrus Drilling Company1—122013

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Irrigation10244.3%840
Domestic4218.3%500
Monitor3213.9%20
Stock2812.2%895
Environmental Soil Boring114.8%20
Test Well93.9%18
Industrial20.9%800
Public Supply20.9%2,350
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s86810450
2010s95553450
2020s49525540

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 18-42. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
71562420252,400850180Irrigation
34989320132,350881430Public Supply
72379520262,3401,070335Stock
63529720222,000742937Public Supply
70295820251,900645400Stock
68933220241,75065070Domestic
45673420171,610686220Stock
45959720161,600—225Stock
45959620161,600695215Stock
31054620121,600660240Stock

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.

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This grid falls in Collin County, Denton County, Grayson County.

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