texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 18-52

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Collin County. 446 reports, median depth 22 ft.

446Reports
22 ftMedian depth
19 ftWater at
20 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 18-52

Logged in state well grid 18-52, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftDark Brown Clay 32, Tan Clay 25, Brown Clay 22, Black Clay 21, Concrete 19, Light Brown Silty Clay 16
25–50 ftAustin Chalk 10, Tan Sandy Clay 5, Gray Limestone 5, Hard, Gray, Limestone, Moist 4, Dark Gray Shaley Clay 3, Gray Shale 3
50–100 ftGray Shale & Limestone 1, Limestone W Shale Seams 1, Gray Shale & Lime Streaks 1, Shale & Limestone 1, Crm Limestone Chalk 1
100–200 ftGray Shale W/ Sand Strks 1, Limestone & Shale 1
200–300 ftShale & Limestone Strks 1, Grey Shale 1, Rock 1, Shale And Some Sand 1, Limestone 1
300–500 ftGray Shale 2, Gray Shale W/ Small Sand & Limestone Strks 1, Gray Shale/Sand 1, Grey Shale 1, Limestone & Shale Strks 1, Eagleford Shale 1
500–1000 ftGray Shale 6, Sand 3, Shale 2, Grey Shale 2, Rock 2, Rock & Shale 1
1000–5000 ftSand 12, Shale 10, Gray Shale 6, Sandy Shale 3, Sandy Gray Shale 1, Sand/Gray Shale 2

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 18-52, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
WEST Drilling88102015–2025
Environmental Logistics Company, LLC67142016–2025
Sunbelt Industrial Services29252008–2026
Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling23202014–2022
MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services22202004–2016
Strata Core Services, LLC18182011–2020
SCI16202004–2013
W.E.S.T. Drilling15202001–2013
Dierks Drilling Co.146222001–2014
Total Support Services14302001–2012
dba Universal Drilling Services12302003
Eagle Remediation10202021–2024
C&S Lease9502025
Savage Excavation9352025
qualls drilling8322013
Strata Core Drilling Co.8452009
Groundwater Monitoring Inc.8242005–2006
Reed Engineering Group, Ltd.6242004
Kleinfelder6202004
White Drilling Company, Inc.5342018
GM Enterprises5202002
Pacific West Environmental and Infrastructure4302025
Johnson Drilling, Inc.43002003–2019
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.4242018
Earth Tech41,410252004–2006

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor24354.5%25
Environmental Soil Boring14532.5%8
Irrigation204.5%80
Other143.1%50
Domestic81.8%1,320
Closed-Loop Geothermal51.1%300
Test Well40.9%58
Stock30.7%1,410
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s1052414
2010s1702324
2020s1712018

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 18-52. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
20141620051,7874,444360Public Supply
56039920201,710700250Irrigation
9534220061,58035025Stock
12184220071,56020Domestic
34185820131,54555010Irrigation
40197620151,530575180Irrigation
51991220191,51050010Domestic
57465720211,500508196Other
30488920121,420506298Industrial
23390320061,420470260Industrial

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.

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