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Texas well grid 18-60

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Collin County and Stonewall County. 289 reports, median depth 25 ft.

289Reports
25 ftMedian depth
298 ftWater at
19 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 18-60

Logged in state well grid 18-60, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay 20, Brown Clay 17, Tan Clay 15, Dk Brown Clay 15, Black Clay 14, Concrete 11
25–50 ftGray Shale 5, Gray Shaley Clay 4, Austin Chalk 4, Shale 3, Shale Gray 2, Brown/Gray Clay 2
50–100 ftGray Shale 2, Blue Shale 2, Shale And Lime Streaks 1, Sand Blue Shale Sand Streaks 1, Gravel/Sand Water 1, Austin Chalk 1
100–200 ftWhite Chalk And Blue Shale 1
200–300 ftLime With Shale 1, Limestone And Shale 1
300–500 ftSandy Shale 1, Gray Shale 1, Grey Shale 1, Gray Shale, Lime 1
500–1000 ftGray Shale 6, Lime And Gray Shale 1, Black Shale With Lime 1, Blue/Gray Shale And Sand Strks 1
1000–5000 ftSandy Shale 7, Sand 7, Gray Shale 5, Shale And Sand Streaks 1, Lime 2, Gray Shale/Sand 4

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 18-60, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
WEST Drilling44182016–2024
MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services37152004–2015
Environmental Logistics Company, LLC21152018–2026
Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling20202016–2022
W.E.S.T. Drilling16202002–2008
Sunbelt Industrial Services12252009–2025
Gedco drilling and coring inc10302020
Total Support Services10442015–2017
Savage Excavation8302025–2026
Subterra Environmental Services, LLC.8302017–2018
Earth Tech81,210252005–2015
Johnson Drilling, Inc.82003–2012
SCI7352005–2012
Dierks Drilling Co.660182001–2008
ETTL Engineers & Consultants Inc.5222025
Pacific West5352025
Action Water Wells, Inc51,540102014–2021
RIOMAR DRILLING INC5232014–2015
RIOMAR ENVIRONMENTAL DRILLING582011
GM Enterprises52004
Roddy Qualls Drilling42013
Action Water Wells Trust31,570102021–2025
Michael Tolle33002016–2024
Strata Core Services, LLC3252013–2015
Ground to Sprinkler31,280252007

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor13647.1%30
Environmental Soil Boring9532.9%15
Irrigation186.2%1,280
Closed-Loop Geothermal144.8%300
Test Well93.1%25
Domestic93.1%1,570
Stock51.7%1,572
Other20.7%1,540
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s8120298
2010s12225450
2020s863028

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 18-60. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
40327720151,840Irrigation
57167220211,800420Stock
32862920121,75045010Irrigation
58557020211,62040010Domestic
58196920211,62038010Domestic
56543020201,60043019Domestic
10064120061,57249225Stock
62904420221,5706005Domestic
34039120131,55520Domestic
45755420171,54051021Irrigation

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, Stonewall County, Dallas County.

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