texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 20-55

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Jack County. 199 reports, median depth 220 ft.

199Reports
220 ftMedian depth
80 ftWater at
8 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 20-55

Logged in state well grid 20-55, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftYellow Clay 79, Sand Rock 46, Lime 41, Topsoil 41, Gray Clay 31, Red Clay 28
25–50 ftGray Shale 72, Lime 38, Gray Clay 35, Sand 19, Sand Rock 11, Lime Rock 9
50–100 ftGray Shale 96, Lime 71, Sand 40, Hard Sand 14, Lime Rock 9, Gray Clay 8
100–200 ftGray Shale 118, Sand 90, Lime 86, Hard Sand 15, Lime Rock 8, Red Clay 12
200–300 ftGray Shale 58, Sand 37, Lime 11, Hard Sand 6, Shale 4, Sandy Gray Shale 3
300–500 ftGray Shale 4, Lime 2, Red & Gray Shale 1, Gray Shale With Sand 1, Hard Sand With Shale Streaks 1, Lime Rock 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 20-55, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Erwin Water Well Drilling13023372001–2026
Erwin Drilling21220112018–2026
Sunbelt Industrial Services982008–2019
WEST Drilling4332020
Advanced Drilling Systems, Inc.42006
Total Support Services4252004
Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling3162018–2021
White Drilling Company, Inc.3202005
Moore's Water Well Service230022018–2019
Strata Core Services, LLC2452011
Talon Drilling, LP2262003–2008
Lonnie Gray2280122005
BIFFLE WATER WELL2122006
CoreCoUSA, Inc.1502023
Johnson Drilling, Inc.12014
Moore's Water Well11002013
Earth Tech12502013
Erwi Water Well Drilling110012011
Thorp Springs Well Svc Inc115042007
Wyatt Drilling Service12402005
Erwin Water Well Drillling127082005
Anderson Water Well Service, Ltd.126092005
St. John Water Well Pump Service126042003

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic15376.9%220
Monitor2311.6%25
Environmental Soil Boring94.5%8
Irrigation73.5%220
Stock31.5%240
Closed-Loop Geothermal21.0%250
Industrial21.0%
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s7522080
2010s68220
2020s5620014

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 20-55. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
6529482023460Domestic
264765201140015Domestic
8732820064002607Domestic
37774820143404Domestic
5379072020320Domestic
8237200232016050Domestic
3122200132020Domestic
47275200430515030Domestic
6529492023300Domestic
5925822021300Domestic

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 20-55?

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.

We are nobody's agent and have no arrangement with any firm today. What we do with this.

This grid falls in Jack County.

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