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Texas well grid 23-42

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Lynn County and Lubbock County. 184 reports, median depth 133 ft.

184Reports
133 ftMedian depth
91 ftWater at
15 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 23-42

Logged in state well grid 23-42, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftCaliche 100, Top Soil 93, Topsoil 76, Sandstone 42, Sandy Clay 33, Rock 25
25–50 ftRock 35, Sandstone 26, Brown Sandy Clay 13, Sand 12, Sandy Clay 11, Brown Clay 10
50–100 ftSand 40, Sand & Gravel 32, Sand And Gravel 27, Sandy Clay 22, Clay 14, Yellow Clay 18
100–200 ftBlue Clay 90, Yellow Clay 40, Sand And Gravel 25, Brown Clay 22, Gravel 16, Sand & Gravel 17
200–300 ftCourse Sand 1, Grey Ss W Sand 1, Brown Ss 1, Dark Blue Clay 1, Fine Sand 1, Red And Blue Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 23-42, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Weston Drilling Inc36140622018–2025
Carter Drilling Co., Inc301332006–2025
Thunder Well Service, LLC171412012–2025
PETER KLASSEN171312014–2023
Estill Drilling15132152004–2025
Moore Drilling131102003–2024
Jack Spears Drilling13922007–2013
Monte Moore Drilling111202008–2013
Jacob P Klassen Drilling Co71352017–2024
Highwater Drillers4952026
Zar's Pump & Drilling Service31412019–2024
Straub Corporation3152011–2012
Milton Moore31252005–2006
Harrison and Cooper, Inc.21682022–2024
Neufeld Family Drilling llc21402017–2021
HI PLAINS DRILLING, INC.21692004–2009
R&R DRILLING LLC11382023
na11402018
T&T Drilling11252014
Landowner Drilled11722012
Pandhandle Pump & Irrigation11352005
SUBMERSIBLE PUMP SPECIALISTS11292004

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Irrigation10054.3%126
Domestic7942.9%140
Environmental Soil Boring31.6%15
Stock21.1%125
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s3812097
2010s7213180
2020s7414091

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 23-42. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
3005552012283Domestic
63238200518313015Irrigation
63237200518313015Irrigation
2802202012181Irrigation
2802142012181Irrigation
2179752010181Irrigation
63236200518013015Irrigation
59322200517812815Irrigation
6097662022174Irrigation
5812812021172Domestic

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 23-42?

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.

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This grid falls in Lynn County, Lubbock County.

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