texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 24-29

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Hockley County and Lubbock County. 308 reports, median depth 207 ft.

308Reports
207 ftMedian depth
150 ftWater at
15 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 24-29

Logged in state well grid 24-29, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTop Soil 101, Caliche 90, Topsoil 48, Sandstone 23, Brown Sandy Clay 13, Caliche, Clay & Sand 12
25–50 ftRock 12, Sandstone 10, Sand 8, Sand & Soft Sandstone 7, Sand & Sandstone 6, Pink Silty Sand 5
50–100 ftRock 67, Sandstone 29, Sand 20, Brown Clay 15, Brown Sandy Clay 14, Pink Silty Sand 8
100–200 ftSand & Gravel 52, Blue Clay 47, Sand 39, Brown Clay 31, Sand And Gravel 28, Yellow Clay 25
200–300 ftBlue Clay 63, Yellow Clay 19, Sand & Gravel 9, Clay 5, Sand And Gravel 5, Rock 4

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 24-29, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc.1241802008–2024
SUBMERSIBLE PUMP SPECIALISTS332152004–2019
Gilco Drilling Company192092006–2020
Jack Spears Drilling15200102007–2014
Carter Drilling Co., Inc14238252006–2022
Jacob P Klassen Drilling Co102162011–2022
Vanguard Well Resources, LLC82052021–2025
Jack Spears82282004–2006
Panhandle Pump62352003–2004
Weston Drilling Inc51902019–2025
Monte Moore Drilling52252011–2014
Peter B Loewen42622023–2025
J & S Drilling, LLC42002019–2023
Couch Operating, LLC42502014–2022
B & B CONSTRUCTION CO.42004
WEST TEXAS WATER WELL SERVICE3502022
White Drilling Company, Inc.31702021
B & J Irrigation & Drilling co31952017–2019
Straub Corporation3202017
Wilson Drilling, Inc.32432002–2014
T & T Drilling, LTD31652002–2008
Estill Drilling3162182004–2006
Zar's Pump & Drilling Service21832021–2025
VANGUARD WATER WELLS21952015
RIOMAR DRILLING INC2152015

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor10132.8%177
Irrigation8126.3%230
Domestic7123.1%204
Test Well258.1%
Environmental Soil Boring82.6%20
Stock82.6%215
Injection82.6%217
Industrial41.3%168
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s173218145
2010s87215150
2020s48200156

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 24-29. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
1576972007293Irrigation
6669522024276163Irrigation
479202003275Domestic
3585722014274Irrigation
3296022012268160Irrigation
4971632018267Irrigation
6941172025262180Domestic
3623542014262201Irrigation
3550482014262Irrigation
1075472003261Irrigation

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 24-29?

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 Hockley County, Lubbock County, Gaines County.

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