texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 27-05

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Gaines County and Terry County. 286 reports, median depth 235 ft.

286Reports
235 ftMedian depth
104 ftWater at
1 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 27-05

Logged in state well grid 27-05, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftCaliche 187, Topsoil 114, Top Soil 106, Sand 46, Sand & Sandstone 16, Sandstone 12
25–50 ftSand 27, Sandstone 17, Sandy Clay 15, Brown Sand 15, Sand & Sandstone 13, Sand Stone 8
50–100 ftRock 116, Sand 71, Sandstone 29, Sandy Clay 18, Sand Stone 12, White Sand 7
100–200 ftBlue Clay 111, Yellow Clay 100, Sand 87, Rock 57, Sandy Clay 26, White Sand 12
200–300 ftRed Clay 74, Sand 60, Blue Clay 33, Red Bed 34, White Sand 10, Sand & Clay 7
300–500 ftRed Clay 11, Red Bed 7, Sandy Clay 3, Blue Clay 2, Blue Clay And Gravel 2, Red Clay Blue Clay 1
500–1000 ftGravel And Clay 1, Red Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 27-05, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vanguard Well Resources, LLC462612017–2026
JB Drilling342602016–2024
DURAN DRILLING202602006–2022
Monte Moore Drilling171652002–2016
Talon/LPE151202012–2018
Jack Spears Drilling1427012006–2017
Robinson Drilling141752004–2011
VANGUARD WATER WELLS131762016–2017
B & J Irrigation & Drilling co102522017–2022
Spot On Drilling92432025
Bates Drilling Company82552004–2006
Goertzen Drilling71922006–2016
Peter B Loewen62362017–2026
Pearson Drilling61702010–2014
PETER KLASSEN52842017–2024
Moore Drilling52512020–2023
Neufeld Family Drilling llc51652017–2023
Couch Operating, LLC42712014–2024
HENRY NEUFELD43052018–2019
Jeter Drilling Co.42632011–2014
Presage Environmental, Inc.42642011–2013
DELTA DRILLERS32832023–2024
Landowner Drilled32502022
Talon Drilling, LP31152007
B & B CONSTRUCTION CO.33122004–2006

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Irrigation23682.5%247
Domestic258.7%180
Monitor155.2%120
Test Well31.0%220
Environmental Soil Boring31.0%100
Stock10.3%151
Injection10.3%254
Industrial10.3%210
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s72216102
2010s10419196
2020s110258112

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 27-05. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
6019812022550Irrigation
6044382022425Irrigation
4226742016403Irrigation
5066222019370Irrigation
5095182019365Irrigation
6056322022360Irrigation
7128152025345Irrigation
5798562021340Irrigation
5764872021332Irrigation
5383712020328Irrigation

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 27-05?

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This grid falls in Gaines County, Terry County.

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