texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 27-26

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Gaines County and Andrews County. 252 reports, median depth 205 ft.

252Reports
205 ftMedian depth
110 ftWater at
80 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 27-26

Logged in state well grid 27-26, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftCaliche 195, Topsoil 116, Top Soil 105, Sand + Sandstone 23, Clay 20, Sand 20
25–50 ftSand 43, Sandstone 12, Rock 11, Sandy Clay 11, Sand, Br 6, Sandy Clay Broken Rock 4
50–100 ftRock 107, Sand 50, Sandstone 30, Sandy Clay 23, Sand, Br 10, Sand + Sandstone 8
100–200 ftRock 83, Sand 66, Red Clay 57, Sandy Clay 44, Red Bed 39, Sand & Gravel 31
200–300 ftRed Clay 61, Red Bed 36, Mixed Clay Red Bed 8, Redbed 7, Gravel 6, Blue Clay 4
300–500 ftRed Clay 5, Sand Gravel 4, Clay 3, Sandyclay 2, Rock 2, Sandstone 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 27-26, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
PETER KLASSEN431562023–2025
Goertzen Drilling422102003–2025
Monte Moore Drilling302252001–2006
Bates Drilling Company272232003–2005
Pearson Drilling161442010–2015
JB Drilling152252017–2024
Vanguard Well Resources, LLC131902018–2025
Robinson Drilling111902010–2012
Landowner Drilled71702006–2017
B & R IRRIGATION72502008–2012
DURAN DRILLING62302006–2018
Neufeld Family Drilling llc42152022
VANGUARD WATER WELLS41502017
SANDYLAND DRILLING32202012
HENRY NEUFELD22402018
SANDY LAND DRILLING23872012
Conner Drilling2215802006
Wes Tex Exploration21902003–2004
GOERTZEN JOHN22252004
Dyck Pump Service21782003
SUBMERSIBLE PUMP SPECIALISTS12252025
Deer Horn Drilling HP12052025
D & T Drilling13202024
Peter B Loewen11342023
Permian H2O Solutions11402018

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Irrigation18573.4%215
Industrial3714.7%155
Domestic228.7%236
Stock41.6%185
Public Supply20.8%215
Rig Supply10.4%140
Test Well10.4%135
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s101219100
2010s85190115
2020s66198152

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 27-26. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
2929062012387115Irrigation
2913252012387115Irrigation
2913232012387115Irrigation
2929052012382115Irrigation
2929032012373150Irrigation
6700582024320220Irrigation
867662003280120Irrigation
6611652024277Irrigation
315352003275140Irrigation
395462003270Irrigation

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 27-26?

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 Gaines County, Andrews County, Terry County, Dawson County.

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