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Texas well grid 27-27

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Gaines County and Andrews County. 421 reports, median depth 200 ft.

421Reports
200 ftMedian depth
90 ftWater at
15 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 27-27

Logged in state well grid 27-27, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftCaliche 289, Top Soil 200, Topsoil 155, Sand 63, Sandstone 32, Clay 31
25–50 ftSand 67, Sandy Clay 30, Rock 24, Sandstone 20, Sand Stone 18, Caliche & Sand 7
50–100 ftRock 195, Sand 97, Sandstone 50, Sandy Clay 31, Sand Stone 30, Sand & Gravel 13
100–200 ftSand 142, Red Clay 96, Rock 80, Red Bed 71, Gravel 65, Sandy Clay 41
200–300 ftRed Bed 79, Red Clay 63, Gravel 21, Blue Clay 17, Sand & Gravel 11, Sand Gravel 9
300–500 ftBrown & Gray Clay 1, Red Bed 2, Gray Clay 1, Blue Clay & Streaks Of Sand 1
500–1000 ftBrown & Gray Clay 1, Gray Clay & Shale 1, Brown Clay & Shale 1, Brown Clay 1
1000–5000 ftBrown Clay & Shale 1, Brown Shale (Fine Sand) 1, Brown Shale & Clay, Gray Sandstone 1, Brown Clay, Gypsum (Td) 1, Brown Clay 1, Fine Sand, Brown Clay & Shale 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 27-27, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Goertzen Drilling72215—2003–2024
JB Drilling65200—2017–2025
Bates Drilling Company28188—2003–2007
Pearson Drilling25205—2011–2015
HENRY NEUFELD23205—2019–2024
Jeter Drilling Co.23232172003–2011
White Drilling Company, Inc.2235—2004–2008
Vanguard Well Resources, LLC17228—2020–2023
DRILL PRO WATER WELL DRILLING15230—2014–2022
DURAN DRILLING14200—2005–2017
Monte Moore Drilling13220—2002–2014
B & R IRRIGATION13181—2007–2013
H & F Waterwell Drilling Co.8242—2012–2013
Straub Corporation830—2010
Neufeld Family Drilling llc7140—2019–2025
Dyck Pump Service7203—2003–2004
Moore Drilling5240—2024–2026
WEST TEXAS WATER WELL SERVICE5218152006–2014
LETKEMAN DRILLING4195—2023
Peter B Loewen4155—2018
Couch Operating, LLC4150—2018
Robinson Drilling4200—2004–2013
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC3105—2017
Landowner Drilled3225—2007–2010
Jack Spears Drilling3240—2007–2010

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Irrigation32477.0%210
Domestic409.5%165
Environmental Soil Boring317.4%30
Industrial133.1%194
Test Well51.2%180
Monitor41.0%105
Injection20.5%1,762
Stock10.2%200
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s13019081
2010s190210100
2020s101200125

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 27-27. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
35210520131,762——Injection
35210620141,733——Injection
2739252011350100—Irrigation
1315992003347100—Irrigation
3668802014325120—Irrigation
3271352011312130—Irrigation
3696992014300145—Irrigation
3685862014300150—Irrigation
3273272011298140—Irrigation
2739232011297100—Irrigation

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.

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This grid falls in Gaines County, Andrews County, Terry County.

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