texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 27-29

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Gaines County and Andrews County. 281 reports, median depth 130 ft.

281Reports
130 ftMedian depth
63 ftWater at
180 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 27-29

Logged in state well grid 27-29, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftCaliche 176, Top Soil 135, Topsoil 129, Sand 67, Sandstone 27, Clay 18
25–50 ftRock 55, Sand 47, Sandstone 28, Sand Stone 16, Clay 13, Sandy Clay 13
50–100 ftSand 126, Rock 110, Red Bed 40, Sandstone 29, Red Clay 32, Sandy Clay 26
100–200 ftRed Bed 86, Red Clay 66, Sand 50, Sandy Clay 16, Rock 19, Gravel 19
200–300 ftRed Clay 9, Red Bed 3, Rock 1, Rock And Blue Clay 1, Red And Sand 1, Brown Sand And Gravel 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 27-29, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vanguard Well Resources, LLC411402021–2025
JB Drilling331202016–2024
Peter B Loewen251402016–2026
Landowner Drilled241141802007–2024
DRILL PRO WATER WELL DRILLING231152017–2019
DELTA DRILLERS201052023–2024
DURAN DRILLING191302018
Goertzen Drilling16822010–2022
Robinson Drilling101922003–2007
Pearson Drilling92172008–2015
Highwater Drillers81302025–2026
Jack Spears Drilling71602008–2010
Ford Drilling Inc61012008–2009
dba Universal Drilling Services5352003
Neufeld Family Drilling llc41852014–2023
Jacob P Klassen Drilling Co41622011–2017
VANGUARD WATER WELLS41602015–2016
B & R IRRIGATION4902012
Jeter Drilling Co.31672005–2014
Bates Drilling Company31852004
Spot On Drilling21002025
PETER KLASSEN21022025
Wilson Drilling and Pump Company21022010
B & J Irrigation & Drilling co12002021
CASE DRILLING AND PUMP SERVICE, LLC1200502013

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Irrigation25089.0%130
Domestic134.6%120
Monitor62.1%35
Stock51.8%122
Industrial41.4%190
Test Well20.7%120
Rig Supply10.4%200
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s41183110
2010s11813042
2020s12212582

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 27-29. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
6324942023300Irrigation
4241432016282Irrigation
4774132018274Irrigation
4887312018258Domestic
144254200724060Irrigation
1764142005238160Irrigation
6751272024220Irrigation
3947682015217Irrigation
6700032024215Irrigation
6751252024207Irrigation

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 27-29?

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This grid falls in Gaines County, Andrews County, Tom Green County, Dawson County.

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