texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 27-31

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Dawson County and Gaines County. 137 reports, median depth 155 ft.

137Reports
155 ftMedian depth
60 ftWater at
60 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 27-31

Logged in state well grid 27-31, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftCaliche 77, Top Soil 68, Topsoil 43, Sand 16, Sandy Clay 15, Calichie 11
25–50 ftSandy Clay 15, Rock 13, Sand 12, Caliche 12, Sandstone 5, Sandyclay 3
50–100 ftRock 58, Sand 40, Sandy Clay 39, Sand/Gravel 9, Sandstone 8, Sand Gravel 7
100–200 ftRed Clay 37, Sandy Clay 27, Mix Clay 22, Clay 15, Sand & Gravel 11, Gravel 15
200–300 ftRed Bed 2, Gravel 1, Redbed 1
300–500 ftSee Attached Mud Log 1, Red Bed 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 27-31, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Neufeld Family Drilling llc351602017–2024
Monte Moore Drilling351302003–2016
CASE DRILLING AND PUMP SERVICE, LLC14140802013–2014
Highwater Drillers111642026
John Scarborough Drilling, Inc.7172452008–2013
Talon/LPE41202012
na3952019
B & J Irrigation & Drilling co31602016
Santa Rosa Well Service3120202017
VANGUARD WATER WELLS31562017
Lane Scarborough32034802005
DARRELL CRASS DRILLING32502007–2008
ACOSTA DRILLING3352004
D & T Drilling21402025
JB Drilling11002021
CASE DRILLING & PUMP SERVICE, LLC12002014
Robinson Drilling11152011
GARY L WHITING11,9762012
Goertzen Drilling12002010
Choate Well Service1245602011
Jeter Drilling Co.11152008
Wes Tex Exploration12003

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Irrigation7353.3%158
Rig Supply4331.4%160
Domestic118.0%100
Stock64.4%155
Monitor42.9%120
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s2510590
2010s8615560
2020s26158

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 27-31. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
33201920121,976800Rig Supply
1143952007400Rig Supply
1368102008250Rig Supply
1368062008250Rig Supply
272535201124520060Rig Supply
137485200520590480Irrigation
137489200520390480Irrigation
381992201420050Rig Supply
324914201020080Irrigation
137492200519290350Irrigation

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 27-31?

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 Dawson County, Gaines County, Martin County, Andrews County.

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