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Texas well grid 27-55

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Martin County and Andrews County. 174 reports, median depth 110 ft.

174Reports
110 ftMedian depth
60 ftWater at
95 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 27-55

Logged in state well grid 27-55, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftCaliche 100, Topsoil 60, Top Soil 58, Rock 12, Limestone 11, Sand 9
25–50 ftSand 19, Sandstone 11, Sand & Sandstone 9, Sandyclay 8, Sandy Clay 5, Rock 5
50–100 ftRedbed 26, Red Bed 22, Red Clay 15, Sand 14, Clay 9, Sandyclay 8
100–200 ftRed Bed 28, Redbed 26, Limestone 7, Sand Gravel 4, Shale 4, Multi Sandstone 4
200–300 ftRed Bed 8, Redbed 2, Sand 2, Gray Clay & Sandstone 1, Limestone / White Brown 1, Gray Clay, Gray Sandstone 1
300–500 ftRed/Brown Clay 3, Red Bed 3, Red Clay 2, Redbed 1, Red/Blue Clay 1, Sand 1
500–1000 ftRed/Blue Shale 3, Red/Blue Clay/Shale 2, Santa Rosa/Dockum 2, Redbed 2, Redish Brown Sand,Shale 2, Red Bed 2
1000–5000 ftShale 4, Limestone, Shale 1, Sand, Shale 1, Red/Blue Shale/Sand 3, Dark Red Sand/Mudstone 3, Sand/Shale 3

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 27-55, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
DARRELL CRASS DRILLING541152008–2013
Santa Rosa Well Service1785402017–2019
Goertzen Drilling161032007–2019
CASE DRILLING & PUMP SERVICE, LLC151651002011–2014
DT Oasis142013
Talon/LPE11822025
MARK'S WATER WELL SERVICE, INC691202017–2021
Integrity Services61,6801002017
Wheeler Drilling6105212006–2015
THI WATER WELL31,6401002014
CASE DRILLING AND PUMP SERVICE, LLC3152902011–2014
Mark's Water Well3192202008–2010
ACOSTA DRILLING3801502005
Cascade Drilling2912019
PC Drilling & Service, LLC21,8052015
Layne21,7502015
Monte Moore Drilling2802009–2012
Blue Quail Energy Services LLC.190402020
Neufeld Family Drilling llc1802019
Wildcat Services LLC11,6002019
D. LATZEL DRILLING, LLC11,5702017
Layne Christensen Energy11,7951302015
Layne Christensen11,7001442014
WEST TEXAS WATER WELL SERVICE11,7042013
RUSSELL CRASS DRILLING11402011

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Rig Supply10761.5%120
Domestic2011.5%105
Irrigation158.6%90
Fracking Supply158.6%1,680
Monitor126.9%82
Stock21.1%90
Test Well21.1%80
Environmental Soil Boring10.6%150
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s1412050
2010s14511565
2020s158260

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 27-55. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
42162820151,805Fracking Supply
39036720151,795891130Fracking Supply
42160120151,780Fracking Supply
39137420151,750881Fracking Supply
24954920111,744Rig Supply
45490420171,730700100Fracking Supply
33095020131,704Rig Supply
45679620171,700700Fracking Supply
37582220141,7001,060144Fracking Supply
45491920171,680680100Fracking Supply

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 Martin County, Andrews County, Terry County, Mitchell County, Midland County.

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