texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 28-17

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Dawson County and Scurry County. 520 reports, median depth 140 ft.

520Reports
140 ftMedian depth
63 ftWater at
150 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 28-17

Logged in state well grid 28-17, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftCaliche 233, Top Soil 175, Topsoil 78, Sandy Clay 29, Sandstone 20, Sand 18
25–50 ftSandy Clay 33, Sandstone 23, Rock 22, Sand 20, Sand And Gravel 12, Caliche 8
50–100 ftSandy Clay 69, Sand And Gravel 62, Sand 61, Rock 57, Sand & Gravel 38, Clay 28
100–200 ftRed Clay 100, Brown Clay 44, Sandy Clay 52, Red Bed 57, Sand 39, Sand And Gravel 37
200–300 ftRed Clay 5, Red Bed 3, Green Clay 3, Gravel 2, Sandy Clay 2, Small Gravel 2

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 28-17, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
B & B CONSTRUCTION CO.92802002–2007
Neufeld Family Drilling llc501602017–2026
Monte Moore Drilling501752002–2016
Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc.471002005–2021
Straub Corporation46752002–2017
ACOSTA DRILLING331802002001–2019
Peter B Loewen191602019–2022
Staggs Drilling and Pump, Inc.151622005–2020
Talon/LPE14802010–2019
John Scarborough Drilling, Inc.131681502009–2017
Talon Drilling, LP13652002–2009
Vortex Drilling, Inc.111002010–2014
dba Universal Drilling Services10702003–2005
Harrison & Cooper, Inc.8952023–2024
Spot On Drilling71632025–2026
Landowner Drilled71242010–2017
HENRY NEUFELD71802016–2017
Scarborough Drilling, Inc.71452252004–2007
White Drilling Company, Inc.7702002
Environmental Logistics Company, LLC6102020
DELTA DRILLERS42002022–2026
Vanguard Well Resources, LLC41982022–2026
JB Drilling41442015–2023
T&T Drilling4502004
Goertzen Drilling31582018–2023

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor24146.3%80
Irrigation16832.3%162
Domestic7414.2%175
Environmental Soil Boring214.0%50
Injection51.0%143
Test Well20.4%45
Stock20.4%203
Extraction20.4%90
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s2228060
2010s18814065
2020s11015878

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 28-17. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
54892200532060225Irrigation
354532004300100Irrigation
354512004300100Irrigation
227522003290Irrigation
3158352013287Irrigation
6278012022280Irrigation
3158342013275Irrigation
6167312022220Domestic
3485992013212111Domestic
3285122011211175Irrigation

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 28-17?

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This grid falls in Dawson County, Scurry County.

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