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Texas well grid 28-27

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Dawson County and Borden County. 372 reports, median depth 180 ft.

372Reports
180 ftMedian depth
130 ftWater at
30 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 28-27

Logged in state well grid 28-27, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftCaliche 277, Topsoil 204, Top Soil 133, Calichie 30, Sand 24, Rock 15
25–50 ftSand 53, Rock 53, Gravel 52, Sand/Gravel 34, Sandstone 23, Sand Gravel 23
50–100 ftSand 77, Sandy Clay 65, Brown Clay 53, Sand And Gravel 21, Sand Gravel 18, Sand With Clay Ledges 20
100–200 ftRed Clay 257, Sand 93, Brown Clay 68, Gravel 68, Sandy Clay 49, Clay 45
200–300 ftRed Clay 37, Gravel 3, Red Bed 2, Gravel/Sand/Shale/Red And Blue Clay 1, Gravel/Shale/Red Clay/Blue Clay 1, Red Clay/Blue Clay 1
300–500 ftBrown Clay 2, Brown/Blue Sandy Clay 1, Blue Clay 1, Brown & Blue Clay 1
500–1000 ftBrown Clay 4, Blue Sandy Clay 2, Red Clay 1, Gray Clay, Cemented Sand 1, Red Shale, Sandstone 1, Brown Clay, Blue Sandy Clay 1
1000–5000 ftRed Shale 4, Red Shale, Clay 1, Brown/Blue Sandy Clay, Coarse Sand 1, Brown Clay, Blue Sandy Clsay 1, Fine To Coarse Sand 1, Red Clay & Shale 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 28-27, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Neufeld Family Drilling llc741802016–2026
Staggs Drilling and Pump, Inc.531802001–2015
Landowner Drilled472162016–2018
kinard water well service34180352010–2022
JB Drilling261652020–2023
DRILL PRO DRILLING201952018
DRILL PRO WATER WELL DRILLING191742016–2018
SNELL DRILLING LLC121752022–2023
Moore Drilling111842021–2026
B & J Irrigation & Drilling co111582016–2017
B & B CONSTRUCTION CO.82002–2003
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.71,2102017
Kinard Water Well Serv7156152010–2011
White Drilling Company, Inc.61002003
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC5302025
West Texas Faast Bailing52182018–2019
Monte Moore Drilling51752008–2014
Juan's Water Well Service4160302016
na31802017
John Scarborough Drilling, Inc.3165602017
Choate Well Service2220402011–2022
Peter Loewen22014
Pearson Drilling22014
Thunder Well Service, LLC11932024
New Leaf Waterwell Services11502021

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Irrigation20354.6%180
Fracking Supply6417.2%200
Rig Supply6216.7%185
Domestic184.8%158
Monitor174.6%100
Stock61.6%170
Public Supply10.3%193
Environmental Soil Boring10.3%
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s6617286
2010s227185121
2020s79170140

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 28-27. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
45462520171,320Fracking Supply
44628820171,252Fracking Supply
45476520171,250718Fracking Supply
45323620171,220Fracking Supply
45323320171,210704Fracking Supply
45477320171,203712Fracking Supply
45478520171,195691Fracking Supply
45477720171,195714Fracking Supply
6351842022260Irrigation
4719142018240Fracking 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.

Drilling a well near grid 28-27?

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This grid falls in Dawson County, Borden County, Howard County, Martin County.

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