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Texas well grid 28-45

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Howard County and Garza County. 1,193 reports, median depth 100 ft.

1,193Reports
100 ftMedian depth
58 ftWater at
30 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 28-45

Logged in state well grid 28-45, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTop Soil 410, Topsoil 352, Sand 262, Caliche 317, Calichie 243, Sandy Clay 55
25–50 ftSand 139, Sandstone 130, Sand Gravel 27, Rock 25, Sand&Gravel 24, Yellowish And Red Sand 24
50–100 ftRed Clay 168, Sand 97, Red Bed 96, Sand&Gravle 79, Sand & Gravel 75, Sand And Gravel 72
100–200 ftRed Clay 273, Red Bed 158, Redbed 40, Gravel 26, Sand Clay 16, Sand 10
200–300 ftRed Clay 2, Red And Grey Shale 2, Red Bed 1, Limestone And False Redbed 1, Fine Sand 1, Red Clay And Shale 1
300–500 ftGrey Shale 2, Red And Grey Shale 2, Sand 1, Sand And Red Bed 1, Red And Grey Shale/Coal 1, Fake Redbed 1
500–1000 ftRed Bed And Gypson 3, Sandstone 2, Red Bed 1, Red And Grey Sandstone 1, Red Bed Clay 1, Red And Grey Shale/Sandstone 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 28-45, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
kinard water well service287120502006–2025
Permian H2O Solutions173110202016–2024
Choate Well Service96105102003–2026
JB Drilling761302020–2024
Straub Corporation70122003–2013
Groundwater Monitoring Inc.3752006–2008
Talon Drilling, LP36532003–2009
Neufeld Family Drilling llc281202017–2024
Santa Rosa Well Service27145202018–2021
ACOSTA DRILLING2696302014–2017
Monte Moore Drilling241202005–2016
Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc.202010–2014
White Drilling Company, Inc.19542003–2021
Strata Core Drilling Co.1922008–2011
Moore Drilling18852019–2026
Harrison & Cooper, Inc.171022011–2015
Harrison and Cooper, Inc.141002018–2020
Talon/LPE13152010–2025
Kinard Water Well Serv13109502011–2012
Vanguard Well Resources, LLC121232019–2022
Vortex Drilling, Inc.11102018
Winfield McAtee11502014
Diversified Water Well Drilling9100182013
Belew Well Service983102002–2009
DT Oasis Water Wells81252019–2022

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Rig Supply31326.2%110
Monitor19616.4%85
Fracking Supply19516.3%120
Domestic15713.2%100
Environmental Soil Boring13711.5%10
Irrigation736.1%115
Other453.8%110
Industrial352.9%120
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s1603734
2010s62510060
2020s40812060

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 28-45. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
44683320171,020Fracking Supply
5257452019920520Rig Supply
4452892017908Rig Supply
5693682021848480Other
569364202184748050Other
568006202181051230Other
500963201878070Rig Supply
6296722022400Domestic
64498520232701005Domestic
32839720122552550Irrigation

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 Howard County, Garza County, Lynn County.

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