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Texas well grid 30-17

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Jones County. 188 reports, median depth 78 ft.

188Reports
78 ftMedian depth
26 ftWater at
16 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 30-17

Logged in state well grid 30-17, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftRed Clay 60, Top Soil 50, Brown Clay 17, Sand & Gravel 13, Red Sandy Clay 12, Brown Top Soil 12
25–50 ftRed Clay 25, Red Shale 13, Red Bed Clay 11, Red Bed 10, Blue Shale 8, Red/Blue Shale Mix 7
50–100 ftRed Bed Clay 38, Blue Shale 23, Red Clay 14, Red Shale 15, Red/Blue Shale Mix 12, Red/Blue Shale 5
100–200 ftRed Bed & Blue Shale 2, Intermitten Break Red Water Producing 1, Break In Shale H2O Bearing 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 30-17, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
SL Co.10380122002–2023
LEONARD DRILLING LLC2581952012–2026
LEONARD WATER SERVICES13552002003–2026
Vortex Drilling, Inc.132012
White Drilling Company, Inc.12282003–2016
Diversified Water Well Drilling8100152005–2014
WEST Drilling3302020–2021
Diversified Drilling & Pump Service2105302021–2023
Sunbelt Industrial Services2252020
E&C DRILLING CO.299252012–2019
DIVERSIFIED WATER WELLS11202009
Leonard Water Service11002004
dba Universal Drilling Services1402003
SOUTHERLAND WATER WELL1252002

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Stock7640.4%82
Irrigation5227.7%75
Monitor3116.5%28
Domestic2814.9%72
Rig Supply10.5%100
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s337225
2010s837530
2020s728226

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 30-17. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
55110820201607125Irrigation
2156362008160308Domestic
36515320141288220Stock
6258442022123Stock
7129962025120Stock
7129952025120Stock
6258382022120Stock
3800572014120582Domestic
337410200912034Domestic
24364420101208015Irrigation

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 30-17?

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 Jones County.

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