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Texas well grid 30-47

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Callahan County and Eastland County. 103 reports, median depth 14 ft.

103Reports
14 ftMedian depth
22 ftWater at
5 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 30-47

Logged in state well grid 30-47, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSilty Sand, Brown, Moist 28, Brown Clay 13, Top Soil 14, Red Clay 10, Yellow Clay 7, Sand 8
25–50 ftRed Clay 12, Brown Clay 6, Shale 5, Reddish Brown Clay 5, Yellow Clay 4, Blue Clay 4
50–100 ftRed Clay 5, Blue Clay 5, Shale 6, Gray Clay & Shale 5, Gray Clay 4, Brown Clay 4
100–200 ftShale 3, Brown Clay 3, Gray Clay & Shale 1, Gray Clay & Shale With Limestone Stringers 2, Blue Clay 2, Finer Coarse Sand And Small Gravel 1
200–300 ftBlue Shale 2, Brown Clay 1, Gray & White Limestone 1, Red Shale 1, Brown Clay & Shale With Limestone Stringers 1, Reddish Brown, Red, Brown, & Light Blue Shales With Limeston 1
300–500 ftGray Limestone 1, Gray Shale 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 30-47, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
AUTHENTIC DRILLING62142020–2021
Michael Gilliam Consultant Services2010412004–2024
F&F Drilling610052008–2015
Jimmy D. Wilson Drilling6132122002–2007
QUAIL COUNTY CONSTRUCTION32102007
SIMMONS WATER WELL SERVICE21602026
Robert Caraway Water Well Drlg.1120252023
White Drilling Company, Inc.1482021
Spencer's Water Well Service16052013
A & W Drilling Services, Ltd12011

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor6260.2%14
Domestic1514.6%113
Stock87.8%104
Irrigation87.8%68
Test Well76.8%102
Other32.9%108
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s1113258
2010s1410224
2020s781415

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 30-47. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
6055652022348Test Well
1147402007280Domestic
1148012007210Domestic
1627720032071005Domestic
3742692014202Test Well
609717202220025Stock
34427200419022Domestic
7262292026160Stock
398711201515011210Irrigation
39870820151501045Irrigation

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 30-47?

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This grid falls in Callahan County, Eastland County.

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