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Texas well grid 34-26

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Van Zandt County and Cherokee County. 392 reports, median depth 440 ft.

392Reports
440 ftMedian depth
150 ftWater at
30 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 34-26

Logged in state well grid 34-26, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSurface 104, Sand 87, Clay 57, Surface Clay 35, Top Soil 34, Sandy Clay 31
25–50 ftSand 15, Sandy Shale 14, Gray 14, Gray Clay 12, Clay 11, Shale 11
50–100 ftShale 35, Sand 29, Gray 15, Gray Clay 14, Sandy Shale 13, Sandy Clay 9
100–200 ftShale 62, Sand 64, Sandy Shale 49, Mostly Shale 34, Gray Sand 11, Clay 11
200–300 ftSandy Shale 76, Sand 77, Shale 62, Mostly Shale 55, Sand Sandy Shale 11, Clay 9
300–500 ftSandy Shale 115, Sand 122, Shale 74, Mostly Shale 48, Clay 15, Gray Sand 14
500–1000 ftSand 23, Sandy Shale 15, Shale 11, Mostly Shale 9, Clay 5, Sand, Sandy Shale 4

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 34-26, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Chambers & Phillips Inc204460302003–2026
East Texas Water Well43420202009–2025
DIXIE DRILLING18252002–2005
W.E.S.T. Drilling10382014–2015
SCI10452005–2008
Ace Water well & Pump Svc.8480302015–2026
AYERS DRILLING7510302016–2020
Apex Geoscience Inc.72011–2012
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.6302020–2022
Ballard Water Well Co. LLC6540252003–2020
C. Miller Drilling6605492007–2015
Sunbelt Industrial Services5602013–2025
WEST Drilling5302015–2020
MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services5242007–2013
LTW Services, LP5420552011–2012
Clay Earle Water Well Drilling5565502003–2005
D and D Water Wells and Submersible Pump Service3500502022–2023
Ace Water well & Pump3400502005–2012
BENNETT DRILLING SERVICE LC3400502008
Clay Earle Water Wells3530302004–2005
Comb's Well Service26202025
Palestine Water Well Serv2790652019
D.L. Ayers Drilling2390602005–2014
AYERS DRLG24251002013–2014
Strata Core Drilling Co.2202008–2010

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic26868.4%460
Monitor5714.5%35
Irrigation164.1%470
Rig Supply133.3%420
Environmental Soil Boring123.1%25
Public Supply102.6%613
Stock71.8%540
Industrial41.0%320
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s143402144
2010s153440150
2020s96460150

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 34-26. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
541117201979022065Public Supply
5212342019780220Public Supply
479591201776027565Domestic
4741972018750Public Supply
23260020107009781Public Supply
461041201768027025Domestic
215027200968019725Domestic
547516202066029030Domestic
332840201066015228Domestic
269399201066024040Domestic

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 Van Zandt County, Cherokee County.

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