texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 34-46

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Smith County. 1,236 reports, median depth 24 ft.

1,236Reports
24 ftMedian depth
22 ftWater at
24 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 34-46

Logged in state well grid 34-46, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSand 65, No Recovery 54, Concrete 113, Clay 45, Asphalt 55, Not Logged. 25
25–50 ftSand 34, No Recovery 36, Clay 39, Interbedded Lenses Of Brown Sand And Clay 6, Red, Wet Sand 6, Ch - Clay 4
50–100 ftSand 16, No Recovery 15, Clay 14, Clay And Sand 4, Gray Shale 3, Ch - Clay 2
100–200 ftShale 7, Sand 5, Clay 4, Dark Sand 4, Gray Shale 3, Gray Sand 4
200–300 ftSand 3, Rock 2, Shale 3, Clay 2, Sandy Shale 2, Dark Sand W/ Shale Strks 1
300–500 ftShale 7, Sand 5, Clay 4, Gray Shale 2, Dark Sand 2, Sand & Clay 1
500–1000 ftShale 9, Sand 6, Clay 2, Light Gray Sand W/ Small Shale Strks 1, Light Gray Sand / Pure 1, Dark Sand W/ Shale Strks 2

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 34-46, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
ETTL Engineers & Consultants Inc.255202001–2026
Apex Geoscience Inc.254242001–2016
Precision Probe and Drilling66222002–2015
ETTL Engineers & Consulants Inc.49202016–2024
Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling43242014–2019
Sunbelt Industrial Services42202010–2020
MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services42122003–2013
WEST Drilling39302016–2022
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.37502022–2023
C&S Lease35192018–2025
dba Universal Drilling Services34252002–2005
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC28502023–2025
C&S Lease Service27232015–2021
APOLLO Environmental Strategies, Inc.27482001–2005
Environmental Logistics Company, LLC26202017–2024
ETTL Engineers & Consltants Inc.232003
Talon/LPE20102016–2019
C. Miller Drilling12715272003–2026
Universal Drilling Services of Texas, LLC12102005–2009
Strata Core Services, LLC11182011–2013
Talon Drilling, LP10252008–2009
GSE, Inc.9392025
Subterra Environmental Services, LLC.8402017–2019
ACCENT Environmental Services72011–2012
W.E.S.T. Drilling7252004–2005

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor90172.9%25
Environmental Soil Boring14011.3%16
De-watering443.6%28
Other423.4%30
Irrigation312.5%396
Test Well241.9%20
Domestic231.9%172
Injection181.5%10
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s5752022
2010s4302419
2020s2313020

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 34-46. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
33344020061,100591500Public Supply
373439201490257724Irrigation
420310201687550130Irrigation
4160142016870505Irrigation
65375200582012725Irrigation
102983200681551024Irrigation
245740201080253420Irrigation
296255201276034330Domestic
2859972012760250125Irrigation
276475201176042030Domestic

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 Smith County.

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