texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 40-39

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in McLennan County. 116 reports, median depth 18 ft.

116Reports
18 ftMedian depth
583 ftWater at
183 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 40-39

Logged in state well grid 40-39, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTan Limestone 22, Gray Limestone 11, Br Cl 10, Tn Ls 10, Concrete 8, Brown Tan Clay 8
25–50 ftGray Limestone 2, Gray Shale 1, Yellow Clay 1, Gray Clay 1, Limestone, Gray 1, Gr Ls 1
50–100 ftClay/Sand 1, Shale Gray Sticky 1
100–200 ftClay/Shale 1, Clay 1, Dark Grey Limestone 1, Blue/Grey Limestone 1, Gray Shale 1
200–300 ftBlue Sandy Shell 1
300–500 ftClay/Sand 1, Clay/Shale 1, Lime 1, Black Shale, Gray Clay Streaks 1
500–1000 ftShale/Sand 1, Sandstone 1, Shale/Limestone 1, Shale 1, Shale/Clay 1, White Limestone 1
1000–5000 ftSand/Shale 1, Clay/Shale 1, Shale/Sand 1, Gray Sand 1, Shale With Silt And Small Gravel 1, Hard Limestone 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 40-39, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
W.E.S.T. Drilling27182001–2006
Environmental Logistics Company, LLC11152017–2021
Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling1072019
Groundwater Monitoring Inc.8202004
Geothermal Drilling inc72502001–2021
Wel-Mat Drilling LLP6202016
Austin Geo-Logic6102016
Strata Core Services, LLC5152012–2015
Total Support Services5152009
WEST Drilling4202020
Sunbelt Industrial Services42012
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.3252019
WACO DRILLING CO3222013–2016
Remedial Operations Group, Inc.3102007
Ball Drilling Company23002007–2016
SCI2202009
Weisinger Incorporated12,0946532024
Associated Well Services, Inc.11,9202017
Michael Tolle13002018
Waco Driling, Inc.1152011
THI WATER WELL11,790252010
Johnson Drilling, Inc.12010
MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services132010
Richard H. Allbritton11,9006032007
WEST TEXAS WATER WELL SERVICE12,4631832007

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor5144.0%20
Environmental Soil Boring3832.8%14
Injection1210.3%20
Closed-Loop Geothermal86.9%300
Domestic43.4%1,790
Public Supply32.6%2,094
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s5420847
2010s471520
2020s1518816

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 40-39. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
12279620072,463583183Public Supply
67864720242,094816653Public Supply
49363420171,920622Domestic
12602520071,900847603Public Supply
22888920101,79061425Domestic
4802782018300Closed-Loop Geothermal
4150952016300Closed-Loop Geothermal
5687512021250Closed-Loop Geothermal
44115320165514Domestic
2147200140Monitor

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 McLennan County.

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