texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 40-62

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Bell County. 307 reports, median depth 20 ft.

307Reports
20 ftMedian depth
12 ftWater at
30 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 40-62

Logged in state well grid 40-62, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftHouston Black Complex Clay 20, Ozane Clay 16, Brown Clay 13, Asphalt 10, Fill Material,Sand/Gravel,Poorly Sorted 10, Silty Clay,Gray,Firm,Med.Plastic 10
25–50 ftClaystone, Dark Gray. 5, Sab 3, Claystone: Hard, Dark Gray 2, Dark Gray, Claystone, Fissile. 2, Dark Gray, Claystone, Hard. 2, Weathered Limestone; Grey, Dry. 2
50–100 ftGray Clay 1, White Lime 1, Blue Shale 1, Mudstone, Grey, Very Silty, Friable, Laminated 1, Mudstone, Grey, Silty, Friable, Laminated 1
100–200 ftGray Clay Limestone 1, Gray Lime 1
200–300 ftTan & Brown Lime 1
500–1000 ftClay Shale 1, Clay 1, Clay Limestone 1, Brown Clay 1, Brown Clay Limestone Shale 1, Gray Clay 1
1000–5000 ftClay 1, Limestone Clay 1, Limestone, Clay 1, Clay, Shale, Limestone 1, Clay, Sandstone 1, Limestone, Shale 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 40-62, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.96152006–2025
Austin Geo-Logic24302013–2026
Geoprojects Int.222013
MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services20162008–2011
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP19302019–2020
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC16202012–2025
Strata Core Services, LLC15332011–2014
Geoprojects International, Inc.15422004–2012
Kleinfelder11212006–2010
W.E.S.T. Drilling11252005–2006
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.8302004–2013
Enviro - Probing & Environmental Services, Inc.6202006
Total Support Services5202010–2013
Sunbelt Industrial Services4202007–2022
Alpine Field Services4202012–2015
Alamo Environmental dba Vortex Drilling3202024
WACO DRILLING CO3162010–2024
Environmental Logistics Company, LLC3102019–2021
WEST Drilling3202018
Strata Core Drilling Co.3142010–2011
Groundwater Monitoring Inc.3102007
David Cowen25152010–2015
SCI2102008–2012
SLA22012
Pacific West Environmental and Infrastructure1202025

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor17456.7%30
Environmental Soil Boring12641.0%15
Domestic31.0%51
Test Well10.3%30
Industrial10.3%2,610
Unknown10.3%16
Irrigation10.3%347
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s741814
2010s1711813
2020s623012

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 40-62. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
67570420242,6103282,200Industrial
32984920063479030Irrigation
70965520257013Monitor
303155201270Environmental Soil Boring
303159201266Environmental Soil Boring
70965820256023Monitor
70965720256010Monitor
370044201460Monitor
269141201157165Domestic
7096562025528Monitor

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 Bell County.

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