texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 41-51

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in San Saba County. 121 reports, median depth 40 ft.

121Reports
40 ftMedian depth
26 ftWater at
10 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 41-51

Logged in state well grid 41-51, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTopsoil 44, Brown Clay 14, Overburden 12, Gravel 12, Top Soil 9, Sand And Gravel 7
25–50 ftBlack Shale 18, Grey Shale 6, Gray Shale 5, Sand And Gravel 5, Blue Shale 3, Tan Clay 2
50–100 ftLimestone 3, Fractured Limestone W/ Clay 1, Hard Layer 2, Grey Shale 2, Shale 2, Gray Limestone 2
100–200 ftLight Gray Limestone 4, Dark Gray Shaley Limestone 4, Limestone 1, White Limestone 2, Fractured Limestone 1, Stop 2
200–300 ftLimestone 2, Gray Limestone 4, Light Gray Dolomite (Ellenberger) 4, Black Limestone 3, White Limestone 2, Void 1
300–500 ftFractured Limestone W/ Sediment And Water Est 20-25 Gpm 1, Gray Limestone 1, White Limestone 2, Light Gray & White Dolomite 2, Light Brown Dolomite 2, Light Dolomite Brown 2
500–1000 ftGray Dolomite 1, Tan Brown Dolo 1, Stop 1, Gra Tan Dolo 1, Gray Dolo 1, Broken Limestone, Water 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 41-51, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.18252006–2018
LEONARD WATER SERVICES1336112016–2020
White Drilling Company, Inc.10252002–2023
Virdell Drilling Inc.1044062001–2011
GAP DRILLING & SERIVICE860122020–2023
HARRISON WELL SERVICE, INC.8100102006–2009
Walden Drilling Inc7602012–2017
BoreTek LLC6100452024–2026
Associated Drilling Inc5165152015–2020
Apex Drilling, Inc.5700282004–2019
HARRISON DRILLING523522003–2005
Faught Hill Country Drilling4330102013–2015
Alamo1 Drilling3252026
Elite Drillers Corporation3402016–2022
Harrison & Cooper, Inc.3252021
Magill Drilling & Water Well Service, LLC340542017
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP2252020
Total Support Services2252019
Lucy Creek Water Well Service15002023
Western Water Wells Drilling Inc19002019
Abel Water Systems14892016
Western Water Wells16002014
David Cowen1250152011
Highland Drilling Inc.1380202005

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic5041.3%100
Monitor2722.3%25
Stock2319.0%60
Environmental Soil Boring119.1%5
Test Well43.3%600
Public Supply43.3%446
Unknown10.8%500
Other10.8%489
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s456025
2010s464050
2020s304021

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 41-51. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
17518020099602210Domestic
5349612019900249Domestic
41674200475040Test Well
469748201772028Domestic
50503220197003Domestic
3338200168239Public Supply
1147122007660240Domestic
38647220146000Domestic
416682004600Test Well
46313920175654Stock

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 San Saba County.

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