texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 43-28

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Tom Green County. 280 reports, median depth 105 ft.

280Reports
105 ftMedian depth
55 ftWater at
15 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 43-28

Logged in state well grid 43-28, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTop Soil 78, Red Clay 67, Caliche 52, Topsoil 49, Dirt 44, Brown Clay 41
25–50 ftConglomerate 23, White Lime 15, Gravel 9, Yellow Sandstone 9, Conglomerant 8, Yellow Clay 7
50–100 ftConglomerate 41, Yellow Sandstone 31, Blue Sandstone 31, Blue Shale 22, Red Clay 24, White Lime 16
100–200 ftRed Clay 15, Blue Shale 11, Blue Sandstone 6, Gray Lime 5, Blue Lime 6, Red Shale 4
200–300 ftGypsum 1, Blue Limestone 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 43-28, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
MICHAEL C HOELSCHER124110202003–2025
Hill water well Service32105102012–2026
woehl drilling no229100202017–2025
Abel Water Systems24105282004–2025
Lange Drilling Co21120152005–2024
Hill/Miller Drilling Co.14120102001–2004
Woehl Drilling & Service895202012–2024
Caltex Water LLC590152013–2014
Diversified Water Well Drilling32102014
T Bar Drilling3105202010–2011
Hill/Miller Drlg.3202005
CURTIS-ABEL DRILLING302002
Michale C. Hoelscher2202003
DELTA DRILLERS11202025
Blackwell Water Well Service Inc116052019
Abel Watery Systems1105162015
Hill's Water Well Service11202013
Abel11052013
Woehl Drilling110022005
Hill/Miller Drgl.162004
Bobby Hill1802003
White Drilling Company, Inc.1702002

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic10938.9%100
Test Well8329.6%100
Irrigation4114.6%110
Stock3311.8%105
Public Supply72.5%105
Monitor41.4%70
Closed-Loop Geothermal31.1%210
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s5010580
2010s9810550
2020s13210250

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 43-28. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
6907202022300Domestic
6580842024240140Domestic
6580922024238Test Well
65808720242201905Domestic
3638782014210Closed-Loop Geothermal
3638772014210Closed-Loop Geothermal
3638762014210Closed-Loop Geothermal
6908302022200Stock
262632003200130Irrigation
16825620041809520Irrigation

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.

Drilling a well near grid 43-28?

Depth is only half the quote. What it costs depends on the rock, the casing and the pump. Tell us where and we pass the request to licensed Texas drillers.

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This grid falls in Tom Green County.

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