texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 43-40

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Concho County and Tom Green County. 269 reports, median depth 120 ft.

269Reports
120 ftMedian depth
45 ftWater at
30 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 43-40

Logged in state well grid 43-40, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTopsoil 137, Red Clay 114, White Lime 94, Top Soil 88, Caliche 72, Conglomerate 38
25–50 ftYellow Lime 53, Conglomerate 50, White Lime 45, Yellow Lime & Clay 29, Conglomerant 20, Blue Lime 16
50–100 ftYellow Lime 51, Yellow Lime & Clay 29, Blue Lime & Shale 30, Blue Shale 29, Blue Lime & Clay 24, Conglomerate 23
100–200 ftGray Shale 24, Gray Lime & Shale 19, Gypsum 12, Gray Lime 8, Yellow Lime 7, Gray Shale & Lime 8

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 43-40, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
MICHAEL C HOELSCHER231130302003–2026
woehl drilling no214140502020–2023
Michael C. Holescher14110202010
Lange Drilling Co3100152007–2020
Michael Hoelscher270802010
Woehl Drilling21402002006–2008
MICHAEL C HOELSHER1100152013
Michael Block122013
Abel Water Systems122004

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Test Well14654.3%120
Irrigation9434.9%130
Stock228.2%120
Domestic72.6%100
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s4614050
2010s11512050
2020s10811540

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 43-40. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
6354832023200120100Irrigation
635482202320014050Irrigation
564335202020012010Irrigation
471877201720030Test Well
175701200920028300Irrigation
6328942023180Test Well
63289220231805530Test Well
63288520231805550Test Well
63288020231805520Test Well
63287420231809020Test Well

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 43-40?

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This grid falls in Concho County, Tom Green County.

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