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Texas well grid 43-48

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Concho County and Tom Green County. 127 reports, median depth 140 ft.

127Reports
140 ftMedian depth
50 ftWater at
35 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 43-48

Logged in state well grid 43-48, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTopsoil 55, Top Soil 43, Red Clay 42, White Lime 35, Caliche 32, Conglomerate 23
25–50 ftWhite Lime 14, Yellow Lime 14, Yellow Clay 11, Conglomerant 11, Red Clay 10, Conglomerate 9
50–100 ftYellow Lime 22, Blue Lime & Shale 11, Blue Shale 10, Gray Lime & Shale 9, Blue Lime & Clay 8, Yellow Lime & Clay 7
100–200 ftGray Lime & Shale 14, Yellow Lime 11, Gypsum 7, Gray Shale 7, Brown Lime 6, Gray Lime And Shale 4
200–300 ftYellow Lime 1, Gray Shale 1, Brown Lime 1, Gray Lime & Shale 1, Gray Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 43-48, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
MICHAEL C HOELSCHER104140402004–2024
woehl drilling no211160802020–2023
Lange Drilling Co4220302004–2014
WOEHL DRILLING # 2215052008
Aqua Drill180102019
Hill water well Service12002018
Walden Drilling Inc185202010
Hoelscher, Michael C.11754002007
Woehl Drilling116002007
Curtis-Abel Water Systems, Inc.12202003

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Test Well6248.8%140
Irrigation4031.5%155
Stock1411.0%140
Domestic86.3%150
Rig Supply32.4%220
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s3816060
2010s4814050
2020s4111540

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 43-48. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
609661202224020015Stock
57921420212400Stock
169293200424016020Stock
462742004240Rig Supply
657685202323019010Stock
6577072023220Test Well
46275200422030Rig Supply
197912003220150Domestic
59705920212004010Test Well
4853502018200Domestic

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 43-48?

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This grid falls in Concho County, Tom Green County.

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