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Texas well grid 44-18

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Midland County and Glasscock County. 260 reports, median depth 275 ft.

260Reports
275 ftMedian depth
160 ftWater at
30 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 44-18

Logged in state well grid 44-18, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftCaliche 85, Topsoil 76, Limestone 70, Dirt 34, Brown Limestone 33, Hard Limestone Layers 24
25–50 ftGrey Limestone 12, Limestone 11, Caliche 5, Pinkish Sandstone. 5, Tan Sand. 4, Tan Weathered Limestone. 3
50–100 ftSand 42, Brown Sand 22, Brown Limestone 20, Grey Limestone 18, Red Shale 8, Js 6
100–200 ftBrown Sand 39, Red Clay 43, Sand 45, Red Bed 11, Sandy Clay 14, Red Shale 7
200–300 ftRed Clay 56, Red Bed 70, Sand 37, Brown Sand 34, Sandy Gravel 17, Purple Shale 17
300–500 ftRed Bed 20, Red Clay 16, Sand 6, Gray Sandstone 1, Gravel 2, Redbed 1
500–1000 ftSanta Rosa/Dockum 7, Red Bed 3, Santa Rosa 3, Brown Sand & Red Clay 2, Brown Sand & Sandstone 2, Red Clay & Brown Sandstone 1
1000–5000 ftShale/Mudstone 8, Brown Clay & Gray Shale Td 2, Clay 2, Brown & Gray Clay Td 1, Clay/Mudstone 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 44-18, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Latzel Drilling LLC53290352003–2025
Straub Corporation35102011–2018
Woehl Drilling & Service34280302011–2025
MARK'S WATER WELL SERVICE, INC20220602016–2019
RIOMAR DRILLING INC12112014–2015
Talon/LPE112632019–2024
WEST TEXAS WATER WELL SERVICE11265302015–2020
PC Drilling & Service, LLC111,3102015–2018
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC9122026
Clear Water Fastbailing, LLC.82015
Hill water well Service7296302015–2017
CASE DRILLING AND PUMP SERVICE, LLC7300152011–2014
Blue Quail63002017
White Drilling Company, Inc.6402003
MICHAEL C HOELSCHER43951002005–2018
Santa Rosa Well Service23802019
Monte Moore Drilling22015
Clear Water Fast Bailing23002015
Neufeld Family Drilling llc22752014
WOEHL DRILLING # 22252004
DARRELL CRASS DRILLING22802006–2007
Dubose Drilling Inc12802023
D. LATZEL DRILLING, LLC1320142019
OZONA WATER WELL SERVICE INC1275602017
CLEAR WATER12015

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Irrigation8532.7%285
Environmental Soil Boring6324.2%12
Stock3212.3%275
Fracking Supply2810.8%1,260
Domestic155.8%300
Rig Supply155.8%300
Monitor135.0%265
Unknown51.9%300
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s1345180
2010s199275170
2020s48275150

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 44-18. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
51429520163,00022065Irrigation
45686520171,350Fracking Supply
42157820151,320Fracking Supply
42157620151,320Fracking Supply
45691520171,315Fracking Supply
45686420171,315Fracking Supply
45686620171,310Fracking Supply
45691320171,290Fracking Supply
45691220171,290Fracking Supply
48195920181,280534Rig Supply

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 Midland County, Glasscock County, Upton County, Reagan County, Howard County.

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