texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 45-40

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Upton County. 148 reports, median depth 335 ft.

148Reports
335 ftMedian depth
200 ftWater at
20 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 45-40

Logged in state well grid 45-40, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTopsoil 67, Limestone 65, Caliche 62, Top Soil 47, Brown Dirt & Caliche 8, Lime 5
25–50 ftLimestone 15, Caliche 6, White Limestone 4, Yellow Sand Stone 1, Cream Colored Limestone 1, Lt Gray Limestone 1
50–100 ftLimestone 6, Grey Shale 1, Gray Limestone 1, Lt. Yellow Limestone 1, Sand 1, Yellow & Grey Sand Stone 1
100–200 ftSand 48, Limestone 21, Sandstone 14, Sand & Sandstone 15, Shale 11, Sandy Clay 9
200–300 ftSandstone 59, Sand 27, Shale 20, Red Bed 16, Red Shale 12, Red Clay 11
300–500 ftRed Bed 58, Redbed 30, Sandstone 11, Red Clay 9, Shale 7, Red Shale 6
500–1000 ftRed Bed 1, Tan Sand 1, Gravel 1, Sandstone 1, Limestone 1, Red Sand 1
1000–5000 ftRedbed/Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 45-40, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
DARRELL CRASS DRILLING773402001–2013
CASE DRILLING & PUMP SERVICE, LLC173302011–2012
Latzel Drilling LLC15340182004–2016
Straub Corporation1262001–2016
Talon/LPE6192021
CASE DRILLING AND PUMP SERVICE, LLC5400502011–2014
R DARRELL CRASS54002011
Nomad Drilling43452017
Permian H2O Solutions23302017
GARY L WHITING21,6512011–2012
Marks Water Well11,000602013
Mark's Water Well1370402010

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Rig Supply11175.0%340
Industrial1812.2%340
Environmental Soil Boring1711.5%7
Irrigation10.7%335
Domestic10.7%242
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s56340200
2010s86330190
2020s619

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 45-40. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
33192120121,651850Rig Supply
33207520111,375700Rig Supply
36360720141,05058050Rig Supply
34768420131,00054060Rig Supply
404602004460Rig Supply
2357802010440Rig Supply
2356482010420Rig Supply
2356472010420Rig Supply
2593062011405160Rig Supply
3196592013400Rig 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.

Drilling a well near grid 45-40?

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This grid falls in Upton County.

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