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Texas well grid 46-09

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Reeves County and Loving County. 108 reports, median depth 400 ft.

108Reports
400 ftMedian depth
118 ftWater at
70 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 46-09

Logged in state well grid 46-09, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTopsoil 46, Sand 18, Tan Sand 12, Caliche 12, Top Soil 11, Brown Sand 6
25–50 ftSandy Clay 12, Tan Sand 5, Brown Sandy Clay 4, Tan Sand And Gravel 3, Gravel Sand 3, Tan Sandy Clay With Gyp 2
50–100 ftRed Clay 5, Sand 4, Blue Clay 4, Lime Stone 4, Yellow Clay 4, Gray Clay 3
100–200 ftSand 12, Brown Clay 6, Blue Clay 6, Sand Gravel 6, Red Clay 4, Sand And Gravel 4
200–300 ftBrown Clay 13, Sandstone 9, Sand 6, Clay 3, Sandy Clay 4, Red Clay 3
300–500 ftGrey Clay 14, Red Clay 10, Clay 9, Sand 6, Sandy Clay 6, Gravel 5
500–1000 ftRed Clay Some Lime Rock 1, Lime Rock, Soap Stone , Hard 1, White Rock, Some White Clay 1, Gypsum 1, Grey Sand 1, Red And Grey Clay With Small Sand Seams 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 46-09, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Blue Quail Energy Services LLC.184501752016–2019
WEST TEXAS WATER WELL SERVICE14352502012–2023
VANGUARD WATER WELLS94152015–2016
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.75202018–2019
Caltex Water LLC5302012–2013
Elite Drillers Corporation4325452018–2023
Wildcat Services LLC4380122017–2018
Blue Quail44801252017
Big Country Windmill Water Service43801502016
Marks Water Well4320202014
Elite Drillers Services Corporation3802025
DFW Well Services LLC31012024
DURAN DRILLING34102015–2019
SKINNER'S DRILLING3400402014
Talon/LPE21002016
DARRELL CRASS DRILLING24802012–2014
Pearson Drilling22014
Jeter Drilling Co.24722012
NextGen Water Well Service1380952020
Vanguard Well Resources, LLC14202019
AguaCore Well Service14232019
Espy Howard15002017
Straub Corporation1852018
Layne13702052017
Blue Quail Drilling14001502016

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Fracking Supply4339.8%425
Rig Supply3532.4%400
Monitor98.3%100
Domestic87.4%380
Industrial65.6%400
Public Supply43.7%420
Irrigation21.9%
Test Well10.9%300
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2010s96400134
2020s12280110

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 46-09. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
46360220171,211Rig Supply
3574502014575Rig Supply
4941432018545Fracking Supply
5234272019530Fracking Supply
5233722019530Fracking Supply
362840201453010020Rig Supply
525629201952026820Fracking Supply
5138742019520192Fracking Supply
5139202019510182Fracking Supply
4941442018510Fracking 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 46-09?

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This grid falls in Reeves County, Loving County.

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