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Texas well grid 46-15

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Winkler County. 129 reports, median depth 200 ft.

129Reports
200 ftMedian depth
80 ftWater at
50 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 46-15

Logged in state well grid 46-15, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftCaliche 39, Sand 20, Surface Top Soil Fine Loose Sand 14, Top Soil 12, Topsoil 12, Tan Fine Grain Well Sorted Sand (No Odor) 4
25–50 ftSand, Silty, Tan, Dry 2, Red Sand 5, Tan Fine Grain Well Sorted Moist Sand, (No Odor) 1, Tan Fine Grain Well Sorted Sand, No Odor 1, Brown Sand 4, Caliche, Silty, White, Dry 1
50–100 ftSand, Silty, Tan, Dry 2, Fine Little Tight Sand W/Clay Mix 3, Red Sandy Clay 3, Sand 4, Red Clay 4, Caliche, Silty, White, Dry 2
100–200 ftRed Sticky Clay 12, Red Clay 21, Red Sandy Clay & Clay 7, Red Bed 5, Redbed 5, Sandy Clay 5
200–300 ftRed Sticky Clay 6, Red Clay 7, Fine Fairly Loose Red Sand W/Clay Mix & Clay Strips 4, Fine Fairly Loose Red Dirty Sand W/Clay Mix & Coarse Sand St 3, Red Sandy Clay 3, Sand 3
300–500 ftRed Clay 7, Red Sandy Clay & Clay 5, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Gravel 4, Fine Fairly Loose Red Sand W/Clay Mix 3, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Strips 3, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Gravel & Little Red Clay M 2
500–1000 ftRed Clay 8, Red Silty Clay 4, Red Sandy Clay & Clay 9, Tight Red Clay & Shale 2, Fine Fairly Loose Red Sand W/Clay Strips 4, Red Clay W/Little Sand Mix 4
1000–5000 ftFine Little Tight Sand W/Clay Mix & Clay Strips 1, Fine Little Tight Red Sand 1, Red Clay W/Shale 1, Red Shale 1, Fine Little Tight To Tight Sand/Brown To Pink 1, Fine Little Tight Red Sand W/Little Clay Mix 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 46-15, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.438802015–2025
Straub Corporation25652007–2014
Permian H2O Solutions61902022–2024
WEST TEXAS WATER WELL SERVICE63101902004–2022
Talon/LPE6502019
Drill Pro Waterwell Drilling42015
DARRELL CRASS DRILLING41502005–2010
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC3402025
MARK'S WATER WELL SERVICE, INC31782025
AAW Services, LLC3180302008–2014
SUBMERSIBLE PUMP SPECIALISTS21552025–2026
Vanguard Well Resources, LLC21802023
White Drilling Company, Inc.22702008–2021
DURAN DRILLING23702015–2020
PETER KLASSEN21602017
Cascade Drilling21002019
Jeter Drilling Co.22202009
FM Water Well Drilling11552024
Couch Operating, LLC12152019
Elite Drillers Corporation13002019
Espy Howard136272017
Neufeld Family Drilling llc12602018
ACOSTA DRILLING11812016
PRO OILFIELD16003002015
VANGUARD WATER WELLS11832015

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic3627.9%180
Test Well3124.0%940
Monitor3023.3%65
Industrial1410.9%735
Environmental Soil Boring97.0%50
Irrigation64.7%370
Stock10.8%260
Rig Supply10.8%181
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s336558
2010s6860090
2020s28180150

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 46-15. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
44804920171,180Test Well
42876520161,060Test Well
42872420161,060Test Well
46429920171,000Test Well
44804620171,000Test Well
44793520171,000Test Well
44791020171,000Test Well
44790320171,000Test Well
42872820161,000Test Well
5727842021967Test 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.

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This grid falls in Winkler County.

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