texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 56-28

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Kimble County. 127 reports, median depth 110 ft.

127Reports
110 ftMedian depth
48 ftWater at
9 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 56-28

Logged in state well grid 56-28, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTop Soil 27, Topsoil 20, Red Clay 17, Gravel 16, Clay 10, Sandy Topsoil 8
25–50 ftSandstone And Sand 10, Yellow Clay 7, Rock 6, Gravel 5, Red Clay 5, Red Sandstone 4
50–100 ftSand 13, Clay 7, Tan Sandstone 5, Grey Clay 5, Brown Clay 4, Rock 5
100–200 ftGray Clay 5, Blue Clay 5, Clay 4, Tan Sandstone 3, Grey Clay 3, Grey Limestone 3
200–300 ftRed Clay 2, Solid Yellow And Grey Limestone 1, Yellow Clay 1, Gray Lime 1, Gray Shale 1, Black Lime 1
300–500 ftGray Lime 1, Sand 1, Tan Lime 1, Broken Up Yellow And Grey Limestone 1, Solid Grey Limestone 1, Broken Up Grey Limestone 1
500–1000 ftGray-Black Shale 1, Gray Lime 1, Brown Shale 1, White Lime 1, Gray Rock 1, Broken Gray Rock W/B 100 Gpm Tds 830 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 56-28, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
McGuire Well Service4212062002–2014
PICKENS DRILLING CO.3485102006–2025
Hill Country Well Service2110022018–2026
Lange Drilling Co6155502021–2025
Virdell Drilling Inc.518072003–2017
Magill Drilling & Water Well Service, LLC3602024
Walden Drilling Inc3180252012–2016
Pickens Drilling Co. & Well Service31502008–2009
McGuire Well Seervice3100102002
T Bar Drilling252015
Bee Cave Drilling, Inc.26001002006
Associated Drilling Inc11252015
TXMcGuire Well Service112032014
Will Pickens Drilling Company118542004

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic10381.1%100
Stock2418.9%160
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s5712051
2010s2512567
2020s459535

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 56-28. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
58980520217002Stock
977612006600373100Domestic
2407902010530387Stock
24537720115101324Stock
2036582009480338Stock
6604312023420367Domestic
1987742009280Domestic
16098720082401952Stock
9718620062401816Domestic
1979352009225135Domestic

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 56-28?

Depth is only half the quote. What it costs depends on the rock, the casing and the pump. Tell us where and we pass the request to licensed Texas drillers.

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This grid falls in Kimble County.

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