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Texas well grid 58-50

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Travis County and Hays County. 745 reports, median depth 21 ft.

745Reports
21 ftMedian depth
24 ftWater at
70 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 58-50

Logged in state well grid 58-50, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftAsphalt 79, Concrete 68, Tan Limestone 43, Topsoil 34, Fill Material 31, Limestone 30
25–50 ftClay And Shale 3, Limestone Tan And Dry 3, Clay Tan And Wet 3, Eagle Ford Shale 2, Brown Clay 2, Yellow And White Limestone 2
50–100 ftNo Returns 3, White Limestone 3, Buda Limestone 3, Gray Limestone 3, White Rock 1, Tan Limestone 3
100–200 ftTan Limestone 8, Del Rio Clay 6, Lost Returns 5, Georgetown Limestone 5, No Returns 2, Cave 1
200–300 ftTan Limestone 5, Lost Returns 3, Black Clay 3, Gray Clay 3, Blue Limestone 2, Grey Limestone 2
300–500 ftTan Limestone 2, Shale And Clay 2, Grey/Tan Limestone 1, Cave 1, Brown Limestone H2O 1, Grey Limestone 2
500–1000 ftShale And Rock 2, Shale And Clay 2, Brown Limestone 1, Gray Limestone 2, Upper Glen Rose 1, Shale 1
1000–5000 ftGray Limestone 2, Hammett 2, Gray Sandstone 1, Lower Glen Rose 1, Hensell 1, Cow Creek/ Middle Trinity 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 58-50, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.205202006–2025
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP105122019–2023
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC42222012–2025
Austin Geo-Logic26252013–2026
MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services24102003–2020
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.23202004–2026
W.E.S.T. Drilling22232001–2008
Total Support Services21202006–2018
Cutting Edge Core Drilling, Inc.20802006–2009
Mathers Environmental Drilling Inc.18162006–2025
Holt Engineering, Inc.17202005–2021
WEST Drilling17242003–2017
Alamo Environmental dba Vortex Drilling14302023–2024
Associated Drilling Inc14360272002–2021
Apex Drilling, Inc.134001002002–2012
ETTL Engineers & Consultants Inc.1272008
MagnaCore Drilling and Environmental Services, Inc.11112021
Bee Cave Drilling, Inc.113701702002–2021
Sunbelt Industrial Services8122021
Hinojosa Services8282006–2008
Strata Core Drilling Co.7222009–2010
SCI7202008–2009
Talon/LPE6202010–2013
dba Universal Drilling Services692003–2005
DIXIE DRILLING6402002–2004

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor35447.5%25
Environmental Soil Boring29038.9%10
Domestic456.0%395
Other131.7%30
Test Well111.5%27
Public Supply91.2%1,500
Closed-Loop Geothermal91.2%300
Irrigation81.1%620
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s2502527
2010s2782016
2020s2171533

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 58-50. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
59615520211,700153130Public Supply
52750520191,700132170Public Supply
52750020191,700136170Public Supply
47373420181,620196115Public Supply
40071620151,53060300Irrigation
66986820241,500104600Public Supply
2833192012840290Irrigation
6667132023810Closed-Loop Geothermal
6667122024805Closed-Loop Geothermal
172972200978050Domestic

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 Travis County, Hays County.

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