texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 58-59

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Caldwell County and Hays County. 112 reports, median depth 20 ft.

112Reports
20 ftMedian depth
30 ftWater at
Median yield

What you will drill through in grid 58-59

Logged in state well grid 58-59, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay, Black, Hard And Dry 25, Chert Rock 26, Clay 14, No Recovery 21, Clay, Black, Very Hard 11, Sand And Gravel Backfill 10
25–50 ftClay, Tan, Hard 3, Clay, Fractured 4, Clay, Tan With White Crystals 4, Clay, Tan, Crystals @ 38 3, Clay, Dark Gray To Black, Hard @44 2, Gray Clay 1
100–200 ftRock 1, Grey Shale 1
200–300 ftRock 1, Sandy Shale 1, Shaley Sand 1
300–500 ftRock Stks W/ Gray Clay 1, Gray Clay 1
1000–5000 ftPecan Gap Chalk (Light-Yellow To Yellowish Brown Marl) 1, Austin Chalk (White To Light Gray Limestone) 1, Eagle Ford (Dark Gray To Black Shale) 1, Buda (White Limestone) 1, Del Rio (Greenish Blue Clay) 1, Georgetown (Light Gray Limestone With Some Dark Gray Shale) 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 58-59, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.82152008–2015
Right Drill, LLC.6252024
Roddy Qualls Drilling52013
Select Drilling Services, LLC.32014
Strata Core Services, LLC3182012
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP2402020
Geoprojects International, Inc.21522006–2010
Coretech Drilling Inc.2502007
Santa Rosa Well Service13,9022025
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC1252023
Texas Southern Drilling14652022
Royall's Windmill & Pump12402017
Kutscher Drilling1802014
qualls drilling1252013
Geothermal Drilling inc12005

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Environmental Soil Boring9282.1%15
Monitor1513.4%27
Domestic21.8%465
Test Well10.9%3,902
Stock10.9%240
Injection10.9%
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s141558
2010s8720100
2020s11252

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 58-59. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
70138920253,902Test Well
6196682022465Domestic
4457442017240100Stock
108300200615258Monitor
369557201480Domestic
401633201550Environmental Soil Boring
123764200750Monitor
401639201545Environmental Soil Boring
401636201545Environmental Soil Boring
552046202040Environmental Soil Boring

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 58-59?

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This grid falls in Caldwell County, Hays County, Travis County.

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