texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 60-20

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Walker County. 259 reports, median depth 60 ft.

259Reports
60 ftMedian depth
75 ftWater at
30 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 60-20

Logged in state well grid 60-20, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay 33, Sand 32, Top Soil 30, Clayey Sand 9, Sandy Clay 14, White Clay 20
25–50 ftClayey Sand 12, Sand 25, Clay 17, Sandy Clay 9, Brown Clay 10, No Recovery 4
50–100 ftSand 36, Clay 25, White Clay 17, Rock 11, Brown Clay 8, Gray Clay 8
100–200 ftSand 65, Clay 31, Rock 20, White Clay 11, Blue Clay 9, Blue Shale 8
200–300 ftSand 31, Clay 16, Meally Clay 7, Rock 9, Blue Clay 6, Shale 4
300–500 ftSand 22, Clay 9, Meally Clay 4, Rock 8, Blue Shale 3, Shale 4
500–1000 ftSand 9, Clay 4, Blue Shale 1, Rock 3, Meally Clay 1, Sand Streaks 2
1000–5000 ftSand 1, Shale 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 60-20, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Holly Water Wells31265202003–2026
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.30352005–2018
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC28302017–2023
Ballard Water Well Co. LLC15240402002–2025
Subterra Environmental Services, LLC.14402019–2021
Gray's Water Well Service13195302003–2008
Geothermal Drilling inc11200302017–2024
qualls drilling11202013
RIOMAR DRILLING INC8302013
APOLLO Environmental Strategies, Inc.8252005–2008
Mathers Environmental Drilling Inc.7482014–2022
Vortex Drilling, Inc.7302012
Ricky Bonds Water Wells6295452018–2023
McCarty Drilling, LLC5268252022–2024
Alpine Field Services4252003–2015
Gray's Water Well4341202004–2012
Hydrex Environmental, Inc.4322001–2002
Grays Water Well Svc.3440152017–2018
SCS Environmental Consultants, Inc.3122017
Professional Service Inc.32015
Gray's Water Well Svc.3260152010–2013
Grays Water Well3228502007–2009
Advanced Drilling Systems, Inc.32002
Weisinger Incorporated21,3001,0052012–2026
TIM FRANKS WATER WELL SERVICE2223752003–2024

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor10741.3%32
Domestic10540.5%227
Environmental Soil Boring2710.4%20
Test Well72.7%60
Irrigation41.5%429
Industrial31.2%700
Public Supply31.2%1,300
Closed-Loop Geothermal10.4%300
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s6714065
2010s1245082
2020s6818590

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 60-20. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
30172120121,3004301,005Public Supply
4620012017829231433Public Supply
7160952025700235100Industrial
63902620235802752Stock
276693201257019018Domestic
561184202056418915Domestic
1982092006550226Rig Supply
642442202354216820Domestic
251338201152624025Domestic
482429201849010Domestic

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 60-20?

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 Walker County.

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