texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 61-56

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Orange County and Jasper County. 526 reports, median depth 380 ft.

526Reports
380 ftMedian depth
38 ftWater at
15 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 61-56

Logged in state well grid 61-56, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay 165, Top Soil 170, Brown Sand 107, Sand 74, Brown Clay 62, Gray Clay 63
25–50 ftSand 53, Clay 47, Gray Clay 34, Gray Sand 24, White Sand 14, Brown Sand 10
50–100 ftWhite Sand 76, Clay 73, Sand 66, Gray Clay 45, Gray Sand 27, Grey Clay 11
100–200 ftGray Clay 133, Gray Sand 92, Clay 100, Sand 41, Grey Clay 15, Grey Sand 10
200–300 ftGray Sand 73, Gray Clay 69, Clay 58, Sand 52, Grey Clay 11, Grey Sand 9
300–500 ftGray Sand 95, Gray Clay 77, Sand 65, Clay 60, Fine To Medium Sand 38, Blue Clay 27
500–1000 ftSand 11, Gray Clay 9, Shale 3, Gray Sand 3, Fine To Medium Sand 3, Clay 3

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 61-56, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
W.M. Jones water well83384152004–2026
Jones Water Well Service81440202003–2015
Paskell Water Well79396272015–2026
jones water well52450152011–2022
paskell waterwell ser.32450752011–2018
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.21252008–2025
APOLLO Environmental Strategies, Inc.21162001–2011
WEST Drilling10202020–2021
jones water well ser.10480152008–2013
Jones Pump & Well Service10365202003–2008
Baison Water Well Drilling / Golden Triangle Water9420802004–2005
Dale's Water Wells8360152013–2023
Jones Pump & Well Svc885252006–2013
Master Monitoring Services, Inc.8252006
dba Universal Drilling Services7252002–2004
TWF Drilling, LLC7252004
Tolunay-Wong Engineers,Inc6252019
J&S WATER WELLS5900702012–2020
paskell waterwell5290402004–2012
Bellenger Water Well Service4517402014–2021
WM Jones Water Well4210152003–2015
Mathers Environmental Drilling Inc.4202014–2015
B & L Water Well Service,Inc.41522007–2013
Gainco, Inc.42252012
Advanced Drilling Systems, Inc.42007

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic40076.0%400
Monitor9317.7%22
Rig Supply101.9%175
Irrigation71.3%90
Environmental Soil Boring61.1%6
Test Well51.0%900
Stock30.6%437
Public Supply20.4%627
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s20036540
2010s19639038
2020s13038436

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 61-56. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
31006020129005170Test Well
31005820129005070Test Well
31005620129005170Test Well
49300120186604220Domestic
484565201865660Domestic
445720201764845Domestic
192857200764557Domestic
442889201664048Domestic
407182201564038Domestic
30931320126405415Domestic

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 61-56?

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This grid falls in Orange County, Jasper County, Jefferson County, Newton County, Hardin County.

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