texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 64-17

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Harris County and Chambers County. 266 reports, median depth 25 ft.

266Reports
25 ftMedian depth
26 ftWater at
80 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 64-17

Logged in state well grid 64-17, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay 62, Concrete 19, No Recovery 12, Clay, Gray 12, Sandy Clay 11, Silty Clay 11
25–50 ftClay 8, Blue 4, Medium To Light Gray Iron Oxide Stained Clay 3, Sandy Clay 2, Clayey Sand 2, Sand 2
50–100 ftSand 54, Clay 16, Sand .10 1, Red Sand 1, Sand, Clay 1, Sandy Silt, Grey Unconsolidated, Fine Grained, Subrounded To 1
100–200 ftSand 33, Clay 31, Blue 6, White 3, Red 3, Sand & Shale 1
200–300 ftSand 19, Clay 16, Sand And Shale 1, Shale 1, Blue 1, Clay, Ss 1
300–500 ftSand 22, Clay 11, Rock 3, Fine Sand 1, Very Fone To Fine Sand 1, Shale 1
500–1000 ftSand 13, Clay 3, Fine Sand 1, Course Sand 1, Rock 1, Medium Sand 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 64-17, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.54232004–2025
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC49202016–2026
Greak Water Well30200802004–2024
Mathers Environmental Drilling Inc.18252002–2026
Alpine Field Services18232007–2016
Gainco, Inc.131452012–2013
APOLLO Environmental Strategies, Inc.9102001–2011
Scott Drilling Inc.8510702005–2020
A & L Pump & Well Service6210182017
Vortex Drilling, Inc.6202014–2015
Fugro Geosciences, Inc.6302006
PSI5202004
Kourco Environmental Services3252026
B&R Water Well Service, LLC35552502017–2020
Tolunay-Wong Engineers,Inc3322016
City Survey32015
Van and Sons Drilling Service2222020
Fugro USA Land, Inc.2222018
Ballard Water Well Co. LLC25751002015
B & L Water Well Service,Inc.21752004–2008
west water well22011
O'Day Drilling Company, Inc.26374002005–2009
Burleson Services, Inc.2120952003–2004
dba Universal Drilling Services2202005
Prospector Drilling & Tool Co., Inc.22003

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor14956.0%22
Domestic4717.7%300
Environmental Soil Boring2810.5%16
Test Well176.4%20
Industrial103.8%430
Other41.5%25
Rig Supply41.5%120
Stock31.1%110
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s823040
2010s1082550
2020s762011

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 64-17. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
151342200563790120Domestic
482373201861090Industrial
21187820106109570Domestic
133356200761097400Public Supply
94392200660010080Domestic
741322004596101100Domestic
205073200959146400Industrial
58054420215909395Domestic
5217792019575110Domestic
398068201557584100Industrial

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 64-17?

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 Harris County, Chambers County, Jefferson County, Liberty County.

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