texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 64-42

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Galveston County. 424 reports, median depth 15 ft.

424Reports
15 ftMedian depth
6 ftWater at
2 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 64-42

Logged in state well grid 64-42, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftConcrete 60, No Recovery 41, Sand 17, Sand, Gray 17, Asphalt 15, Sand, Drk. Gray 14
25–50 ftClay 3, Sand, Trace Shells, Medium Brown 1, Sand, Lt. Brownish Gray 1, Sand, Trace Shells & Gravel, Gray 1, Clay, Drk. Gray 1, Silty Clay 1
50–100 ftClay 2
100–200 ftSand 1, Clay 1
200–300 ftSand 1
300–500 ftSand S & P .008 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 64-42, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.113152004–2025
Mathers Environmental Drilling Inc.85152003–2024
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC59152015–2026
Advanced Drilling Systems, Inc.19202010–2017
Environmental Logistics Company, LLC13152020
Vortex Drilling, Inc.12102017–2019
Fugro Geosciences, Inc.11152004–2005
City Survey10152014–2025
Wel-Mat Drilling LLP1092013–2016
Gainco, Inc.101522011–2013
Alpine Field Services10252004–2012
APOLLO Environmental Strategies, Inc.10122006–2008
Advenced Drilling Systems, Inc.82010
Mathers Environmetal Drilling, Inc.782014
Envirotech Drlling Services72012
W.E.S.T. Drilling5122008
Precision Probe and Drilling5152004
DIXIE DRILLING4122003
Tolunay-Wong Engineers,Inc3122013–2024
ESN-South3162009
ENVIRONMENTAL FX (EFX) INC.32006
Soltek LLC2402018
Gearen Drilling202012
Master Monitoring Services, Inc.22006
ESN272003–2004

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor31474.1%15
Environmental Soil Boring9321.9%10
Test Well122.8%15
Other20.5%50
Domestic10.2%290
Closed-Loop Geothermal10.2%
Public Supply10.2%322
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s1191510
2010s206156
2020s99155

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 64-42. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
5263620053223080Public Supply
669825202429030120Domestic
700357202551Monitor
700355202551Monitor
540848202050Monitor
515851201950Other
569196201940Monitor
494478201840Monitor
569188201935Monitor
569193201934Monitor

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 64-42?

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This grid falls in Galveston County.

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