texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 65-16

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Harris County and Dallas County. 1,441 reports, median depth 30 ft.

1,441Reports
30 ftMedian depth
90 ftWater at
20 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 65-16

Logged in state well grid 65-16, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay 189, Surface 99, No Recovery 66, No Data--Isco Installation Well 76, Yellow Clay 61, Sand 60
25–50 ftSand 84, Clay 58, Red Clay 32, Blue Clay 21, No Recovery 13, Red 6
50–100 ftSand 142, Clay 85, Blue Clay 22, Blue 15, Red Clay 15, Red 14
100–200 ftSand 183, Clay 140, Blue Clay 62, Blue 31, Red 11, Red Clay 7
200–300 ftSand 241, Clay 69, Blue Clay 22, Blue 20, Red 5, Sand (6 & 8) 2
300–500 ftSand 43, Clay 12, Sandy Clay Streaks 2, Gray Clay 1, Sand .006 1, Sand .006-.008 1
500–1000 ftSand 4, Clay 1, Sand/Clay 1, Ratty Sand 1, Ratty Broken Sand & Clay 1, Stiff Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 65-16, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Alliance Maintenance & Services, Inc.3002012–2015
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC230202011–2026
Alliance Maintenance and Services115202015
A & L Pump & Well Service94290102003–2026
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.90252004–2026
Mathers Environmental Drilling Inc.45302002–2023
Fugro Geosciences, Inc.45182001–2005
Tolers Water Well Service44260152005–2026
Vista GeoScience39102015
Alpine Field Services36182004–2012
N-Star Drilling Services26122004
City Survey23202012–2018
R&D Water Wells20210202002–2026
Tolunay-Wong Engineers,Inc19202021–2025
Vortex Drilling, Inc.19152018
Greak Water Well18292752003–2025
WALKER HILL ENVIRONMENTAL INC17102018–2021
Advanced Drilling Systems, Inc.15202003–2024
Scott Drilling Inc.14300402002–2026
Bussell & Sons LLC124141002006–2024
Petra Environmental11162001
Ricky Bonds Water Wells102801002004–2021
Cascade Drilling8252016
Fugro8302007–2012
Robinson Water Well7300502015–2025

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor46332.1%24
Injection35424.6%30
Domestic25817.9%285
Environmental Soil Boring19013.2%12
Other906.2%20
Test Well302.1%20
Industrial201.4%280
Public Supply161.1%435
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s3314090
2010s8402526
2020s2703096

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 65-16. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
65162820231,025165710Public Supply
609741202264010775Rig Supply
238438201059415060Industrial
152764200757515075Domestic
569251202155015080Public Supply
6472382023519115300Irrigation
190018200647515075Public Supply
499982003475125Rig Supply
65980420244701131,200Industrial
6567302023470115950Industrial

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.

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This grid falls in Harris County, Dallas County, Chambers County, Waller County, Galveston County.

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