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Texas well grid 65-40

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Galveston County and Harris County. 1,202 reports, median depth 395 ft.

1,202Reports
395 ftMedian depth
90 ftWater at
60 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 65-40

Logged in state well grid 65-40, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay 668, Sand 200, Soil 126, Top Soil 110, Topsoil 86, Silty Clay 19
25–50 ftClay 255, Sand 151, Clay & Shale 12, Clay Tan 9, Clay-Red 8, Red Clay 7
50–100 ftSand 478, Clay 136, Clay & Shale 20, Sand Tan 14, Sand .005 12, Clay And Shale 11
100–200 ftClay 400, Sand 356, Clay & Shale 54, Clay And Shale 51, Red Clay 16, Clay-Gray 16
200–300 ftClay 73, Sand 61, Clay & Shale 8, Clay And Shale 7, Gray Clay 4, Clay Grey 3
300–500 ftSand 364, Clay 132, Clay & Shale 25, Shell 22, Clay And Shale 13, Sand .006 13
500–1000 ftSand 114, Clay 31, Sand .006 9, Sand-Tan-Fine Sand-Tan-.006-.008 4, Sand-Gray-.006-.008 4, Clay And Shale 4

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 65-40, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Environmental Service346436652000–2026
O'Day Drilling Company, Inc.102465602003–2026
GWR Windmills & Water Well Services, LLC92416602019–2026
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.83272004–2024
Almeda Water Well Service79480752003–2025
Davison Water Well Service71404302004–2024
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC58252013–2025
Mathers Environmental Drilling Inc.41202003–2024
MEZA WATER WELL SERVICE35420602015–2025
Keenan Water Well32408302003–2007
Alpine Field Services20252004–2014
Keenan Water Well & Septic Systems18416402005–2011
Alliance Maintenance and Services1632012
H/ET13262016
WDC Exploration & Wells131782010–2011
Enviromental Service12442652002–2014
Advanced Drilling Systems, Inc.9252005–2025
Hydrogeologic/Environmental Testing91012009
Vortex Drilling, Inc.9202008–2009
City Survey8252013–2022
Strata Core Services, LLC8302017
Hydrex Environmental, Inc.82005
Soiltech Services Inc.6252023–2024
A-1 Water Well Drilling service6420752004–2019
Keenan Water Well & Septic6446402013–2017

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic82768.8%435
Monitor22819.0%25
Environmental Soil Boring847.0%10
Other181.5%25
Test Well131.1%20
Public Supply121.0%668
Industrial80.7%580
Irrigation50.4%465
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s45740588
2010s44940491
2020s29612570

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 65-40. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
8946220063,7038685Domestic
26891220111,0248876Test Well
4276542016925106410Public Supply
38710820158001231,511Public Supply
268920201178093900Public Supply
190754200678070Domestic
17169720087738520Domestic
56737220217609035Domestic
56435920217609035Domestic
163076200776071Domestic

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 Galveston County, Harris County, Wharton County, Brazoria County.

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