texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 66-27

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Colorado County and Lavaca County. 274 reports, median depth 200 ft.

274Reports
200 ftMedian depth
88 ftWater at
40 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 66-27

Logged in state well grid 66-27, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSand 57, Yellow Clay 40, Top-Soil 41, Red Clay 35, Clay 32, Topsoil 32
25–50 ftSand 47, Clay 16, Red Clay 14, White Clay 11, Red & White Clay 10, Tan Clay 7
50–100 ftSand 73, Clay 24, Red Clay 24, White Clay 14, Tan Clay 17, Clay & Rock 12
100–200 ftSand 105, Rock 55, Clay 31, Red Clay 28, Tan Clay 17, Red & White Clay 18
200–300 ftSand 36, Rock 28, Clay 10, Tan Clay 7, Red & White Clay 6, Red Clay 6
300–500 ftSand 6, Clay 3, Rock 3, Bn Clay 2, Fine Gray Sand 1, Fine Gray Sand W/Shale 1
500–1000 ftSand 1, Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 66-27, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Skutca Water Well54199402001–2016
Neuendorff's Water Well Svc., Inc.50200352003–2014
Neuendorff's Water Well Service, Inc.44185402015–2025
Vrana Well Service Inc.23175502005–2022
CHANDLER DRILLING INC22160352005–2025
Cobra Water Well Drilling, LLC.14270902011–2025
Friedel Drilling Company10180502002–2022
Texas Southern Drilling6245402020–2024
Maresh Drilling Co., Inc.4220502008–2023
Burleson Services, Inc.4260702006–2010
Busselman Water Wells, LLC3205352024–2026
Envirtech Drilling Services32014
Joe Ferguson Water Well Drilling, Inc.32082010–2011
Kight Water Well Service2123402025
Ballard Water Well Co. LLC2205502014–2018
Ricky Bonds Water Wells2255502015–2016
Vrana Well Serv. Inc.2160252014
B & L Water Well Service,Inc.2632902013–2014
Ball Drilling Company2230602012–2013
Evans Drilling2220602012
Deharde Water Well Service2240802011
GMG Water Well Drilling, LLC1200202025
Zavala Drilling, CO12602022
MARAL DRILLING1230352019
AQUA STAR LLC1178352018

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic21979.9%198
Rig Supply279.9%260
Stock207.3%185
Monitor31.1%
Other20.7%300
Irrigation20.7%144
Industrial10.4%
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s10319985
2010s11020589
2020s6119894

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 66-27. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
357669201463212090Rig Supply
371739201436090100Rig Supply
70274200535711255Domestic
36579420143409090Rig Supply
3487722013340149Rig Supply
2173332010340Rig Supply
567986202133815150Domestic
314706201333811280Domestic
4783862018335158Domestic
389631201532914040Domestic

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 66-27?

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 Colorado County, Lavaca County.

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