texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 66-42

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Lavaca County. 169 reports, median depth 190 ft.

169Reports
190 ftMedian depth
68 ftWater at
60 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 66-42

Logged in state well grid 66-42, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay 72, Sand 57, Top Soil 24, Surface 18, Surface Soil 15, Yellow Clay 15
25–50 ftClay 28, Sand 28, Ft. Clay 4, Clay-Sandstone 3, Sandy Clay 3, Gravel 2
50–100 ftClay 62, Sand 42, Sandstone 8, Sand-Sandstone 8, Red Clay 5, Sandy Clay 5
100–200 ftClay 80, Sand 48, Red Clay 14, Coarse Sand 11, Ft. Sand 6, Sand-Sandstone 6
200–300 ftClay 17, Sand 15, Sandstone 1, Coarse Sand 3, Sand (M-C) 1, Shale 2
300–500 ftClay 3, Sandstone 1, Rock & Red Clay 1, Blue Clay 1, Sand 1, Gravel 1
500–1000 ftClay 1, Hard 1, Sand/Grave 1, Sand/Gravel 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 66-42, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
CHANDLER DRILLING INC72168502003–2026
Friedel Drilling Company26187502002–2026
Burleson Services, Inc.21240902003–2010
Joe Ferguson Water Well Drilling, Inc.111902007–2022
Everett Carroll Water Well Service8180602004–2007
Joe Ferguson Drilling, Inc.62002003–2006
Cobra Water Well Drilling, LLC.4190802011–2017
J & S Water Wells3210802006–2009
Berry Water Well Service3220702009–2010
leeper w.w.3163302006
Maresh Drilling Co., Inc.2200702010–2022
dba Universal Drilling Services22005
Texas Southern Drilling1205252025
Kight Water Well Service1205602022
Rangnow Water Well Service12851002013
Vrana Well Service Inc.1240602004
Cady's Water wells1183502009
Friedel Drillling Company1702009
Crowell Drilling Company, Inc.17662006
Everett Carroll Water Well Serv.12002003

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic10260.4%180
Rig Supply3721.9%220
Stock1710.1%181
Industrial105.9%200
Monitor21.2%
Irrigation10.6%766
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s8320066
2010s4118175
2020s4517974

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 66-42. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
847722006766110Irrigation
531000201936290Rig Supply
18208520063605090Rig Supply
1601882008340Rig Supply
192097200532070100Rig Supply
729874202631011180Stock
676156202430092100Stock
182469200430060100Rig Supply
6173262022289110120Domestic
349080201328598100Rig Supply

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 66-42?

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This grid falls in Lavaca County.

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