texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 66-49

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Lavaca County and Jackson County. 185 reports, median depth 182 ft.

185Reports
182 ftMedian depth
50 ftWater at
75 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 66-49

Logged in state well grid 66-49, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay 99, Sand 48, Surface 38, Top Soil 34, Ft. Clay 12, Ft. Surface 14
25–50 ftClay 37, Sand 23, Ft. Clay 8, Ft. Sand 4, Sandstone, Sand 2, Brown Sand-Sandstone 3
50–100 ftClay 76, Sand 20, Red Clay 8, Ft. Sand 8, Ft. Clay 6, Sand-Sandstone 5
100–200 ftClay 79, Sand 34, Ft. Sand 9, Shale 9, Red Clay 10, Brown Sand-Sandstone (Xf) 5
200–300 ftClay 25, Sand 15, Shale 6, Rock 3, Ft. Sand 2, Sandstone 2
300–500 ftShale 2, Clay 1, Sand 1, Br Sand & Sandstone (M) 1, Coarse Sand 1, Rock And Red Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 66-49, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
CHANDLER DRILLING INC95170602003–2026
Friedel Drilling Company23222602002–2026
Everett Carroll Water Well Service18200802003–2008
Burleson Services, Inc.132401002003–2010
Joe Ferguson Water Well Drilling, Inc.42402007–2011
WB Southern Drilling LLC31171002023–2024
Rangnow Water Well Service3205802013–2014
Joe Ferguson Drilling, Inc.31652003–2004
A C Water Well Service23052020–2021
Cobra Water Well Drilling, LLC.2240952011–2014
leeper w.w.2155502012–2013
Chaffin Water Well Svc.22051202008
C & S UTESEY WATER WELL SERVICE & DRILLING, L.L.C.21502007
Busselman Water Wells, LLC1193942024
Texas Southern Drilling12252022
Leeper Watere Well Service12382015
CHANDLER DRILLING IN1304152012
J & S Water Wells1802008
Chandler Drillng, Inc.1402004
Berry Water Well Service1295802008
J & S Water Wells - Primo Trejo11002006
JOE FERGUSON WATER WELL DRLG. INC.12202006

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic10858.4%164
Rig Supply5127.6%220
Stock126.5%205
Industrial115.9%240
Public Supply21.1%310
Irrigation10.5%304
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s8020042
2010s6617051
2020s3917554

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 66-49. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
213815201039254100Rig Supply
1601752008360Stock
30444200334065150Industrial
5088442019332Domestic
652323202331054Public Supply
583708202130570Domestic
383836201430460200Irrigation
30366920123048215Domestic
252124200630250Rig Supply
51834020192955575Domestic

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 66-49?

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This grid falls in Lavaca County, Jackson County, Matagorda County, DeWitt County.

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