texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 66-50

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Lavaca County and Jackson County. 126 reports, median depth 200 ft.

126Reports
200 ftMedian depth
66 ftWater at
70 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 66-50

Logged in state well grid 66-50, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay 58, Sand 38, Surface Soil 31, Top Soil 20, Surface 19, Gray Clay 13
25–50 ftClay 30, Sand 28, Gray Clay 8, Rock 6, Sandstone 6, Clay-Sandstone 3
50–100 ftClay 50, Sand 46, Rock 20, Sandstone 7, Gray Clay 5, Medium Brown Sand 3
100–200 ftClay 65, Sand 44, Coarse Sand 19, Brown Clay 7, Rock 10, Red Clay 10
200–300 ftClay 16, Coarse Sand 12, Sand 10, Sandstone 3, Brown Clay 4, Sand (Little Hard) 1
300–500 ftSand 2, Shale 2, Fine Sand 1, Coarse Sand Small Gravel 1, Clay 2, Grey Clay 1
500–1000 ftSand 3, Shale 2, Rock 2, Hard 2, Fine Sand 2, Clay 2

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 66-50, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
CHANDLER DRILLING INC35137752003–2026
Joe Ferguson Water Well Drilling, Inc.171902008–2024
C & S UTESEY WATER WELL SERVICE & DRILLING, L.L.C.10240762004–2023
Joe Ferguson Drilling, Inc.82602003–2005
Friedel Drilling Company7140702003–2025
JOE FERGUSON WATER WELL DRLG. INC.72402006
Berry Water Well Service6255702008–2010
Everett Carroll Water Well Service5240602004–2007
Burleson Services, Inc.4220902003–2008
WB Southern Drilling LLC3162752023–2025
Truax Water Well Services, LLC3155352021–2023
Drillink, Inc.3909152007–2009
J & S Water Wells3310802005–2009
Busselman Water Wells, LLC2175602025–2026
Rangnow Water Well Service22601002011
Crowell Drilling Company, Inc.29351,5002006–2007
3G Drilling18501,5002025
Cobra Water Well Drilling, LLC.13001002014
Maresh Drilling Co., Inc.1200502012
O'Day Drilling Company, Inc.13285002012
Thompson Water Well1257702009
Cady's Water wells1160402009
BUR11601402008
C & S UTESEY WATER WELL SERVICE & DRILLLING, L.L.C1270332005
Everett Carroll Water Well Serv.1180702003

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic6551.6%177
Rig Supply2923.0%244
Stock1612.7%177
Industrial107.9%260
Irrigation64.8%909
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s6624064
2010s3420064
2020s2617272

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 66-50. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
109073200793575Irrigation
4280042009918Irrigation
4279882007909Irrigation
70193520258501121,500Irrigation
923752006710451,500Irrigation
42420420163307373Domestic
286556201232850500Irrigation
3983322015320Domestic
14957920053108080Industrial
71888320233008045Stock

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 Lavaca County, Jackson County.

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