texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 66-57

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Victoria County and Lavaca County. 135 reports, median depth 158 ft.

135Reports
158 ftMedian depth
52 ftWater at
40 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 66-57

Logged in state well grid 66-57, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay 54, Top Soil 32, Sand 15, Surface 15, Gray Clay 11, Topsoil 10
25–50 ftClay 19, Sand 6, White Clay 3, Red Clay 3, Caliche 3, Grey Sand 2
50–100 ftSand 33, Clay 31, Blue Clay 14, Red Clay 10, Gray Clay 3, Sand-Sandstone 4
100–200 ftClay 37, Sand 22, Blue Clay 10, Red Clay 6, Sand-Sandstone 4, Shale 4
200–300 ftClay 6, Sand 5, Brown Sand-Sandstone (F) 1, M.C. Sand 2, Sand-Sandstone 1, Clay W/ Sandstreaks 1
300–500 ftClay 1, Rock(Hard) 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 66-57, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
CHANDLER DRILLING INC41150402005–2026
A C Water Well Serv.1693302013–2022
A C Water Well Service13110302015–2025
Friedel Drilling Company8225602008–2024
Cady's Water wells8178402004–2024
Burleson Services, Inc.72201002004–2009
leeper w.w.6228182006–2014
C & S UTESEY WATER WELL SERVICE & DRILLING, L.L.C.4215552004–2007
Vortex Drilling, Inc.22013
Cobra Water Well Drilling, LLC.2280902012–2013
Thompson Water Well210052007
Joe Ferguson Drilling, Inc.22402005
AC Water Well Service21002003
M&M Water Well, LLC1159172026
Leeper Water Well1188402015
AC Waterwell Service1150302013
AC Water Well Serv.1160302012
Allen S. Johnson160102009
Joe Ferguson Water Well Drilling, Inc.12072009
BURLESON SERVICE INC11901002008
Everett Carroll Water Well Service1140302007
J.C. Thompson Water Well Service1103302003
JOE FERGUSON WATER WELL DRLG. INC.12202006
leeper1228202006
Triple C. Drilling1220502003

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic9771.9%144
Stock1914.1%163
Rig Supply139.6%220
Industrial43.0%220
Monitor21.5%
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s5217250
2010s5115053
2020s3215057

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 66-57. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
643513202333780Stock
337831201032575Domestic
317449201328095Domestic
31436020132808590Rig Supply
178943200528065100Rig Supply
170279200428045100Rig Supply
516354201927074Rig Supply
13708220072707280Domestic
8482420062676823Domestic
11747720072664920Domestic

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 66-57?

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 Victoria County, Lavaca County, DeWitt County, Jackson County.

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