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Texas well grid 66-61

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Jackson County and Wharton County. 127 reports, median depth 143 ft.

127Reports
143 ftMedian depth
38 ftWater at
80 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 66-61

Logged in state well grid 66-61, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSurface Soil 38, Clay 30, Topsoil 32, Sand 23, Gray Clay 16, Brown Clay 15
25–50 ftSand 34, Clay 18, Gray Clay 9, Red Clay 5, Coarse Sand 4, Brown Clay 4
50–100 ftClay 54, Sand 42, Brown Clay 13, Coarse Sand 15, Gray Clay 12, Medium-Course Brown Sand 6
100–200 ftClay 33, Sand 28, Coarse Sand 19, Gray Clay 12, Brown Clay 6, Course Brown Sand 4
200–300 ftClay 5, Brown Clay 3, Sand 4, Rock 2, Coarse Sand 3, Fine Brown Sandstone 2
300–500 ftMed Sand Sandy Creamy Clay Gravel 1, Fine Brown Sand 1, Brown Medium Sand 1, Hard Rock + Streaked Sand 1, Shale 1, Sand 1
500–1000 ftCreamy Sandy Clay 1, Shale 1, Sand 1, Clay 1, Med Sand Sandy Creamy Clay 1, Creamy Sticky Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 66-61, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Joe Ferguson Water Well Drilling, Inc.331401002006–2025
C & S UTESEY WATER WELL SERVICE & DRILLING, L.L.C.211501282004–2024
Cady's Water wells13143802009–2022
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.8402019–2020
Kight Water Well Service61601002021–2026
Joe Ferguson Drilling, Inc.61402003–2005
1st Choice Water Wells5162502013–2019
A C Water Well Service4105402016–2026
A C Water Well Serv.3104302013–2021
Everett Carroll Water Well Service3135802003–2008
WB Southern Drilling LLC21521502025–2026
Johnson Water Well Sv.22452015–2017
Lynch Water Well Drilling Inc.21801502014
Mathers Environmental Drilling Inc.2352008
JOE FERGUSON WATER WELL DRLG. INC.22252006
Texas Southern Drilling1145102026
Busselman Water Wells, LLC12031002025
Nickel Water Well Service1120602019
Johnson Water Well Service14602,0002018
INDEPENDENT WATER WELL SERVICE1183152018
Dowell Well Service1130152016
Crowell Drilling Company, Inc.18102016
Drillink, Inc.16772013
CARTER WATER WELL DRILLING1200752013
Berry Water Well Service1120802009

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic7962.2%143
Stock1915.0%140
Monitor118.7%35
Rig Supply97.1%187
Irrigation64.7%460
Industrial21.6%200
Public Supply10.8%
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s3614044
2010s5915535
2020s3212036

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 66-61. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
4204982016810Irrigation
349487201367742Irrigation
5125842018460512,000Irrigation
422905201632032650Irrigation
2922752012320Stock
1914200129350Domestic
718918202327063150Domestic
191036200927041130Domestic
17872820042566280Domestic
3416512013255Domestic

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 Jackson County, Wharton County.

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