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Texas well grid 67-40

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Lavaca County and Guadalupe County. 363 reports, median depth 150 ft.

363Reports
150 ftMedian depth
64 ftWater at
40 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 67-40

Logged in state well grid 67-40, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay 168, Top Soil 101, Surface 93, Sandstone 53, Tan Clay 30, Sand 27
25–50 ftClay 62, Sand 17, Sandstone 17, Brown Sand-Sandstone 14, Yellow Clay 13, Tan Clay 13
50–100 ftClay 116, Blue Clay 38, Sandstone 30, Sand 25, Sand-Sandstone 14, Clay-Sandstone 10
100–200 ftClay 116, Sand 32, Sandstone 32, Blue Clay 25, Sand-Sandstone 16, Clay-Sandstone 14
200–300 ftClay 37, Sand-Sandstone 7, Blue Clay 6, Shale 6, Sandstone 5, Gray Sand And Layered Rock 5
300–500 ftClay 14, Sand 5, Sand-Sandstone 3, Shale 3, Clay-Shale 2, Sandstone, Clay 2
500–1000 ftSand 7, Clay 4, Sand-Sandstone 2, Clay-Sandstone 1, Clay-Shale 1, Sandy Clay 1
1000–5000 ftClay 3, Grey Shale 1, Sand W/ Clay Streaks 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 67-40, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
CHANDLER DRILLING INC199144402003–2026
Friedel Drilling Company69170402003–2026
Maresh Drilling Co., Inc.45140502001–2025
Vrana Well Service Inc.13182302003–2023
WB Southern Drilling LLC9226502023–2026
Motal Well Service2360302025
Bull's Eye Services, LLC21,2833002025
BULLS EYE SERVICES LLC21,2452302025
J&S WATER WELLS29501002014–2019
Friedel Drilling Companh2402013–2014
Burleson Services, Inc.23201002004–2006
Texas Southern Drilling1265252026
Diggs Drilling Co Inc12602016
Dowell Well Service11502015
Vrana's Well Service Inc.1202012
Cady's Water wells12010
HERBOLD BROTHERS1202009
C & S UTESEY WATER WELL SERVICE & DRILLING, L.L.C.1210202005

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic29681.5%146
Stock5414.9%158
Rig Supply71.9%742
Fracking Supply51.4%1,222
Irrigation10.3%190
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s7813655
2010s16715861
2020s11815873

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 67-40. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
69557820251,283380300Fracking Supply
69388320251,245230230Fracking Supply
69436220251,222318230Fracking Supply
70156320251,150199230Fracking Supply
3800722014950130100Rig Supply
6412412023864128120Stock
4842022018840225Fracking Supply
538298202083211995Rig Supply
537590202074218690Rig Supply
342125201366021290Domestic

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 67-40?

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This grid falls in Lavaca County, Guadalupe County, DeWitt County.

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