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Texas well grid 67-42

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Gonzales County and Wilson County. 262 reports, median depth 300 ft.

262Reports
300 ftMedian depth
60 ftWater at
60 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 67-42

Logged in state well grid 67-42, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSand 34, Top Soil 35, Red Clay 26, Yellow Clay 22, Clay 21, Sandy Clay 17
25–50 ftSand 15, Shale 7, Blue Clay 8, Blue Shale 5, Sandstone 2, Clay 4
50–100 ftSand 31, Shale 15, Clay 10, Rock 10, Blue Clay 9, Blue Shale 8
100–200 ftSand 66, Shale 31, Rock 21, Clay 19, Sandy Shale 7, Clay & Rocks 8
200–300 ftSand 53, Shale 26, Clay 34, Rock 16, Clay & Rocks 11, Sandy Shale 5
300–500 ftSand 42, Shale 25, Clay 28, Rock 13, Sandy Shale 6, Clay & Rocks 8
500–1000 ftSand 5, Clay 7, Sand & Clay 2, Clay/Sand 1, Sandy Clay 2, Sand, Sandy Clay & Clay 1
1000–5000 ftClay 4, Sand 5, Loose White Sand 2, Sand/Gravel 1, Sand And Clay 2, Clay & Sand 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 67-42, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.54202007–2025
Deharde Water Well Service48420802003–2024
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC21152025–2026
HERBOLD BROTHERS18340302002–2015
Lone Star Drilling & Pump Service14350402004–2009
Drillink, Inc.13320802016–2024
Friedel Drilling Company121,2401002003–2016
HERBOLD DRILLING11335302014–2024
Tolunay-Wong Engineers,Inc6202025
EnviroCore, Inc.6352021
Weisinger Incorporated61,2502,0142010–2011
STEVENS DRILLING & WATER WELL SERVICE53801092019–2025
Thomas Moy and Sons4480702004–2012
Motal Well Service33202024
Cutting Edge Core Drilling, Inc.3202011
Lone Star Drilling and Pump Service3350602005
sotex water well service2340302025
Hazlett Drilling2360402024
Moy's Water Well Services2376452020–2023
Texas Southern Drilling22752022
TJ & TB Drilling Inc2510602014–2017
Leon Davis Water Well2298802016
TJ&TB Drilling2480502014–2015
Alpine Field Services2322014
J B Drilling2329502011–2013

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic13049.6%350
Environmental Soil Boring4517.2%15
Monitor4517.2%30
Stock249.2%380
Public Supply83.1%1,327
Rig Supply41.5%364
Irrigation31.1%500
Test Well20.8%32
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s7833069
2010s9930060
2020s8527553

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 67-42. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
2544720031,855632,000Public Supply
2541920031,855632,000Public Supply
23738720101,4001142,014Public Supply
24364620111,3271012,023Public Supply
3569620031,2851291,205Public Supply
23764320101,2501152,023Public Supply
3570620031,240721,205Public Supply
675883202465054100Stock
693136202558012560Domestic
270463201156060100Stock

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 Gonzales County, Wilson County.

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