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Texas well grid 68-24

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Comal County and Guadalupe County. 517 reports, median depth 28 ft.

517Reports
28 ftMedian depth
28 ftWater at
20 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 68-24

Logged in state well grid 68-24, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSandy Clay 44, Gravel 37, Top Soil 26, Black Clay 24, Clay 23, Tan Silty Clay 20
25–50 ftBlue Clay 61, Gravel 37, Gray Shale 14, Yellow Clay 5, Brown Clay 6, Clay 5
50–100 ftBlue Clay 8, Tan Limestone 4, Gray Shale 4, Yellow Limestone 3, -Claystone- Claystone: Dark Gray, Very Stiff To Hard, With O 3, Fractured Tan Limestone 1
100–200 ftTan Limestone 3, Lost Returns 2, White And Tan, Vuggy Limestone 1, Tan, White, & Gray Limestone 1, Fractured Tan Limestone/ Some Gravel 1, Gravel/ Some Limestone And Red Clay 1
200–300 ftGray & Tan Limestone 2, Lost Returns 1, Tan, White, & Gray Limestone 1, Td 1, Limestone And Sand 1, Kau-Austin Group 1
300–500 ftGray & White Limestone 1, Buda Limestone 2, Tan, White, & Gray Limestone 1, Creamed Colored Lime (Austin Chalk) 1, Cream Colored Limestone With Lignite 1, Kef-Eagle Ford Group 1
500–1000 ftDel Rio Clay 2, Georgetown 2, Limestone And Sand 1, Blue Limestone (Edwards) 1, Gray Clay 1, Clay Gray 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 68-24, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.182202006–2025
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP68152019–2022
Deharde Water Well Service6652202003–2025
Alamo Environmental dba Vortex Drilling37102024
Kutscher Drilling32160102003–2023
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC22202012–2025
Total Support Services21482009
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.15152013
Texplor of Dallas, Inc.12602023
Geoprojects International, Inc.616202004–2026
Alamo1 Drilling6102025
HERBOLD DRILLING646202016–2024
Coretech Drilling Inc.6412002
Alpine Field Services5322014–2017
Strata Core Services, LLC4522015–2016
Pacific West Environmental and Infrastructure3202026
Holt Engineering, Inc.3462020–2021
Right Drill, LLC.2252023
Gainco, Inc.2302020
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.29471,3502019–2024
qualls drilling2352015
HERBOLD BROTHERS2152011–2012
ESN2122004–2008
TR Drilling & Service LLC12002026
Texan Water1720202026

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Environmental Soil Boring25649.5%15
Monitor13225.5%35
Domestic10319.9%54
Other122.3%60
Test Well51.0%25
Irrigation40.8%75
Stock30.6%42
Public Supply10.2%947
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s1113030
2010s2533231
2020s1532021

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 68-24. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
529800201995740Monitor
5311112024947271,350Public Supply
531123201994527Monitor
482564201894539Monitor
535991201976040Monitor
71655520267207820Irrigation
72912420262585320Domestic
455886201724094Domestic
3198362013230Domestic
631915202322038Domestic

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 Comal County, Guadalupe County.

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