texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 68-28

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Bexar County. 875 reports, median depth 15 ft.

875Reports
15 ftMedian depth
29 ftWater at
200 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 68-28

Logged in state well grid 68-28, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftAsphalt 56, Concrete 50, Black Clay 23, Tan Limestone 18, Tan Clay, Dry 8, Clay 14
25–50 ftLimestone 6, Tan Silty Clay V.Firm 5, Gray Stiff Laminated Clay (Del Rio) 4, - Becomes Hard To Very Hard. 2, Tan Limestone With Brown Clay (Del Rio) 2, Clay (Cl); Very Pale Brown, (10Yr 8/2), Stiff To Hard, Low P 2
50–100 ftGray Clay (Del Rio) 2, Austin Chalk 2, Gray Shale 2, Brown & Gray Limestone 1, Tan Limestone & Yellow Clay 1, Hard Tan & Brown Limestone With Red Clay Mixed 1
100–200 ftUpper Glenrose 5, Eagle Ford Shale 2, Lost Returns 1, Kgru 2, Yellow Rock 2, Hard Brown & Tan Limestone 1
200–300 ftUpper Glenrose 3, Buda Limestone 2, Del Rio Clay 2, Tan Limestone 1, Lost Circulation 1, Lost Returns 1
300–500 ftGeorgetown Limestone 2, Edwards Limestone 2, Kgrl 2, Medium Gray Limestone 2, Water 1, Dark Grey Rock 1
500–1000 ftLower Glenrose 9, Bexar Shale 9, Cow Creek 5, Kcc 2, Light Brown Limestone 2, Hard Edwards Grey & Tan, W Bigger Gravel 1
1000–5000 ftPine Island 6, Cow Creek 4, Sligo 4, Kcc 2, Buff, Tan Limestone 2, Blue & Dark Green Shale, Clay 2

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 68-28, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.579152005–2025
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP98102019–2023
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC29202019–2025
Pacific West Environmental and Infrastructure1992024
Total Support Services14252004–2007
Alamo1 Drilling12152025–2026
Davenport Drilling & Pump Service121,1003802002–2013
dba Universal Drilling Services12402004–2005
Strata Core Services, LLC10282016
Alamo Environmental dba Vortex Drilling9202023–2024
Groundwater Monitoring Inc.72007
Zavala Drilling, CO62502012–2024
MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services6112005
Select Drilling Services, LLC.5102015
American Water Well Services Inc.45002024–2025
Right Drill, LLC.4452024
Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling452021
Geothermal Drilling inc42013–2015
Eagle Remediation352022
SCI32009
APOLLO Environmental Strategies, Inc.32005
Envirotech Engineering & Consulting, Inc.382005
TR Drilling & Service LLC24202016–2023
Sotack's Done Well Service,LLC2470202010–2020
Weisinger Incorporated27282018–2019

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Environmental Soil Boring63572.6%10
Monitor19121.8%30
Public Supply202.3%1,100
Domestic121.4%500
Closed-Loop Geothermal101.1%250
Irrigation30.3%460
Other20.2%100
Stock10.1%470
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s2291820
2010s43913171
2020s20712245

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 68-28. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
21199320101,440288275Public Supply
16230520081,440258200Test Well
17658220061,380155450Public Supply
3256720021,340170380Public Supply
3257120021,200250190Public Supply
34539420131,120450Public Supply
3256420021,120170175Public Supply
34539520131,110450Public Supply
3256620021,105173170Public Supply
17061520031,100182800Public Supply

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 Bexar County.

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