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Texas well grid 68-29

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Bexar County and Fort Bend County. 2,093 reports, median depth 15 ft.

2,093Reports
15 ftMedian depth
40 ftWater at
50 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 68-29

Logged in state well grid 68-29, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftConcrete 124, Asphalt 93, Clay With Ls Gravel, Brown, Organic, Dry 57, Clay (Del Rio Fm.), Tan And Gray, Calcareous, Iron Nodules, 54, Topsoil 41, Tan Clay 30
25–50 ftDel Rio 6, Grey Shale 4, Tan And Grey Clay, Soft, Wet 3, Some Silt, Tan 3, Blue Shale 2, Tan Clay 2
50–100 ftDel Rio 6, Edwards Formation 5, Edwards 3, No Returns 3, Yellow Clay 3, No Return 3
100–200 ftHard Limestone 1, Lost Circulation 2, Tan Rock 2, No Returns 2, Yellow/White Rock 1, Yellow Clay 2
200–300 ftNo Returns 2, Porous No Returns 2, Lost Circulation 2, Red Sand 2, Sand-Tan-Fine Sand-Tan-.006-.008 1, Eagle Ford Shale 2
300–500 ftUpper Glenrose 3, Sand And Limestone 2, Tan Lime 2, Lost Circulation-Drilled Blind 1, Tan Lime-Porous 1, Drilled Blind 2
500–1000 ftLower Glenrose 3, Semihard 1, Tan Greyish Rock 1, Lower Glen Rose 1
1000–5000 ftBexar Shale 4, Cow Creek 4, Tan Sand 1, Tan Greyish Rock 1, Pine Island 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 68-29, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.1,228122005–2025
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP405101998–2023
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC51182022–2026
Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling3952019–2020
Alamo Environmental dba Vortex Drilling34122024
TR Drilling & Service LLC26420352008–2025
Alamo1 Drilling26352025–2026
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.24282004–2021
Pacific West Environmental and Infrastructure23102024
MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services22262003–2019
Mathers Environmental Drilling Inc.19102021–2024
Select Drilling Services, LLC.17102015–2017
Total Support Services16202004–2005
Gainco, Inc.13122009–2022
Eagle Remediation & Demolition12152023
Tolunay-Wong Engineers,Inc12192019–2020
Subterra Environmental Services, LLC.11212018
qualls drilling9202013
MagnaCore Drilling and Environmental Services, Inc.8262022
Petra Environmental862003
TERO DRILLING LLC7402019–2024
Haskin One Pump, Ltd.6300632004–2014
Envirotech Engineering & Consulting, Inc.62005
Talon/LPE5252019–2023
Zavala Drilling, CO42502021–2025

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Environmental Soil Boring1,68480.5%10
Monitor29414.0%25
Domestic341.6%420
Test Well301.4%25
Other180.9%5
Irrigation150.7%385
Closed-Loop Geothermal80.4%260
Industrial70.3%1,320
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
1990s1201143
2000s4621472
2010s1,0111530
2020s61914207

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 68-29. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
60920120221,375Irrigation
15673420041,360276125Industrial
3252620021,360190300Public Supply
15959620081,350369270Industrial
15673620041,320205330Industrial
1251032007510258Industrial
707734202550023640Domestic
1987442009500189200Irrigation
1251092007490206Industrial
2318252009485Domestic

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, Fort Bend County.

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