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Texas well grid 68-30

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Bexar County and Guadalupe County. 960 reports, median depth 20 ft.

960Reports
20 ftMedian depth
25 ftWater at
16 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 68-30

Logged in state well grid 68-30, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTan Clay 47, Black Clay 44, Lean Clay 5-10% Fine To Medium Gravel 1-5% Sand Medium Plast 19, Concrete 27, Gravel 24, Fat Clay 5-10% Fine To Medium Gravel 1-5% Sand, High Plastic 19
25–50 ftLt.Brw.Clay 10, Clay; Light Yellowish Brown, Stiff, Plastic, Dry-Slightly Mo 2, Same As Above, Dry, No Odor. 5, Limestone: Light Tan To White, Strong Hydrocarbon Odor; Dril 2, Tan Clay 4, Clay 4
50–100 ftLimestone: Light Tan To White, Strong Hydrocarbon Odor; Dril 2, Blue Clay 5, Chalk/Limestone: Tan, Dry, No Odor 4, Gray Shale 2, Clay/Shale-Gray 3, Limestone: Wet To Damp Powder 3
100–200 ftEdwards 4, Del Rio Clay 2, Clay 2, Limestone: Light Grey, Hard, Dense, Drills Into Very Fine Po 1, Limestone 2, Sand 1
200–300 ftGrey Limestone 1, Tan Limestone 1, Lost Circulation (Td) 1, Yellow, White, Flint Orange Clay 1, Very Broken- Mix Limestone 1, Shale Sandstone 1
300–500 ftBrown Limestone 1, Limestone 1, Limestone, Gray Clay 1, Yellow Limestone 2, Tan Limestone 1, Limestone Clay, Shale, Sandstone 1
500–1000 ftGray Limestone 1, Sand 1, Brown Limestone 1, Clay 1, Brown Limestone, Black Quartz 1, Brown And Gray Limestone 1
1000–5000 ftShale 1, Cow Creek 1, Grey & Cream Limestone 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 68-30, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.614152005–2025
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC97152012–2026
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP55222019–2022
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.3382018–2020
Kutscher Drilling15360152004–2025
Alliance Maintenance and Services15302015
Strata Core Services, LLC9352015–2017
MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services9152011
Willoughby Water Wells7102022
Cascade Drilling7602017
ALPHA & OMEGA DRILLING SERVICES, INC.72010
Pacific West Environmental and Infrastructure6102024
Gainco, Inc.6202022
Strata Core Drilling Co.62010
Alamo Environmental dba Vortex Drilling5252023
SCI5552006
Alamo1 Drilling482025
flugrath construction4260152013–2019
Cascade Technical Services4202018
Select Drilling Services, LLC.492017
Cutting Edge Core Drilling, Inc.4202012
Austin Geo-Logic3152025
TERO DRILLING LLC3152019
Haskin One Pump, Ltd.3500152004–2015
Deharde Water Well Service33522012

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Environmental Soil Boring66168.9%15
Monitor21622.5%28
Domestic272.8%320
Other161.7%30
Injection111.1%30
Public Supply90.9%360
Industrial80.8%520
Test Well80.8%30
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s2192028
2010s5551927
2020s1862023

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 68-30. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
56777620201,405150140Industrial
30614420121,260200200Industrial
2452982011920Industrial
339196201390027Irrigation
1881202009900Public Supply
6775232024720214Public Supply
87048200660050Domestic
377563201454015030Stock
7195772026520178Industrial
7081692025520110Irrigation

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 68-30?

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This grid falls in Bexar County, Guadalupe County, Comal County, Wharton County.

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