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Texas well grid 68-36

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Bexar County. 5,420 reports, median depth 15 ft.

5,420Reports
15 ftMedian depth
18 ftWater at
1,900 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 68-36

Logged in state well grid 68-36, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftConcrete 272, Asphalt 167, Feet Dark Brown Clay And Sand With Caliche And Lime Zones. 99, Black Clay 74, Gravel 62, Tan Clay 43
25–50 ftNavarro 30, Navarro. 17, Silty Clay,Very Pale Brown, Hard, Low Plasticity, Trace Grav 11, Dark Olive Clay, Firm To Soft, High Plasticity, Moist, Some 7, Clay 6, Dark Tan Silty Clay W/ Sand, Int. Caliche Pebbles, Slightly 6
50–100 ftClay (Cl), Dark Gray (10 Yr 4/1), No Odor, Firm To Stiff, Mo 1, Blue Shale 1, Silty Fat Clay - Saturated To Wet Thick, Stiff To Hard Houst 1, Ch - Silty Fat Clay - Saturated To Wet, Thick, Stiff To Hard 1, Gray Shale 1, Grey Clay And Shale 1
100–200 ftShale 1, Rock 1, Blue Shale 2, Gray Shale 1, Austin Chalk 1, Sandy Shale 1
200–300 ftLimestone 2, Eagle Ford Shale 1, Buda Limestone 1, Hard Rock 1, Sandy 1, Sandy Shale 1
300–500 ftFirm Limestone W/ Fractures In Bottom 4 Ft 1, Del Rio Clay 1, Georgetown Limestone 1, Edwards Limestone 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 68-36, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.3,543152005–2025
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP542102019–2023
Pacific West Environmental and Infrastructure163102024–2026
Alliance Maintenance and Services143172015
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC141152011–2026
Right Drill, LLC.99222023–2025
Vironex Inc.99302012
ALPHA & OMEGA DRILLING SERVICES, INC.89112010–2011
Alamo1 Drilling52102025–2026
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.51202004–2005
Alliance Maintenance & Services, Inc.482013
MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services3992010–2012
Select Drilling Services, LLC.36252016–2017
Alamo Environmental dba Vortex Drilling35102023–2024
Wel-Mat Drilling LLP30342002–2016
Gainco, Inc.27202010–2022
ALPHA & OMEGA DRILLING SERVCES, INC.262010
Talon/LPE231002019–2023
Total Support Services22402003–2020
Eagle Remediation21102021–2023
Vista GeoScience18112019
Tolunay-Wong Engineers,Inc17102018–2019
XL Drilling, Inc.15202021
Sunbelt Industrial Services14202007–2025
Eagle Remediation & Demolition14102023

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Environmental Soil Boring3,82070.5%10
Monitor1,20922.3%25
Injection3576.6%30
Test Well160.3%45
Other80.1%17
Closed-Loop Geothermal40.1%339
Domestic20.0%266
Public Supply20.0%602
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s1,0281514
2010s3,4081519
2020s9841519

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 68-36. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
44483620176021871,900Public Supply
6642602024503Closed-Loop Geothermal
6126722022339Closed-Loop Geothermal
7065672025300Closed-Loop Geothermal
6922382025300Test Well
6836912024300Test Well
2677432011300Closed-Loop Geothermal
18448620092666050Domestic
6372822023102100Injection
637286202310296Injection

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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