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Texas well grid 68-37

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Bexar County. 6,899 reports, median depth 15 ft.

6,899Reports
15 ftMedian depth
18 ftWater at
12 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 68-37

Logged in state well grid 68-37, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftAsphalt 405, Concrete 299, Silty Clay 167, Clay 122, Fill 132, Top Soil 134
25–50 ftNo Recovery 7, Navarro Clay 12, Navarro 11, Clay (Ch), Light Brown With Gray Streaks, Dry, Very Plastic, 9, Clayey Gravel To Clay (Gc), Brown, Wet, Cherty, Rounded To S 9, Silty Clay, Lt. Gray Matrix With Lt. Brownish Yellow 7
50–100 ftGrey Shale 67, Gray Clay 8, Grey Clay 8, Pecan Gap 5, Shale 5, Gray Shale 4
100–200 ftGrey Shale 48, Grey Limestone 11, Grey Shale And Limestone 7, Sticky Gray Clay 2, Gray Clay 2, Gray Shale 3
200–300 ftGrey Limestone 32, Grey Shale And Limestone 6, Austin Chalk 5, Grey Rock And Clay 4, Light Grey Limestone 4, Grey Limestone And Shale 2
300–500 ftGrey Limestone 40, Grey Shale And Limestone 11, Gray Rock 7, Grey Rock 8, Light Grey Rock 5, Grey Rock And Clay 3
500–1000 ftBuda Limestone 5, Grey Rock 4, Limestone 3, Del Rio 3, Light Tan Rock 2, Limestone And Gray Clay Mixed 2
1000–5000 ftLimestone And Chalk 2, Limestone With Chert Streaks 2, Limestone, Fine Almost As If Sand 2, Limestone, Fine Grain Like Sand 2, Limestone, Changed To Dark Limestone 2, Dark Brown Limestone T.D. 2

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 68-37, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.4,535152005–2025
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP936152019–2023
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC178202014–2026
Sarris drilling148310122017–2026
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.131152005–2022
Alamo Environmental dba Vortex Drilling125122023–2024
Talon/LPE80102019–2020
Pacific West Environmental and Infrastructure74152024–2026
Eagle Remediation59152022–2023
TR Drilling & Service LLC56500152010–2026
Alamo1 Drilling47102025–2026
Mathers Environmental Drilling Inc.47402016–2021
Gainco, Inc.40102012–2022
Eagle Remediation & Demolition36152023
Total Support Services33252002–2017
MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services32122002–2016
ESN28102005–2008
Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling24142019–2022
Alliance Maintenance & Services, Inc.212013
Pacific West20152023–2025
ALPHA & OMEGA DRILLING SREVICES19302015–2017
ESN-South18252003–2008
dba Universal Drilling Services16152003–2004
Select Drilling Services, LLC.15202015–2017
Right Drill, LLC.11252023–2024

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Environmental Soil Boring4,90371.1%12
Monitor1,68724.5%25
Irrigation1682.4%320
Domestic540.8%485
Injection290.4%20
Other160.2%8
Test Well130.2%30
Closed-Loop Geothermal130.2%250
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s1,3421518
2010s4,0801718
2020s1,4771831

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 68-37. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
57028820211,680Public Supply
10880520071,4301,200Industrial
63949620231,32119Other
64181620231,30016Public Supply
27025820111,0200Industrial
572754202195278Irrigation
430648201690801,250Public Supply
4020452015900105350Irrigation
449033201772033020Domestic
71508520257004505Irrigation

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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