texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 68-38

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Bexar County. 432 reports, median depth 20 ft.

432Reports
20 ftMedian depth
27 ftWater at
12 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 68-38

Logged in state well grid 68-38, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftConcrete 27, Base Material 17, Clay, Little Silt, Trace Coarse Quartz Gravel, Trace Sand, T 18, Fill Materials. Mostly Gravel And Clay, Brown And Gray, Mois 14, Dark Brown Fat Clay 12, At 4.5 Ft Bgs: Strong Brown. 11
25–50 ftGray Shale 9, Rock 5, Shale 4, Saa 1, Clay, Stiff, Few Calcite Seams, Black Carbon Staining 3, Clay, Dark Grey, Hard. 3
50–100 ftRock 8, Sand 6, Shale 3, Blue Shale 3, Blue Clay 2, Gray Sand 2
100–200 ftRock 8, Sand 4, Shale 5, Clay 3, Sand & Sandy Clay 1, Shale & Sand 1
200–300 ftShale 3, Clay 2, Sand And Shale 1, Rock 1, Soft Shale 1, Soft Shale W/ Sand Streaks (Td) 1
300–500 ftSand/Clay/Shale 2, Eagle Ford 1, Buda Limestone 1, Sand 1
500–1000 ftSand 1, Shale 1, Delrio Clay 1, Georgetown 1, Edwards 1, Sandy Shale 1
1000–5000 ftSand 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 68-38, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.223202005–2025
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP41252019–2023
Austin Geo-Logic22202018–2026
Alamo Environmental dba Vortex Drilling19102023–2024
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC17252020–2025
Hydrogeologic/Environmental Testing10422009
Alamo1 Drilling9202025–2026
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.9102020
Total Support Services9802002
Advanced Drilling Systems, Inc.7352020
Tolunay-Wong Engineers,Inc6152020
Geoprojects International, Inc.622011
Hydrogeologic/Engineering of Texas, Inc.6822006
Prospector Drilling & Tool Co., Inc.6392005
TERO DRILLING LLC5252022–2024
HERBOLD BROTHERS5155152005–2009
dba Universal Drilling Services5402004
Gainco, Inc.3302022
Pacific West Environmental and Infrastructure2202024–2025
Dennis Drilling Company25622019
STEVENS DRILLING & WATER WELL SERVICE224762015–2017
Prospector Drilling and Tool Co., Inc.2402005
HERBOLD DRILLING1285302025
Underground Water Resources, LLC1850142024
Johnson Drilling, Inc.15002023

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Environmental Soil Boring25158.1%15
Monitor15135.0%35
Domestic163.7%160
Test Well51.2%30
Stock30.7%500
Closed-Loop Geothermal20.5%500
Irrigation20.5%1,200
Industrial20.5%200
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s694224
2010s2252049
2020s1382026

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 68-38. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
51652120191,20068Irrigation
67326320248506714Stock
516854201956254Domestic
1356932008540Domestic
516856201952254Domestic
6560082023500Closed-Loop Geothermal
3615542014500Stock
70927820252857830Domestic
456061201724765Domestic
6202102022216210Domestic

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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