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Texas well grid 68-44

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Bexar County. 2,244 reports, median depth 20 ft.

2,244Reports
20 ftMedian depth
20 ftWater at
15 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 68-44

Logged in state well grid 68-44, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftPoor Recovery 44, Concrete 102, Top Soil 95, Navarro 92, Clay, Dark Brown With Gravel 91, Clayey Silt: Tan To Brown, Medium To Hard Plasticity 88
25–50 ftNavarro 54, Navarro. 22, Silty Clay, Light Tan/Gray, Firm To Soft, Plastic, Dense. 11, Clay; Olive/Gray/Tan, Very Firm, High Plasticity, Dense. 10, Clay 9, Tan And Gray Clay 7
50–100 ftGravel 2, (Sc) Sandy Clay; 10Yr 6/6 (Brownish Yellow), Very Damp, Stic 1, (Cl) Clay; 10Yr 6/2 (Light Brownish Gray), Very Wet And Slop 1, (Sm) Silty Sand; 10Yr 5/1 (Gray), Very Wet, Borderline Flowi 1, Sandy Clay, Gray To Dark Gray, To Orange Brown 1, Shale Streaks Sand 1
100–200 ftSand 1, Sand Streaks Rock 1
200–300 ftRock 2, Sand 1, Shale Streaks Sand 1, Sand / Shale 1, Sand / Rock 1
300–500 ftShale Streaks Sand 1, Rock 1, Shale 1, Sand Streaks Shale 1, Shale / Sand 1, Sand / Rock 1
1000–5000 ftEdwards 2, Austin Chalk 1, Eagle Ford 1, Buda Limestone 1, Delrio Clay 1, George Town 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 68-44, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.1,599202006–2024
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP256202019–2023
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC77102021–2026
Pacific West Environmental and Infrastructure51152024–2025
Alamo1 Drilling50152025–2026
Right Drill, LLC.47302023–2025
Total Support Services33262001–2009
Gainco, Inc.26282010–2020
Geoprojects International, Inc.12372003–2021
Tolunay-Wong Engineers,Inc11282019–2020
Vortex Drillin Inc102015
TERO DRILLING LLC9152019–2023
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.9352020–2021
Select Drilling Services, LLC.8252016
Remedial Operations Group, Inc.7352005–2007
Keltic Drilling462152013–2015
r.q. drilling4302015
Jones Environmental Drilling, Inc.4162003
Vortex Drillin gInc32015
Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling3252014
Geothermal Drilling inc22013
J B Drilling2105952008
Mathers Environmental Drilling Inc.22003
Alamo Environmental dba Vortex Drilling1102024
Underground Water Resources, LLC11,690602023

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Environmental Soil Boring1,49366.5%15
Monitor61027.2%30
Injection1135.0%25
Domestic100.4%205
Test Well90.4%15
Other50.2%5
Irrigation30.1%105
Stock10.0%139
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
1990s130
2000s4431520
2010s1,2852518
2020s5151520

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 68-44. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
13912020042,205300300Monitor
65810720231,69060Domestic
608191202246033010Domestic
5739742021318Environmental Soil Boring
2854872012235Monitor
2855012012225Monitor
98912002205714Domestic
2854972012145Monitor
59248420211391293Stock
14842820081055095Irrigation

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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