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Texas well grid 68-45

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Bexar County. 1,171 reports, median depth 15 ft.

1,171Reports
15 ftMedian depth
22 ftWater at
50 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 68-45

Logged in state well grid 68-45, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay 61, Gravel 59, Navarro Clay 54, Fill: Clay, Soft To Firm, Gray To Brown, Moist, With Scatter 28, Asphalt (2") 26, Black Light Brown Tan Silty Clay 23
25–50 ftLight Brown To Reddish Brown Silt And Small To Medium (<0.5" 15, Orange/Tan And Gray Mottled Clay; Phosphatic Particals And S 15, Gray Clay 5, Clay, Very Stiff To Hard, Tan And Gray, Moist, With Scattere 4, Tan Clay 4, Same As Above - Sand Lenses Present, Very Moist To Wet @ 30' 3
50–100 ftRock 8, Gray Clay 8, Shale 7, Sand 5, Dark Brown Clay 2, Gray Sand 2
100–200 ftRock 15, Sand 16, Shale 13, Gray Clay 8, Sandy Shale 7, Shale & Rock 3
200–300 ftShale 13, Rock 13, Sand 11, Gray Clay 7, Sandy Shale 7, Shale & Rock 3
300–500 ftRock 11, Shale 7, Sand 6, Gray Clay 2, Sandy Shale 5, Gray Rock 2
500–1000 ftRock 1, Gray Clay 1, Navarro Group And Marlbrook Marl, Undivided 1, Gray Hard Clay 1, Midway Clay 1
1000–5000 ftAnacacho Chalk 1, Austin Group 1, Eagle Ford Group 1, Del Rio Clay 1, Georgetown Formation 1, Person/Kainer Formations, Undivided ( Total Depth ) 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 68-45, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.771152005–2024
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP152202019–2023
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC2672022–2026
Alamo Environmental dba Vortex Drilling23102024
Alamo1 Drilling20152025
Cascade Technical Services19462017
Gainco, Inc.1682022
Advanced Drilling Systems, Inc.14102020
Pacific West Environmental and Infrastructure13252024–2026
Eagle Remediation12352022–2023
GAINC012252021
ESN10232005
dba Universal Drilling Services92005
Total Support Services8402004–2017
ENVIRONMENTAL DRILLERS852006
TJ&TB Drilling7260502013–2014
STEVENS DRILLING & WATER WELL SERVICE6440602019–2026
Right Drill, LLC.4252023–2024
Tolunay-Wong Engineers,Inc4252019
Underground Water Resources, LLC3340202020–2021
Mathers Environmental Drilling Inc.3252019
J B Drilling3418602016
Thomas Moy and Sons3480202009–2014
Eagle Remediation & Demolition2202023
TERO DRILLING LLC2602021

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Environmental Soil Boring85172.7%15
Monitor22719.4%30
Injection484.1%42
Domestic312.6%310
Other50.4%5
Irrigation30.3%520
Stock30.3%418
Industrial10.1%1,800
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
1990s126079
2000s2102541
2010s6841519
2020s2761546

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 68-45. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
51601120191,800150Industrial
40583520156948565Irrigation
402557201552016020Irrigation
6742462024480Domestic
17093320094806120Domestic
170930200948058Domestic
724374202644012745Domestic
70051720254407666Domestic
422224201642410860Stock
42224920164189660Stock

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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