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Texas well grid 68-50

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Medina County and Atascosa County. 290 reports, median depth 160 ft.

290Reports
160 ftMedian depth
87 ftWater at
15 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 68-50

Logged in state well grid 68-50, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSand 75, Yellow Clay 61, Red Clay 39, Surface 26, Clay 20, Caliche 16
25–50 ftSand 26, Yellow Clay 12, Gray Clay 8, Rock 6, Shell 5, Sandy Clay 4
50–100 ftSand 46, Shell 14, Shale 14, Gray Clay 12, Rock 8, Blue Shale 5
100–200 ftSand 42, Shale 16, Rock 11, Blue Shale 8, Sandy Clay 6, Coarse Sand 8
200–300 ftSand 31, Shale 25, Rock 14, Clay 17, Sandy Clay 8, Grey Clay 5
300–500 ftShale 11, Sand 7, Clay 3, Rock 2, Sandy Grey Clay 2, Sand And Shale 2
500–1000 ftShale 2, Sand 1, Rock 1, Shale / Td 1, Fine Sand, Clay Stks 1, Clay 1
1000–5000 ftWhite Chalk 1, Gray Shale 1, Limestone & Shale 1, Gray & Blue Clay 1, Lt Gray Limestone 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 68-50, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Cherokee Drilling63150152003–2024
Vortex Drilling, Inc.56202007–2019
Well Done Water Works, LLC27300152022–2026
Underground Water Resources, LLC26300132020–2024
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP21252019–2021
Cruz Drilling15220182004–2015
SHEPHERD DRILLING13180192003–2022
MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services9142002
STEVENS DRILLING & WATER WELL SERVICE5295452018–2024
Thomas Moy and Sons5420152011–2017
Artesia Drilling5125202014–2016
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC4332022
Unison Drilling Inc4314252011–2019
dba Universal Drilling Services4492004
ECI3362005
Eagle Remediation2302022
Thomas Moy and Sons Water Well Drilling Inc.2560652021–2022
PKF Well Service2170152009–2017
TJ&TB Drilling2170352015
Bee Cave Drilling, Inc.23802015
R&K Water Well Drilling1280152026
B&K Water Well Drilling1300502025
James Pawlik Water Well Service, Inc.1465502022
Advanced Water Well Technologies13001995
Moy's Water Well Services1414252020

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic12141.7%280
Environmental Soil Boring5920.3%20
Irrigation4716.2%155
Monitor4114.1%35
Stock196.6%140
Public Supply10.3%
Injection10.3%300
Test Well10.3%2,700
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
1990s1152
2000s87170110
2010s11911033
2020s83280150

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 68-50. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
14579620072,700Test Well
603118202256023065Domestic
3756122014500200Domestic
627726202248016019Domestic
623508202246517350Stock
518056201646023525Stock
3200882013420260Domestic
172112200542019818Domestic
95449200342018020Domestic
537168202041420725Domestic

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 Medina County, Atascosa County, Bexar County, Uvalde County, Gillespie County.

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