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Texas well grid 68-51

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Bexar County and Atascosa County. 301 reports, median depth 240 ft.

301Reports
240 ftMedian depth
100 ftWater at
20 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 68-51

Logged in state well grid 68-51, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSand 43, Red Clay 29, Clay 26, Top Soil 24, Surface 24, Sandy Clay 21
25–50 ftSand 15, Rock 10, Shale 9, Gray Clay 7, Clay 4, Tan Clay 2
50–100 ftRock 18, Sand 25, Shale 23, Gray Clay 16, Gray Clay & Sand 4, Gray Sand 4
100–200 ftRock 42, Sand 47, Shale 38, Sandy Shale 13, Gray Clay 12, Gray Sand 7
200–300 ftRock 41, Shale 38, Sand 35, Gray Clay 12, Sandy Shale 8, Clay 11
300–500 ftRock 31, Shale 22, Sand 17, Gray Clay 9, Grey Clay 5, Gray Rock 4
500–1000 ftRock 2, Shale / Td 1, Sand 1, Gray Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 68-51, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.83102007–2018
Underground Water Resources, LLC35320142019–2026
ESN-South20592007
Keltic Drilling14525182011–2018
B&K Water Well Drilling11310302013–2022
Cherokee Drilling11150152005–2008
Moy's Water Well Services10343302017–2024
Well Done Water Works, LLC9315202023–2025
Thomas Moy and Sons Water Well Drilling Inc.9360402020–2023
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP7202020
WALKER HILL ENVIRONMENTAL INC71002013–2015
STEVENS DRILLING & WATER WELL SERVICE6341302016–2025
J B Drilling6389502008–2017
sotex water well service5300152025
Texas Southern Drilling5325302021–2024
sotex water well serv4300252024–2025
Unison Drilling Inc4504202016–2017
TJ&TB Drilling4180202014–2015
Cruz Drilling4300452006–2012
SHEPHERD DRILLING4300202003–2011
Miller Drilling Co.4602010
Savage Excavation3352025
Moy's Water Well Drilling & Services of Texas3380252019–2023
Thomas Moy and Sons35202014
Fugro Geosciences, Inc.31002003

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic14447.8%325
Environmental Soil Boring6922.9%10
Monitor4013.3%35
Injection206.6%59
Irrigation155.0%300
Stock103.3%240
Test Well31.0%35
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s636483
2010s13910087
2020s99310119

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 68-51. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
50026920186200Irrigation
5855312021615154Domestic
4788522017545185Domestic
5827052021540Domestic
4941852017525155Domestic
476112201752518520Domestic
605680202252021165Domestic
3786992014520128Domestic
3786922014520153Domestic
434308201650411415Domestic

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.

Drilling a well near grid 68-51?

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This grid falls in Bexar County, Atascosa County, Wilson County.

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