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Texas well grid 69-50

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Uvalde County and Zavala County. 432 reports, median depth 200 ft.

432Reports
200 ftMedian depth
70 ftWater at
30 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 69-50

Logged in state well grid 69-50, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTop Soil 74, Caliche 54, Yellow Clay 38, Gravel 31, Surface 25, Tan Clay 23
25–50 ftGravel 27, Yellow Clay 15, Orange Clay 10, Buda Lime (White) 8, Eagleford Shale (Yellow) 8, Clay 8
50–100 ftAustin Chalk 8, Del Rio Clay (Blue) 8, " " (Gray) 8, Shale 7, Edwards Lime (White) 7, Buda Lime (White) 7
100–200 ftDel Rio Clay (Blue) 19, " " (Gray) 7, Gray Shale 7, Grey Shale 6, Buda Lime (White) 6, " " (Yellow) 4
200–300 ftDel Rio Clay (Blue) 9, Georgetown Lime (Gray) 6, " " (Gray) 5, Edwards Lime (Gray) 4, " " (Tan) 4, Grey Shale 3
300–500 ft" " (Tan) 5, " " (Gray) 5, Grey Clay 2, White And Grey Lime 1, Grey Firm Shale 1, Firm Limestone 1
500–1000 ftBorken Limestone With Water, Large Water And No Odor 1, White Limestone 1, Looks Like Eagleford Shale 1, White Lime 1, Tan To Grey Lime. 1, Med With 100 Gal Per Min Water 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 69-50, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
SPURGEON DRILLING CO.122240402001–2021
Vortex Drilling, Inc.71372007–2019
Wilson Drilling and Pump Company69300302009–2025
Wilson Drilling, Inc.40240502001–2014
Tejas Water Well LLC.20252012
Cruz Drilling19205202003–2015
Cross Country Drilling13132252006–2026
Utopia Sales & Service, Inc.83082102011–2025
Associated Environmental Ind Corp7302025
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC7152022–2023
SHEPHERD DRILLING63801002004–2024
Total Support Services6502003
Tolunay-Wong Engineers,Inc5532019
Wilson Well Service4260502007–2025
Geoprojects International, Inc.41582007–2011
Savage Excavation31102025
Utopia sales & Services Inc336752018–2021
MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services3102004
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP2982019–2021
Geothermal Drilling inc22008–2015
JEDI Drilling Contractors21602010
universal drilling2482005
dba Universal Drilling Services22004
Alamo1 Drilling1352026
Frontier Water Well Drilling and Services15122025

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic22251.4%260
Monitor8219.0%40
Irrigation4610.6%265
Environmental Soil Boring266.0%20
Test Well245.6%222
Other153.5%43
Stock81.9%260
Industrial40.9%240
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s14320052
2010s22918382
2020s6021589

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 69-50. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
3065022012760Domestic
42069520167006427Irrigation
2782852012675581,200Irrigation
2738762011670100100Test Well
43064420166604472Public Supply
17597200361554Domestic
711415202560040Domestic
567540202060060Irrigation
27387020116001001,200Irrigation
397722004600160490Irrigation

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 Uvalde County, Zavala County.

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