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Texas well grid 77-26

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Dimmit County and Webb County. 219 reports, median depth 420 ft.

219Reports
420 ftMedian depth
244 ftWater at
40 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 77-26

Logged in state well grid 77-26, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSurface 49, Topsoil 28, Reddish/Brown Clay 23, Lt Gray/Brown Clay 23, Drk Gray Clay 23, Lt Gray Clay 23
25–50 ftGray Sand 4, Shale 4, Sandy Shale 2, Sand Stone 2, Sand/Shale 2, Sandy Shale,Clays 2
50–100 ftShale 5, Blue Shale 3, Sandy Shale 3, White Sand 2, Sand 2, Gray Sandy Shale 1
100–200 ftSand 19, Shale 11, Gray Sand 7, Sand And Shale 6, Shale/Sand 6, White Sand 5
200–300 ftSand (Carrizo) 9, Shale 9, Sand 7, Sandy Shale 7, Carrizo Sand 4, Gray Sand 4
300–500 ftSand 14, Shale 10, Carrizo Sand 9, Sand (Carrizo) 8, Gray Sand 5, Sand And Shale 4
500–1000 ftCarrizo Sand 6, Shale 5, Sand 4, Sand (Carrizo) 3, Blue Shale 2, Sand & Shale 2
1000–5000 ftSand, Shale Layers 1, Carrizo Sand 1, Sandy Shale 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 77-26, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.91102006–2014
Dennis Drilling Company41535752003–2023
I&I Pump Service26440502010–2016
Ivy Water Well Drilling, Inc.13460402018–2021
Cruz Drilling7340302003–2011
I&I PumpService6480452009–2011
SHEPHERD DRILLING4400252012–2026
Alpine Field Services42012
Davenport Drilling & Pump Service4600322008–2009
BULLS EYE SERVICES LLC3605252022–2025
Wilson Drilling and Pump Company34407002009–2012
Burleson Services, Inc.38993202010–2011
McKinley Drilling21,1801,2002011–2012
I2I Pump Service26401202009
dba Universal Drilling Services2202003
sotex water well service1460202025
Hurst H2O Well Service,LLC1560352025
McCarty Drilling, LLC1430402025
Chaffin Water Well Service15364002022
Water Well Services, Inc.11,0821,2002015
Bull's Eye Services, LLC11,0093502013
Thomas Moy and Sons Water Well Drilling Inc.16922010
Thomas Moy ansd Sons Waterwell Drilling inc16662010

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic8538.8%460
Monitor5424.7%18
Environmental Soil Boring4319.6%10
Stock125.5%400
Industrial83.7%480
Rig Supply83.7%692
Irrigation62.7%1,028
Public Supply31.4%580
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s8018240
2010s114440233
2020s25460260

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 77-26. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
31218220121,1803501,200Irrigation
39116620151,0823751,200Irrigation
26592320111,0283601,000Irrigation
37954220141,018377Domestic
31216020131,009350Rig Supply
2439232011997271Domestic
176062200898027435Domestic
2155172008907350Domestic
3300352012900360100Irrigation
2227692010899230375Rig Supply

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 Dimmit County, Webb County.

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