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Texas well grid 77-34

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Dimmit County. 116 reports, median depth 520 ft.

116Reports
520 ftMedian depth
282 ftWater at
294 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 77-34

Logged in state well grid 77-34, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSurface 27, Topsoil 17, Brown Clay 14, Tan Silty Clay With Gravel Seams 14, Top Soil 7, Sand 5
25–50 ftShale 5, Gray Clay 3, Gray Sand 3, Shale (Gray) 3, Clay 2, Sand 2
50–100 ftSand 4, Shale 3, Shale (Gray) 3, Brown Sand 2, Sand,Shale,Clay 2, Gray Clay Mixes Fine Sand 2
100–200 ftSand 9, Shale 7, Sand / Shale 4, Sandy Shale 3, Shale/Sand 2, Sand/Shale 2
200–300 ftSand (Carrizo) 4, Sand 4, Sand / Rock / Shale 2, Sandy Shale 3, Carrizo Sand 2, Gray Sands 2
300–500 ftSand 19, Sand (Carrizo) 8, Carrizo Sand 4, Shale (Gray) 3, Sands 2, Shale 2
500–1000 ftShale 7, Sand 2, Sand (Carrizo) 3, Shale,Clay 2, Light Gray Clay 2, Sand Shale 1
1000–5000 ftWilcox Sand 1, Shale Sand. 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 77-34, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.3352012–2018
Dennis Drilling Company235802003–2024
I&I Pump Service165601802011–2016
Bull's Eye Services, LLC96614502011–2026
I&I PumpService7500502009–2014
Ivy Water Well Drilling, Inc.66862942017–2018
BULLS EYE SERVICES LLC37523002011–2024
Burleson Services, Inc.37073502010–2011
Water Well Services, Inc.27204202018
Pinnergy, LTD21,8931502012–2013
Chaffin Water Well Service27104502012
Holt Engineering, Inc.2272011
Cruz Drilling24451002005
JOHN SHORT2405252003
Moy's Water Well Drilling & Services of Texas1605602020
ALPHA & OMEGA DRILLING SREVICES12015
DAVENPORT DRILLING AND PUMP SERVICE12002010

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Environmental Soil Boring3227.6%5
Domestic2925.0%575
Industrial1916.4%560
Rig Supply1412.1%707
Fracking Supply65.2%752
Stock54.3%661
Irrigation43.4%701
Monitor43.4%27
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s15460220
2010s95518295
2020s6605350

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 77-34. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
31747720131,893Fracking Supply
24334620101,235175Rig Supply
30629520121,083215150Fracking Supply
2154782008960300Domestic
2154752008825240Domestic
6641522024752365400Fracking Supply
4495122017725290Irrigation
4822382018720328504Fracking Supply
4710182018720320420Rig Supply
3054762012710290450Public 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.

Drilling a well near grid 77-34?

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This grid falls in Dimmit County.

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