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Texas well grid 77-50

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Webb County and Dimmit County. 137 reports, median depth 20 ft.

137Reports
20 ftMedian depth
280 ftWater at
350 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 77-50

Logged in state well grid 77-50, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSand. 20, Sand 11, Silty Clay: Brown, Medium Stiff, Medium Plasticity, Dry, No 9, 90% Clay & 10% Silty Sands (Cl) Same As Above 5, 90% Clay & 10% Silty Sands (Cl) 2.5 Y 5/3, Light Olive Brown 4, Sand, Clay. 4
25–50 ftSilty Clay, Brown And Gray With Trace Yellow Silty Seam @ 32 3, -Sandstone 2, -Moist 2, 90% Clays (Cl) Same As Above 1, Silty Lay, Light Olive Brown, Very Stiff, Dry, No Hydrocarbo 2, Shale/Clay 2
50–100 ftGrey Shale/Sand Mix 1, Shale/Clay Same As Above 1, Shale,Roock,And Sand 1, Shale Rock And Sand 1, Shale 1, Sand Shale And Rock Layers 1
100–200 ftSandy Shale 1
500–1000 ftSand 3, Sand (Big Ford) 2, Sand/Shale 2, Shale And Sand 2, Sand And Strks Of Shale 2, Sand And Few Strks Of Shale 2
1000–5000 ftSand 5, Carrizo Sand 5, Shale 3, Grey Shale 2, Sand (Carrizo) 2, Sandy Shale 2

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 77-50, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.91202014–2018
Talon/LPE20232019–2025
Alamo Environmental dba Vortex Drilling8202024
McKinley Drilling61,8173502010–2012
Bull's Eye Services, LLC31,408652018–2026
Thomas Moy and Sons31,3252010–2011
Dennis Drilling Company21,6002013
Burleson Services, Inc.21,5003502010–2011
Water Well Services, Inc.12012
McKinley Drilllingp11,6124002010

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Environmental Soil Boring10274.5%20
Monitor1712.4%40
Rig Supply1410.2%1,600
Domestic21.5%1,408
Fracking Supply21.5%1,450
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2010s10920280
2020s2821527

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 77-50. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
29902720121,850350Rig Supply
28589020121,817Rig Supply
23061420101,804195300Rig Supply
21368720101,733Rig Supply
24173320101,612245400Rig Supply
34841820131,600346Rig Supply
34840420131,595370Rig Supply
24820820111,500350Rig Supply
48289420181,450350Fracking Supply
73053020261,40827865Domestic

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 77-50?

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This grid falls in Webb County, Dimmit County.

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