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Texas well grid 77-57

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Webb County. 456 reports, median depth 28 ft.

456Reports
28 ftMedian depth
17 ftWater at
305 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 77-57

Logged in state well grid 77-57, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ft(Cl) Clay; 90% Clay, 10% Silt, Low Moisture, Low Plasticity, 13, Tan Silty Clay 45, (Cl) Clay; 90% Clay, 10% Silt, Light Olive Brown, Low Moistu 19, (Cl) Clay; 90% Clay, 10% Silt, Light Olive Brown, Very Low M 24, Gray Clay 21, (Cl) Clay; 90% Clay, 10% Silt, Light Yellowish Brown, Very L 14
25–50 ft(Cl) Clay; 90% Clay, 10% Silt, Gray, Very Low Moisture, No P 15, (Cl) Clay; 90% Clay, 10% Silt, Low Moisture, Low Plasticity, 8, (Cl) Clay; 90% Clay, 10% Silt, Low Moisture, No Plasticity, 7, (Cl) Clay; 90% Silty Clay, No Moisture, No Plasticity, Britt 5, (Cl) Clay; 90% Clay, 10% Silt, Gray, Very Low Moisture, Very 12, (Cl) Clay; 90% Clay, 10% Silt, Light Olive Brown, Low Moistu 11
50–100 ft(Cl) Clay; 90% Clay, 10% Silt, Dark Gray, Very Low Moisture, 3, (Cl) Clay; 90% Silty Clay, No Moisture, No Plasticity, Britt 2, (Cl) Clay; 90% Clay, 10% Silt, Gray, Very Low Moisture, No P 3, (Cl) Clay; 90% Clay, 10% Silt, No Moisture, Brittle, No Plas 1, (Cl) Clay; 90% Clay, 10% Silt, Greenish Gray, Very Low Moist 3, Grey Siltstone And Shale 7
100–200 ftGray Shale With Sandy Streaks 1, Sandy Shale 1, Shale 1, Lite Gray Slity Clay 1, Lite Gray & Dark Gray Clay 1, Clay 1
200–300 ftGrey Shale W/Sand Strks 1, Sandy Shale 1, Shale 1, Gray Shale 1, Lite Gray Silty Clay 1, Hard Rock 1
300–500 ftSand 5, Shale 5, Gray Shale 1, Lite Gray Silt 1, Lite Gray Silty Clay 1, Lite Gray Clay 1
500–1000 ftSand 4, Shale 4, Carrizo Sand 2, Sandy Shale 2, Sand With Clay 1, Fine Sand 1
1000–5000 ftCarrizo Sand 1, Hard Gray Shale 1, Sand 1, Shale 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 77-57, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.323302011–2019
Talon/LPE122252018–2025
Water Well Services, Inc.41,0064002009
RIOMAR DRILLING INC3152014
Burleson Services, Inc.11,2112010
Armadigger, Inc.16002008
R. MOLINA WATER WELL SERVICE, INC.1700452005
Cruz Drilling13401002003

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Environmental Soil Boring34575.7%30
Monitor9420.6%20
Extraction71.5%12
Rig Supply51.1%1,006
Domestic30.7%600
Other20.4%50
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s7936168
2010s3493020
2020s1002514

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 77-57. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
21762920101,211175Rig Supply
20490320091,070253305Rig Supply
20317220091,006272300Rig Supply
16605320091,000168572Rig Supply
1676322009936150400Rig Supply
15336320057006245Domestic
1604282008600Domestic
678462003340125100Domestic
4805342018103Environmental Soil Boring
4805372018100Environmental Soil Boring

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 77-57?

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This grid falls in Webb County.

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