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Texas well grid 78-21

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Atascosa County and McMullen County. 173 reports, median depth 40 ft.

173Reports
40 ftMedian depth
25 ftWater at
375 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 78-21

Logged in state well grid 78-21, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftLean Clay 12, Clay 14, Clayey Sand 11, Top Soil 12, Silty Clay 7, No Recovery 4
25–50 ftLean Clay 13, Clayey Sand 10, Green Clay 6, Fat Clay 5, No Recovery 3, Poorly Graded Sand 5
50–100 ftClayey Sand 8, Lean Clay 9, Poorly Graded Sand With Clay 8, Poorly Graded Sand With Silt 5, Fat Clay 6, Clay 5
100–200 ftLignite 5, Sand 4, Clayey Sand 3, Sand (Very Fine Grain), Loose, Wet, Dark Greenish Gray (Gley 1, Sand (Very Fine Grain), Silty, Slightly Clayey, Dense, Light 1, Clayey Sand Very Dark Greenish Gray 1
200–300 ftSandy Shale 2, Sand 2, Gray Clay 2, Sand & Gray Clay 2, Shale And Rocks 1, Sand; Olive Yellow To Light Greenish Gray 1
300–500 ftSand 5, Gray Clay 3, Gray Shale 2, Clay 2, Sandy Clay 2, Sand & Clay 1
500–1000 ftSand 6, Clay 2, Shale 2, Sandy Shale 2, Sand & Shale 2, Clay (Grey) 2
1000–5000 ftShale 8, Sand 9, Sand & Shale 4, Gray Shale 3, Carrizo Sand 2, Sandy Shale 2

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 78-21, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP58132020
Vortex Drilling, Inc.31202006–2023
Cascade Drilling27662016–2019
Geoprojects International, Inc.13342003–2020
Water Well Services, Inc.102,7806352009–2016
TWF Drilling, LLC7302003
EnviroCore, Inc.41022013–2017
Tolunay-Wong Engineers,Inc4502015
Premium Well Drilling31,0304502003
Mhc x-ploration corp21002016–2025
Thomas Moy and Sons2460602008–2017
Unison Drilling Inc24,1553002011
Premium Water Services23,625502006
Associated Environmental Ind Corp1452024
Moy's Water Well Drilling & Services of Texas14,0509002019
Bull's Eye Services, LLC13752012
Water Well Sevices, Inc.17202011
Cherokee Drilling14,0602010
Evans Drilling13,5204502009
Edward Pawlik & Son Well Service1345602005
Hinojosa Services12005

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor11566.5%44
Environmental Soil Boring3218.5%10
Injection74.0%818
Rig Supply63.5%4,060
Fracking Supply52.9%2,780
Domestic31.7%431
Stock21.2%2,600
Other10.6%120
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s463054
2010s5767100
2020s702512

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 78-21. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
26052520114,155169300Rig Supply
26106820114,152153300Rig Supply
22862520104,06075Rig Supply
53019820194,050240900Irrigation
42277620164,050175500Fracking Supply
23709120103,77066200Rig Supply
8054520063,62540Industrial
20410220093,52043450Rig Supply
32011620132,780700Fracking Supply
25954720112,600200Stock

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 Atascosa County, McMullen County.

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