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Texas well grid 78-23

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Live Oak County and Atascosa County. 158 reports, median depth 40 ft.

158Reports
40 ftMedian depth
97 ftWater at
120 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 78-23

Logged in state well grid 78-23, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTop Soil, Dark Brown, Stiff, Medium Plasticity, Dry, No Hydr 17, Black Clay. 17, Tan Clay. 17, No Recovery 8, Clay 7, Silty Clay, Light Gray, Stiff, Medium Plastic, Dry, No Hydro 5
25–50 ftSandy Clay 4, Orange To Tan Silty Clay 4, Green Clay 4, Clay 3, Gray Clay 3, Note: Clay, Blue Gray, Dry, Medium Stiff, Low Plasticity, No 2
50–100 ftGray Clay 3, Sand 2, White Rock 1, Tan/Blue/Grey Clay Mix 1, Clay And Limestone Silt, Dark Gray, Dense, Low Plasticity, D 1, Clay, Dark Gray, Dense, Low Plasticity, Dry 1
100–200 ftSand 7, Clay And Sand Mix 2, Sandy Shale 2, Blue Shell And Clay 2, Clay And Sand 2, Clay & Shale 2
200–300 ftClay 5, Sand 5, Gray Sand W/Strips Clay 3, Clay W/ Rock 2, Sand Mixed W/ Clay 2, Gray Clay 2
300–500 ftSand 6, Clay 7, Clay & Shale 4, Gray Clay 4, Sand / Shale 1, Clay W/ Sand Streaks 2
500–1000 ftSand 12, Clay 6, Shale 5, Sand & Shale 3, Layered Sand & Shale 2, Rock 1
1000–5000 ftShale 4, Sand 7, Carrizo Sand 6, Sandy Shale Mix 2, Sand, Shale And Rock 1, Sandy Clay Mix 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 78-23, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC3943—2023–2025
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP2830—2022
Vortex Drilling, Inc.1910—2014–2024
Friedel Drilling Company12—1502010–2012
Alamo1 Drilling1025—2026
Thomas Moy and Sons5500—2010–2024
Thomas Moy and Sons Water Well Drilling Inc.4740702010–2023
Eagle Remediation455—2022
BULLS EYE SERVICES LLC48021252020–2022
EDWARD PAWLIK & SON W S44551202010–2013
Pinnergy, LTD4500252012
Evans Drilling3—3002011
M&C WATERWELL DRILLING3630602011–2012
Bull's Eye Services, LLC2—7982023–2024
C&S Lease260—2022
Moy's Water Well Drilling & Services of Texas26801,0002019–2021
Select Energy Services2—3202015
Bluebonnet Water Wells1285252024
B&K Water Well Drilling1260102020
Amber Yeary1—5002013
McKinley Drilling14,8506252012
Bradfute Water Well1390302012
Water Well Services, Inc.1—1502012
CHANDLER DRILLING INC1504752012
Unison Drilling & Water Well Services1—4352011

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Environmental Soil Boring6742.4%25
Monitor3522.2%45
Rig Supply3119.6%504
Stock95.7%585
Domestic63.8%410
Fracking Supply53.2%4,850
Industrial53.2%455
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s115596
2010s60340100
2020s974082

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 78-23. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
31220020124,850120625Fracking Supply
571878202182012370Domestic
5606252020818—125Rig Supply
561727202080280300Rig Supply
6345212023740160—Rig Supply
5747772021680103200Industrial
6865162024660173—Domestic
290548201264010070Stock
266159201163012045Stock
290546201261012060Stock

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 Live Oak County, Atascosa County, Karnes County.

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