texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 79-07

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Victoria County and DeWitt County. 318 reports, median depth 180 ft.

318Reports
180 ftMedian depth
78 ftWater at
50 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 79-07

Logged in state well grid 79-07, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay 101, Surface 75, Top Soil 74, Gravel 55, Red Clay 42, Caliche 40
25–50 ftClay 35, Red Clay 30, Gravel 24, Sand 22, Rock 9, Sandstone 9
50–100 ftClay 62, Sand 61, Red Clay 59, Gravel 40, Sandstone 17, Sand And Stone 13
100–200 ftSand 111, Clay 70, Red Clay 51, Sandstone 26, Water Sand 19, Water Sand And Stone 18
200–300 ftSand 14, Red Clay 12, Clay 7, Sandstone 4, Water Sand 4, Water Sand And Stone 4
300–500 ftSand 4, Clay 3, Shale 1, Tan Clay 1, Rock, Sand, Clay, Grey 1, Choppy Red Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 79-07, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Friedel Drilling Company56170602002–2026
Rangnow Water Well Service55190602003–2025
Lynch Water Well Drilling Inc.33205602001–2021
Cady's Water wells23165602010–2024
WB Southern Drilling LLC18182752023–2026
Nickel Water Well Service14160402014–2022
leeper w.w.13180202006–2013
CHANDLER DRILLING INC10170402003–2026
Leeper Water Well Service10202162002–2004
leeper9231252005–2006
A C Water Well Service7176302016–2025
White Drilling Company, Inc.71222006–2009
Vaughn Water Well Service, Inc.6224302004–2005
A C Water Well Serv.5157402015–2021
Everett Carroll Water Well Service52002004–2005
CARTER WATER WELL DRILLING4180752007–2012
Thompson Water Well3140502010–2015
Lynch Water Well Drlg. Inc.3235602009–2014
J & S Water Wells3270702007–2009
Thompson Water Well Service3161302003–2004
H2O Well Service, LLC2160252026
Borth Water Well2180452017–2020
M&C WATERWELL DRILLING21002004
Bootlegg Water Well Service191302024
Truax Water Well Services, LLC191402023

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic25379.6%180
Rig Supply278.5%231
Stock226.9%190
Monitor72.2%122
Industrial61.9%270
Irrigation20.6%345
Public Supply10.3%260
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s12219278
2010s10118280
2020s9517075

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 79-07. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
562258202045072120Domestic
160841200844066Domestic
270646201137113380Domestic
200170200936582100Stock
42305200435090Industrial
634377202334532Irrigation
636611202332011480Rig Supply
69114200331075Domestic
2561712005306100100Rig Supply
21071200330389100Domestic

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 Victoria County, DeWitt County, Karnes County, Matagorda County.

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