texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 80-03

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Jackson County and Matagorda County. 245 reports, median depth 150 ft.

245Reports
150 ftMedian depth
44 ftWater at
63 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 80-03

Logged in state well grid 80-03, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSurface Soil 57, Gray Clay 44, Clay 41, Topsoil 38, Sand 33, Surface 18
25–50 ftSand 54, Clay 28, Gray Clay 12, Medium Brown Sand 10, Brown Clay 8, Reddish Brown Clay 3
50–100 ftClay 79, Sand 54, Gray Clay 24, Blue Clay 22, Brown Clay 10, Course Brown Sand 8
100–200 ftClay 63, Sand 54, Gray Clay 32, Blue Clay 18, Medium Gray Sand 14, Coarse Sand 26
200–300 ftGray Clay 25, Clay 17, Sand 17, Coarse Sand 18, Medium Gray Sand 11, Fine Gray Sand 6
300–500 ftGray Clay 4, Medium Gray Sand 2, Clay 4, Sandstone 2, Sand 2, Medium Brown Sand 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 80-03, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Joe Ferguson Water Well Drilling, Inc.492002007–2025
C & S UTESEY WATER WELL SERVICE & DRILLING, L.L.C.42240822003–2022
Gainco, Inc.18352019–2022
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP16202020–2021
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.16122006–2020
Everett Carroll Water Well Service14170302003–2007
A C Water Well Service11120302015–2025
CHANDLER DRILLING INC10164752005–2024
Vortex Drilling, Inc.9352007–2018
Joe Ferguson Drilling, Inc.72402003–2005
Cady's Water wells62381002008–2023
Mathers Environmental Drilling Inc.6502008–2009
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC5162015
Berry Water Well Service5138602008–2009
J & S Water Wells43301002008–2013
Friedel Drilling Company3120802013–2019
Alpine Field Services32005
Goolsby Water Well Service LLC2410802016–2021
A C Water Well Serv.2190302014–2021
Nickel Water Well Service2255402015–2018
leeper w.w.2195382006–2009
JOE FERGUSON WATER WELL DRLG. INC.22582006
Burleson Services, Inc.21601002003
J4 Water Works, LLC1280232026
Kight Water Well Service12032026

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic11948.6%190
Monitor4317.6%35
Environmental Soil Boring3112.7%20
Stock229.0%214
Rig Supply208.2%240
Industrial93.7%240
Public Supply10.4%126
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s8217544
2010s9014044
2020s7310040

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 80-03. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
41731120164104380Domestic
426297201638090Domestic
2818422012365Rig Supply
300166201236044Domestic
4564642017350Domestic
244361201034045126Domestic
347301201333080100Rig Supply
130723200733032Domestic
616216202232040100Domestic
3848472014320Stock

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 Jackson County, Matagorda County, Wharton County.

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