texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 80-09

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Victoria County and Matagorda County. 600 reports, median depth 55 ft.

600Reports
55 ftMedian depth
42 ftWater at
40 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 80-09

Logged in state well grid 80-09, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay 78, Top Soil 65, Sand 52, Tan Clay 39, Topsoil 27, Concrete 25
25–50 ftClay 58, Sand 59, Tan Clay 14, Clayey Sand 3, Sandy Clay 8, Gray Clay 9
50–100 ftSand 79, Clay 63, Blue Clay 30, Sandy Clay 15, Rock 9, M-C Sand 12
100–200 ftClay 28, Sand 22, Blue Clay 7, Rock 6, Gray Clay 4, Sandy Clay 4
200–300 ftSand 6, Clay 2, Sand & Rock 1, Clay & Rock 1, Brown Clay 1, Gray Clay 1
300–500 ftSand 3, Clay 2, Clay & Rock 1, Sand, Rock & Clay 1, Hard Clay 1, Rock 1
500–1000 ftClay 2, Hard Clay 1, Sand 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 80-09, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.206202006–2025
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC56122020–2026
A C Water Well Service29100252015–2026
leeper w.w.2998202006–2013
Friedel Drilling Company27110602003–2026
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP26152021–2023
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.21502004–2024
A C Water Well Serv.1890302014–2020
Rangnow Water Well Service14104502004–2025
Nickel Water Well Service14120352013–2024
EnviroCore, Inc.14202009–2010
Cady's Water wells13140452006–2022
C & S UTESEY WATER WELL SERVICE & DRILLING, L.L.C.13120322003–2010
Lynch Water Well Drilling Inc.10120602001–2007
Sunbelt Industrial Services9502013–2014
Everett Carroll Water Well Service9180302004–2006
CARTER WATER WELL DRILLING7105302003–2026
CHANDLER DRILLING INC6108752005–2024
RB Environmental LLC61282013
Leeper Water Well5104302014–2015
Leeper Water Well Service598182002–2014
Eagle Remediation4402022
Talon/LPE42010
Subterra Environmental Services, LLC.3402020
Soltek LLC3802016

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Environmental Soil Boring24841.3%15
Domestic19432.3%104
Monitor12320.5%50
Stock111.8%100
Rig Supply71.2%180
Industrial50.8%195
Other40.7%8
Irrigation40.7%605
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s1866040
2010s2326843
2020s1824044

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 80-09. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
626271202261050140Irrigation
1169362007605361,500Irrigation
580748202153070230Public Supply
49188200431090Rig Supply
57102200526043Industrial
116172002235317Domestic
38768820152254320Industrial
45270200422080Rig Supply
48341200421760Rig Supply
514218201919553100Industrial

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 80-09?

Depth is only half the quote. What it costs depends on the rock, the casing and the pump. Tell us where and we pass the request to licensed Texas drillers.

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This grid falls in Victoria County, Matagorda County.

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