texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 80-10

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Victoria County and Matagorda County. 329 reports, median depth 115 ft.

329Reports
115 ftMedian depth
38 ftWater at
50 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 80-10

Logged in state well grid 80-10, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay 120, Top Soil 97, Topsoil 70, Tan Clay 63, Sand 63, Surface 35
25–50 ftSand 87, Clay 57, Tan Clay 24, Gray Clay 19, Brown Sand 9, Blue Clay 7
50–100 ftSand 150, Clay 86, Blue Clay 70, Tan Clay 28, Gray Clay 15, Coarse Sand 11
100–200 ftSand 66, Clay 54, Blue Clay 14, Coarse Sand 14, Gray Clay 10, Medium Gray Sand 5
200–300 ftSand 9, Gray Clay 4, Clay 4, Coarse Sand 4, Med-Course Gray Sand 1, Hard Sandstone 2
300–500 ftRocky Sand 1, Medium Gray Sand 3, Gray Clay 2, Grey Clay 1, Clay 1, Fine-Medium Sandstone 1
500–1000 ftShale 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 80-10, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Cady's Water wells65110602005–2026
A C Water Well Service47110302015–2026
A C Water Well Serv.37114302013–2024
Rangnow Water Well Service24120652006–2025
Joe Ferguson Water Well Drilling, Inc.191322007–2020
Friedel Drilling Company18124702003–2023
CHANDLER DRILLING INC16107502005–2026
C & S UTESEY WATER WELL SERVICE & DRILLING, L.L.C.16160852003–2018
leeper w.w.14105252008–2014
CARTER WATER WELL DRILLING11120502009–2023
Everett Carroll Water Well Service8180752003–2007
Leeper Water Well Service798162002–2014
Lynch Water Well Drilling Inc.5125602001–2010
Berry Water Well Service4180702008–2010
Joe Ferguson Drilling, Inc.42002004–2006
Thompson Water Well Service4114302003–2004
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC3262019
JOE FERGUSON WATER WELL DRLG. INC.31592006
Everett Carroll Water Well Service & Drilling Co.3210602002–2004
C & S UTESEY WATER WELL SERVICE3140542002
Leeper Water Well2131602015
Nickel Water Well Service21401002014–2015
Everett Carroll Water Well Serv.2220752003
Meyer water well drilling1160502026
WB Southern Drilling LLC1110802026

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic28285.7%111
Rig Supply195.8%210
Stock154.6%140
Irrigation51.5%330
Monitor41.2%26
Industrial41.2%160
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s9513236
2010s14811037
2020s8611538

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 80-10. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
1402200151058Irrigation
49757520183706440Domestic
324225201333044125Irrigation
83972200633041130Irrigation
83964200633044130Irrigation
698986202532040Irrigation
4240462016300Domestic
18640120092905080Stock
609471202228038Domestic
1154402007260Stock

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 80-10?

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, Lavaca County.

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