texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 80-11

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Jackson County and Victoria County. 140 reports, median depth 200 ft.

140Reports
200 ftMedian depth
36 ftWater at
75 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 80-11

Logged in state well grid 80-11, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay 40, Sand 19, Surface 21, Surface Soil 20, Top Soil 19, Tan Clay 16
25–50 ftSand 36, Gray Clay 12, Clay 15, Ft. Sand 9, Tan Clay 4, Brown Clay 5
50–100 ftClay 45, Sand 39, Blue Clay 19, Gray Clay 12, Ft. Clay 8, Ft. Sand 6
100–200 ftSand 51, Clay 44, Gray Clay 14, Blue Clay 17, Ft. Sand 12, Ft. Clay 12
200–300 ftSand 19, Clay 16, Gray Clay 10, Coarse Sand 9, Medium Gray Sand 5, Ft. Sand 4
300–500 ftClay 2, Sand 2, Medium Gray Sand 1, Medium Gray Sand (Little Hard) 1, Sandstone 1, Sand (Little Hard) 1
500–1000 ftBlue Clay 1, Coarse Sand 1, Soft Blue Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 80-11, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Joe Ferguson Water Well Drilling, Inc.202242007–2023
C & S UTESEY WATER WELL SERVICE & DRILLING, L.L.C.20250802002–2022
Everett Carroll Water Well Service20200802003–2007
A C Water Well Service16150402017–2026
Berry Water Well Service12210752008–2009
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP10352019–2021
Cady's Water wells6163602007–2024
A C Water Well Serv.6165302014–2024
Friedel Drilling Company4230702004–2021
leeper w.w.4198402009–2012
CHANDLER DRILLING INC31301502017–2022
CARTER WATER WELL DRILLING3240602011–2015
Joe Ferguson Drilling, Inc.31802003–2004
Goolsby Water Well Service LLC22702020–2021
Leeper Water Well2206802014
WB Southern Drilling LLC1801002025
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC1102018
Leeper Watere Well Service11242016
J&S WATER WELLS - PRIMO TREJO12901002012
Vortex Drilling, Inc.1502006
Wells Water Well Company16302005
Everett Carroll Water Well Service & Drilling Co.1460802004
Everett Carroll Water Well Serv. & Drlg. CO, LLC.1215802004
AC Water Well Service1402003

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic7755.0%190
Rig Supply4028.6%220
Monitor128.6%35
Stock85.7%172
Industrial21.4%290
Environmental Soil Boring10.7%10
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s6621050
2010s3817034
2020s3616332

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 80-11. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
64853200563046Domestic
4363120044606080Rig Supply
58670220203503480Domestic
21079720093405075Rig Supply
15378020083203560Domestic
3848502014300Rig Supply
3415792013300Rig Supply
6697720053003160Domestic
2110442010293Rig Supply
305787201229060100Industrial

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 80-11?

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This grid falls in Jackson County, Victoria County, Matagorda County.

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