texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 80-14

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Matagorda County and Jackson County. 158 reports, median depth 250 ft.

158Reports
250 ftMedian depth
55 ftWater at
75 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 80-14

Logged in state well grid 80-14, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay 58, Surface Soil 22, Sand 19, Red Clay 19, Topsoil 19, Top Soil 9
25–50 ftClay 19, Sand 18, Brown Clay 5, Clay Brown & Grey 3, Ft. Sand 3, Grey Clay 2
50–100 ftSand 40, Clay 37, Coarse Sand 8, Gray Clay 5, Ft. Sand 5, Brown Clay 5
100–200 ftClay 34, Sand 29, Gray Clay 7, Coarse Sand 8, Blue Clay 8, Fine Sand 5
200–300 ftSand 27, Clay 25, Gray Clay 5, Clay Td 5, Fine Sand 5, Coarse Sand 4
300–500 ftSand 25, Clay 23, Clay Td 6, Blue Clay 4, Coarse Sand 3, Sandy Clay 3
500–1000 ftStreaky Sand 2, Sandy Light Blue Clay 1, Brown, Yellow, Lt Blue Clay 1, Sandy Light Yellow Clay 1, Soft Fine Sandy Lt. Yellow Clay 1, Reddish Brown Sticky Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 80-14, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Goolsby Water Well Service LLC16340602016–2024
Joe Ferguson Water Well Drilling, Inc.161752006–2024
Finch Water Well12340752006–2024
Cady's Water wells12180602009–2022
C & S UTESEY WATER WELL SERVICE & DRILLING, L.L.C.113401522002–2022
Critendon Drilling Service, Inc.10150602002–2024
Burleson Services, Inc.9320902003–2011
EnviroCore, Inc.82012
Kight Water Well Service6323802022–2025
Chaffin Water Well Service6330652021–2025
Berry Water Well Service6180802008–2009
Joe Ferguson Drilling, Inc.53602003–2006
Felder Water Well & Pump Service, LLC43923402015–2024
A C Water Well Service31752020–2023
B & L Water Well Service,Inc.3225802007–2019
Cobra Water Well Drilling, LLC.3802011–2015
Chaffin Water Well Svc.36001502008
Wells Water Well Company3320202004–2008
Chaffin Water Wells2362752022
O'Day Drilling Company, Inc.298502018–2020
RONNIE GOOLSBY WATER WELL SERVICE2305602013–2014
RONNIE GOOLSBY WATER WELL24201002009–2014
Drillink, Inc.22010
Finch Water Well Service2802005–2006
Everett Carroll Water Well Service2310402006

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic8251.9%270
Irrigation2213.9%330
Rig Supply2113.3%160
Stock1912.0%200
Environmental Soil Boring85.1%
Industrial63.8%360
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s5019545
2010s5130560
2020s5726553

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 80-14. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
744272005672502,000Irrigation
205513200861058150Irrigation
205520200860056150Irrigation
205511200857561140Irrigation
6738892024470Domestic
6790142024440Domestic
612735202244051Irrigation
198649200942068100Domestic
662935202440568340Industrial
375425201440085Stock

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 Matagorda County, Jackson County, Victoria County.

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