texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 80-15

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Matagorda County and Brazoria County. 206 reports, median depth 340 ft.

206Reports
340 ftMedian depth
64 ftWater at
70 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 80-15

Logged in state well grid 80-15, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay 86, Surface Soil 38, Sand 36, Red Clay 15, Top Soil 12, Topsoil 11
25–50 ftSand 45, Clay 35, Red Clay 4, Gray Clay 3, Clay With Sand Streaks 3, Clay Brown & Grey 3
50–100 ftClay 76, Sand 72, Red Clay 8, Fine Sand 6, Coarse Sand 5, Clay Brown & Grey 3
100–200 ftClay 76, Sand 65, Red Clay 7, Coarse Sand 5, Clay Td 4, Sand Fine And Medium 3
200–300 ftSand 34, Clay 26, Coarse Sand 14, Blue Clay 5, Sand And Shell Bits 3, Clay With Sand Streaks And Shell Bits 3
300–500 ftSand 55, Clay 42, Clay Td 21, Coarse Sand 14, Sandy Clay 4, Sand Fine And Medium 3
500–1000 ftSand 9, Clay 6, Clay Td 3, Clay/Shale Streaks 1, Red Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 80-15, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Joe Ferguson Water Well Drilling, Inc.413002007–2021
Finch Water Well40415602002–2025
Goolsby Water Well Service LLC31425502015–2026
RONNIE GOOLSBY WATER WELL SERVICE115601002005–2014
Finch Water Well Service10345752004–2009
Cady's Water wells8100752007–2023
RONNIE GOOLSBY WATER WELL8405802002–2015
Critendon Drilling Service, Inc.7215652005–2024
Everett Carroll Water Well Service7340302004–2008
Burleson Services, Inc.62401002004–2010
O'Day Drilling Company, Inc.52001502006–2018
AQUA WATER WELL CO.5360802008–2014
Wells Water Well Company5385202002–2010
INDEPENDENT WATER WELL SERVICE3343752018–2024
Brazoria Water Well3365652023
Kight Water Well Service3343752020–2023
Felder Water Well & Pump Service, LLC23703502017–2018
Joe Ferguson Drilling, Inc.22702005–2006
Chaffin Water Well Service1160252023
Chaffin Water Wells1140502019
Crowell Drilling Company, Inc.17522017
GOOLSBY WW11851502012
B &L Water Well Service,Inc.13322012
FinchWater Well1502011
aqua water wells1345802011

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic11354.9%365
Rig Supply5426.2%300
Stock2612.6%215
Irrigation94.4%200
Industrial31.5%420
Public Supply10.5%
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s8531560
2010s7532765
2020s4636572

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 80-15. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
4402622017752Irrigation
128922200759457100Domestic
40689520155657040Domestic
34015820135656850Domestic
44005520175605460Domestic
36662220145607580Domestic
71445220265557760Domestic
547120025508060Domestic
559989202053075Domestic
503545201850067Domestic

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, Brazoria County, Jackson County, Wharton County, Victoria County.

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