texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 80-18

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Victoria County and Calhoun County. 161 reports, median depth 143 ft.

161Reports
143 ftMedian depth
31 ftWater at
60 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 80-18

Logged in state well grid 80-18, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay 52, Sand 33, Top Soil 28, Surface Soil 18, Tan Clay 12, Topsoil 12
25–50 ftSand 46, Clay 25, Gray Clay 5, Sandy Clay 4, Tan Clay 3, Sand & Clay 3
50–100 ftClay 52, Sand 47, Tan Clay 5, Sandy Clay 4, Coarse Sand 5, Gray Clay 5
100–200 ftSand 44, Clay 34, Coarse Sand 14, Sand & Clay 7, Gray Clay 4, Blue Clay 4
200–300 ftSand 10, Clay 8, Gray Clay 1, Coarse Sand 2, Sand & Clay 2, Sand With Clay 1
300–500 ftClay 3, Sand 3, Blue Clay 1, Broken Sand 1, Sandy Clay 1, Sand With Little Silt 1
500–1000 ftSand 2, Clay 1, Sandy Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 80-18, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.252012–2014
Cady's Water wells15100602005–2022
Friedel Drilling Company12123642004–2023
A C Water Well Service1095352019–2025
A C Water Well Serv.10105352014–2021
CARTER WATER WELL DRILLING10200752010–2017
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.8252010–2022
Lynch Water Well Drilling Inc.8220752005–2016
Joe Ferguson Drilling, Inc.81752003–2006
Joe Ferguson Water Well Drilling, Inc.71802007–2020
CHANDLER DRILLING INC6166602005–2023
leeper w.w.6164202006–2012
Advanced Drilling Systems, Inc.4302023
Leeper Water Well Service4140252002
WB Southern Drilling LLC31401002025
Mikes Drilling and Pump Service3100302021–2022
JOE FERGUSON WATER WELL DRLG. INC.31502006
Nickel Water Well Service2145802021–2025
Hazelett Drilling24402016
Thompson Water Well279322009
leeper2271302005–2006
Goolsby Water Well Service LLC1220602017
Leeper Water Well197352015
RONNIE GOOLSBY WATER WELL SERVICE1280502013
Berry Water Well Service1180152010

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic8150.3%123
Rig Supply2113.0%180
Environmental Soil Boring2012.4%30
Monitor1710.6%27
Industrial85.0%175
Stock63.7%161
Irrigation42.5%320
Public Supply21.2%600
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s4816031
2010s7616432
2020s3710530

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 80-18. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
74199200690033Irrigation
148805200860036300Public Supply
445752201644046Domestic
707080202542450100Domestic
24190720103302575Domestic
424042201632033250Irrigation
34449920132804050Domestic
13017620072804550Domestic
8400120062713530Domestic
42641720162703460Public Supply

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 80-18?

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.

We are nobody's agent and have no arrangement with any firm today. What we do with this.

This grid falls in Victoria County, Calhoun County.

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