texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 80-21

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Calhoun County and Jackson County. 185 reports, median depth 300 ft.

185Reports
300 ftMedian depth
38 ftWater at
80 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 80-21

Logged in state well grid 80-21, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay 80, Surface Clay 24, Clay Brown 24, Topsoil 23, Red Clay 16, Top Soil 14
25–50 ftSand 9, Clay 6, Gray Clay 4, Clay Brown 4, Red Clay 3, Clay Red 3
50–100 ftSand 66, Clay 24, Sand & Sandy Clay 6, Clay Brown & Grey 5, Gray Clay 4, Red Clay 4
100–200 ftClay 80, Sand 69, Sandy Clay 17, Clay Brown & Grey 12, Clay Brown & Gray 9, Clay Blue & Brown 6
200–300 ftSand 63, Clay 54, Clay Td 17, Sandy Clay 14, Clay Blue & Grey 7, Course Sand 7
300–500 ftSand 35, Clay 31, Clay Td 13, Sandy Clay 4, Sand Med & Coarse 3, Shale 2
500–1000 ftSand 5, Clay 3, Clay S/S 2, Clay Td 2, Clay Blue Broen & Grey 1, Rock 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 80-21, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Critendon Drilling Service, Inc.37310752002–2024
Cady's Water wells242251252006–2021
Goolsby Water Well Service LLC22325802015–2026
Finch Water Well11355602003–2024
Finch Water Well Service11120802004–2008
Felder Water Well & Pump Service, LLC103972002012–2021
RONNIE GOOLSBY WATER WELL SERVICE83451002006–2014
RONNIE GOOLSBY WATER WELL82301002007–2014
A C Water Well Service73151002021–2025
Burleson Services, Inc.61601002004–2008
Vortex Drilling, Inc.5202018
J & S Water Wells5400802004–2008
Lynch Water Well Drilling Inc.43601002001–2016
J4 Water Works, LLC3480452024–2026
Felder Water Well33022013
C & S UTESEY WATER WELL SERVICE & DRILLING, L.L.C.3310502004–2013
Everett Carroll Water Well Service3300502005
Texas Southern Drilling22451002024
Critendon Drilling Service, Inc.324072002003–2009
O'Day Drilling Company, Inc.25181,0002006
Wells Water Well Company2410222003–2008
Busselman Water Wells, LLC13241202026
Hydro Resources11,4302026
GMG Water Well Drilling, LLC11802026
GOOLSBY WW1520602013

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic13070.3%310
Irrigation147.6%215
Rig Supply126.5%160
Industrial94.9%302
Stock63.2%260
Public Supply52.7%407
Environmental Soil Boring52.7%20
Test Well31.6%355
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s5729940
2010s6928534
2020s5931537

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 80-21. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
71962620261,430Test Well
308900201261453Irrigation
308925201261250200Irrigation
8791620065507060Domestic
407210201554453120Domestic
24561120105257060Domestic
34123020135206960Domestic
31136220135206760Domestic
1901172006518401,000Irrigation
146737200650644100Domestic

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 80-21?

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 Calhoun County, Jackson County, Matagorda County.

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