texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 80-36

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Calhoun County and Victoria County. 174 reports, median depth 185 ft.

174Reports
185 ftMedian depth
12 ftWater at
60 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 80-36

Logged in state well grid 80-36, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSand 80, Clay 65, Topsoil 65, Yellow Clay 15, Brown Sand 10, Gray Clay 9
25–50 ftClay 27, Gray Clay 8, Brown Clay 5, Red Clay 3, Sand, Brown 2, Clay Brown 1
50–100 ftClay 34, Gray Clay 19, Sand 19, Grey Clay 5, Clay Brown & Grey 6, Red Clay 5
100–200 ftSand 44, Clay 37, Gray Clay 23, Fine Sand 15, Course Sand 12, Gray Sand 8
200–300 ftSand 19, Clay 9, Sand .006 5, Sandy Clay 2, Sand .008 4, Fine Sand 4
300–500 ftClay Td 2, Fine To Medium Sand 1, Medium To Course Sand 1, Course Sand 1, Brown Sand-Sandstone (Xf) 1, Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 80-36, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Cady's Water wells84190602004–2024
Vortex Drilling, Inc.40252013–2014
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.8502016
Critendon Drilling Service, Inc.7262602004–2021
Felder Water Well & Pump Service, LLC62852502020–2026
Lawson Water Wells5137302003–2004
Goolsby Water Well Service LLC43052018–2019
A C Water Well Service3190302022–2025
Talon Drilling, LPE32009
CARTER WATER WELL DRILLING3244652003–2005
C & S UTESEY WATER WELL SERVICE & DRILLING, L.L.C.2210552003–2008
Cady's Water Well2302004
Leeper Water Well Service2135152001–2002
Friedel Drilling Company1163702025
CHANDLER DRILLING INC13502019
leeper w.w.1216502011
Cady's Water Well's and service1238402005
Cady's Water Wells and Service11902005

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic8850.6%190
Environmental Soil Boring2816.1%20
Monitor2313.2%27
Stock1910.9%285
Irrigation148.0%285
Public Supply10.6%260
Test Well10.6%244
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s5619012
2010s826012
2020s3619012

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 80-36. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
506794201935016Stock
626603202233512Stock
626144202232010Stock
563075202031422230Stock
175259200931013100Irrigation
572887201930518Stock
490793201830524Irrigation
65929200430212100Stock
72841720263002875Domestic
4907742018300Irrigation

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 80-36?

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 Calhoun County, Victoria County.

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