texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 81-06

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Brazoria County. 255 reports, median depth 20 ft.

255Reports
20 ftMedian depth
40 ftWater at
100 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 81-06

Logged in state well grid 81-06, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay 23, Clay, Brown 10, Sand 13, Clay, Gray 12, Sandy Clay, Brown 7, Ft. Clay, Silty, Medium Brown 10
25–50 ftClay 13, Sand 4, Silty Clay Gray 4, Clay Brown 4, Sand .006 3, No Recovery 2
50–100 ftClay 11, Sand 8, Silty Clay Gray 4, Clay Brown 4, Sand .006 2, Sand Tan .005-.006 1
100–200 ftClay 24, Sand 21, Sand .006 4, Sand .006-.008 2, Clay Tan 1, Sand .008-.012 1
200–300 ftSand 15, Clay 10, Clay Td 2, Sand .006 2, Sand .005 Fine 1, Sand .006-.012 1
300–500 ftSand 3, Clay 3, Clay Soft Shell 1, Clay Gray 1, Sand .005 1, Sand .005-.006 1
500–1000 ftSand .005 1, Clay 1, Sand 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 81-06, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Alpine Field Services58152007–2012
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.51202006–2020
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC34152015–2026
Felder Water Well & Pump Service, LLC212501752003–2026
Fugro Geosciences, Inc.18202001–2005
Mathers Environmental Drilling Inc.13252009–2017
Master Monitoring Services, Inc.12192007
APOLLO Environmental Strategies, Inc.7202006
Eagle Remediation5152022–2023
Advanced Drilling Systems, Inc.52008
Fugro5732008–2009
Goolsby Water Well Service LLC4260802015–2019
RONNIE GOOLSBY WATER WELL33251202001–2010
Vista GeoScience2152016
Felder Water Well & Pump Serv.22492002004–2005
dba Universal Drilling Services2252003
Longbore, Inc.23332001–2002
Eagle Remediation & Demolition1152023
GWR Windmills & Water Well Services, LLC1470402020
Davison Water Well Service12302015
Felder Water Well & Pump Services, LLC.13002014
GOOLSBY WW1250802012
RONNIE GOOLSBY WATER WELL SERVICE1245802012
O'Day Drilling Company, Inc.12261002011
Felder Water Well12451002010

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor13251.8%20
Environmental Soil Boring7429.0%12
Domestic166.3%245
Industrial93.5%243
Public Supply93.5%249
Other72.7%25
Test Well72.7%29
Irrigation10.4%250
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s1422035
2010s702542
2020s431526

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 81-06. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
420119201660058225Public Supply
352856201458020100Test Well
53764720204706340Domestic
352920201446326125Test Well
21862020103251880Domestic
267409201131548175Public Supply
530171201930557Domestic
209692201030512125Domestic
727311202627026250Industrial
41752420162604025Domestic

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 Brazoria County.

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