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Texas well grid 83-01

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Jim Wells County and Nueces County. 500 reports, median depth 300 ft.

500Reports
300 ftMedian depth
107 ftWater at
60 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 83-01

Logged in state well grid 83-01, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTop Soil 169, Caliche 118, Red Clay 112, Clay 86, Topsoil 94, Caliche & Clay 32
25–50 ftCaliche 36, Clay 23, Red Clay 22, Sand 10, Caliche And Clay 10, Caliche & Clay 9
50–100 ftRed Clay 99, Clay 47, Caliche 38, Clay & Caliche 18, Shale 10, Sand 10
100–200 ftRed Clay 154, Sand 102, Clay 70, Red Coarse Sand 65, Sand & Clay 46, Sand And Clay 21
200–300 ftRed Clay 135, Sand 98, Clay 67, Red Coarse Sand 57, Sand & Clay 39, Red Fine Sand 23
300–500 ftSand 54, Red Clay 62, Clay 33, Red Coarse Sand T.D. 35, Shale 12, Sand & Clay 21
500–1000 ftSand 6, Shale 4, Clay 2, Sandy Shale 2, Red Coarse Sand T.D. 2, Sand With Shale 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 83-01, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
B.T. Sikes Water Wells, Inc.251300752003–2019
MARTIN WATER WELLS55325602003–2026
Bradfute Water Well Drilling30220402003–2011
CARTER WATER WELL DRILLING23300502014–2026
PAGE WATER WELL16300402013–2026
Richardson Water Well Drilling11472602017–2020
Bradfute Water Well10220402005–2014
Stapleton Water wells8502202015–2022
BT Sikes Water Wells Inc.6385702011–2015
Vortex Drilling, Inc.6402006
4H Drilling Company5325182022–2023
Victor's Water Well Drilling Co5400252019–2022
Wild C Ranch32402024–2025
Alamo Environmental dba Vortex Drilling3262024
M&C WATERWELL DRILLING3195702004–2005
EnviroCore, Inc.2442010–2025
sotex water well serv2350122024
James Pawlik Water Wll Service, Inc.2405602020–2021
Bradute Water Well2220302010
B. T. Sikes Water Well Inc.2230752003–2009
M&M Water Well, LLC140692025
Texas Southern Drilling1250602024
sotex water well service1280202024
J Drilling1420502023
4-H Drilling12902021

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic46993.8%300
Rig Supply132.6%320
Environmental Soil Boring81.6%26
Monitor51.0%36
Stock20.4%360
Industrial20.4%406
Public Supply10.2%806
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s192310105
2010s222295110
2020s86315105

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 83-01. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
5279172019806142800Public Supply
449197201776013260Domestic
553773202072214160Domestic
2279092010720120Rig Supply
1236552005640110Domestic
37379420136209675Domestic
415428201658213012Domestic
592086202154813050Domestic
3363572006540120100Domestic
7266272026530Domestic

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 Jim Wells County, Nueces County, Live Oak County, Kleberg County.

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