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Texas well grid 83-09

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Jim Wells County and Nueces County. 110 reports, median depth 372 ft.

110Reports
372 ftMedian depth
92 ftWater at
60 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 83-09

Logged in state well grid 83-09, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTop Soil 31, Clay 22, Topsoil 12, Red Clay 11, Caliche 9, Ft Concrete 8
25–50 ftClay 8, Sand 6, Red Clay 4, Caliche 4, Shale With Caliche 2, Clay & Sand 2
50–100 ftClay 14, Red Clay 14, Sand 9, Shale 2, Brown Clay 2, Sandy Caliche 1
100–200 ftClay 13, Red Clay 11, Caliche 8, Sand 6, Sandy Shale 4, Clay & Sand 3
200–300 ftSand 17, Clay 14, Red Clay 15, Red Coarse Sand 6, Sandy Shale 4, Red Coarse Sand T.D. 4
300–500 ftSand 25, Clay 18, Red Clay 14, Shale 4, Sandy Shale 8, Sand And Clay 6
500–1000 ftSand 6, Clay 3, Shale 2, Sand And Shale 1, White Sand 1, Red And Blue Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 83-09, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
B.T. Sikes Water Wells, Inc.27415752003–2019
MARTIN WATER WELLS154602004–2020
PAGE WATER WELL12580702004–2023
Alamo Environmental dba Vortex Drilling9202024
Alpine Field Services9252006
EnviroCore, Inc.8282003–2022
Stapleton Water wells5470202011–2022
Richardson Water Well Drilling4542602017–2020
Bradfute Water Well Drilling3240302007–2008
James Pawlik Water Wll Service, Inc.2540602017–2020
Richardson Water Well2621602011–2014
Vortex Drilling, Inc.22014
Cinco E Inc.2480602013
sotex water well service1280182024
4H Drilling Company1355202022
Victor's Water Well Drilling Co1340402020
Triple C. Drilling1340202020
CARTER WATER WELL DRILLING1310602017
PAGE WATERWELL DRILLING1402011
B. T. Sikes Water Well Inc.1802009

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic6861.8%440
Monitor2220.0%25
Environmental Soil Boring65.5%20
Stock54.5%565
Industrial54.5%621
Rig Supply43.6%473
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s4242090
2010s3946097
2020s293091

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 83-09. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
373914201482011550Industrial
219250201082010270Domestic
373835201380098100Domestic
2892802011800100Domestic
3262020046909065Stock
132473200762490Industrial
27415320116219845Industrial
29596120125807650Stock
525766201856550Stock
55766820205529860Domestic

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 83-09?

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 Jim Wells County, Nueces County, Kleberg County.

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