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Texas well grid 83-13

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Nueces County and San Patricio County. 2,185 reports, median depth 20 ft.

2,185Reports
20 ftMedian depth
14 ftWater at
43 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 83-13

Logged in state well grid 83-13, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSand 101, Clay 103, Concrete 101, Silty Clay (Cl) 29, Clayey Sand 31, Gray Clay 22
25–50 ftSilty Clay 12, Clay 16, Clay; Tan 18, (Clay,Tan) 17, Silty Sand 13, Sand 9
50–100 ftClay 7, Clay Soft Blue 5, Sand And Large Shell 4, Sand .010 4, Sand 3, Sand; Light Gray 3
100–200 ftClay 8, Sand 6, Sand .012-.014 4, Clay Blue 3, Sand .012 3, Clay W/Sand Streaks And Small Gravel 2
200–300 ftSand .006 6, Clay 3, Clay Blue 3, Clay Hard Blue 3, Sand Stone 2, Clay Blue Soft To Hard 2
300–500 ftClay Hard Blue 6, Clay 7, Sand .006 4, Sand Fine 4, Sand .006-.008-.012 3, Sand Stone 3
500–1000 ftClay Hard Blue 6, Sand .006 4, Clay Hard 7, Sand 5, Sand .005-.006 5, Sand Fine 3
1000–5000 ftClay Hard 3, Sand Fine 2, Sand 2, Sand .005 1, Silty Blue Clay 1, Clay Hard Blue 2

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 83-13, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.472152006–2025
EnviroCore, Inc.324252003–2026
Gainco, Inc.212192010–2021
Tolunay-Wong Engineers,Inc117202016–2024
ECI106212004–2008
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP91242019–2023
Rock Engineering82202010–2020
Select Drilling Services, LLC.74202014–2017
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC72202012–2026
ESN-South67192002–2009
Sunbelt Industrial Services59262011–2012
Boart Longyear462009
Rock Engineering and Testing35122013–2015
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.34202005–2023
Alamo1 Drilling30402025
Front Range Drilling, Inc.26242012–2017
WDC Exploration & Wells25452008–2009
Jones Environmental Drilling, Inc.2462003–2006
Alamo Environmental dba Vortex Drilling23232023–2025
Mathers Environmental Drilling Inc.22252017–2025
Wel-Mat Drilling LLP21252007–2018
Total Support Services21242002–2004
Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling16102017–2020
MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services16122009–2016
WDC Exploration and Wells15742005–2007

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor1,22556.1%25
Environmental Soil Boring84638.7%12
Other753.4%26
Test Well321.5%20
Domestic20.1%200
Injection20.1%
Irrigation10.0%382
Stock10.0%147
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s5492517
2010s1,2052013
2020s4312412

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 83-13. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
47948620171,204Test Well
47947420171,203Test Well
47946120171,203Test Well
47930120171,203Test Well
479863201876760Monitor
4805382017650Test Well
479856201764843Monitor
6974432025382Irrigation
2963412012325Monitor
2963402012325Monitor

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 Nueces County, San Patricio County, Aransas County.

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