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Texas well grid 83-21

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Nueces County and San Patricio County. 766 reports, median depth 20 ft.

766Reports
20 ftMedian depth
12 ftWater at
40 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 83-21

Logged in state well grid 83-21, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay 106, Asphalt 42, Clay Drk Gray/Lt Gray/Brown 29, Concrete Base 28, Sand 25, Concrete 25
25–50 ftClay 25, Sand 23, Broken Sand 9, Sandy Clay 6, Clayey Sand 4, Silty Sand; Tan 4
50–100 ftSand 60, Clay 38, Broken Sand 6, Blue Clay 4, Caliche & Sand 4, Caliche 3
100–200 ftSand 80, Clay 78, Broken Sand 10, Red Clay 8, Caliche 4, Caliche And Sand 4
200–300 ftSand 17, Clay 14, Broken Sand 7, Red Clay 4, Sandy Caliche 2, Red Sand 2
300–500 ftSand 4, Shale 1, Clay 1, Tan Clay 1, Sand With Shale 1, Sady Shale 1
500–1000 ftSand And Shale 1, Shale 1, Clay 1, Sand 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 83-21, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.167152006–2025
EnviroCore, Inc.123182004–2024
MARTIN WATER WELLS822052003–2026
ECI51222004–2007
Gainco, Inc.422022011–2022
Mathers Environmental Drilling Inc.31252007–2019
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC30202021–2025
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP23202019–2022
Rock Engineering23142011–2012
Front Range Drilling, Inc.17202012–2016
ESN-South16202004–2008
Savage Excavation15202024–2026
Jedi Drilling14402009
Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling12202020–2022
Alamo1 Drilling11302025–2026
Right Drill, LLC.11122024
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.10352021–2025
Fugro Geosciences, Inc.8182005
Talon/LPE7222022
Mikes Drilling and Pump Service7206502016–2021
Wel-Mat Drilling LLP52003–2010
dba Universal Drilling Services5252005
Eagle Remediation4202022
JEDI42006
Jones Environmental Drilling, Inc.4352004–2006

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor36147.1%20
Environmental Soil Boring29238.1%15
Domestic719.3%204
Test Well121.6%30
Irrigation121.6%295
Stock60.8%224
Industrial60.8%222
Injection30.4%35
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s2922012
2010s2902012
2020s1842015

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 83-21. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
34434200358135Domestic
4707722018580433Unknown
170034200937025Domestic
7241582026342Domestic
27152220113405Irrigation
255741200534029Domestic
402817201533116100Irrigation
402583201533116100Irrigation
685664202432225Domestic
376730201432014Domestic

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 83-21?

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This grid falls in Nueces County, San Patricio County.

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