texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 85-01

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Webb County. 162 reports, median depth 25 ft.

162Reports
25 ftMedian depth
62 ftWater at
Median yield

What you will drill through in grid 85-01

Logged in state well grid 85-01, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSame As Above 16, No Recovery 11, Yellowish Brown Sand 17, Brown Sand 13, Yellow Brown Sand 9, 10Yr 6/4 Light Yellowish Brown, Low Moisture, Fine, Sub-Roun 3
25–50 ftSame As Above 10, Ml: 100% Silt, 2.5 Y 5/1 Gray, Silt, Siltstone, Low Moisture 3, 5Y 6/3 Pale Olive, Low Moisture, Brittle, Low Plasticity Cla 5, 5Y 5/1 Gray, Low Moisture, Hard, Low Plasticity Clay, 5% Sil 1, Ml: 100% Silt, 5 Y 4/1 Dark Gray, Silt, Siltstone, Low Moist 2, Ml: 100% Silt, 2.5 Y 6/1 Gray, Silt, Siltstone, Hard, Low Mo 1
50–100 ftMl: 100% Silt, 5 Y 5/1 Gray, Silt, Siltstone, Low Moisture, 1, Ml: 100% Silt, 5 Y 5/1 Gray, Silt, Siltstone, High Moisture, 1, Ml: 70% Silt, 30% Sand, Gley 1 6/5 Gy Greenish Gray, Sandy S 1, Ml: 100% Silt, 5 Y 5/1 Gray, Silt Stone, Shaley, Hard, Low M 1, (Cl) Clay 90%; 10% Silt, Dark Gray, Very Low Moisture, Britt 1, (Cl) Clay 90%; 10% Silt, Gray, Very Low Moisture, Brittle, L 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 85-01, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Talon/LPE91302018–2025
Vortex Drilling, Inc.71222018

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Environmental Soil Boring14891.4%25
Other95.6%25
Monitor53.1%73
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2010s10225
2020s604062

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 85-01. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
492920201885Monitor
71452220258285Monitor
70455420257962Environmental Soil Boring
70199320257360Monitor
478061201872Environmental Soil Boring
600205202270Environmental Soil Boring
704595202556Environmental Soil Boring
704581202556Environmental Soil Boring
704561202556Environmental Soil Boring
642899202355Environmental Soil Boring

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 85-01?

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.

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This grid falls in Webb County.

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