texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 85-28

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Webb County. 468 reports, median depth 20 ft.

468Reports
20 ftMedian depth
17 ftWater at
2 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 85-28

Logged in state well grid 85-28, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftConcrete 43, Concrete. 28, Concrete And Base 16, Asphalt 15, Concrete: Concrete 14, No Recovery 11
25–50 ftSand With Gravel (Sp), Brown To Light Brown, Soft, Wet 5, Sand With Gravel (Sp), Dark Gray, Soft, Wet 4, Tan Sand 3, Gray Silt And Gravels 3, Sand: Tan, Fine, Rocks Increase With Depth 3, Brown Silty Sand 2
50–100 ftFt. Silt, Dark Gray 1
100–200 ftClay/Shale 1, Clay/Shale/Sand 1
200–300 ftBrown Clay/Shale 1, Sand Gray White 1
300–500 ftShale 1, Hard Cap 1, Sandy Shale Gray 1
500–1000 ftSand/Shale 1, Sand/Shale/Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 85-28, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.225202006–2018
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP38202019–2021
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC28352013–2026
dba Universal Drilling Services27402002–2005
Front Range Drilling, Inc.24122012–2016
Alamo Environmental dba Vortex Drilling1972024
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.13222004–2005
EnviroCore, Inc.12242006–2011
Gainco, Inc.10302010–2020
Wel-Mat Drilling LLP9162016
Alpine Field Services9292009–2013
ECI9132007
Talon/LPE8502011–2019
Total Support Services7452009
ESN-South5202002–2007
Alamo1 Drilling3172026
Eagle Remediation3252023
Front Range Environmental Drilling3252011
Pacific West2202023
Tolunay-Wong Engineers,Inc2232016–2017
ALPHA & OMEGA DRILLING SERVICES, INC.2152005
MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services2182008
JEDI Drilling Contractors2152007
GEOLOGIC Drilling Inc.22522003
I Deal Drilling,LLC1202023

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor24652.6%30
Environmental Soil Boring21946.8%15
Domestic10.2%775
Test Well10.2%320
Injection10.2%25
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s1432514
2010s2632019
2020s622016

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 85-28. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
4844732018775105Domestic
1727922009435Monitor
33340220063204933Test Well
174701200953Monitor
518335201950Monitor
518334201950Monitor
38548220145032Monitor
24203200350Monitor
38547020144832Monitor
38546620144832Monitor

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 85-28?

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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