texas-water-wells

Texas well grid 87-13

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Brooks County and Starr County. 191 reports, median depth 42 ft.

191Reports
42 ftMedian depth
42 ftWater at
25 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 87-13

Logged in state well grid 87-13, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftCaliche 34, Fine Sand 21, Caliche, White 20, Sand 15, Fine Sand, Trace Caliche 12, Fine Sand, Little Caliche 10
25–50 ftSilty Sand 8, Caliche 7, Fine Sand, Little Caliche 7, Fine Sand, Trace Caliche 6, Clay 6, Reddish Brown (5Yr 5/3) And Gray (7.5Yr 6/1) Sandy Clay 5
50–100 ftLight Gray (7.5Yr 7/1) Silty Clay; Soft; Wet 5, Sand 4, Hard Sand 4, Clay Yellow 3, Clay 2, Sand, Caliche, Red Clay Mix 1
100–200 ftClay 5, Water Sand 2, Sandy Brown 2, Broken Sand, Red Clay, Caliche Mix 1, Tan Clay 1, Sand 1
200–300 ftSand 2, Clay And Sand Mix 1, Sand Brown 1, Clay Red 1, Sand & Clay 1, Clay 1
300–500 ftSand 6, Water Sands 2, Clay 1, Shale 1, Clay And Sand Mix 1, Sand Clay Brown 1
500–1000 ftSand 1, Sand & Charcol 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 87-13, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.129352010–2013
Gainco, Inc.9402012–2022
Advanced Drilling Systems, Inc.92004–2005
Killinger's Water Well Drilling8118252011–2016
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP7452019–2020
Cascade Drilling6422014
Pacific West Environmental and Infrastructure5552026
JEDI Drilling Contractors4502009
T Molina Water Well LLC3425352015–2022
T. Molina Waterwell LLC2510402011
dba Universal Drilling Services2522003
Jose L Alvarado Drilling11402026
Mike-N-Sons All-Terrain Well & Pump Service1240302022
Tolunay-Wong Engineers,Inc1452016
BELL WATER WELL SERVICE14102012
BELL WATERWELL SERVICE16502011
Pursley Drilling Ltd.1556802006
Cinco E Inc.172006

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor15882.7%40
Environmental Soil Boring136.8%35
Stock94.7%118
Domestic63.1%425
Unknown21.0%540
Irrigation21.0%650
Other10.5%45
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s175035
2010s1524050
2020s2245216

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 87-13. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
274009201165050Irrigation
8269220065569880Stock
40606520155408835Unknown
26648220115107040Domestic
29284920124608040Stock
266549201146073Domestic
610297202242521620Domestic
3003132012410Irrigation
40605420153805435Unknown
62035520222404230Domestic

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 87-13?

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This grid falls in Brooks County, Starr County, Jim Hogg County.

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