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Texas well grid 87-47

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Hidalgo County and Jim Wells County. 364 reports, median depth 25 ft.

364Reports
25 ftMedian depth
17 ftWater at
60 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 87-47

Logged in state well grid 87-47, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftConcrete 26, Fat To Lean Clay With Silt (Cl-Ch): Fine-Grained, Medium Pla 6, Silty Clay 9, Tan Silty Clay 9, Asphalt 12, Caliche White 12
25–50 ftFat To Lean Clay With Silt (Cl-Ch): Fine-Grained, Medium Pla 2, Sandy Brown 9, Weathered Fat To Lean Clay With Silt (Cl-Ch): Fine-Grained, 1, Fat To Lean Clay With Silt (Cl-Ch): Fine-Grained, Subangular 1, (Cl-Ml) Silty Clay - Reddish-Brown And Light Gray, Very Stif 3, Clay 3
50–100 ftClay Yellow 6, Sand Brown 5, Clay 4, Pit Gravel Brown 3, Sandy Brown 3, Clay Grey 2
100–200 ftSand Brown 4, Clay 5, Clay Yellow 4, Shale Green 2, Sandy Clay Brown 2, Pit Gravel Brown 2
200–300 ftSand 6, Sand Brown 5, Clay 3, Sandy Clay Brown 5, Gravel 3, Sandy Clay 1
300–500 ftSand 3, Clay 2, Clay (Tight) 1, Sand Brown 2, Gravel 1, Sandy Clay 1
500–1000 ftBrown Clay 1, Brown Sand 1, Coal 1, Hard Clay 1, Sand 1, Coal & Sand 1
1000–5000 ftFine Sand 1, Clay 1, Hard Clay 1, Brown Clay 1, Fine Sand & Clay 1, Coarse Sand 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 87-47, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.130262006–2023
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC37202020–2026
Front Range Drilling, Inc.24202011–2016
EnviroCore, Inc.23242004–2023
Killinger's Water Well Drilling22240502003–2015
Wel-Mat Drilling LLP12202015–2018
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP11202020–2021
Front Range Environmental Drilling10202005–2011
JEDI Drilling Contractors9252016–2025
Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling8252020–2021
dba Universal Drilling Services8252002–2003
Select Drilling Services, LLC.7252016–2017
Cascade Drilling6182011
Jones Environmental Drilling, Inc.62003
Sunbelt Industrial Services5302012
JEDI Drilling Contactors,Inc5202005
Eagle Remediation4302023
Talon/LPE4182022
MARAL DRILLING4240702004–2019
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.3302016
RIOMAR DRILLING INC3252013
HBC/Terracon3302003
BELL WATER WELL SERVICE24782008–2009
Pursley Drilling Ltd.21002007
Precision Probe and Drilling2452005

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor18550.8%25
Environmental Soil Boring13938.2%20
Irrigation256.9%270
Domestic61.6%300
Test Well51.4%25
Public Supply20.5%1,650
Industrial10.3%
Stock10.3%95
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s1153025
2010s1672517
2020s822013

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 87-47. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
24404020081,650202,220Public Supply
55056420195007070Irrigation
143364200449295Domestic
3079320034905070Irrigation
1925972009478Irrigation
27121820114253080Irrigation
323785201340010100Irrigation
129694200738010700Public Supply
3548720043804280Irrigation
27239820113406040Irrigation

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 Hidalgo County, Jim Wells County.

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