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Texas well grid 87-53

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Hidalgo County. 188 reports, median depth 20 ft.

188Reports
20 ftMedian depth
20 ftWater at
30 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 87-53

Logged in state well grid 87-53, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftLoose Light Brown Fine To Medium Sand, Some Silt And Clay (R 12, Soft Light Brown Sandy Clay, Some Fine Sand And Silt (Calcar 12, Soft To Stiff Light Brown Clayey Sand (Dry To Moist) 12, Brown Sandy Clay 11, Clay 8, Caliche 8
25–50 ftPit Gravel Brown 3, Sandy Brown 3, Sand 2, Clay 2, Coarse Sand Mixed W/ Gravel Grades To Cemented Gravel V. Sti 2, Caliche & Sand Stone 2
50–100 ftClay 11, Clay Yellow 5, Sandy Brown 3, Gravel 2, Sand 2, Pit Gravel 2
100–200 ftClay 9, Sand 6, Sandy Clay 2, Gravel 2, Cap Rock & Sand Stone 2, Mix Clay & Sand Stone 2
200–300 ftClay 6, Sand Stone 3, Sand 3, Rock 3, Sand Stone Rock 1, Sand Stone, Gravel, Rock 2
300–500 ftSand 1, Hard Clay/Sand Stone 1, Sand Stone Little Gravel 1, Clay Little Caliche 1, Hard Clay Little Sand Stone 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 87-53, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
EnviroCore, Inc.25202009–2011
Vortex Drilling, Inc.23282009–2013
Wel-Mat Drilling LLP19252003–2015
Jones Environmental Drilling, Inc.19202003–2011
Mathers Environmental Drilling Inc.17122008
Killinger's Water Well Drilling14132312003–2025
Select Drilling Services, LLC.14202015
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC12102021
Sunbelt Industrial Services11252010
BELL WATER WELL SERVICE63103002005–2014
Front Range Drilling, Inc.5242011–2014
MARAL DRILLING52602004–2005
Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling442021
ECI4202007–2008
Front Range Environmental Drilling3262011
Jones Enviromental Drilling Inc.2152004
Gainco, Inc.1142016
KILLINGER'S WATER WELL DRLLING156302005
Stapleton Water wells181202012
BELL WATER WELLS SERVICE13202007
Saenz Water Wells130252006

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor7640.4%20
Environmental Soil Boring6836.2%12
Irrigation158.0%118
Test Well126.4%176
Domestic63.2%260
Injection63.2%20
Public Supply31.6%318
Industrial10.5%140
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s822021
2010s892219
2020s171045

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 87-53. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
1028132006514Test Well
412036201533010040Irrigation
1099232007320Public Supply
114345200731830300Public Supply
1069892007310Public Supply
38772820143005540Irrigation
74710200430020Domestic
696141202529045Irrigation
202885200526030Domestic
177123200426020Domestic

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 87-53?

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This grid falls in Hidalgo County.

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