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Texas well grid 87-55

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Hidalgo County. 718 reports, median depth 25 ft.

718Reports
25 ftMedian depth
16 ftWater at
50 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 87-55

Logged in state well grid 87-55, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSilty Fat To Lean Clay (Cl-Ch): Fine-Grained, Low To Medium 14, Concrete 56, Fat To Lean Clay (Cl-Ch): Very Fine-Grained, Medium To High 5, Silty Fat To Lean Clay (Cl-Ch): Fine-Grained, Medium Plastic 17, Clay (Cl-Ch): Very Fine-Grained, Medium To High Plasticity, 4, Asphalt 26
25–50 ftFat To Lean Clay With Silt (Cl-Ch): Fine-Grained, Medium Pla 3, Silty Sand 12, Clay 9, Weathered Fat To Lean Clay With Silt (Cl-Ch): Fine-Grained, 2, Clay (Cl-Ch): Very Fine-Grained, Medium To High Plasticity, 2, Silty Fat To Lean Clay (Cl-Ch): Fine-Grained, Medium Plastic 2
50–100 ftClay 10, Sand 8, Pit Gravel Brown 7, Gravel 4, Sand, Brown 3, Pit Gravel 3
100–200 ftSand 16, Clay 12, Clay, Yellow 4, Gravel 3, Sand Brown 3, Clay Yellow 4
200–300 ftSand With Gravel 7, Sand 6, Gravel 6, Sand Brown 5, Clay 2, Clay Grey 2
300–500 ftClay 2, Gravel 2, Sandy Clay 1, Sand 2, Gravel And Sandy Clay 1, Gravel With Some Sand 1
500–1000 ftSand 1, Hard Shale & Clay 1, Shale & Clay 1, Rocks & Sand 1, Hard Shale 1, Gravel-Rock 1
1000–5000 ftHard Shale 1, Sand & Rocks 1, Rocks & Sand 1, Hard Shale & Clay 1, Hard Sand 1, Shale & Clay 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 87-55, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.19820—2007–2025
Wel-Mat Drilling LLP8925—2015–2018
Front Range Drilling, Inc.5520—2011–2017
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP4620—2019–2023
EnviroCore, Inc.4430—2010–2020
JEDI Drilling Contractors2325—2006–2021
Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling2345—2016–2020
Gainco, Inc.2135—2012–2022
MARAL DRILLING21240802003–2019
Killinger's Water Well Drilling18240502003–2020
Advanced Drilling Systems, Inc.18——2004–2014
Alamo1 Drilling1620—2026
Tolunay-Wong Engineers,Inc135—2019
ESN-South1228—2002–2008
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.1035—2006–2025
Jones Enviromental Drilling Inc.108—2009
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC835—2022–2026
dba Universal Drilling Services830—2002–2004
Fugro Geosciences, Inc.860—2002
Right Drill, LLC.725—2023
Eagle Remediation730—2022–2023
Strata Core Services, LLC645—2015–2017
ECI616—2005–2008
ALPHA & OMEGA DRILLING5——2012
Mathers Environmental Drilling Inc.435—2026

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor44261.6%25
Environmental Soil Boring20728.8%20
Domestic223.1%240
Irrigation192.6%240
Test Well131.8%25
Other101.4%5
Stock20.3%255
Public Supply20.3%420
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s1343019
2010s4572516
2020s1272515

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 87-55. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
24403520071,670——Test Well
466178201753420—Test Well
1297202007420121,440Public Supply
28841220123402060Irrigation
271549201131533700Public Supply
49470520183002080Irrigation
466172201730030—Unknown
339840201330025—Domestic
337107201330030—Domestic
12496120052686250Irrigation

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.

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