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Texas well grid 89-05

A 7.5-minute quadrangle of the Texas state well grid, mostly in Cameron County and Val Verde County. 347 reports, median depth 20 ft.

347Reports
20 ftMedian depth
10 ftWater at
10 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in grid 89-05

Logged in state well grid 89-05, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftConcrete 32, Silty Lean Clay With Sand (Cl): Very Fine-Grained, Low Plast 6, Lean Clay With Silt (Cl): Very Fine-Grained, Low Plasticity, 13, Asphalt 18, Clay 13, Lean Clay With Sand And Silt (Cl): Very Fine-Grained, Low Pl 10
25–50 ftSand 3, Coarse Sand 2, Silty Clay, Reddish-Brown, Firm To Hard, Calcareous Nodules 2, Sand Brown 2, Clayey Silty Sand Tan 1, Sandy Clay, Light Brown, White Stks, Soft/Firm, Moist, No P 1
50–100 ftSand 1, Sand, Brown 1, Sand Clay Gray 1, Caliche 1, Soft Clay 1, Gray Clay 1
100–200 ftCoarse Sand 2, Sand Mix With Clay 1, Clay Grey 1, Sand Brown 1, Sand Clay Gray 1, Firm Sand Brown 1

Who drills here

Licensed firms in state well grid 89-05, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vortex Drilling, Inc.92152006–2018
EnviroCore, Inc.44252009–2026
Front Range Drilling, Inc.34152012–2016
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP23202019–2022
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC20202013–2025
Select Drilling Services, LLC.16152015–2016
GEOLOGIC Drilling Inc.162052003–2008
Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling13202017–2022
Wel-Mat Drilling LLP9252017–2018
JEDI Drilling Contractors8182018–2020
Gainco, Inc.8252011–2018
Miller Water Wells6452009–2015
Mathers Environmental Drilling Inc.4252018–2023
Right Drill, LLC.4152023
I Deal Drilling,LLC4222023
Front Range Environ. Drilling, Inc.42004
Jones Environmental Drilling, Inc.42003
Alamo1 Drilling3252025
R. Pizano Water Well Service3170402007–2019
Alliance Maintenance & Sevices, Inc.32009
ECI3252008
JEDI32006
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.2302024
Eagle Remediation2202022–2023
BELL WATER WELL SERVICE2160752003–2020

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor23367.1%20
Environmental Soil Boring9527.4%16
Irrigation92.6%160
Domestic61.7%150
Other20.6%20
Test Well10.3%20
Stock10.3%110
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s822012
2010s209209
2020s562010

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in state well grid 89-05. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
88719200320015Domestic
32655220051981240Irrigation
11416720071851830Irrigation
27274620111804Irrigation
2759042011170840Domestic
55488120201601075Irrigation
3946772015150425Domestic
398811201511010Stock
505190201950840Domestic
214602201050Monitor

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 89-05?

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This grid falls in Cameron County, Val Verde County.

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