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Water wells in Archer County, Texas

248 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 40 ft and struck water at 14 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

248Reports
40 ftMedian depth
14 ftWater at
5 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in Archer County

Logged in Archer County, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftRed Clay 45, Topsoil 42, Yellow Sandstone 9, Sand 15, Red Sandy Clay 14, Red Shale 14
25–50 ftRed Clay 18, Sand 12, Gray Clay 8, Red Shale 8, Sandstone 5, Red Silty Clay With Gray Sand Consolidated Layers 5
50–100 ftSand 17, Red Clay 16, Gray Shale 8, Gray Clay 6, Red Shale 6, Brown Shale 4
100–200 ftSand 18, Gray Shale 14, Red Clay 5, Sandy Shale 4, Red Shale 2, Brown Shale 2
200–300 ftSand 7, Gray Shale 5, Red And Gray Shale 3, Red Clay 3, Sand And Conglomerate 1, Coal 1
300–500 ftGray Shale 5, Sand 4, Gray And Red Shale 2, Lime Rock 1, Shale And Sand 1, Shale With Hard Sand 1
500–1000 ftSand 2, Gray Shale 1, Lime 1, Shale And Lime 1, Red Clay 1

The rock column here is what drillers wrote down, layer by layer, in their own words — 5,345,462 layers across 707,856 wells. It is not a geological survey: two drillers may call the same clay by two names, and this site does not correct them.

Who drills in Archer County

Licensed firms in Archer County, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Talon Drilling, LP6025—2002–2009
Erwin Water Well Drilling2220062001–2022
Water Well Drilling and Service2210052013–2014
AOC Environmental, Inc.1644102011–2015
Sunbelt Industrial Services1418—2010–2020
Prater Water Well135542008–2020
W.E.S.T. Drilling1215—2002
Fuel Tech1130122001–2005
Gillispie Drilling106252005–2024
Environmental Logistics Company, LLC720—2018–2024
Geo-Cat Drilling74012015–2017
Talon/LPE620—2012
Adams Drilling528102014
Savage Excavation450—2025–2026
Erwin Drilling4340152020–2022
Water Well Drilling & Service418042013
Jimmy D. Miller430102004
Next-Gen Solutions, Inc.3——2011
CM2, Inc.315—2003
Double J Water Wells, LLC2105—2025
JB Water Well Drilling2150102013–2014
TalonLPE220—2013
Water Men Drilling & Services26022012
Lowery's Water Well Drilling28052012
Vortex Drilling, Inc.2——2009

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor9739.1%20
Domestic5321.4%100
Stock3313.3%62
Irrigation2510.1%60
Environmental Soil Boring218.5%15
Test Well145.6%82
Unknown31.2%140
Closed-Loop Geothermal20.8%195
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s100255
2010s1186019
2020s306814

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in Archer County. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
5949162021580——Domestic
6035482022560—15Domestic
6209062022500——Domestic
4439052016480——Unknown
6025182022340——Domestic
3405802013320——Domestic
5773282021300—6Domestic
3445612013300——Stock
8484820063001802Domestic
463020013001407Domestic

Every figure on this site is a median, never an average. On reported yield the average is twice the median, because a handful of entries are typing errors — the largest reads 2,200,100 gallons per minute against 30,078 for the next one. Yields above 3,000 gpm (136 wells, 0.045%) and depths beyond 5,000 ft (103 wells, 0.016%) are kept in the file, marked, and left out of the medians.

Drilling a well in Archer County?

Depth is only half the quote. What it costs depends on the rock, the casing and the pump. Tell us where and we pass the request to licensed Texas drillers.

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