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Water wells in Borden County, Texas

442 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 70 ft and struck water at 35 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

442Reports
70 ftMedian depth
35 ftWater at
30 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in Borden County

Logged in Borden County, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTopsoil 105, Caliche 100, Top Soil 94, Red Clay 50, Calichie 42, Red Silty Clay 25
25–50 ftRed Clay 32, Red Bed 14, Sand 23, Brown Clay 14, Damp Grey Silty Clay 13, Tight Sand 10
50–100 ftRed Clay 34, Brown Clay 25, Blue Clay 23, Sand 22, Sand And Gravel 20, Sandstone 13
100–200 ftRed Clay 78, Brown Clay 22, Sand 27, Gravel 19, Sand And Gravel 12, Gravel And Shells 15
200–300 ftRed Clay 13, Grey Sandstone 2, Grey Sand 2, Sand 1, Sandstone 1, Gray Clay 1
300–500 ftGrey Sandstone 6, Red Clay 5, Sandstone 4, Red Bed 3, Sand 2, Grey Sand 2
500–1000 ftRed Clay 10, Redbed 4, Red Shale 2, Gray Sand 1, Red & Gray Sandy Clay 1, Tan Sandstone 1
1000–5000 ftSticky Brown Clay 1, Gray Sandy Clay & Sand 1, Pea Gravel 1, Gray Sandy Clay 1, Red Clay 1, Water Sand 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 Borden County

Licensed firms in Borden County, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Environmental Technology Group Inc.9630—2001–2002
Straub Corporation4316—2005–2017
Monte Moore Drilling3970—2008–2014
kinard water well service38195302011–2022
White Drilling Company, Inc.2280—2002–2022
Moore Drilling2082—2023–2025
Staggs Drilling and Pump, Inc.20186—2001–2015
Talon/LPE1935—2011–2026
Neufeld Family Drilling llc16180—2016–2026
ECO DRILLING1625—2002
Wildcat Services LLC14260402014–2024
Couch Operating, LLC1040—2018–2019
Total Support Services1030—2015
Blue Quail Energy Services LLC.970202014
R&R DRILLING LLC894—2021–2024
Choate Well Service7220402011–2024
West Texas Faast Bailing5218—2018–2019
Santa Rosa Well Service46751402019–2021
Stansell Pump495—2018
John Scarborough Drilling, Inc.4165602008–2017
DARRELL CRASS DRILLING4455—2006–2012
WEST TEXAS WATER WELL SERVICE31,210—2015–2019
DRILL PRO WATER WELL DRILLING3173—2017
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC320—2015
AAW Services, LLC3255—2011

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor14432.6%31
Irrigation7917.9%172
Stock6514.7%102
Environmental Soil Boring6013.6%25
Domestic439.7%100
Rig Supply306.8%165
Fracking Supply153.4%455
Industrial20.5%1,720
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s198310
2010s15991115
2020s85102140

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in Borden County. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
36607820141,72050027Industrial
53151420191,210——Injection
585484202186061050Fracking Supply
4802252018844——Extraction
585036202184068050Fracking Supply
5891612021680380120Rig Supply
369575201468016040Rig Supply
5891882021675375143Rig Supply
5891622021670370140Rig Supply
370383201466042075Rig Supply

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 Borden 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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