Water wells in Bowie County, Texas
2,627 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 40 ft and struck water at 33 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.
What you will drill through in Bowie County
| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | Red Clay 667, Red Sand 274, Top Soil 233, Topsoil 208, Clay 171, No Recovery 128 |
| 25–50 ft | Red Clay 219, Gray Shale 126, Red Sand 106, Water Sand 94, Blue Shale 86, Shale 53 |
| 50–100 ft | Blue Shale 174, Water Sand 124, Gray Shale 86, Red Sand 91, Shale 67, Rock 39 |
| 100–200 ft | Gray Shale 40, Shale 46, Rock 44, Sand 25, Water Sand 26, Fine Gray Sand 21 |
| 200–300 ft | Rock 31, Shale 27, Sand 26, Gray Shale 20, Water Sand 13, Fine Gray Sand 11 |
| 300–500 ft | Shale 30, Rock 24, Sand 24, Water Sand 18, Solid Rock 16, Fine Sand 10 |
| 500–1000 ft | Rock 13, Solid Rock 15, Water Sand 15, Sand 9, Sandy Shale 6, Shale 6 |
| 1000–5000 ft | Shale 3, Rock 1, Clay 1, Very Fine Sand 1, Gray Shale 1, Sand / Pure 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 Bowie County
What the wells are for
| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 916 | 34.9% | 78 |
| Monitor | 894 | 34.0% | 25 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 537 | 20.4% | 24 |
| Irrigation | 143 | 5.4% | 72 |
| Stock | 42 | 1.6% | 230 |
| De-watering | 38 | 1.4% | 42 |
| Test Well | 29 | 1.1% | 39 |
| Injection | 10 | 0.4% | 15 |
| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 868 | 44 | 35 |
| 2010s | 1,015 | 40 | 35 |
| 2020s | 744 | 39 | 28 |
The deepest reports on file
| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 263422 | 2011 | 1,293 | 28 | — | Domestic |
| 263435 | 2011 | 1,290 | 28 | 4 | Domestic |
| 69128 | 2003 | 1,271 | 90 | 15 | Domestic |
| 690200 | 2025 | 1,260 | 40 | 30 | Domestic |
| 537600 | 2020 | 1,240 | — | 300 | Stock |
| 474910 | 2018 | 1,172 | 69 | 75 | Stock |
| 295702 | 2012 | 917 | 110 | 110 | Irrigation |
| 439259 | 2016 | 906 | 70 | 21 | Domestic |
| 295450 | 2012 | 900 | 20 | — | Domestic |
| 320600 | 2013 | 755 | — | — | Irrigation |
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 Bowie County?
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