# Water wells in Briscoe County, Texas — how deep, and through what

> 344 well reports filed in Briscoe County since 2001. Median depth 171 ft, water struck at 63 ft, median yield 25 gpm.

## Water wells in Briscoe County, Texas

**344** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **171 ft** and struck water at **63 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Briscoe County

*Logged in Briscoe County, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.*

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Top Soil** 120 , **Topsoil** 59 , **Sandy Clay** 47 , **Red Clay** 39 , **Brown Clay** 26 , **Caliche** 27 |
| 25–50 ft | **Red Clay** 28 , **Sand Gravel** 18 , **Sand** 16 , **Sand And Gravel** 14 , **Caprock** 13 , **Sandy Clay** 11 |
| 50–100 ft | **Red Clay** 42 , **Sand Gravel** 21 , **Sand & Gravel** 14 , **Brown Clay** 12 , **Gravel** 10 , **Sand And Gravel** 10 |
| 100–200 ft | **Red Clay** 31 , **Red Bed** 17 , **Sand Gravel** 14 , **Clay** 7 , **Sand** 9 , **Brown Clay** 10 |
| 200–300 ft | **Red Bed** 29 , **Red Clay** 11 , **Red And Blue Clay** 8 , **Blue Clay** 7 , **Redclay** 6 , **Blue Clay Red Bed** 5 |
| 300–500 ft | **Red Clay** 3 , **Blue Sandy Clay, Clay** 1 , **Red And Blue Clay** 1 , **Red Clay 10', Gyp 10'** 1 , **Gyp 5', Red Clay 15'** 1 , **Gyp & Pink Shale 15', Red Clay 5'** 1 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Red & Yellowish 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 Briscoe County

*Licensed firms in Briscoe County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Rodgers Well Service](/driller/rodgers-well-service.md) | 51 | 210 | 10 | 2009–2025 |
| [First priority Irr](/driller/first-priority-irr.md) | 41 | 110 | 20 | 2012–2026 |
| [Fleming Well Service, LTD](/driller/fleming-well-service-ltd.md) | 37 | 212 | — | 2002–2025 |
| [Monte Moore Drilling](/driller/monte-moore-drilling.md) | 33 | 190 | — | 2010–2011 |
| Helms Drilling | 32 | 108 | 150 | 2003–2013 |
| [Jameson Pump & Drilling Service](/driller/jameson-pump-drilling-service.md) | 18 | 118 | 75 | 2016–2018 |
| [Goyne Drilling](/driller/goyne-drilling.md) | 14 | 225 | 10 | 2004–2009 |
| [4-M Water Well Service](/driller/4-m-water-well-service.md) | 13 | 220 | 4 | 2006–2012 |
| [MORROW DRILLING COMPANY](/driller/morrow-drilling-company.md) | 12 | 138 | 4 | 2003–2020 |
| [CURRIE DRILLING CO.,INC.](/driller/currie-drilling-co-inc.md) | 9 | 230 | 50 | 2004–2022 |
| [DRILL PRO WATER WELL DRILLING](/driller/drill-pro-water-well-drilling.md) | 7 | 250 | — | 2021–2026 |
| [Wilson Drilling, Inc.](/driller/wilson-drilling-inc.md) | 6 | 237 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cottontail Drilling | 6 | 110 | 90 | 2013–2018 |
| [Peter B Loewen](/driller/peter-b-loewen.md) | 5 | 234 | — | 2023–2024 |
| Cottontail Drilling & Pump | 5 | 155 | 8 | 2011–2012 |
| [3T Drilling, Inc.](/driller/3t-drilling-inc.md) | 4 | 115 | 126 | 2024–2026 |
| [K-Ran Drilling](/driller/k-ran-drilling.md) | 4 | 283 | 24 | 2011–2025 |
| Bent Whitaker | 4 | 160 | 15 | 2012 |
| [Hoyt Wheeler](/driller/hoyt-wheeler.md) | 3 | 100 | — | 2022 |
| [Brent Whitaker](/driller/brent-whitaker.md) | 3 | 210 | 250 | 2011–2018 |
| Don Curry | 3 | 225 | — | 2004 |
| [PETER KLASSEN](/driller/peter-klassen.md) | 2 | 116 | — | 2026 |
| Goyne Driling | 2 | 229 | 200 | 2005–2006 |
| [HI PLAINS DRILLING, INC.](/driller/hi-plains-drilling-inc.md) | 2 | 280 | — | 2005–2010 |
| [L T Drilling Company](/driller/l-t-drilling-company.md) | 2 | 260 | — | 2006 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrigation | 169 | 49.1% | 130 |
| Stock | 86 | 25.0% | 180 |
| Domestic | 51 | 14.8% | 200 |
| Test Well | 22 | 6.4% | 220 |
| Closed-Loop Geothermal | 7 | 2.0% | 200 |
| Public Supply | 5 | 1.5% | 115 |
| Other | 2 | 0.6% | 116 |
| Industrial | 1 | 0.3% | 212 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 87 | 180 | 102 |
| 2010s | 162 | 170 | 54 |
| 2020s | 95 | 174 | 62 |

### The deepest reports on file

*Deepest reports in Briscoe County. Column one is the tracking number.*

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 268792 | 2011 | 560 | 440 | 24 | Stock |
| 599077 | 2022 | 497 | 405 | 2 | Domestic |
| 726030 | 2026 | 400 | — | — | Test Well |
| 42487 | 2004 | 400 | — | — | Test Well |
| 644333 | 2023 | 330 | 185 | — | Stock |
| 42404 | 2004 | 320 | 91 | 50 | Test Well |
| 25803 | 2003 | 293 | 231 | — | Domestic |
| 539936 | 2020 | 292 | — | — | Stock |
| 175163 | 2009 | 285 | — | — | Domestic |
| 622261 | 2022 | 283 | 91 | — | Domestic |

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 Briscoe 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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### Counties with a comparable number of reports

- [Lamar](/county/lamar.md)
- [McMullen](/county/mcmullen.md)
- [Jeff Davis](/county/jeff-davis.md)
- [Oldham](/county/oldham.md)
- [Falls](/county/falls.md)
- [Stonewall](/county/stonewall.md)
- [Motley](/county/motley.md)
- [Coleman](/county/coleman.md)
- [Rockwall](/county/rockwall.md)
- [Morris](/county/morris.md)
- [Camp](/county/camp.md)
- [Culberson](/county/culberson.md)
- [Stephens](/county/stephens.md)

A sliding window, not a ranking. [Every county](/county.md).

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Página: https://texas-water-wells.pages.dev/county/briscoe/
Fonte: Texas Submitted Driller's Report Database — Texas Water Development Board, from reports filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
Recolha: 2026-08-23