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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.

344Reports
171 ftMedian depth
63 ftWater at
25 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in Briscoe County

Logged in Briscoe County, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTop Soil 120, Topsoil 59, Sandy Clay 47, Red Clay 39, Brown Clay 26, Caliche 27
25–50 ftRed Clay 28, Sand Gravel 18, Sand 16, Sand And Gravel 14, Caprock 13, Sandy Clay 11
50–100 ftRed Clay 42, Sand Gravel 21, Sand & Gravel 14, Brown Clay 12, Gravel 10, Sand And Gravel 10
100–200 ftRed Clay 31, Red Bed 17, Sand Gravel 14, Clay 7, Sand 9, Brown Clay 10
200–300 ftRed Bed 29, Red Clay 11, Red And Blue Clay 8, Blue Clay 7, Redclay 6, Blue Clay Red Bed 5
300–500 ftRed 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 ftRed & 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 recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Rodgers Well Service51210102009–2025
First priority Irr41110202012–2026
Fleming Well Service, LTD37212—2002–2025
Monte Moore Drilling33190—2010–2011
Helms Drilling321081502003–2013
Jameson Pump & Drilling Service18118752016–2018
Goyne Drilling14225102004–2009
4-M Water Well Service1322042006–2012
MORROW DRILLING COMPANY1213842003–2020
CURRIE DRILLING CO.,INC.9230502004–2022
DRILL PRO WATER WELL DRILLING7250—2021–2026
Wilson Drilling, Inc.623722022
Cottontail Drilling6110902013–2018
Peter B Loewen5234—2023–2024
Cottontail Drilling & Pump515582011–2012
3T Drilling, Inc.41151262024–2026
K-Ran Drilling4283242011–2025
Bent Whitaker4160152012
Hoyt Wheeler3100—2022
Brent Whitaker32102502011–2018
Don Curry3225—2004
PETER KLASSEN2116—2026
Goyne Driling22292002005–2006
HI PLAINS DRILLING, INC.2280—2005–2010
L T Drilling Company2260—2006

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Irrigation16949.1%130
Stock8625.0%180
Domestic5114.8%200
Test Well226.4%220
Closed-Loop Geothermal72.0%200
Public Supply51.5%115
Other20.6%116
Industrial10.3%212
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s87180102
2010s16217054
2020s9517462

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in Briscoe County. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
268792201156044024Stock
59907720224974052Domestic
7260302026400——Test Well
424872004400——Test Well
6443332023330185—Stock
4240420043209150Test Well
258032003293231—Domestic
5399362020292——Stock
1751632009285——Domestic
622261202228391—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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