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

> 963 well reports filed in Brooks County since 2001. Median depth 55 ft, water struck at 72 ft, median yield 50 gpm.

## Water wells in Brooks County, Texas

**963** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **55 ft** and struck water at **72 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Brooks County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Caliche** 141 , **Sand** 136 , **Clay** 74 , **Surface Sand** 57 , **Top Soil** 51 , **Sandy Clay** 44 |
| 25–50 ft | **Clay** 45 , **Sand** 33 , **Caliche** 27 , **Silty Sand** 9 , **Fine Sand, Little Caliche** 7 , **Fine Sand, Trace Caliche** 6 |
| 50–100 ft | **Clay** 71 , **Sand** 31 , **Hard Sand** 20 , **Shale** 11 , **Caliche** 10 , **White Clay** 8 |
| 100–200 ft | **Clay** 107 , **Sand** 75 , **Red Clay** 31 , **Sand/Clay** 23 , **Hard Sand** 21 , **Sandy Shale** 18 |
| 200–300 ft | **Clay** 72 , **Sand** 69 , **Red Clay** 32 , **Shale** 22 , **Sandy Shale** 20 , **Clay With Sand** 12 |
| 300–500 ft | **Sand** 132 , **Clay** 74 , **Shale** 28 , **Red Clay** 29 , **Sandy Shale** 17 , **Feet Shale** 12 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Sand** 39 , **Clay** 30 , **Feet Shale** 9 , **Shale** 13 , **Feet Sand** 6 , **Sandy Shale** 5 |
| 1000–5000 ft | **Sand** 1 , **Rock & Shale** 1 , **Clay** 1 , **Shale** 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 Brooks County

*Licensed firms in Brooks County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Vortex Drilling, Inc.](/driller/vortex-drilling-inc.md) | 208 | 20 | — | 2007–2018 |
| [BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.](/driller/best-drilling-services-inc.md) | 140 | 40 | — | 2005–2024 |
| [R. MOLINA WATER WELL SERVICE, INC.](/driller/r-molina-water-well-service-inc.md) | 69 | 460 | 50 | 2003–2022 |
| [Advanced Drilling Systems, Inc.](/driller/advanced-drilling-systems-inc.md) | 53 | — | — | 2004–2014 |
| [Killinger's Water Well Drilling](/driller/killinger-s-water-well-drilling.md) | 48 | 140 | 25 | 2010–2023 |
| [Cinco E Inc.](/driller/cinco-e-inc.md) | 45 | 460 | 40 | 2001–2016 |
| [Vortex Drilling Partners, LP](/driller/vortex-drilling-partners-lp.md) | 41 | 22 | — | 2019–2021 |
| [Stapleton Water wells](/driller/stapleton-water-wells.md) | 39 | 450 | 20 | 2009–2025 |
| [PAGE WATER WELL](/driller/page-water-well.md) | 29 | 440 | 80 | 2003–2023 |
| [WALKER HILL ENVIRONMENTAL INC](/driller/walker-hill-environmental-inc.md) | 26 | 39 | — | 2020 |
| [MARTIN WATER WELLS](/driller/martin-water-wells.md) | 24 | 580 | 75 | 2003–2012 |
| [Richardson Water Well Drilling](/driller/richardson-water-well-drilling.md) | 23 | 620 | 70 | 2011–2025 |
| [Envirotech Drilling Services LLC](/driller/envirotech-drilling-services-llc.md) | 21 | 60 | — | 2019–2026 |
| [Sunbelt Industrial Services](/driller/sunbelt-industrial-services.md) | 19 | 25 | — | 2011–2017 |
| [Richardson Water Well](/driller/richardson-water-well.md) | 13 | 741 | 70 | 2009–2014 |
| [PAGE WATERWELL DRILLING](/driller/page-waterwell-drilling.md) | 13 | 420 | 100 | 2004–2010 |
| [Pacific West Environmental and Infrastructure](/driller/pacific-west-environmental-and-infrastructure.md) | 12 | 35 | — | 2025–2026 |
| [PAGE WATERWELL](/driller/page-waterwell.md) | 9 | 405 | 100 | 2007–2011 |
| Mike-N-Sons All-Terrain Well & Pump Service | 7 | 300 | 40 | 2022–2026 |
| [J&S WATER WELLS](/driller/j-s-water-wells.md) | 7 | 630 | 100 | 2016–2023 |
| [Gainco, Inc.](/driller/gainco-inc.md) | 7 | 40 | — | 2012–2022 |
| [Front Range Drilling, Inc.](/driller/front-range-drilling-inc.md) | 7 | 25 | — | 2014–2015 |
| [J Drilling](/driller/j-drilling.md) | 6 | 560 | 50 | 2022–2026 |
| [MARAL DRILLING](/driller/maral-drilling.md) | 6 | 380 | 25 | 2005–2022 |
| [Triple C. Drilling](/driller/triple-c-drilling.md) | 6 | 340 | 40 | 2005–2021 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monitor | 366 | 38.0% | 35 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 227 | 23.6% | 24 |
| Domestic | 171 | 17.8% | 448 |
| Stock | 139 | 14.4% | 406 |
| Rig Supply | 29 | 3.0% | 440 |
| Industrial | 19 | 2.0% | 523 |
| Irrigation | 7 | 0.7% | 410 |
| Public Supply | 2 | 0.2% | 790 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 225 | 400 | 80 |
| 2010s | 537 | 40 | 54 |
| 2020s | 201 | 60 | 80 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 568074 | 2021 | 1,200 | 50 | 90 | Stock |
| 306368 | 2012 | 941 | 63 | 80 | Stock |
| 34854 | 2004 | 930 | 145 | 1,059 | Irrigation |
| 653544 | 2023 | 902 | 72 | — | Stock |
| 332411 | 2006 | 860 | 38 | 60 | Domestic |
| 305676 | 2012 | 841 | 92 | 70 | Stock |
| 166173 | 2009 | 841 | 71 | 60 | Stock |
| 380044 | 2014 | 822 | 73 | 70 | Stock |
| 423227 | 2016 | 790 | 98 | 410 | Public Supply |
| 687417 | 2024 | 782 | 95 | — | Stock |

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 Brooks 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

- [La Salle](/county/la-salle.md)
- [Hemphill](/county/hemphill.md)
- [Callahan](/county/callahan.md)
- [Pecos](/county/pecos.md)
- [San Augustine](/county/san-augustine.md)
- [Lampasas](/county/lampasas.md)
- [McCulloch](/county/mcculloch.md)
- [San Saba](/county/san-saba.md)
- [Lipscomb](/county/lipscomb.md)
- [Coryell](/county/coryell.md)
- [Young](/county/young.md)
- [Brewster](/county/brewster.md)
- [Hill](/county/hill.md)

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

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Página: https://texas-water-wells.pages.dev/county/brooks/
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