Water wells in Carson County, Texas
2,699 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 400 ft and struck water at 281 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.
What you will drill through in Carson County
| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | Top Soil 326, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay 135, Topsoil 100, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay W/Sandy Clay Strips 96, Brown And Red Clay 80, Brown Clayey Silt 70 |
| 25–50 ft | Brown Silty, Sandy, Clay 28, Clay 27, Caliche W/Rock Strips 21, Caliche 20, Ft.-Brown Clayey, Sandy, Silt. 15, Caliche With Rock Strips 14 |
| 50–100 ft | Caliche 47, Sand W/Clay Strips 44, Sand With Clay Strips 40, Sand W/Minor Clay Strips 21, Sand To Silty Sand, Very Fine To Fine Grain, Poorly Graded, 19, Caliche W/Rock Strips 17 |
| 100–200 ft | Sand To Silty Sand, Very Fine To Fine Grain, Poorly Graded, 45, Medium Sand 35, Medium To Coarse Sand 28, Fine To Medium Sand 27, Fine Sand W/ Clay 24, Sand W/Clay Strips 25 |
| 200–300 ft | Brown Clay 69, Brown Sticky Clay 61, Coarse Sand W/ Gravel 35, Medium Sand 32, Brown Clay W/ Fine Sand Strips 29, Sand, Fine To Coarse Grain, Occasional Very Coarse Grain, We 24 |
| 300–500 ft | Fine Fairly Loose Sand 116, Red Clay 108, Fine Sand 97, Fine Sand W/ Clay 65, Brown Clay 70, Med Fine Fairly Loose Sand 61 |
| 500–1000 ft | Red Clay 247, Fine Fairly Loose Sand 57, Medium To Coarse Sand 70, Fine To Medium Sand 61, Fine Sand 60, Brown Clay 49 |
| 1000–5000 ft | Red Silty Clay & Clay 1, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Some Clay Mix & Sandy Clay Strips 1, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Some Clay Mix 1, Fine Fairly Loose Sand 2/Some Clay Mix & Rock Strip 1, Tight Rock 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 Carson County
| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bingham Resources Inc. | 459 | 21 | — | 2002–2004 |
| Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc. | 346 | 680 | 900 | 2009–2026 |
| Lichtie Pump Service | 275 | 675 | 750 | 2017–2026 |
| Cascade Drilling | 266 | 291 | — | 2017–2026 |
| Talon/LPE | 163 | 10 | — | 2011–2026 |
| Talon Drilling, LP | 145 | 60 | — | 2004–2009 |
| Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc | 95 | 657 | 800 | 2010–2014 |
| Magic Circle Drilling | 77 | 465 | 10 | 2003–2024 |
| L T Drilling Company | 68 | 660 | 600 | 2004–2008 |
| WDC Exploration & Wells | 66 | 285 | — | 2005–2011 |
| WDC Exploration and Wells | 61 | 70 | — | 2004–2009 |
| US Dept of Energy | 55 | 2 | — | 2009–2020 |
| LT Drilling Company | 42 | 720 | 750 | 2007–2010 |
| BWXT Pantex | 39 | 20 | — | 2002–2005 |
| K-Ran Drilling | 38 | 387 | 12 | 2004–2025 |
| U.S. Department of Energy | 36 | — | — | 2005–2009 |
| W.D.C. Exploration and Wells | 34 | 30 | — | 2004 |
| Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc. | 33 | 15 | 25 | 2003–2022 |
| Les Taylor Drilling Company | 32 | 573 | 850 | 2003–2009 |
| SCI | 32 | 60 | — | 2005 |
| Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc | 29 | 754 | 1,200 | 2012–2013 |
| Yellow Jacket Drilling | 24 | 288 | — | 2014 |
| 3T Drilling, Inc. | 23 | 500 | 20 | 2010–2026 |
| National EWP | 23 | 300 | — | 2012–2016 |
| Bingham Resource Inc. | 21 | — | — | 2002–2004 |
What the wells are for
| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Soil Boring | 895 | 33.2% | 21 |
| Test Well | 606 | 22.5% | 660 |
| Monitor | 318 | 11.8% | 282 |
| Irrigation | 290 | 10.7% | 702 |
| Injection | 278 | 10.3% | 290 |
| Domestic | 164 | 6.1% | 380 |
| Stock | 79 | 2.9% | 450 |
| Extraction | 36 | 1.3% | 295 |
| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,180 | 69 | 246 |
| 2010s | 804 | 550 | 282 |
| 2020s | 715 | 301 | 343 |
The deepest reports on file
| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 345532 | 2013 | 1,920 | — | — | Test Well |
| 167985 | 2009 | 1,080 | — | — | Test Well |
| 715025 | 2026 | 1,020 | — | — | Test Well |
| 432494 | 2016 | 1,000 | — | — | Test Well |
| 287175 | 2012 | 1,000 | — | — | Irrigation |
| 309225 | 2013 | 980 | — | — | Test Well |
| 606298 | 2021 | 975 | 455 | — | Irrigation |
| 606299 | 2021 | 955 | 455 | 1,000 | Irrigation |
| 606297 | 2021 | 955 | 450 | 1,000 | Irrigation |
| 606287 | 2021 | 950 | — | — | Test Well |
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.
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