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Water wells in Childress County, Texas

709 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 120 ft and struck water at 45 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

709Reports
120 ftMedian depth
45 ftWater at
12 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in Childress County

Logged in Childress County, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTop Soil 160, Red Clay 121, Red Sand 56, Topsoil 59, Sandy Clay 59, Sand 56
25–50 ftRock 55, Red Clay 40, Clay 31, Gyp Rock 31, Shale 25, Sand 19
50–100 ftRock 81, Red Clay 51, Gyp Rock 63, Shale 30, Clay 39, Red Sand 15
100–200 ftRock 62, Gyp Rock 65, Red Clay 50, Clay 39, Shale 17, Lime Rock 23
200–300 ftGyp Rock 17, Red Clay 17, Rock 12, Broken Gyp 9, Clay 6, Lime Rock 4
300–500 ftBlue Shale 2, Red Clay 1, Rock Clay 1, Gyp 1, Fine Fairly Loose To Loose Sand 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 Childress County

Licensed firms in Childress County, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Brent Whitaker103180152011–2026
Talon Drilling, LP8730—2002–2007
WP Drilling47120102009–2026
Peter B Loewen37149—2015–2023
Rockin S73014082024–2026
O'Neal Well Service3011572003–2016
Les Taylor Drilling Company29140—2003
L T Drilling Company29160—2004–2006
W.E.S.T. Drilling2930—2004–2006
First priority Irr23190402011–2025
Vanguard Well Resources, LLC22280—2022–2026
Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc.2036—2003–2025
Talon/LPE1824—2014–2021
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC1015—2023–2026
Sunbelt Industrial Services1030—2013–2020
B & B CONSTRUCTION CO.9——2003–2004
Savage Excavation830—2024–2026
Carter Drilling Co., Inc8146402024–2025
New Leaf Waterwell Services8160—2021
Bent Whitaker8240152012–2015
wyatt drilling8120102011–2013
MORROW DRILLING COMPANY8160112002–2013
Mahorney Drilling8140202005–2010
Jameson Pump & Drilling Service7138302018
4-M Water Well Service77552006–2009

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Stock23132.6%125
Monitor18025.4%30
Irrigation9613.5%240
Test Well8612.1%160
Domestic7110.0%140
Injection243.4%24
Environmental Soil Boring172.4%15
Rig Supply20.3%200
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s2466026
2010s22012062
2020s24313565

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in Childress County. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
2705942011345135200Irrigation
4373982016340——Irrigation
4372412016340——Irrigation
4144212015340——Irrigation
4144202015340——Irrigation
4144192015340——Test Well
6949512025330——Test Well
6949492025328——Test Well
4618532017320——Irrigation
2609872011320120600Irrigation

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 Childress 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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