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Water wells in Cochran County, Texas

2,408 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 227 ft and struck water at 110 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

2,408Reports
227 ftMedian depth
110 ftWater at
46 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in Cochran County

Logged in Cochran County, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTopsoil 1,353, Caliche 1,183, Top Soil 705, Sandstone 215, Sand 190, Red Sandy Clay 183
25–50 ftSand 359, Sandstone 276, Rock 259, Sand & Soft Sandstone 87, Sandy Clay 70, Sand And Sandstone 65
50–100 ftRock 800, Sand 449, Sandstone 262, Sand & Gravel 87, Sandy Clay 76, Sand & Soft Sandstone 64
100–200 ftSand And Gravel 622, Sand 533, Sand & Gravel 386, Blue Clay 329, Yellow Clay 264, Rock 203
200–300 ftBlue Clay 665, Yellow Clay 275, Sand And Gravel 169, Yellow And Blue Clay 139, Blue And Red Clay 111, Red Clay 94
300–500 ftRed Clay 37, Sand 8, Blue Clay 6, Sand And Gravel 4, Red Bed 4, Rock 3
500–1000 ftHard Red 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 Cochran County

Licensed firms in Cochran County, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Vanguard Well Resources, LLC915244—2018–2026
Gilco Drilling Company328212—2003–2021
Pearson Drilling15126042002–2015
Landowner Drilled131220752016–2025
Goertzen Drilling99205—2008–2021
PETER KLASSEN76240—2019–2026
Jack Spears Drilling51204—2006–2012
SUBMERSIBLE PUMP SPECIALISTS45218—2002–2022
JB Drilling44238—2016–2024
Wilson Drilling, Inc.39232—2002–2012
West Texas Faast Bailing33190—2022–2023
DELTA DRILLERS32200—2023–2026
Jacob P Klassen Drilling Co29214—2011–2023
Weston Drilling Inc27193252018–2024
Monte Moore Drilling26235—2005–2015
Peter B Loewen22230—2014–2025
Harrison and Cooper, Inc.22200—2018–2025
LETKEMAN DRILLING21230—2023–2026
CORNELIUS LETKEMAN21180—2018–2022
First priority Irr21220—2019
B & J Irrigation & Drilling co19235462015–2020
VANGUARD WATER WELLS18235—2014–2017
JAKOB WIELER16215—2021–2022
B&M Pump Irrigation Sales and Service Inc.14238—2018–2026
Talon/LPE14130—2010–2018

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Irrigation2,15889.6%230
Domestic803.3%206
Monitor512.1%200
Stock502.1%206
Test Well200.8%218
Environmental Soil Boring200.8%8
Industrial100.4%229
Rig Supply70.3%210
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s314210120
2010s697215100
2020s1,397237110

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in Cochran County. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
58595520212,103——Irrigation
5498752020530——Irrigation
195480200740098—Irrigation
6495412023390——Irrigation
2245492010378——Irrigation
4521302017370——Irrigation
2432552007370140—Irrigation
6822592024368——Irrigation
4978012018363——Irrigation
5740492021362——Irrigation

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 Cochran 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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