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

> 3,951 well reports filed in Colorado County since 2001. Median depth 165 ft, water struck at 66 ft, median yield 40 gpm.

## Water wells in Colorado County, Texas

**3,951** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **165 ft** and struck water at **66 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Colorado County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Sand** 580 , **Clay** 533 , **Top Soil** 571 , **Topsoil** 569 , **Red Clay** 347 , **Yellow Clay** 299 |
| 25–50 ft | **Sand** 529 , **Clay** 228 , **Tan Clay** 178 , **White Clay** 135 , **Red Clay** 128 , **Sand & Gravel** 122 |
| 50–100 ft | **Sand** 817 , **Clay** 329 , **Rock** 266 , **Tan Clay** 246 , **White Clay** 217 , **Sand & Rock** 154 |
| 100–200 ft | **Sand** 1,154 , **Rock** 572 , **Clay** 445 , **Tan Clay** 377 , **White Clay** 257 , **Sand & Rock** 206 |
| 200–300 ft | **Sand** 358 , **Clay** 167 , **Rock** 178 , **Tan Clay** 83 , **Shale** 51 , **Sand & Rock** 54 |
| 300–500 ft | **Sand** 133 , **Clay** 94 , **Shale** 44 , **Rock** 34 , **Sand & Rock** 15 , **Sand & Rocks** 16 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Sand** 46 , **Clay** 44 , **Shale** 18 , **Sand & Rocks** 10 , **Hard Shale** 10 , **Shale & Clay** 5 |
| 1000–5000 ft | **Sand** 2 , **Hard Shale** 1 , **Clay** 2 , **Tight Shale** 1 , **Shale** 1 , **Hard 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 Colorado County

*Licensed firms in Colorado County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Neuendorff's Water Well Service, Inc.](/driller/neuendorff-s-water-well-service-inc.md) | 773 | 158 | 50 | 2004–2026 |
| [Neuendorff's Water Well Svc., Inc.](/driller/neuendorff-s-water-well-svc-inc.md) | 688 | 160 | 40 | 2003–2014 |
| [Skutca Water Well](/driller/skutca-water-well.md) | 362 | 167 | 30 | 2001–2022 |
| [Texas Southern Drilling](/driller/texas-southern-drilling.md) | 215 | 185 | 35 | 2020–2026 |
| [Vrana Well Service Inc.](/driller/vrana-well-service-inc.md) | 164 | 163 | 25 | 2003–2025 |
| [CHANDLER DRILLING INC](/driller/chandler-drilling-inc.md) | 116 | 160 | 30 | 2004–2026 |
| [Busselman Water Wells, LLC](/driller/busselman-water-wells-llc.md) | 115 | 185 | 45 | 2023–2026 |
| [J&S WATER WELLS](/driller/j-s-water-wells.md) | 110 | 450 | 100 | 2004–2026 |
| [A.W. Flentge Service](/driller/a-w-flentge-service.md) | 88 | 175 | 30 | 2003–2023 |
| [Vortex Drilling, Inc.](/driller/vortex-drilling-inc.md) | 76 | 20 | — | 2006–2019 |
| [Cobra Water Well Drilling, LLC.](/driller/cobra-water-well-drilling-llc.md) | 73 | 230 | 65 | 2011–2026 |
| [Burleson Services, Inc.](/driller/burleson-services-inc.md) | 57 | 220 | 90 | 2003–2010 |
| [Cady's Water wells](/driller/cady-s-water-wells.md) | 50 | 170 | 100 | 2008–2026 |
| [Maresh Drilling Co., Inc.](/driller/maresh-drilling-co-inc.md) | 48 | 160 | 25 | 2003–2025 |
| [Joe Ferguson Water Well Drilling, Inc.](/driller/joe-ferguson-water-well-drilling-inc.md) | 45 | 220 | — | 2004–2012 |
| [BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.](/driller/best-drilling-services-inc.md) | 38 | 25 | — | 2006–2024 |
| [Friedel Drilling Company](/driller/friedel-drilling-company.md) | 36 | 183 | 50 | 2002–2025 |
| [Leon Flentge Water Well Drilling and Service](/driller/leon-flentge-water-well-drilling-and-service.md) | 33 | 204 | 40 | 2006–2012 |
| [Bluebonnet Water Wells](/driller/bluebonnet-water-wells.md) | 29 | 190 | 45 | 2024–2026 |
| [WASHINGTON CO WATER WELL DRILLING](/driller/washington-co-water-well-drilling.md) | 29 | 180 | 25 | 2014–2024 |
| [Ricky Bonds Water Wells](/driller/ricky-bonds-water-wells.md) | 28 | 220 | 50 | 2006–2022 |
| [Kight Water Well Service](/driller/kight-water-well-service.md) | 27 | 113 | 80 | 2020–2026 |
| [Joe Ferguson Drilling, Inc.](/driller/joe-ferguson-drilling-inc.md) | 26 | 240 | — | 2004–2006 |
| [Geophysical Drilling, Inc.](/driller/geophysical-drilling-inc.md) | 24 | 236 | 60 | 2004–2022 |
| [Envirotech Drilling Services LLC](/driller/envirotech-drilling-services-llc.md) | 23 | 40 | — | 2013–2025 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 2,800 | 70.9% | 165 |
| Stock | 323 | 8.2% | 155 |
| Rig Supply | 218 | 5.5% | 220 |
| Irrigation | 217 | 5.5% | 310 |
| Monitor | 144 | 3.6% | 30 |
| Industrial | 100 | 2.5% | 230 |
| Other | 51 | 1.3% | 187 |
| Public Supply | 44 | 1.1% | 330 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,250 | 164 | 66 |
| 2010s | 1,469 | 170 | 66 |
| 2020s | 1,232 | 165 | 65 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 165278 | 2008 | 2,098 | 78 | — | Domestic |
| 531355 | 2019 | 1,190 | 37 | 120 | Stock |
| 64860 | 2005 | 1,183 | 106 | — | Domestic |
| 726771 | 2026 | 1,140 | 80 | — | Irrigation |
| 708699 | 2025 | 1,115 | — | — | Closed-Loop Geothermal |
| 594213 | 2021 | 1,090 | 120 | 140 | Irrigation |
| 333067 | 2005 | 1,050 | 210 | 205 | Public Supply |
| 313460 | 2013 | 1,035 | 17 | — | Irrigation |
| 604929 | 2022 | 1,030 | 123 | 150 | Irrigation |
| 191940 | 2007 | 1,030 | 51 | 413 | Public Supply |

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 Colorado 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.

We are nobody's agent and have no arrangement with any firm today. [What we do with this](/privacy.md).

### Counties with a comparable number of reports

- [DeWitt](/county/dewitt.md)
- [Hidalgo](/county/hidalgo.md)
- [Jefferson](/county/jefferson.md)
- [Llano](/county/llano.md)
- [Smith](/county/smith.md)
- [Waller](/county/waller.md)
- [Fayette](/county/fayette.md)
- [Potter](/county/potter.md)
- [Dallam](/county/dallam.md)
- [Wharton](/county/wharton.md)
- [Kendall](/county/kendall.md)
- [Panola](/county/panola.md)
- [Yoakum](/county/yoakum.md)

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

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