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Water wells in Concho County, Texas

1,210 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 120 ft and struck water at 50 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

1,210Reports
120 ftMedian depth
50 ftWater at
20 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in Concho County

Logged in Concho County, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTopsoil 365, White Lime 339, Caliche 301, Top Soil 261, Red Clay 156, Dirt 138
25–50 ftYellow Lime 99, White Lime 68, Conglomerate 55, Blue Shale 44, Blue Lime 39, Gray Lime 34
50–100 ftYellow Lime 148, Gray Lime 64, Blue Shale 74, Gray Shale 50, Blue Lime 50, Blue Lime & Shale 43
100–200 ftGray Lime 68, Gray Shale 54, Yellow Lime 45, Gray Lime & Shale 30, Blue Shale 29, Brown Lime 28
200–300 ftGray Lime 10, Yellow Lime 6, Blue Shale 6, Grey Lime 4, White Lime 4, Shale 4
300–500 ftShale 2, Blue Clay 2, Lime W/ Shale Stks 2, Grey Limestone 1, Gray Lime 1, Lime 1
500–1000 ftLime 4, Shale 3, Red Bed 3, Sand 2, Dolomite 2, Lime W/ Shale Stks 2
1000–5000 ftLime 4, Shale 2, Dolomite 6, Lime W/ Shale Stks 2, Dolomite Cap 3, Shale W/ Lime Stks 2

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 Concho County

Licensed firms in Concho County, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
MICHAEL C HOELSCHER610120252003–2026
Lange Drilling Co223145202002–2026
woehl drilling no280120302016–2026
Walden Drilling Inc378562010–2013
Woehl Drilling27113152004–2010
Straub Corporation2335—2001–2006
White Drilling Company, Inc.2310—2003
Vortex Drilling, Inc.1715—2009–2014
Michael C. Holescher17110502010–2011
Woehl Drilling & Service12200202015–2025
Abel Water Systems11125152003–2020
WOEHL DRILLING # 21118052003–2008
Hill water well Service1080—2014–2020
Talon Drilling, LP1060—2004
Tinsley Drilling & Company92,155802021–2025
Magill Drilling & Water Well Service, LLC910002017–2019
Michael Hoelscher8120802004–2010
Magill Well Service75052002–2015
Pat Lange7—1002013
Curtis-Abel Water Systems, Inc.716422001–2003
McGuire Well Service618032012–2014
Wink Drilling LLC5100402025
Aqua Drill5120102019–2023
MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services57—2012
TINSLEY DEL & CO INC43,1604002017–2020

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Test Well37831.2%120
Stock29924.7%130
Domestic25220.8%120
Irrigation18415.2%120
Monitor463.8%55
Environmental Soil Boring363.0%10
Rig Supply50.4%145
Industrial50.4%125
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s32511050
2010s45912050
2020s42612050

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in Concho County. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
36020720144,060618400Public Supply
9769920063,831281120Irrigation
42093620163,321——Domestic
58930120213,300420450Stock
52073020193,270320—Stock
57895220213,25044045Stock
49442720173,160374400Irrigation
57122520213,109500—Stock
67813320243,082428220Stock
55206820202,960380300Domestic

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 Concho 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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