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Water wells in Crane County, Texas

711 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 125 ft and struck water at 54 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

711Reports
125 ftMedian depth
54 ftWater at
20 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in Crane County

Logged in Crane County, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftCaliche 213, Top Soil 169, Sand 68, Brown Sand 55, Tan Sand. 41, Topsoil 41
25–50 ftBrown Sand 21, Limestone 18, Red Clay 15, Sand 13, Brown Sand. 15, Tan Fine Sand/Sandstone 12
50–100 ftRed Bed 41, Dry Sand 36, Multi Color Sandstone 30, Red Clay 22, Sand 23, Red Sand 15
100–200 ftWater Sand 62, Red Bed 30, Red Clay 25, Wet Sand 28, Sand 26, Damp Sand 19
200–300 ftRed Bed 124, Gray Clay 40, Red Clay 34, Water Sand 32, Red Clay & Shale W/Gyp Rock Strips 5, Sand 11
300–500 ftRed Bed 8, Sand 5, Clay 2, Sandstone 5, Red Clay 4, Cemented Sand 2
500–1000 ftRed Bed 2, Sand 2, Red Fine Sand-Sandstone W/Clay 1, Red Very Fine Sand-Sandstone W/Clay 1, Red Shale W/Silt Sand 1, Hard White 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 Crane County

Licensed firms in Crane County, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
White Drilling Company, Inc.12070—2004–2024
Wheeler Drilling101240152003–2025
Straub Corporation9965—2001–2021
WEST TEXAS WATER WELL SERVICE45180202003–2026
Talon/LPE44123—2009–2024
MARK'S WATER WELL SERVICE, INC42163402015–2025
DARRELL CRASS DRILLING34120—2001–2015
Layne27250—2017–2018
Permian H2O Solutions17160—2018–2025
Dubose Drilling Inc16125—2004–2021
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.153001002017
West Texas Water Well9240202023–2025
Santa Rosa Well Service9300—2018–2023
SUBMERSIBLE PUMP SPECIALISTS7240—2025–2026
Elite Drillers Corporation7300252013–2024
Total Support Services745—2006
Mark's Water Well6260252008–2013
R DARRELL CRASS6140—2011–2012
Talon Drilling, LP635—2002–2005
J-R'S WATER WELL SERVICE5240—2025–2026
Caltex Water LLC5120152010–2011
DIXIE DRILLING545—2002
Eco Drilling Services5220252002
Harrison and Cooper, Inc.495—2024
Cascade Drilling4460402014–2017

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor21129.7%70
Domestic19227.0%240
Environmental Soil Boring8211.5%20
Rig Supply7911.1%210
Industrial567.9%250
Stock243.4%140
Test Well182.5%235
Irrigation172.4%220
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s2306448
2010s29216253
2020s189235170

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in Crane County. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
3970522015920——Rig Supply
1389982008900250—Rig Supply
4880022018810200—Rig Supply
4875172018810210—Rig Supply
5056822019800——Industrial
4418172017800——Monitor
4417802017800——Monitor
5111392019782——Industrial
5057012019780——Industrial
5436132020727400—Rig 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 Crane 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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