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

> 2,350 well reports filed in Deaf Smith County since 2001. Median depth 381 ft, water struck at 249 ft, median yield 120 gpm.

## Water wells in Deaf Smith County, Texas

**2,350** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **381 ft** and struck water at **249 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Deaf Smith County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Topsoil** 568 , **Caliche** 270 , **Surface Top Soil Brown Clay** 231 , **Top Soil** 206 , **Caliche & Caliche Rock** 194 , **Surface Top Soil Brown Clay W/Sandy Clay Strips** 184 |
| 25–50 ft | **Caliche W/Rock Strips** 110 , **Sand W/Minor Clay Strips** 83 , **Sand** 53 , **Sandstone** 32 , **Sand & Sandstone** 32 , **Brown Sandy Clay** 26 |
| 50–100 ft | **Sand W/Minor Clay Strips** 185 , **Sand & Sandstone** 105 , **Sand** 96 , **Sand With Minor Clay Strips** 53 , **Caliche W/Rock Strips** 51 , **Sandstone** 38 |
| 100–200 ft | **Sand** 102 , **Sand & Sandstone** 71 , **Sandstone** 50 , **Red Clay** 41 , **Sandy Clay** 35 , **Fine Sand W/Clay Strips** 37 |
| 200–300 ft | **Fine Fairly Loose Sand** 256 , **Red Clay** 168 , **Sand** 124 , **Med Fine Fairly Loose Sand** 89 , **Fine Sand** 73 , **Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Little Clay Mix** 51 |
| 300–500 ft | **Red Clay** 644 , **Fine Fairly Loose Sand** 166 , **Red Bed** 145 , **Sand** 79 , **Red Clay & Shale** 51 , **Red Clay + Shale** 56 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Red Clay** 294 , **Red Clay & Shale** 71 , **Red Clay W/Shale** 48 , **Red And Gray Clay + Shale** 50 , **Red Clay + Shale** 55 , **Fine Little Tight Sand** 67 |
| 1000–5000 ft | **Red Clay** 10 , **Red Clay & Shale** 10 , **Red Shale** 7 , **Med To Coarse Little Tight Sand W/Gravel** 3 , **Hard Red Shale** 3 , **Fine Tight Gray Sand W/Clay Mix** 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 Deaf Smith County

*Licensed firms in Deaf Smith County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.](/driller/hydro-resources-mid-continent-inc.md) | 554 | 860 | 500 | 2009–2026 |
| [CURRIE DRILLING CO.,INC.](/driller/currie-drilling-co-inc.md) | 433 | 343 | 80 | 2002–2026 |
| [LT Drilling Company](/driller/lt-drilling-company.md) | 236 | 400 | 300 | 2007–2010 |
| [DRILL PRO WATER WELL DRILLING](/driller/drill-pro-water-well-drilling.md) | 163 | 370 | — | 2016–2026 |
| [L T Drilling Company](/driller/l-t-drilling-company.md) | 151 | 402 | 300 | 2004–2007 |
| [ETTER WATER WELL LLC](/driller/etter-water-well-llc.md) | 147 | 350 | 15 | 2015–2026 |
| [PETER KLASSEN](/driller/peter-klassen.md) | 69 | 381 | — | 2015–2023 |
| [Les Taylor Drilling Company](/driller/les-taylor-drilling-company.md) | 65 | 420 | 350 | 2003–2004 |
| [Talon Drilling, LP](/driller/talon-drilling-lp.md) | 59 | 165 | — | 2002–2008 |
| [Talon/LPE](/driller/talon-lpe.md) | 55 | 100 | — | 2016–2026 |
| [Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc](/driller/hydro-resources-mid-contient-inc.md) | 48 | 791 | 500 | 2012–2014 |
| [Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc](/driller/hydro-resouces-mid-contient-inc.md) | 48 | 399 | 650 | 2013 |
| [HI PLAINS DRILLING, INC.](/driller/hi-plains-drilling-inc.md) | 34 | 297 | — | 2001–2019 |
| [K-Ran Drilling](/driller/k-ran-drilling.md) | 32 | 295 | 15 | 2003–2026 |
| [Wilson Drilling, Inc.](/driller/wilson-drilling-inc.md) | 24 | 348 | — | 2004–2020 |
| [Jacob P Klassen Drilling Co](/driller/jacob-p-klassen-drilling-co.md) | 17 | 302 | — | 2020–2025 |
| [Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc.](/driller/peterson-drilling-testing-inc.md) | 14 | 180 | — | 2003–2026 |
| [Howell Drilling Services, LLC](/driller/howell-drilling-services-llc.md) | 14 | 290 | 10 | 2024–2026 |
| [DB&E Co LTD](/driller/db-e-co-ltd.md) | 14 | 350 | — | 2014–2023 |
| [B & R IRRIGATION](/driller/b-r-irrigation.md) | 14 | 333 | — | 2010–2012 |
| Campbell Drilling | 14 | 340 | 15 | 2003–2007 |
| [Peter B Loewen](/driller/peter-b-loewen.md) | 13 | 383 | — | 2023–2026 |
| [4-M Drilling](/driller/4-m-drilling.md) | 11 | 340 | 10 | 2016–2026 |
| [N. Blake Scott](/driller/n-blake-scott.md) | 11 | 349 | — | 2012–2013 |
| [Turn Key Drilling](/driller/turn-key-drilling.md) | 10 | 350 | 18 | 2003–2004 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrigation | 978 | 41.6% | 390 |
| Test Well | 748 | 31.8% | 760 |
| Domestic | 373 | 15.9% | 325 |
| Monitor | 83 | 3.5% | 165 |
| Stock | 70 | 3.0% | 304 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 52 | 2.2% | 20 |
| Public Supply | 39 | 1.7% | 516 |
| Industrial | 5 | 0.2% | 857 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 700 | 383 | 234 |
| 2010s | 925 | 376 | 246 |
| 2020s | 725 | 390 | 266 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 708200 | 2025 | 1,319 | 888 | — | Industrial |
| 708110 | 2025 | 1,315 | 858 | — | Industrial |
| 455081 | 2017 | 1,120 | — | — | Test Well |
| 471168 | 2018 | 1,105 | — | — | Irrigation |
| 719904 | 2026 | 1,100 | — | — | Test Well |
| 716369 | 2026 | 1,100 | — | — | Test Well |
| 650207 | 2023 | 1,100 | — | — | Test Well |
| 485729 | 2018 | 1,100 | — | — | Test Well |
| 721548 | 2026 | 1,099 | 892 | — | Irrigation |
| 512022 | 2019 | 1,090 | — | — | 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 Deaf Smith County?

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### Counties with a comparable number of reports

- [Gonzales](/county/gonzales.md)
- [Hale](/county/hale.md)
- [Freestone](/county/freestone.md)
- [Glasscock](/county/glasscock.md)
- [Cochran](/county/cochran.md)
- [El Paso](/county/el-paso.md)
- [Robertson](/county/robertson.md)
- [Upton](/county/upton.md)
- [Polk](/county/polk.md)
- [Grayson](/county/grayson.md)
- [Brazos](/county/brazos.md)
- [Burleson](/county/burleson.md)
- [Goliad](/county/goliad.md)

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

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