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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.

2,350Reports
381 ftMedian depth
249 ftWater at
120 gpmMedian yield

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, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTopsoil 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 ftCaliche W/Rock Strips 110, Sand W/Minor Clay Strips 83, Sand 53, Sandstone 32, Sand & Sandstone 32, Brown Sandy Clay 26
50–100 ftSand 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 ftSand 102, Sand & Sandstone 71, Sandstone 50, Red Clay 41, Sandy Clay 35, Fine Sand W/Clay Strips 37
200–300 ftFine 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 ftRed Clay 644, Fine Fairly Loose Sand 166, Red Bed 145, Sand 79, Red Clay & Shale 51, Red Clay + Shale 56
500–1000 ftRed 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 ftRed 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 recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.5548605002009–2026
CURRIE DRILLING CO.,INC.433343802002–2026
LT Drilling Company2364003002007–2010
DRILL PRO WATER WELL DRILLING163370—2016–2026
L T Drilling Company1514023002004–2007
ETTER WATER WELL LLC147350152015–2026
PETER KLASSEN69381—2015–2023
Les Taylor Drilling Company654203502003–2004
Talon Drilling, LP59165—2002–2008
Talon/LPE55100—2016–2026
Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc487915002012–2014
Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc483996502013
HI PLAINS DRILLING, INC.34297—2001–2019
K-Ran Drilling32295152003–2026
Wilson Drilling, Inc.24348—2004–2020
Jacob P Klassen Drilling Co17302—2020–2025
Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc.14180—2003–2026
Howell Drilling Services, LLC14290102024–2026
DB&E Co LTD14350—2014–2023
B & R IRRIGATION14333—2010–2012
Campbell Drilling14340152003–2007
Peter B Loewen13383—2023–2026
4-M Drilling11340102016–2026
N. Blake Scott11349—2012–2013
Turn Key Drilling10350182003–2004

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Irrigation97841.6%390
Test Well74831.8%760
Domestic37315.9%325
Monitor833.5%165
Stock703.0%304
Environmental Soil Boring522.2%20
Public Supply391.7%516
Industrial50.2%857
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s700383234
2010s925376246
2020s725390266

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in Deaf Smith County. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
70820020251,319888—Industrial
70811020251,315858—Industrial
45508120171,120——Test Well
47116820181,105——Irrigation
71990420261,100——Test Well
71636920261,100——Test Well
65020720231,100——Test Well
48572920181,100——Test Well
72154820261,099892—Irrigation
51202220191,090——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?

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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