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Water wells in Dickens County, Texas

481 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 103 ft and struck water at 58 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

481Reports
103 ftMedian depth
58 ftWater at
8 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in Dickens County

Logged in Dickens County, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTop Soil 180, Clay 62, Sand 58, Topsoil 61, Red Clay 60, Sandy Clay 52
25–50 ftClay 30, Red Clay 30, Sand & Gravel 27, Sand 18, Rock 16, Sandy Clay 13
50–100 ftRed Clay 46, Clay 31, Red Bed 25, Sand & Gravel 22, Rock 18, Sand 18
100–200 ftRed Clay 34, Red Bed 21, Sand & Gravel 18, Clay 15, White Rock 7, Sand 10
200–300 ftSandy Clay 2, Red Bed 6, Clay 4, Sand 5, Sand And Gravel 3, Red Clay 4
300–500 ftBlue 2, Red Bed 4, Red Clay 4, Sandy Clay 2, Blue Clay 2, White Rock 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 Dickens County

Licensed firms in Dickens County, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
E&C DRILLING CO.7710082005–2025
Brent Whitaker41120152011–2024
PETER KLASSEN3298—2017–2025
Carter Drilling Co., Inc3110442006–2026
Jameson Pump & Drilling Service2514072016–2025
Thunder Well Service, LLC25141102008–2022
Mahorney Drilling2010082009–2010
Neufeld Family Drilling llc17145—2017–2025
Monte Moore Drilling1740—2009–2013
Mullen & Son's1710242003–2012
Mullen & Son139682003–2009
HI PLAINS DRILLING, INC.1080—2007–2014
FIRST PRIORITY IRRIGATION1060—2012
Jacob P Klassen Drilling Co97322014–2025
B & B CONSTRUCTION CO.9120—2008–2013
Jack Spears Drilling94952008–2009
T & T Drilling, LTD970—2002–2009
Jameson Drilling8176102007–2015
Helms Drilling8822002004–2005
Mullen And Son's76652011–2016
Harrison & Cooper, Inc.713202006–2010
T&T Drilling745—2002–2008
Zar's Pump & Drilling Service626272015–2025
StevensonWaterWellDrilling620082010
Bent Whitaker512012012–2015

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Stock25052.0%103
Domestic10722.2%120
Irrigation8317.3%104
Monitor204.2%60
Test Well71.5%80
Public Supply61.2%390
Environmental Soil Boring40.8%11
Other10.2%82
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s1747546
2010s19511562
2020s11212081

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in Dickens County. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
5499002019500—35Public Supply
4510232017463——Irrigation
1915442009440——Domestic
1912372009420——Stock
5562972020400—7Domestic
4106102015397——Domestic
5564262020390——Public Supply
5486042020390—55Public Supply
545062201939025545Public Supply
50456420193902558Stock

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 Dickens 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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