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

> 1,375 well reports filed in Ellis County since 2001. Median depth 28 ft, water struck at 263 ft, median yield 15 gpm.

## Water wells in Ellis County, Texas

**1,375** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **28 ft** and struck water at **263 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Ellis County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Top Soil** 94 , **Brown Clay** 86 , **Tan Clay** 71 , **Concrete** 63 , **Limestone** 58 , **Clay** 53 |
| 25–50 ft | **Gr Sh** 41 , **Gray Shale** 26 , **Blue Shale** 26 , **Shale** 23 , **Grey Shale** 10 , **Woodbine Shale** 8 |
| 50–100 ft | **Blue Shale** 33 , **Shale** 15 , **Blue Shell** 7 , **Sand And Gravel** 6 , **Gravel** 6 , **Gray Shale** 5 |
| 100–200 ft | **Blue Shale** 26 , **Sand** 17 , **Shale** 19 , **Blue Shell** 7 , **Sandy Shale** 10 , **Sand Brown** 7 |
| 200–300 ft | **Sand** 33 , **Sandy Shale** 21 , **Shale** 18 , **Blue Shale** 18 , **Shale Gray** 9 , **Sand And Blue Shale** 11 |
| 300–500 ft | **Sand** 43 , **Blue Shale** 37 , **Shale** 25 , **Sandy Shale** 23 , **Sand & Blue Shale** 11 , **Gray Shale** 11 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Sand** 78 , **Sandy Shale** 54 , **Shale** 41 , **Woodbine Sand** 15 , **Gray Shale** 13 , **Blue Shale** 13 |
| 1000–5000 ft | **Sand** 15 , **Shale** 11 , **Sandy Shale** 4 , **Sand W/ Shale Strks** 2 , **Lime** 3 , **Limestone & Shale** 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 Ellis County

*Licensed firms in Ellis County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [WEST Drilling](/driller/west-drilling.md) | 123 | 20 | — | 2015–2024 |
| [W.E.S.T. Drilling](/driller/w-e-s-t-drilling.md) | 116 | 28 | — | 2003–2015 |
| [Geyer Drilling Co. Inc.](/driller/geyer-drilling-co-inc.md) | 106 | 445 | 15 | 2002–2026 |
| [Sunbelt Industrial Services](/driller/sunbelt-industrial-services.md) | 102 | 20 | — | 2007–2025 |
| [MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services](/driller/magnacore-drilling-environmental-services.md) | 66 | 19 | — | 2003–2016 |
| [Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling](/driller/roddy-qualls-environmental-drilling.md) | 54 | 20 | — | 2015–2023 |
| [SCI](/driller/sci.md) | 32 | 18 | — | 2004–2013 |
| [R.L.Wagstaff Co.](/driller/r-l-wagstaff-co.md) | 31 | 50 | 44 | 2002–2013 |
| [Total Support Services](/driller/total-support-services.md) | 30 | 20 | — | 2001–2012 |
| [H/ET](/driller/h-et.md) | 29 | 46 | — | 2015–2026 |
| [GM Enterprises](/driller/gm-enterprises.md) | 29 | 20 | — | 2002–2021 |
| [Environmental Logistics Company, LLC](/driller/environmental-logistics-company-llc.md) | 22 | 20 | — | 2017–2025 |
| [Texplor of Dallas, Inc.](/driller/texplor-of-dallas-inc.md) | 22 | 15 | — | 2007–2018 |
| [Associated Well Services, Inc.](/driller/associated-well-services-inc.md) | 21 | 780 | 59 | 2014–2024 |
| [M5 Drilling](/driller/m5-drilling.md) | 20 | 400 | 16 | 2019–2026 |
| [POLLOCK WATER WELL](/driller/pollock-water-well.md) | 19 | 700 | 15 | 2016–2026 |
| [Subterra Environmental Services, LLC.](/driller/subterra-environmental-services-llc.md) | 19 | 20 | — | 2018–2022 |
| [51 waterwell services](/driller/51-waterwell-services.md) | 18 | 61 | 12 | 2023–2026 |
| [Strata Core Services, LLC](/driller/strata-core-services-llc.md) | 18 | 15 | — | 2011–2019 |
| [Groundwater Monitoring Inc.](/driller/groundwater-monitoring-inc.md) | 18 | 48 | — | 2005–2007 |
| [McNeese Drilling Co.](/driller/mcneese-drilling-co.md) | 16 | 80 | 14 | 2006–2025 |
| [Eagle Remediation](/driller/eagle-remediation.md) | 16 | 25 | — | 2020–2023 |
| [Jimmy D. Miller](/driller/jimmy-d-miller.md) | 16 | 360 | 20 | 2003–2009 |
| [Jimmie D Miller](/driller/jimmie-d-miller.md) | 15 | 400 | 15 | 2010–2019 |
| [qualls drilling](/driller/qualls-drilling.md) | 15 | 30 | — | 2013–2015 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monitor | 628 | 45.7% | 25 |
| Domestic | 269 | 19.6% | 420 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 249 | 18.1% | 13 |
| Irrigation | 59 | 4.3% | 637 |
| Stock | 43 | 3.1% | 63 |
| Injection | 37 | 2.7% | 20 |
| Closed-Loop Geothermal | 24 | 1.7% | 250 |
| Public Supply | 22 | 1.6% | 874 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | — | 928 |
| 2000s | 465 | 28 | 240 |
| 2010s | 506 | 25 | 250 |
| 2020s | 403 | 30 | 320 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 195846 | 2003 | 3,150 | 635 | 200 | Public Supply |
| 529760 | 2019 | 2,840 | 956 | 760 | Public Supply |
| 690564 | 2023 | 2,710 | 969 | 214 | Public Supply |
| 714880 | 2025 | 2,600 | 393 | 200 | Irrigation |
| 210602 | 2009 | 2,573 | 1,233 | 548 | Public Supply |
| 166482 | 2004 | 2,415 | 1,232 | 525 | Public Supply |
| 108378 | 2004 | 2,410 | 1,290 | — | Public Supply |
| 516192 | 2019 | 2,368 | 1,228 | — | Industrial |
| 524934 | 2019 | 2,360 | 1,402 | 490 | Industrial |
| 635586 | 2023 | 2,355 | 1,130 | 299 | Public 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 Ellis 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.

We are nobody's agent and have no arrangement with any firm today. [What we do with this](/privacy.md).

### Counties with a comparable number of reports

- [Caldwell](/county/caldwell.md)
- [Hunt](/county/hunt.md)
- [Cass](/county/cass.md)
- [Scurry](/county/scurry.md)
- [Edwards](/county/edwards.md)
- [Val Verde](/county/val-verde.md)
- [Ward](/county/ward.md)
- [Madison](/county/madison.md)
- [Upshur](/county/upshur.md)
- [Parmer](/county/parmer.md)
- [Gray](/county/gray.md)
- [Frio](/county/frio.md)
- [Bailey](/county/bailey.md)

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

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