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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.

1,375Reports
28 ftMedian depth
263 ftWater at
15 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in Ellis County

Logged in Ellis County, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTop Soil 94, Brown Clay 86, Tan Clay 71, Concrete 63, Limestone 58, Clay 53
25–50 ftGr Sh 41, Gray Shale 26, Blue Shale 26, Shale 23, Grey Shale 10, Woodbine Shale 8
50–100 ftBlue Shale 33, Shale 15, Blue Shell 7, Sand And Gravel 6, Gravel 6, Gray Shale 5
100–200 ftBlue Shale 26, Sand 17, Shale 19, Blue Shell 7, Sandy Shale 10, Sand Brown 7
200–300 ftSand 33, Sandy Shale 21, Shale 18, Blue Shale 18, Shale Gray 9, Sand And Blue Shale 11
300–500 ftSand 43, Blue Shale 37, Shale 25, Sandy Shale 23, Sand & Blue Shale 11, Gray Shale 11
500–1000 ftSand 78, Sandy Shale 54, Shale 41, Woodbine Sand 15, Gray Shale 13, Blue Shale 13
1000–5000 ftSand 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 recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
WEST Drilling12320—2015–2024
W.E.S.T. Drilling11628—2003–2015
Geyer Drilling Co. Inc.106445152002–2026
Sunbelt Industrial Services10220—2007–2025
MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services6619—2003–2016
Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling5420—2015–2023
SCI3218—2004–2013
R.L.Wagstaff Co.3150442002–2013
Total Support Services3020—2001–2012
H/ET2946—2015–2026
GM Enterprises2920—2002–2021
Environmental Logistics Company, LLC2220—2017–2025
Texplor of Dallas, Inc.2215—2007–2018
Associated Well Services, Inc.21780592014–2024
M5 Drilling20400162019–2026
POLLOCK WATER WELL19700152016–2026
Subterra Environmental Services, LLC.1920—2018–2022
51 waterwell services1861122023–2026
Strata Core Services, LLC1815—2011–2019
Groundwater Monitoring Inc.1848—2005–2007
McNeese Drilling Co.1680142006–2025
Eagle Remediation1625—2020–2023
Jimmy D. Miller16360202003–2009
Jimmie D Miller15400152010–2019
qualls drilling1530—2013–2015

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor62845.7%25
Domestic26919.6%420
Environmental Soil Boring24918.1%13
Irrigation594.3%637
Stock433.1%63
Injection372.7%20
Closed-Loop Geothermal241.7%250
Public Supply221.6%874
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
1990s1—928
2000s46528240
2010s50625250
2020s40330320

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in Ellis County. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
19584620033,150635200Public Supply
52976020192,840956760Public Supply
69056420232,710969214Public Supply
71488020252,600393200Irrigation
21060220092,5731,233548Public Supply
16648220042,4151,232525Public Supply
10837820042,4101,290—Public Supply
51619220192,3681,228—Industrial
52493420192,3601,402490Industrial
63558620232,3551,130299Public 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.

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