Water wells in Hale County, Texas
2,495 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 318 ft and struck water at 230 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.
What you will drill through in Hale County
| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | Top Soil 842, Topsoil 671, Caliche 434, Caliche And Clay 425, Sandy Clay 294, Sandstone 126 |
| 25–50 ft | Sandstone 135, Cap Rock 68, Hard Caprock 66, Sand, Sandstone 55, Sandstone, Sand 55, Caprock 49 |
| 50–100 ft | Sand 111, Brown Clay 115, Brown Clay, Sandstone 100, Sandstone 96, Sandy Clay 72, Sand, Sandy Clay, Sandstone 70 |
| 100–200 ft | Sand 256, Brown Clay 168, Clay 145, Sandy Clay, Sand, Sandstone 125, Sandstone 127, Sandy Clay 107 |
| 200–300 ft | Red Bed 314, Sand 223, Sand & Gravel 162, Coarse Sand, Grvl 132, Brown Clay 109, Sand And Gravel 100 |
| 300–500 ft | Red Bed 532, Red And Blue 186, Red Clay 154, Red And Blue Clay 120, Red 68, Blue Clay 38 |
| 500–1000 ft | Red Clay & Shale 5, Red Clay 7, Red Clay And Shale 5, Red And Blue Clay And Shale 2, Red Clay W/Gray Clay Strips 1, Red And Gray Clay + Shale 3 |
| 1000–5000 ft | Red Silty Clay & Shale 1, Red Clay 1, Fine Little Tight To Tight Sand W/Red Clay Strips 1, Red Clay W/Little Hard Shale Strips & Fine Little Tight Brow 1, Red Clay W/Fine Little Tight To Tight Brown Sand Strips 1, Red Clay & Shale W/Fine Little Tight Brown Sand Strips 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 Hale County
What the wells are for
| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrigation | 1,716 | 68.8% | 324 |
| Domestic | 437 | 17.5% | 305 |
| Monitor | 130 | 5.2% | 215 |
| Stock | 78 | 3.1% | 300 |
| Test Well | 57 | 2.3% | 340 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 41 | 1.6% | 20 |
| Public Supply | 20 | 0.8% | 323 |
| Industrial | 12 | 0.5% | 363 |
| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 834 | 315 | 210 |
| 2010s | 1,115 | 320 | 245 |
| 2020s | 546 | 320 | 260 |
The deepest reports on file
| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 546254 | 2020 | 1,320 | — | — | Test Well |
| 415044 | 2016 | 1,245 | — | — | Test Well |
| 370649 | 2014 | 940 | — | — | Test Well |
| 184798 | 2004 | 940 | — | — | Test Well |
| 67273 | 2005 | 940 | — | — | Test Well |
| 398439 | 2015 | 920 | — | — | Test Well |
| 394969 | 2015 | 920 | — | — | Test Well |
| 410281 | 2015 | 911 | 458 | — | Public Supply |
| 370656 | 2014 | 900 | — | — | Test Well |
| 370653 | 2014 | 900 | — | — | Test Well |
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 Hale County?
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