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

> 3,156 well reports filed in Hockley County since 2001. Median depth 178 ft, water struck at 145 ft, median yield 15 gpm.

## Water wells in Hockley County, Texas

**3,156** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **178 ft** and struck water at **145 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Hockley County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Top Soil** 1,615 , **Caliche** 1,418 , **Topsoil** 960 , **Sandstone** 470 , **Sandy Clay** 336 , **Brown Sandy Clay** 167 |
| 25–50 ft | **Sandstone** 338 , **Rock** 332 , **Sand** 132 , **Sand & Soft Sandstone** 90 , **Sand And Sandstone** 63 , **Sandy Clay** 58 |
| 50–100 ft | **Rock** 830 , **Sandstone** 433 , **Sand** 444 , **Sandy Clay** 228 , **Clay** 205 , **Brown Clay** 205 |
| 100–200 ft | **Blue Clay** 1,169 , **Sand & Gravel** 738 , **Sand** 551 , **Yellow Clay** 525 , **Sand And Gravel** 469 , **Brown Clay** 424 |
| 200–300 ft | **Blue Clay** 592 , **Yellow Clay** 133 , **Sand & Gravel** 53 , **Sand And Gravel** 41 , **Sand** 39 , **Gravel** 32 |
| 300–500 ft | **Red Clay** 4 , **Redbed** 3 , **Shale** 2 , **Red Bed** 2 , **Sand** 2 , **Sand Clay** 1 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Light Blue Sand** 1 , **Red Clay** 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 Hockley County

*Licensed firms in Hockley County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [SUBMERSIBLE PUMP SPECIALISTS](/driller/submersible-pump-specialists.md) | 342 | 210 | — | 2001–2025 |
| [Carter Drilling Co., Inc](/driller/carter-drilling-co-inc.md) | 320 | 190 | 25 | 2005–2026 |
| [Gilco Drilling Company](/driller/gilco-drilling-company.md) | 289 | 191 | — | 2003–2021 |
| [Thunder Well Service, LLC](/driller/thunder-well-service-llc.md) | 224 | 157 | 15 | 2003–2026 |
| [Jacob P Klassen Drilling Co](/driller/jacob-p-klassen-drilling-co.md) | 215 | 182 | — | 2011–2026 |
| [Weston Drilling Inc](/driller/weston-drilling-inc.md) | 193 | 140 | — | 2016–2025 |
| [Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc.](/driller/peterson-drilling-testing-inc.md) | 174 | 180 | — | 2003–2024 |
| [Estill Drilling](/driller/estill-drilling.md) | 157 | 163 | 15 | 2002–2026 |
| [Jack Spears Drilling](/driller/jack-spears-drilling.md) | 118 | 184 | 10 | 2005–2015 |
| [Peter B Loewen](/driller/peter-b-loewen.md) | 99 | 203 | — | 2015–2026 |
| [Vanguard Well Resources, LLC](/driller/vanguard-well-resources-llc.md) | 96 | 201 | 15 | 2019–2025 |
| [Zar's Pump & Drilling Service](/driller/zar-s-pump-drilling-service.md) | 60 | 144 | 17 | 2014–2026 |
| [B & J Irrigation & Drilling co](/driller/b-j-irrigation-drilling-co.md) | 55 | 167 | 100 | 2017–2021 |
| [T & T Drilling, LTD](/driller/t-t-drilling-ltd.md) | 55 | 175 | — | 2002–2010 |
| [Jack Spears](/driller/jack-spears.md) | 54 | 190 | — | 2004–2006 |
| [Couch Operating, LLC](/driller/couch-operating-llc.md) | 45 | 205 | — | 2013–2025 |
| [R&R DRILLING LLC](/driller/r-r-drilling-llc.md) | 40 | 140 | — | 2019–2022 |
| [Monte Moore Drilling](/driller/monte-moore-drilling.md) | 40 | 220 | — | 2003–2016 |
| [Presage Environmental, Inc.](/driller/presage-environmental-inc.md) | 34 | 186 | — | 2011–2014 |
| [B & B CONSTRUCTION CO.](/driller/b-b-construction-co.md) | 34 | 198 | — | 2004–2009 |
| [J & S Drilling, LLC](/driller/j-s-drilling-llc.md) | 31 | 200 | — | 2018–2026 |
| [HI PLAINS DRILLING, INC.](/driller/hi-plains-drilling-inc.md) | 30 | 202 | — | 2001–2018 |
| [T&T Drilling](/driller/t-t-drilling.md) | 25 | 130 | — | 2002–2015 |
| Panhandle Pump | 23 | 218 | — | 2003–2004 |
| [Wilson Drilling, Inc.](/driller/wilson-drilling-inc.md) | 22 | 162 | — | 2002–2014 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrigation | 1,608 | 51.0% | 198 |
| Domestic | 1,110 | 35.2% | 160 |
| Monitor | 199 | 6.3% | 175 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 89 | 2.8% | 20 |
| Stock | 53 | 1.7% | 156 |
| Test Well | 44 | 1.4% | 206 |
| Industrial | 17 | 0.5% | 171 |
| Injection | 15 | 0.5% | 205 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4 | 212 | 143 |
| 2000s | 1,085 | 182 | 147 |
| 2010s | 1,071 | 190 | 156 |
| 2020s | 996 | 164 | 135 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 645099 | 2023 | 2,260 | — | — | Irrigation |
| 318092 | 2013 | 1,145 | — | — | Irrigation |
| 342724 | 2013 | 560 | — | — | Irrigation |
| 324224 | 2013 | 400 | — | — | Irrigation |
| 346719 | 2013 | 362 | — | — | Domestic |
| 677367 | 2024 | 334 | 198 | — | Irrigation |
| 368996 | 2014 | 331 | 180 | — | Irrigation |
| 369004 | 2014 | 330 | 180 | — | Irrigation |
| 369001 | 2014 | 330 | 180 | — | Irrigation |
| 321068 | 2013 | 328 | — | — | 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 Hockley County?

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### Counties with a comparable number of reports

- [Bell](/county/bell.md)
- [Montague](/county/montague.md)
- [Liberty](/county/liberty.md)
- [Grimes](/county/grimes.md)
- [Jim Wells](/county/jim-wells.md)
- [Matagorda](/county/matagorda.md)
- [Andrews](/county/andrews.md)
- [San Patricio](/county/san-patricio.md)
- [Reagan](/county/reagan.md)
- [Kerr](/county/kerr.md)
- [Kleberg](/county/kleberg.md)
- [Medina](/county/medina.md)
- [Moore](/county/moore.md)

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

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