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
| 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
What the wells are for
| 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 |
| 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
| 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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