Water wells in Hopkins County, Texas
630 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 142 ft and struck water at 90 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.
What you will drill through in Hopkins County
| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | Surface 135, Shale 111, Top Soil 56, Concrete 45, Clay 45, Sand 37 |
| 25–50 ft | Gray Shale 30, Shale 27, Sand 17, Gray Clay 8, Sandy Shale 9, Lignite 6 |
| 50–100 ft | Shale 34, Sand 30, Sandy Shale 28, Gray Shale 9, Gray Clay 8, Gray Sand 8 |
| 100–200 ft | Shale 62, Sand 57, Gray Clay 10, Sandy Shale 30, Gray Sand 9, Gray Shale 18 |
| 200–300 ft | Shale 78, Sand 55, Sandy Shale 30, Gray Clay 13, Rock 17, Gray Shale 9 |
| 300–500 ft | Shale 96, Sand 80, Gray Clay 13, Sandy Shale 39, Med Gray Sand 3, Clay 12 |
| 500–1000 ft | Sand 35, Shale 27, Sandy Shale 21, Rock 9, Clay 5, Gray Clay 4 |
| 1000–5000 ft | Shale 3, Sandy 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 Hopkins County
What the wells are for
| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 215 | 34.1% | 442 |
| Monitor | 156 | 24.8% | 25 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 98 | 15.6% | 13 |
| Stock | 80 | 12.7% | 362 |
| Irrigation | 30 | 4.8% | 202 |
| Test Well | 12 | 1.9% | 450 |
| Injection | 11 | 1.7% | 20 |
| Closed-Loop Geothermal | 10 | 1.6% | — |
| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 640 | 165 |
| 2000s | 176 | 97 | 96 |
| 2010s | 276 | 60 | 84 |
| 2020s | 177 | 380 | 100 |
The deepest reports on file
| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 554090 | 2020 | 1,094 | 270 | 50 | Stock |
| 112531 | 2007 | 1,062 | 339 | 38 | Stock |
| 112526 | 2007 | 1,062 | — | — | Stock |
| 112524 | 2007 | 1,062 | 336 | 48 | Stock |
| 684087 | 2024 | 1,000 | 483 | 36 | Test Well |
| 122889 | 2003 | 998 | 280 | 50 | Domestic |
| 677014 | 2024 | 914 | — | — | Domestic |
| 681624 | 2024 | 904 | — | — | Domestic |
| 681622 | 2024 | 904 | — | — | Domestic |
| 679363 | 2024 | 904 | — | — | Domestic |
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 Hopkins County?
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