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

> 1,055 well reports filed in Houston County since 2001. Median depth 300 ft, water struck at 81 ft, median yield 30 gpm.

## Water wells in Houston County, Texas

**1,055** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **300 ft** and struck water at **81 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Houston County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Sand** 200 , **Clay** 210 , **Brown Clay** 99 , **Top Bit Soil** 93 , **Red Clay** 82 , **Shale** 60 |
| 25–50 ft | **Sand** 84 , **Blue Clay** 69 , **Clay** 41 , **Shale** 39 , **Gray Shale** 34 , **Rock** 17 |
| 50–100 ft | **Sand** 130 , **Blue Clay** 73 , **Shale** 64 , **Rock** 55 , **Clay** 56 , **Gray Shale** 26 |
| 100–200 ft | **Sand** 249 , **Blue Clay** 88 , **Clay** 121 , **Rock** 108 , **Shale** 86 , **Gray Shale** 44 |
| 200–300 ft | **Sand** 247 , **Clay** 107 , **Blue Clay** 64 , **Rock** 74 , **Shale** 88 , **Sandy Shale** 42 |
| 300–500 ft | **Sand** 243 , **Clay** 93 , **Rock** 74 , **Shale** 87 , **Blue Clay** 39 , **Sandy Shale** 36 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Sand** 68 , **Clay** 33 , **Shale** 29 , **Rock** 10 , **Blue Clay** 7 , **Hard Rock** 5 |
| 1000–5000 ft | **Clay** 3 , **Sand** 2 , **Shale** 2 , **Clay With Rock Streaks** 2 , **Hard Blue Clay** 2 , **Blue Clay With Sand Streaks** 2 |

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 Houston County

*Licensed firms in Houston County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Holly Water Wells](/driller/holly-water-wells.md) | 137 | 361 | 20 | 2003–2026 |
| [LONG DRILLING COMPANY](/driller/long-drilling-company.md) | 114 | 340 | 20 | 2011–2026 |
| [Pinnergy, LTD](/driller/pinnergy-ltd.md) | 71 | 340 | 65 | 2006–2025 |
| [BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.](/driller/best-drilling-services-inc.md) | 61 | 29 | — | 2005–2023 |
| [English Drilling Inc.](/driller/english-drilling-inc.md) | 47 | 297 | 15 | 2003–2026 |
| [LTW Services, LP](/driller/ltw-services-lp.md) | 40 | 410 | 90 | 2005–2015 |
| [Triple B Production Drilling Inc.](/driller/triple-b-production-drilling-inc.md) | 27 | 390 | 55 | 2023–2025 |
| [Fas-Line Services Inc.](/driller/fas-line-services-inc.md) | 27 | 320 | 80 | 2008–2025 |
| [Smithers Water Wells](/driller/smithers-water-wells.md) | 23 | 310 | 15 | 2003–2026 |
| [Geothermal Drilling inc](/driller/geothermal-drilling-inc.md) | 22 | 380 | 20 | 2003–2026 |
| [WANDA DRILLING & WATER DEV INC](/driller/wanda-drilling-water-dev-inc.md) | 22 | 340 | 40 | 2010–2026 |
| [D-K Drilling](/driller/d-k-drilling.md) | 22 | 101 | 12 | 2004–2014 |
| [Ballard Water Well Co. LLC](/driller/ballard-water-well-co-llc.md) | 18 | 340 | 30 | 2010–2026 |
| [Scruggs, Inc.](/driller/scruggs-inc.md) | 18 | 380 | 75 | 2004–2013 |
| [M&M Water Well, LLC](/driller/m-m-water-well-llc.md) | 17 | 350 | 18 | 2016–2026 |
| [Jacksaon Distributers](/driller/jacksaon-distributers.md) | 16 | 600 | 65 | 2015–2016 |
| [ETTL Engineers & Consultants Inc.](/driller/ettl-engineers-consultants-inc.md) | 14 | 29 | — | 2014–2016 |
| [FASLINE SERVICES](/driller/fasline-services.md) | 13 | 290 | 60 | 2011–2012 |
| [Envirotech Drilling Services LLC](/driller/envirotech-drilling-services-llc.md) | 12 | 25 | — | 2023–2025 |
| [Gray's Water Well Svc.](/driller/gray-s-water-well-svc.md) | 12 | 240 | 25 | 2010–2014 |
| [J&S Drilling, LLC](/driller/j-s-drilling-llc.md) | 11 | 345 | 30 | 2018–2025 |
| [Russell Drilling Co., Inc.](/driller/russell-drilling-co-inc.md) | 11 | 675 | 80 | 2006–2018 |
| [Weisinger Incorporated](/driller/weisinger-incorporated.md) | 10 | 413 | 25 | 2021–2024 |
| Gray's Water Well Svc - Brad Davis | 10 | 300 | 13 | 2012–2015 |
| [Ark-La-Tex Boring, Inc.](/driller/ark-la-tex-boring-inc.md) | 10 | 280 | 70 | 2003–2006 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 526 | 49.9% | 340 |
| Rig Supply | 183 | 17.3% | 340 |
| Monitor | 141 | 13.4% | 30 |
| Stock | 62 | 5.9% | 460 |
| Irrigation | 44 | 4.2% | 198 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 40 | 3.8% | 18 |
| Industrial | 15 | 1.4% | 460 |
| Public Supply | 14 | 1.3% | 752 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 340 | 61 |
| 2000s | 282 | 260 | 58 |
| 2010s | 486 | 300 | 85 |
| 2020s | 286 | 337 | 97 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 242318 | 2008 | 1,400 | 40 | — | Irrigation |
| 207205 | 2007 | 1,400 | — | — | Test Well |
| 606427 | 2021 | 1,114 | 279 | 1,205 | Public Supply |
| 640633 | 2023 | 987 | 264 | 13 | Domestic |
| 201471 | 2006 | 945 | 70 | 80 | Industrial |
| 373307 | 2014 | 930 | 365 | 32 | Stock |
| 606462 | 2022 | 914 | 270 | 1,205 | Public Supply |
| 65366 | 2005 | 907 | 155 | 178 | Public Supply |
| 386021 | 2014 | 880 | 120 | 200 | Fracking Supply |
| 385143 | 2014 | 880 | 120 | 200 | Fracking 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 Houston 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.

We are nobody's agent and have no arrangement with any firm today. [What we do with this](/privacy.md).

### Counties with a comparable number of reports

- [Bosque](/county/bosque.md)
- [Dimmit](/county/dimmit.md)
- [Newton](/county/newton.md)
- [Coke](/county/coke.md)
- [Clay](/county/clay.md)
- [Winkler](/county/winkler.md)
- [Crockett](/county/crockett.md)
- [Mills](/county/mills.md)
- [Floyd](/county/floyd.md)
- [La Salle](/county/la-salle.md)
- [Hemphill](/county/hemphill.md)
- [Callahan](/county/callahan.md)
- [Pecos](/county/pecos.md)

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

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