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

> 5,449 well reports filed in Howard County since 2001. Median depth 90 ft, water struck at 50 ft, median yield 30 gpm.

## Water wells in Howard County, Texas

**5,449** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **90 ft** and struck water at **50 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Howard County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Topsoil** 2,357 , **Caliche** 1,748 , **Top Soil** 1,701 , **Calichie** 1,401 , **Sand** 1,015 , **Sandy Clay** 365 |
| 25–50 ft | **Sand** 775 , **Sandstone** 499 , **Red Clay** 299 , **Sandy Clay** 281 , **Sand And Gravel** 186 , **Sand&Gravel** 165 |
| 50–100 ft | **Red Clay** 1,777 , **Red Bed** 407 , **Sand** 348 , **Gravel** 328 , **Sand And Gravel** 317 , **Sand & Gravel** 262 |
| 100–200 ft | **Red Clay** 1,159 , **Red Bed** 272 , **Sandstone** 190 , **Sand&Gravel** 130 , **Sand** 115 , **Redbed** 107 |
| 200–300 ft | **Red Clay** 133 , **Red Bed** 32 , **Sand** 12 , **Gravel** 13 , **Sand&Gravle** 13 , **Redbed** 11 |
| 300–500 ft | **Red Clay** 30 , **Blue Sand** 11 , **Sand** 6 , **Red Bed** 7 , **Red Clay & Shale** 5 , **Grey Sandstone** 3 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Red Clay** 16 , **Red Clay & Shale** 14 , **Sandstone** 6 , **Sand** 3 , **Red Shale** 5 , **Red Bed** 4 |
| 1000–5000 ft | **Red Shale** 4 , **Red Clay And Shale** 3 , **Redbed** 2 , **Shale/Mudstone** 2 , **Sandstone** 2 , **Red/Brown Shale W/Innerbedded Micareous Sandstone** 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 Howard County

*Licensed firms in Howard County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [kinard water well service](/driller/kinard-water-well-service.md) | 1,795 | 100 | 30 | 2006–2025 |
| [Neufeld Family Drilling llc](/driller/neufeld-family-drilling-llc.md) | 338 | 100 | — | 2016–2026 |
| [Permian H2O Solutions](/driller/permian-h2o-solutions.md) | 333 | 100 | 25 | 2016–2024 |
| [Choate Well Service](/driller/choate-well-service.md) | 328 | 100 | 20 | 2003–2026 |
| [JB Drilling](/driller/jb-drilling.md) | 258 | 116 | — | 2019–2025 |
| [Straub Corporation](/driller/straub-corporation.md) | 257 | 55 | — | 2001–2022 |
| [Monte Moore Drilling](/driller/monte-moore-drilling.md) | 208 | 75 | — | 2002–2016 |
| [Kinard Water Well Serv](/driller/kinard-water-well-serv.md) | 131 | 80 | 40 | 2009–2012 |
| [na](/driller/na.md) | 118 | 75 | — | 2017–2019 |
| [WEST TEXAS WATER WELL SERVICE](/driller/west-texas-water-well-service.md) | 112 | 88 | 30 | 2008–2022 |
| [LEONARD WATER SERVICES](/driller/leonard-water-services.md) | 85 | 70 | 50 | 2018–2022 |
| [Moore Drilling](/driller/moore-drilling.md) | 80 | 75 | — | 2019–2026 |
| [Santa Rosa Well Service](/driller/santa-rosa-well-service.md) | 78 | 100 | 20 | 2018–2022 |
| [DARRELL CRASS DRILLING](/driller/darrell-crass-drilling.md) | 77 | 105 | 20 | 2004–2015 |
| [Vortex Drilling, Inc.](/driller/vortex-drilling-inc.md) | 73 | 20 | — | 2007–2018 |
| [Vanguard Well Resources, LLC](/driller/vanguard-well-resources-llc.md) | 71 | 83 | — | 2019–2024 |
| [Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc.](/driller/peterson-drilling-testing-inc.md) | 49 | 17 | 4 | 2010–2022 |
| [Nomad Drilling](/driller/nomad-drilling.md) | 47 | 120 | — | 2017–2022 |
| [Talon Drilling, LP](/driller/talon-drilling-lp.md) | 41 | 53 | — | 2003–2009 |
| [CASE DRILLING & PUMP SERVICE, LLC](/driller/case-drilling-pump-service-llc.md) | 39 | 105 | 15 | 2011–2015 |
| [Belew Well Service](/driller/belew-well-service.md) | 39 | 100 | 8 | 2001–2013 |
| [Groundwater Monitoring Inc.](/driller/groundwater-monitoring-inc.md) | 37 | 5 | — | 2006–2008 |
| [Wildcat Services LLC](/driller/wildcat-services-llc.md) | 36 | 405 | 35 | 2016–2026 |
| [Peter B Loewen](/driller/peter-b-loewen.md) | 36 | 104 | — | 2025–2026 |
| [White Drilling Company, Inc.](/driller/white-drilling-company-inc.md) | 36 | 56 | — | 2002–2025 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rig Supply | 1,658 | 30.4% | 85 |
| Fracking Supply | 1,347 | 24.7% | 100 |
| Domestic | 755 | 13.9% | 100 |
| Irrigation | 559 | 10.3% | 100 |
| Monitor | 449 | 8.2% | 55 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 220 | 4.0% | 12 |
| Other | 151 | 2.8% | 95 |
| Stock | 129 | 2.4% | 110 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 478 | 67 | 40 |
| 2010s | 3,511 | 85 | 50 |
| 2020s | 1,460 | 105 | 55 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 497545 | 2018 | 1,605 | — | — | Industrial |
| 443350 | 2017 | 1,370 | 475 | — | Fracking Supply |
| 454627 | 2017 | 1,320 | — | — | Fracking Supply |
| 454625 | 2017 | 1,320 | — | — | Fracking Supply |
| 443356 | 2017 | 1,280 | 460 | — | Fracking Supply |
| 443402 | 2017 | 1,260 | 519 | 160 | Fracking Supply |
| 446288 | 2017 | 1,252 | — | — | Fracking Supply |
| 454765 | 2017 | 1,250 | 718 | — | Fracking Supply |
| 442062 | 2016 | 1,250 | — | — | Rig Supply |
| 464373 | 2017 | 1,230 | — | — | Rig 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 Howard County?

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### Counties with a comparable number of reports

- [Wise](/county/wise.md)
- [Randall](/county/randall.md)
- [Nueces](/county/nueces.md)
- [Denton](/county/denton.md)
- [Burnet](/county/burnet.md)
- [Martin](/county/martin.md)
- [Tom Green](/county/tom-green.md)
- [Gillespie](/county/gillespie.md)
- [Comal](/county/comal.md)
- [Galveston](/county/galveston.md)
- [Victoria](/county/victoria.md)
- [Hays](/county/hays.md)
- [Williamson](/county/williamson.md)

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

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