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Water wells in Hutchinson County, Texas

2,701 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 380 ft and struck water at 90 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

2,701Reports
380 ftMedian depth
90 ftWater at
40 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in Hutchinson County

Logged in Hutchinson County, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftHydrovac 186, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay W/Sandy Clay Strips 130, Surface Top Soil Brown Clay 97, Red Silt 64, Top Soil Caliche & Clay W/Sand Strips 71, Sand 47
25–50 ftRed Silt 58, Caliche W/Rock Strips 62, Red Clay 33, Sandy Silt, Red 33, Red Lean Clay 40, Silt, Red 30
50–100 ftRed Silt 42, Sand W/Clay Strips 55, Caliche W/Rock Strips 53, Red Lean Clay 27, Red Clay 37, Sandy Silt, Red 27
100–200 ftRed Clay 45, Fine To Med Sand W/Clay Strips 44, Silt Red 40, Fine Med And Coarse Sand W/Gravel Strips & Clay Strips 35, Lean Clay Red 32, Sand 21
200–300 ftFine To Med Sand W/Clay Strips 51, Fine Fairly Loose Sand 31, Red Clay 34, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 18, Med Fine Fairly Loose Sand 15, Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Strips 16
300–500 ftRed Clay 233, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Gravel Strips 130, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand 110, Fine Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 73, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Strips 88, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand W/Coarse Sand Strips 88
500–1000 ftRed Clay 165, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Gravel Strips 27, Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand W/Coarse Sand Strips 23, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 30, Fine Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 14, Fine Fairly Loose Sand 16
1000–5000 ftMed To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand W/Gravel Strips 3, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand 1, Med To Caorse Fairly Loose Sand 1, Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sandy Hard Gravel Strips 1, Hard Gravel To Red Clay & Shale 1, Med To Caorse Fairly Loose Sand W/Gravel Strips 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 Hutchinson County

Licensed firms in Hutchinson County, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.8315208002010–2026
Cascade Drilling3171072015–2024
Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc.245122002–2014
Associated Environmental Ind Corp179502017–2021
Talon Drilling, LP117402002–2008
3T Drilling, Inc.94395202010–2026
Talon/LPE80202010–2022
Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc695201,0002011–2013
Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc655601,0002011–2014
Plains Environmental Services64502014–2018
Associated Environmental Industries, Corp.62502001–2011
Burkett Drilling524731002003–2026
Environmental Works, Inc.50632024–2026
L T Drilling Company505001,1002005–2007
LT Drilling Company405011,0002007–2010
ETTER WATER WELL LLC384232502014–2026
HOWARD DRILLING COMPANY372601002003–2023
K-Ran Drilling33245142009–2024
Turn Key Drilling32330182003–2006
Harrison & Cooper, Inc.29532007–2013
Les Taylor Drilling Company28280302003–2010
Vortex Drilling, Inc.21332014–2016
LayneChristensen211032014
4-M Water Well Service13145252009–2012
Layne Christensen11902014–2015

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Test Well91033.7%500
Monitor79429.4%65
Environmental Soil Boring38814.4%28
Irrigation2278.4%540
Domestic1324.9%390
Stock1214.5%320
Injection552.0%131
Rig Supply261.0%340
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s61314089
2010s1,44440092
2020s64440094

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in Hutchinson County. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
50575920191,160Test Well
50830420191,120Test Well
50376520191,100Test Well
41964920161,043Irrigation
52929320191,040Test Well
44904820171,040Test Well
44899920171,0400Test Well
41426320161,040Test Well
35226820131,0102252,300Public Supply
59635020221,000Test Well

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 Hutchinson 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.

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