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

> 403 well reports filed in Jeff Davis County since 2001. Median depth 400 ft, water struck at 179 ft, median yield 20 gpm.

## Water wells in Jeff Davis County, Texas

**403** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **400 ft** and struck water at **179 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Jeff Davis County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Overburden** 124 , **Topsoil** 42 , **Top Soil** 32 , **Red Basalt** 32 , **Brown Basalt** 14 , **Gravel** 11 |
| 25–50 ft | **Red Basalt** 13 , **Black Basalt** 7 , **Yellow Clay** 5 , **Red Clay** 4 , **Brown Clay** 3 , **Brown Basalt** 3 |
| 50–100 ft | **Red Basalt** 19 , **Black Basalt** 8 , **Brown Basalt** 8 , **Red Volcanics** 7 , **Brown Clay** 5 , **Gray Clay** 5 |
| 100–200 ft | **Red Basalt** 30 , **Black Basalt** 15 , **Brown Basalt** 13 , **Red Volcanics** 7 , **Gray Granite** 6 , **White Ash** 6 |
| 200–300 ft | **Red Basalt** 30 , **Black Basalt** 10 , **Brown Basalt** 10 , **Gray Basalt** 6 , **Red Volcanics** 6 , **Grey Basalt** 5 |
| 300–500 ft | **Red Basalt** 24 , **Black Basalt** 16 , **Red Volcanics** 8 , **Brown Basalt** 7 , **Gray Basalt** 6 , **Green Rhyolite** 5 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Red Basalt** 7 , **Black Basalt** 5 , **White Limestone** 5 , **Green Rhyolite** 5 , **Red Brown Basalt** 2 , **Gray Granite** 4 |
| 1000–5000 ft | **Black Basalt** 2 , **Green Ryolite** 1 , **Pink / Gray Basalt** 1 , **Dense Grey Igneous** 1 , **Gray Rhyolite** 1 , **Orange/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 Jeff Davis County

*Licensed firms in Jeff Davis County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [SKINNER'S DRILLING](/driller/skinner-s-drilling.md) | 133 | 403 | 20 | 2003–2026 |
| [Arrowhead Well Service & Construction LLC](/driller/arrowhead-well-service-construction-llc.md) | 95 | 420 | 30 | 2012–2026 |
| [Armadillo Drilling & Well Service](/driller/armadillo-drilling-well-service.md) | 53 | 360 | 25 | 2002–2010 |
| [SKINNER DRILLING](/driller/skinner-drilling.md) | 34 | 405 | 20 | 2004–2007 |
| [Armadillo Drlg. & Well Service](/driller/armadillo-drlg-well-service.md) | 23 | 370 | 16 | 2002–2004 |
| [Skinner�s Drilling and Well Service](/driller/skinner-s-drilling-and-well-service.md) | 19 | 403 | 30 | 2016–2025 |
| Espy Howard Drilling Co. | 15 | 160 | 8 | 2004–2013 |
| [aquatech solutions](/driller/aquatech-solutions.md) | 3 | 400 | — | 2026 |
| [SB Water Well Drilling, LLC](/driller/sb-water-well-drilling-llc.md) | 3 | 600 | — | 2023 |
| [Blue Quail Energy Services LLC.](/driller/blue-quail-energy-services-llc.md) | 3 | 320 | 5 | 2016–2021 |
| McAllister Drilling | 3 | 177 | 2 | 2011–2012 |
| [HINDS WELL SERVICE LLC](/driller/hinds-well-service-llc.md) | 3 | 402 | 10 | 2011–2012 |
| ARROWHEAD WELL SERV & CONSTRUCTION LLC | 2 | 380 | 20 | 2019 |
| [Geoprojects International, Inc.](/driller/geoprojects-international-inc.md) | 2 | 1,230 | 79 | 2015 |
| [ECO DRILLING](/driller/eco-drilling.md) | 2 | 395 | — | 2003 |
| [Aqua Drill](/driller/aqua-drill.md) | 1 | 340 | 10 | 2021 |
| [Robinson Drilling](/driller/robinson-drilling.md) | 1 | 358 | — | 2020 |
| [Tierra Drilling & Environmental Services, Inc.](/driller/tierra-drilling-environmental-services-inc.md) | 1 | 30 | — | 2018 |
| [Dennis Drilling Company](/driller/dennis-drilling-company.md) | 1 | 469 | — | 2017 |
| Espy Howard | 1 | — | — | 2015 |
| [Caltex Water LLC](/driller/caltex-water-llc.md) | 1 | 270 | 35 | 2015 |
| SKINNERS DRILLING | 1 | 363 | 30 | 2014 |
| [ACOSTA DRILLING](/driller/acosta-drilling.md) | 1 | — | — | 2011 |
| SKINNER DRILLINGP | 1 | 285 | 20 | 2006 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 232 | 57.6% | 370 |
| Stock | 134 | 33.3% | 420 |
| Irrigation | 20 | 5.0% | 403 |
| Public Supply | 5 | 1.2% | 400 |
| Test Well | 4 | 1.0% | 1,940 |
| Industrial | 3 | 0.7% | 825 |
| Rig Supply | 3 | 0.7% | 1,003 |
| Monitor | 1 | 0.2% | 200 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 134 | 375 | 169 |
| 2010s | 143 | 440 | 181 |
| 2020s | 126 | 400 | 186 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 314464 | 2012 | 1,940 | 993 | 15 | Test Well |
| 510901 | 2019 | 1,380 | 565 | 4 | Stock |
| 709722 | 2025 | 1,340 | 325 | — | Irrigation |
| 698992 | 2025 | 1,300 | — | — | Stock |
| 675102 | 2024 | 1,300 | 1,200 | 15 | Stock |
| 389341 | 2015 | 1,230 | 945 | 60 | Public Supply |
| 585417 | 2021 | 1,225 | 421 | — | Domestic |
| 51918 | 2005 | 1,205 | 840 | 20 | Domestic |
| 659580 | 2024 | 1,200 | 683 | — | Domestic |
| 34000 | 2003 | 1,200 | 651 | 2 | 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 Jeff Davis 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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### Counties with a comparable number of reports

- [Kinney](/county/kinney.md)
- [Sabine](/county/sabine.md)
- [Borden](/county/borden.md)
- [Trinity](/county/trinity.md)
- [Sterling](/county/sterling.md)
- [Lamar](/county/lamar.md)
- [McMullen](/county/mcmullen.md)
- [Oldham](/county/oldham.md)
- [Falls](/county/falls.md)
- [Stonewall](/county/stonewall.md)
- [Motley](/county/motley.md)
- [Briscoe](/county/briscoe.md)
- [Coleman](/county/coleman.md)

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

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