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Water wells in Jim Hogg County, Texas

517 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 360 ft and struck water at 100 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

517Reports
360 ftMedian depth
100 ftWater at
40 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in Jim Hogg County

Logged in Jim Hogg County, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftCaliche 311, Surface Sand 121, Top Soil 88, Topsoil 80, Clay 54, Sand 49
25–50 ftClay 45, Gravel 38, Red Clay 11, Brown Clay 10, Sand 9, Caliche 8
50–100 ftClay 66, Gravel 55, Brown Clay 43, Sand 32, Red Clay 20, Fine Brown Sand 14
100–200 ftClay 145, Sand 71, Red Clay 40, Gravel 34, Brown Clay 30, Shale 23
200–300 ftSand 103, Clay 76, Brown Clay 43, Clay W/ Sand 28, Red Clay 26, Shale 20
300–500 ftSand 100, Clay 85, Brown Clay 25, Shale 17, Brown Sand 18, Clay With Sand 12
500–1000 ftSand 36, Clay 22, Shale 4, Sand With Clay 7, Clay With Sand 6, Shale W/Some Sand 1
1000–5000 ftSandy Shale 2, Sand W/ Gravel 1, Sand 2, Shale 1, Sand W/Gravel 2, Gray Shale 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 Jim Hogg County

Licensed firms in Jim Hogg County, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Cinco E Inc.162360502001–2024
R. MOLINA WATER WELL SERVICE, INC.146380402003–2023
Vortex Drilling, Inc.3840—2008–2016
R. Molina Water Well Serv., Inc.18320352004–2010
T Molina Water Well LLC15460252014–2023
Richardson Water Well Drilling14462602016–2026
T. Molina Waterwell LLC12380402011–2013
J Drilling8400402022–2026
MARAL DRILLING8400302016–2025
PAGE WATER WELL7360332006–2020
EnviroCore, Inc.731—2010–2020
Haner Water Well Service7320602017–2019
Killinger's Water Well Drilling6300302016–2025
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP640—2019–2022
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.620—2021
JEDI Drilling Contractors550—2008–2013
R. Molina Water Well Ser. Inc.5300202009
James Pawlik Water Well Service, Inc.4359502012–2025
ECI420—2004
J4 Water Works, LLC3408402025
Mike-N-Sons All-Terrain Well & Pump Service3260302022–2024
PAGE WATERWELL3610252007–2010
Alsay Incorporated31,5008002003–2007
Triple C. Drilling2430302017–2024
Stapleton Water wells2442472011–2022

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic27352.8%360
Stock11923.0%400
Monitor438.3%40
Environmental Soil Boring275.2%8
Industrial265.0%380
Rig Supply163.1%600
Public Supply51.0%1,480
Irrigation40.8%360
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
1980s11,463—
2000s244350100
2010s203380101
2020s69370110

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in Jim Hogg County. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
11174220071,50055700Public Supply
4434620041,48053800Public Supply
1446319821,463—580Public Supply
70512520251,182165—Test Well
594978202191021040Rig Supply
522533201990018835Rig Supply
206107200884022050Domestic
464965201783020517Stock
205986200882016950Domestic
563659202080020020Stock

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 Jim Hogg 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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