Water wells in Jim Wells County, Texas
3,255 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 340 ft and struck water at 115 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.
What you will drill through in Jim Wells County
| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | Top Soil 826, Caliche 595, Clay 414, Topsoil 315, Red Clay 273, Clachie 200 |
| 25–50 ft | Clay 139, Caliche 104, Red Clay 70, Sand 43, Caliche & Clay 32, Clay & Caliche 27 |
| 50–100 ft | Clay 309, Red Clay 328, Sand 92, Caliche 89, Red Coarse Sand 60, Shale 55 |
| 100–200 ft | Red Clay 525, Clay 356, Sand 309, Red Coarse Sand 196, Sand & Clay 123, Shale 103 |
| 200–300 ft | Sand 424, Red Clay 357, Clay 278, Sandy Shale 166, Red Coarse Sand 152, Sand & Clay 111 |
| 300–500 ft | Sand 548, Clay 285, Red Clay 227, Sandy Shale 195, Shale 141, Red Coarse Sand T.D. 99 |
| 500–1000 ft | Sand 130, Clay 62, Shale 30, Feet Shale 17, Sandy Shale 33, Red Clay 19 |
| 1000–5000 ft | Clay 2, Sand 2, Sand/Clay 1, Feet Sand 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 Jim Wells County
What the wells are for
| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 2,065 | 63.4% | 390 |
| Monitor | 407 | 12.5% | 32 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 405 | 12.4% | 25 |
| Stock | 249 | 7.6% | 460 |
| Rig Supply | 56 | 1.7% | 440 |
| Industrial | 46 | 1.4% | 570 |
| Irrigation | 9 | 0.3% | 740 |
| Public Supply | 8 | 0.2% | 806 |
| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,134 | 360 | 110 |
| 2010s | 1,453 | 340 | 120 |
| 2020s | 668 | 320 | 117 |
The deepest reports on file
| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 703728 | 2025 | 2,090 | 188 | 1,402 | Public Supply |
| 569603 | 2021 | 2,030 | 65 | 1,400 | Public Supply |
| 420821 | 2010 | 950 | 144 | 580 | Public Supply |
| 303558 | 2012 | 866 | 119 | 70 | Domestic |
| 296713 | 2011 | 860 | 168 | 15 | Domestic |
| 37514 | 2004 | 860 | 102 | 65 | Domestic |
| 223736 | 2009 | 845 | 28 | 120 | Domestic |
| 341167 | 2013 | 841 | 159 | 50 | Irrigation |
| 274648 | 2011 | 841 | 153 | 45 | Industrial |
| 373877 | 2013 | 840 | 116 | 60 | Stock |
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 Wells County?
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