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

> 1,259 well reports filed in Kaufman County since 2001. Median depth 25 ft, water struck at 25 ft, median yield 14 gpm.

## Water wells in Kaufman County, Texas

**1,259** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **25 ft** and struck water at **25 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Kaufman County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Top Soil** 149 , **Brown Clay** 135 , **Tan Clay** 124 , **Black Clay** 74 , **Gray Clay** 63 , **Yellow Clay** 62 |
| 25–50 ft | **Shale** 94 , **Gray Shale** 38 , **Sand** 33 , **Rock** 30 , **Gray Fine Sand** 27 , **Gravel** 19 |
| 50–100 ft | **Sand** 56 , **Shale** 48 , **Rock** 28 , **Sand Streaks** 17 , **Gravel** 18 , **Gray Shale** 11 |
| 100–200 ft | **Sand** 14 , **Gray Shale** 10 , **Sand Gray** 3 , **Shale** 6 , **Rock W/Sand Streaks** 6 , **Rock** 5 |
| 200–300 ft | **Sand** 5 , **Rock** 4 , **Sandy Clay And Shale** 1 , **Mostly Shale Mixed With Sand** 1 , **Sandy Shale** 1 , **Shale** 1 |
| 300–500 ft | **Sand** 3 , **Sand W/ Shale Strks 80/20** 1 , **Sand W/ Shale Strks 60/40** 1 , **Sandy Shale** 1 , **Sand Gray, Rock 520** 1 , **Water Sand, Shale** 1 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Shale** 2 , **Sandy Shale** 1 , **Sand** 2 , **Clay Gray** 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 Kaufman County

*Licensed firms in Kaufman County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [R.L.Wagstaff Co.](/driller/r-l-wagstaff-co.md) | 136 | 52 | 20 | 2001–2024 |
| [Sunbelt Industrial Services](/driller/sunbelt-industrial-services.md) | 100 | 12 | — | 2007–2025 |
| [Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc.](/driller/peterson-drilling-testing-inc.md) | 82 | 45 | — | 2024 |
| [Wades water well](/driller/wades-water-well.md) | 81 | 108 | 12 | 2004–2026 |
| [MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services](/driller/magnacore-drilling-environmental-services.md) | 73 | 16 | — | 2004–2014 |
| [WEST Drilling](/driller/west-drilling.md) | 69 | 25 | — | 2004–2025 |
| [Environmental Logistics Company, LLC](/driller/environmental-logistics-company-llc.md) | 65 | 20 | — | 2018–2026 |
| [Talon/LPE](/driller/talon-lpe.md) | 59 | 31 | — | 2010–2024 |
| [BETTS ENVIRONMENTAL RECOVERY, INC.](/driller/betts-environmental-recovery-inc.md) | 49 | 3 | — | 2025 |
| [Strata Core Services, LLC](/driller/strata-core-services-llc.md) | 49 | 43 | — | 2011–2014 |
| [W.E.S.T. Drilling](/driller/w-e-s-t-drilling.md) | 43 | 25 | — | 2002–2015 |
| [ETTL Engineers & Consultants Inc.](/driller/ettl-engineers-consultants-inc.md) | 37 | 25 | — | 2002–2008 |
| [Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling](/driller/roddy-qualls-environmental-drilling.md) | 33 | 25 | — | 2014–2023 |
| [Total Support Services](/driller/total-support-services.md) | 32 | 20 | — | 2001–2015 |
| [DIXIE DRILLING](/driller/dixie-drilling.md) | 29 | 12 | — | 2003–2005 |
| [East Texas Water Well](/driller/east-texas-water-well.md) | 23 | 80 | 10 | 2012–2025 |
| [SCI](/driller/sci.md) | 23 | 20 | — | 2004–2013 |
| [RIOMAR ENVIRONMENTAL DRILLING](/driller/riomar-environmental-drilling.md) | 22 | 12 | — | 2010–2012 |
| [Envirotech Drilling Services LLC](/driller/envirotech-drilling-services-llc.md) | 20 | 25 | — | 2025–2026 |
| [Precision Probe and Drilling](/driller/precision-probe-and-drilling.md) | 19 | 20 | — | 2007 |
| [Groundwater Monitoring Inc.](/driller/groundwater-monitoring-inc.md) | 17 | 19 | — | 2005–2007 |
| [Next-Gen Solutions, Inc.](/driller/next-gen-solutions-inc.md) | 15 | — | — | 2005–2010 |
| [Subterra Environmental Services, LLC.](/driller/subterra-environmental-services-llc.md) | 13 | 35 | — | 2017–2022 |
| [Mathers Environmental Drilling Inc.](/driller/mathers-environmental-drilling-inc.md) | 10 | 35 | — | 2004–2010 |
| TEXAS WATER WELL DRILLING CO. | 7 | 145 | 4 | 2006–2007 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monitor | 449 | 35.7% | 25 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 398 | 31.6% | 15 |
| Domestic | 163 | 12.9% | 100 |
| Irrigation | 121 | 9.6% | 57 |
| Injection | 82 | 6.5% | 45 |
| Stock | 14 | 1.1% | 135 |
| Test Well | 13 | 1.0% | 15 |
| Closed-Loop Geothermal | 9 | 0.7% | 300 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 444 | 25 | 25 |
| 2010s | 382 | 32 | 30 |
| 2020s | 433 | 30 | 22 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 595516 | 2022 | 684 | 100 | 75 | Domestic |
| 513573 | 2019 | 630 | 150 | 75 | Domestic |
| 182516 | 2000 | 540 | 80 | 60 | Domestic |
| 714652 | 2026 | 522 | 105 | 25 | Domestic |
| 505882 | 2019 | 429 | — | — | Stock |
| 284783 | 2012 | 420 | — | — | Domestic |
| 439116 | 2016 | 400 | — | — | Domestic |
| 120660 | 2007 | 390 | — | — | Domestic |
| 505883 | 2019 | 389 | — | — | Stock |
| 340274 | 2013 | 339 | 90 | 22 | 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 Kaufman 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

- [Parmer](/county/parmer.md)
- [Gray](/county/gray.md)
- [Frio](/county/frio.md)
- [Bailey](/county/bailey.md)
- [Milam](/county/milam.md)
- [Refugio](/county/refugio.md)
- [Irion](/county/irion.md)
- [Collingsworth](/county/collingsworth.md)
- [Lee](/county/lee.md)
- [Starr](/county/starr.md)
- [Donley](/county/donley.md)
- [Concho](/county/concho.md)
- [Jones](/county/jones.md)

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

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