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

> 517 well reports filed in Kenedy County since 2001. Median depth 35 ft, water struck at 22 ft, median yield 60 gpm.

## Water wells in Kenedy County, Texas

**517** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **35 ft** and struck water at **22 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Kenedy County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Sand** 63 , **Clay** 49 , **Top Soil** 28 , **No Recovery** 13 , **Lt.Brw.Fine Grain Sand,Dry** 18 , **Brown Sand** 13 |
| 25–50 ft | **Clay** 14 , **Sand** 12 , **No Recovery** 6 , **Lean Clay (Cl): Fine-Grained, Light Gray, No Odor, Dry, Loos** 2 , **Ch: Fat Clay** 3 , **Poorly Graded Sand: Light Brown, No Odor, Moist, No Staining** 3 |
| 50–100 ft | **Clay** 33 , **Sand** 25 , **No Recovery** 4 , **Red Clay** 7 , **Shale** 5 , **Blue Clay** 4 |
| 100–200 ft | **Clay** 36 , **Sand** 29 , **White Sand** 9 , **Gray Clay** 7 , **Sandy Shale** 6 , **Red Clay** 6 |
| 200–300 ft | **Clay** 41 , **Sand** 29 , **Shale** 11 , **Sandy Shale** 9 , **Blue Clay** 6 , **Clay With Some Sand** 2 |
| 300–500 ft | **Sand** 45 , **Clay** 39 , **Shale** 14 , **Feet Sandy Shale** 7 , **Feet Shale** 6 , **Blue Clay** 8 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Sand** 63 , **Clay** 44 , **Shale** 16 , **Brown Sand** 23 , **Hard Clay** 10 , **Hard Sand** 7 |
| 1000–5000 ft | **Sand** 21 , **Clay** 12 , **Shale** 8 , **Hard Clay** 7 , **Coarse Sand** 3 , **Hard Shale** 4 |

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 Kenedy County

*Licensed firms in Kenedy County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Vortex Drilling, Inc.](/driller/vortex-drilling-inc.md) | 179 | 20 | — | 2012–2017 |
| [BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.](/driller/best-drilling-services-inc.md) | 54 | 25 | — | 2010–2022 |
| [Advanced Drilling Systems, Inc.](/driller/advanced-drilling-systems-inc.md) | 40 | — | — | 2011–2015 |
| [Envirotech Drilling Services LLC](/driller/envirotech-drilling-services-llc.md) | 37 | 30 | — | 2024–2026 |
| [J&S WATER WELLS](/driller/j-s-water-wells.md) | 28 | 1,100 | 80 | 2016–2025 |
| [Cinco E Inc.](/driller/cinco-e-inc.md) | 27 | 765 | 25 | 2003–2022 |
| [Vortex Drilling Partners, LP](/driller/vortex-drilling-partners-lp.md) | 19 | 15 | — | 2019 |
| Neely Water Well Service Inc. | 16 | 880 | 60 | 2005–2017 |
| [MARTIN WATER WELLS](/driller/martin-water-wells.md) | 15 | 700 | — | 2003–2015 |
| [Richardson Water Well](/driller/richardson-water-well.md) | 14 | 719 | 80 | 2005–2012 |
| [Sunbelt Industrial Services](/driller/sunbelt-industrial-services.md) | 10 | 30 | — | 2011 |
| [Richardson Water Well Drilling](/driller/richardson-water-well-drilling.md) | 7 | 682 | 80 | 2016–2025 |
| [J4 Water Works, LLC](/driller/j4-water-works-llc.md) | 6 | 900 | 90 | 2024–2026 |
| [BELL WATER WELL SERVICE](/driller/bell-water-well-service.md) | 6 | 860 | 60 | 2021 |
| [James Pawlik Water Wll Service, Inc.](/driller/james-pawlik-water-wll-service-inc.md) | 6 | 1,160 | 20 | 2016–2017 |
| [PAGE WATER WELL](/driller/page-water-well.md) | 6 | 780 | 100 | 2010–2016 |
| [Fugro](/driller/fugro.md) | 6 | 30 | — | 2011 |
| [James Pawlik Water Well Service, Inc.](/driller/james-pawlik-water-well-service-inc.md) | 5 | 1,278 | 13 | 2011–2017 |
| [MARAL DRILLING](/driller/maral-drilling.md) | 4 | 840 | 30 | 2016–2023 |
| [Alamo Environmental dba Vortex Drilling](/driller/alamo-environmental-dba-vortex-drilling.md) | 3 | 25 | — | 2024 |
| [Haner Water Well Service](/driller/haner-water-well-service.md) | 3 | 890 | — | 2016–2018 |
| [Jones Environmental Drilling, Inc.](/driller/jones-environmental-drilling-inc.md) | 3 | — | — | 2011 |
| [EnviroCore, Inc.](/driller/envirocore-inc.md) | 3 | 30 | — | 2010 |
| [Mikes Drilling](/driller/mikes-drilling.md) | 3 | 20 | 30 | 2007 |
| L.McCelvey Water Well Services LLC | 2 | 760 | — | 2026 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monitor | 270 | 52.2% | 25 |
| Stock | 98 | 19.0% | 810 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 84 | 16.2% | 15 |
| Domestic | 33 | 6.4% | 820 |
| Rig Supply | 16 | 3.1% | 840 |
| Industrial | 12 | 2.3% | 810 |
| Public Supply | 2 | 0.4% | 1,190 |
| Other | 1 | 0.2% | 682 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 43 | 719 | 28 |
| 2010s | 376 | 30 | 16 |
| 2020s | 98 | 75 | 35 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 306244 | 2012 | 1,546 | — | 60 | Stock |
| 412877 | 2016 | 1,460 | — | — | Stock |
| 440220 | 2016 | 1,430 | 1 | 130 | Stock |
| 553673 | 2020 | 1,400 | 10 | 120 | Stock |
| 463213 | 2017 | 1,400 | 0 | — | Stock |
| 439566 | 2016 | 1,400 | 22 | 130 | Stock |
| 438363 | 2016 | 1,400 | 7 | 150 | Stock |
| 379158 | 2014 | 1,398 | 8 | 10 | Stock |
| 512090 | 2019 | 1,380 | 1 | 10 | Stock |
| 510877 | 2019 | 1,298 | 18 | 120 | 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 Kenedy County?

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### Counties with a comparable number of reports

- [Garza](/county/garza.md)
- [Schleicher](/county/schleicher.md)
- [Hopkins](/county/hopkins.md)
- [Hall](/county/hall.md)
- [Navarro](/county/navarro.md)
- [Loving](/county/loving.md)
- [Jim Hogg](/county/jim-hogg.md)
- [Armstrong](/county/armstrong.md)
- [Dickens](/county/dickens.md)
- [Marion](/county/marion.md)
- [Kinney](/county/kinney.md)
- [Sabine](/county/sabine.md)
- [Borden](/county/borden.md)

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

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