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
| 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
What the wells are for
| 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 |
| 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
| 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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