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Water wells in Kent County, Texas

230 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 90 ft and struck water at 55 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

230Reports
90 ftMedian depth
55 ftWater at
8 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in Kent County

Logged in Kent County, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSandy Clay 38, Top Soil 35, Topsoil 33, Clay 24, Sand 25, Brown Clay 12
25–50 ftClay 19, Red Clay 11, Rock 11, Clay And Rock 8, Broken Clay And Water 7, Gyp Rock 6
50–100 ftRock 20, Clay 21, Red Clay 15, Sand 11, Sandy Clay 9, Red Bed 9
100–200 ftRed Clay 25, Rock 12, Clay 16, Red Bed 13, Sand 11, Sand/Water 5
200–300 ftClay 2, Red Sand 2, Soft Sand/Water 1, Break In Shale Water Producing 1, Red Sand Rock And Shale 1, Honey Cone Rock (H2O Bearing) 1
300–500 ftRed Shale 1, Red Clay W Sand And Gravel 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 Kent County

Licensed firms in Kent County, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
E&C DRILLING CO.9875102003–2025
Jacob P Klassen Drilling Co22148—2014–2022
Mullen & Son's15—32007–2012
LEONARD DRILLING LLC14202152008–2024
B & B CONSTRUCTION CO.1390—2002–2012
Mullen & Son878142003–2010
Mullen And Son's515442012–2017
Thunder Well Service, LLC598—2013–2016
Monte Moore Drilling5100—2010
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC427—2026
Vanguard Well Resources, LLC4145272023–2024
Jameson Pump & Drilling Service318422016–2018
PETER KLASSEN3150—2017
FIRST PRIORITY IRRIGATION358—2012
Mahorney Drilling3100152009–2010
White Drilling Company, Inc.360—2003
Weston Drilling Inc2135—2020–2025
R&R DRILLING LLC2140—2021–2022
Carter Drilling Co., Inc280302006–2022
Zar's Pump & Drilling Service282—2017
Wildcat Services LLC214022013
Wildcat219022013
Mullen & Sons2—42007
Blackwell Water Well Service Inc2200102010
Mark's Water Well28052009

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Stock12353.5%90
Domestic6729.1%117
Irrigation156.5%84
Monitor114.8%—
Environmental Soil Boring73.0%29
Public Supply20.9%134
Rig Supply20.9%96
Extraction10.4%195
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s527850
2010s1439754
2020s35120111

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in Kent County. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
481732201734726510Stock
5805072021340170—Stock
4733522017340202—Stock
3106662013325——Domestic
5638012020302180—Stock
2366422010293233—Domestic
5637982020262160—Stock
49258320182461602Stock
6410252023232192—Stock
18311120052321522Stock

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 Kent 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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