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Water wells in Lamar County, Texas

410 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 25 ft and struck water at 20 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

410Reports
25 ftMedian depth
20 ftWater at
15 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in Lamar County

Logged in Lamar County, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTan Clay 60, Clay 37, Brown Sandy Clay 20, Concrete 18, Hard Tan Clay 18, Tan Sandy Clay 15
25–50 ftGrey Shale 15, Gray Shale 9, Blue Shale 4, -Gray, Moist 4, Color Change To Dark Gray, Very Dense, Very Stiff, Fine Sand 4, Shale 3
50–100 ftBlue Shale 5, Friable Iron Sandstone 2, Fine Red Sand 2, Red Clay 2, Blue Rock 2, Sand 2
100–200 ftSand 6, Rock 5, Blue Shale 5, Shale 5, Shale W/ Sand Strks 2, Lt Gray 1
200–300 ftShale 3, White Shale 1, Light Blue Shale 1, Gray Turquoise / Tan Shale 1, Light Blue To Bronze Shale 1, Gray To Light Blue Shale 1
300–500 ftBrown Clay 1, Red Clay 1, Red And Blue Clay 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 Lamar County

Licensed firms in Lamar County, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Sunbelt Industrial Services7620—2007–2020
Vortex Drilling, Inc.4230—2016–2018
Total Support Services3420—2002–2015
MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services2714—2004–2010
W.E.S.T. Drilling2025—2003–2005
SCI1620—2003–2011
ETTL Engineers & Consultants Inc.1425—2003–2015
Miller Drilling Co.14100152009–2014
Apex Geoscience Inc.1420—2004–2005
Environmental Logistics Company, LLC1320—2018–2021
WEST Drilling1225—2015–2023
Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling1225—2015–2020
C. Miller Drilling11212222005–2016
WALKER HILL ENVIRONMENTAL INC1029—2018–2019
Vista GeoScience926—2017
RIOMAR DRILLING INC822—2014–2020
Groundwater Monitoring Inc.88—2005–2006
LandTec Engineers, LLC728—2005–2010
Eagle Remediation625—2020–2023
GAULDEN WATER WELLS5—82002–2008
dba Universal Drilling Services525—2003–2005
W.E. Pender & Sons Inc4100142017–2022
Fugro450—2020
Pacific West330—2024
ETTL Engineers & Consulants Inc.320—2022

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor23256.6%25
Environmental Soil Boring12029.3%15
Domestic245.9%147
Irrigation143.4%200
Other61.5%29
Closed-Loop Geothermal51.2%300
Test Well41.0%66
Stock30.7%110
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s1582019
2010s2032623
2020s492511

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in Lamar County. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
2033682009403——Irrigation
2277882010362——Irrigation
2664802011355——Domestic
4259282016302—20Irrigation
5225832019300——Closed-Loop Geothermal
5225262017300——Closed-Loop Geothermal
5209252019300——Closed-Loop Geothermal
43185920162603010Domestic
3759592014250——Closed-Loop Geothermal
3759582014250——Closed-Loop Geothermal

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 Lamar 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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