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

> 4,489 well reports filed in Lavaca County since 2001. Median depth 186 ft, water struck at 74 ft, median yield 50 gpm.

## Water wells in Lavaca County, Texas

**4,489** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **186 ft** and struck water at **74 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Lavaca County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Clay** 1,765 , **Top Soil** 843 , **Surface** 772 , **Sand** 604 , **Tan Clay** 344 , **Sandstone** 273 |
| 25–50 ft | **Clay** 623 , **Sand** 290 , **Tan Clay** 152 , **Sandstone** 128 , **Brown Sand-Sandstone** 88 , **Clay-Sandstone** 66 |
| 50–100 ft | **Clay** 1,220 , **Sand** 445 , **Sandstone** 200 , **Blue Clay** 191 , **Tan Clay** 180 , **Sand-Sandstone** 99 |
| 100–200 ft | **Clay** 1,467 , **Sand** 615 , **Blue Clay** 192 , **Sandstone** 183 , **Tan Clay** 176 , **Shale** 156 |
| 200–300 ft | **Clay** 545 , **Sand** 245 , **Shale** 106 , **Blue Clay** 87 , **Sand-Sandstone** 53 , **Sandstone** 48 |
| 300–500 ft | **Clay** 155 , **Sand** 103 , **Shale** 72 , **Blue Clay** 35 , **Gray Sand** 14 , **Gray Sand And Layered Rock** 19 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Sand** 68 , **Clay** 66 , **Shale** 38 , **Sand & Rocks** 21 , **Hard Shale** 19 , **Shale & Rocks** 16 |
| 1000–5000 ft | **Clay** 8 , **Sand** 5 , **Hard Shale** 4 , **Shale & Rocks** 3 , **Shale** 5 , **Rocks & Shale** 3 |

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 Lavaca County

*Licensed firms in Lavaca County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [CHANDLER DRILLING INC](/driller/chandler-drilling-inc.md) | 1,729 | 170 | 40 | 2003–2026 |
| [Friedel Drilling Company](/driller/friedel-drilling-company.md) | 639 | 190 | 50 | 2002–2026 |
| [Maresh Drilling Co., Inc.](/driller/maresh-drilling-co-inc.md) | 456 | 220 | 45 | 2001–2026 |
| [Vrana Well Service Inc.](/driller/vrana-well-service-inc.md) | 358 | 174 | 30 | 2003–2026 |
| [Vortex Drilling, Inc.](/driller/vortex-drilling-inc.md) | 157 | 20 | — | 2006–2025 |
| [J&S WATER WELLS](/driller/j-s-water-wells.md) | 120 | 630 | 100 | 2004–2024 |
| [Burleson Services, Inc.](/driller/burleson-services-inc.md) | 120 | 240 | 90 | 2003–2010 |
| [WB Southern Drilling LLC](/driller/wb-southern-drilling-llc.md) | 91 | 192 | 55 | 2023–2026 |
| [Cobra Water Well Drilling, LLC.](/driller/cobra-water-well-drilling-llc.md) | 66 | 280 | 90 | 2011–2023 |
| [Everett Carroll Water Well Service](/driller/everett-carroll-water-well-service.md) | 50 | 200 | 75 | 2003–2008 |
| [Joe Ferguson Water Well Drilling, Inc.](/driller/joe-ferguson-water-well-drilling-inc.md) | 40 | 206 | — | 2006–2024 |
| [Vrana Well Serv. Inc.](/driller/vrana-well-serv-inc.md) | 40 | 211 | 30 | 2003–2014 |
| [Texas Southern Drilling](/driller/texas-southern-drilling.md) | 37 | 225 | 30 | 2021–2026 |
| [BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.](/driller/best-drilling-services-inc.md) | 37 | 20 | — | 2006–2022 |
| [Joe Ferguson Drilling, Inc.](/driller/joe-ferguson-drilling-inc.md) | 24 | 240 | — | 2003–2006 |
| [Busselman Water Wells, LLC](/driller/busselman-water-wells-llc.md) | 23 | 183 | 45 | 2023–2026 |
| [Envirotech Drilling Services LLC](/driller/envirotech-drilling-services-llc.md) | 22 | 30 | — | 2023–2025 |
| [Richter Well Drilling, Inc.](/driller/richter-well-drilling-inc.md) | 19 | 213 | 55 | 2004–2026 |
| [Rangnow Water Well Service](/driller/rangnow-water-well-service.md) | 19 | 250 | 100 | 2003–2021 |
| [Neuendorff's Water Well Service, Inc.](/driller/neuendorff-s-water-well-service-inc.md) | 18 | 165 | 60 | 2016–2026 |
| Vrana's Well Service Inc. | 18 | 190 | 40 | 2001–2014 |
| [leeper w.w.](/driller/leeper-w-w.md) | 17 | 155 | 20 | 2006–2013 |
| [Cady's Water wells](/driller/cady-s-water-wells.md) | 16 | 160 | 40 | 2008–2021 |
| [J & S Water Wells - Tomas Salinas](/driller/j-s-water-wells-tomas-salinas.md) | 14 | 630 | 100 | 2011–2013 |
| [A C Water Well Service](/driller/a-c-water-well-service.md) | 12 | 160 | 50 | 2016–2025 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 3,204 | 71.4% | 180 |
| Rig Supply | 485 | 10.8% | 250 |
| Stock | 346 | 7.7% | 195 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 139 | 3.1% | 19 |
| Industrial | 110 | 2.5% | 260 |
| Monitor | 100 | 2.2% | 30 |
| Irrigation | 45 | 1.0% | 420 |
| Fracking Supply | 41 | 0.9% | 850 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,365 | 183 | 65 |
| 2010s | 1,879 | 185 | 77 |
| 2020s | 1,245 | 190 | 80 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 389420 | 2015 | 1,524 | 315 | 300 | Rig Supply |
| 372444 | 2014 | 1,510 | 80 | 600 | Rig Supply |
| 524282 | 2019 | 1,355 | 88 | 450 | Fracking Supply |
| 705871 | 2025 | 1,308 | 63 | 450 | Fracking Supply |
| 487235 | 2018 | 1,300 | 200 | 150 | Fracking Supply |
| 695578 | 2025 | 1,283 | 380 | 300 | Fracking Supply |
| 693883 | 2025 | 1,245 | 230 | 230 | Fracking Supply |
| 694362 | 2025 | 1,222 | 318 | 230 | Fracking Supply |
| 471264 | 2018 | 1,210 | 150 | 300 | Fracking Supply |
| 138146 | 2007 | 1,210 | 231 | 430 | Public Supply |

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 Lavaca 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.

We are nobody's agent and have no arrangement with any firm today. [What we do with this](/privacy.md).

### Counties with a comparable number of reports

- [Comal](/county/comal.md)
- [Galveston](/county/galveston.md)
- [Victoria](/county/victoria.md)
- [Hays](/county/hays.md)
- [Williamson](/county/williamson.md)
- [Terry](/county/terry.md)
- [Hartley](/county/hartley.md)
- [Washington](/county/washington.md)
- [Erath](/county/erath.md)
- [Collin](/county/collin.md)
- [Harrison](/county/harrison.md)
- [DeWitt](/county/dewitt.md)
- [Hidalgo](/county/hidalgo.md)

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

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