Water wells in Live Oak County, Texas
1,867 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 230 ft and struck water at 86 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.
What you will drill through in Live Oak County
| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | Surface 574, Tan Clay 346, Caliche 238, Top Soil 185, Clay 156, Tan Sand 163 |
| 25–50 ft | Tan Clay 85, Clay 77, Sand 57, Tan Sand 52, Red Clay 39, Red Coarse Sand 21 |
| 50–100 ft | Tan Clay 151, Sand 116, Clay 95, Red Clay 86, Tan Sand 74, Brown Sand 48 |
| 100–200 ft | Sand 196, Tan Clay 193, Red Clay 132, Clay 106, Tan Sand 113, Red Coarse Sand 76 |
| 200–300 ft | Sand 130, Tan Clay 116, Clay 90, Tan Sand 67, Red Clay 52, Gray Sand 43 |
| 300–500 ft | Tan Clay 120, Sand 78, Tan Sand 56, Clay 46, Gray Clay 42, Gray Sand 30 |
| 500–1000 ft | Sand 39, Clay 27, Tan Clay 34, Shale 20, Gray Clay 18, Gray Sand 11 |
| 1000–5000 ft | Sand 23, Shale 16, Carrizo Sand 12, Clay 6, Gray Shale 7, Sandy 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 Live Oak County
What the wells are for
| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 974 | 52.2% | 240 |
| Monitor | 227 | 12.2% | 47 |
| Stock | 208 | 11.1% | 310 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 178 | 9.5% | 20 |
| Rig Supply | 159 | 8.5% | 415 |
| Industrial | 59 | 3.2% | 355 |
| Fracking Supply | 34 | 1.8% | 1,106 |
| Irrigation | 22 | 1.2% | 538 |
| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 632 | 220 | 78 |
| 2010s | 883 | 250 | 91 |
| 2020s | 352 | 240 | 86 |
The deepest reports on file
| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 312200 | 2012 | 4,850 | 120 | 625 | Fracking Supply |
| 327169 | 2013 | 3,721 | — | 725 | Fracking Supply |
| 327168 | 2013 | 3,721 | — | 725 | Fracking Supply |
| 518108 | 2019 | 1,602 | 34 | 168 | Industrial |
| 408299 | 2015 | 1,572 | 59 | 300 | Other |
| 583894 | 2021 | 1,413 | 132 | 150 | Rig Supply |
| 593075 | 2021 | 1,340 | 87 | 200 | Rig Supply |
| 502422 | 2019 | 1,267 | 91 | 400 | Fracking Supply |
| 599428 | 2022 | 1,180 | 90 | 175 | Fracking Supply |
| 357881 | 2014 | 1,106 | 0 | 300 | Fracking 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 Live Oak 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.
Counties with a comparable number of reports
A sliding window, not a ranking. Every county.