Water wells in Lubbock County, Texas
11,764 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 161 ft and struck water at 113 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.
What you will drill through in Lubbock County
| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | Caliche 4,348, Top Soil 4,336, Topsoil 3,732, Sandy Clay 2,735, Sandstone 2,350, Brown Sandy Clay 876 |
| 25–50 ft | Sandstone 1,877, Rock 916, Sandy Clay 368, Sand And Sandstone 348, Tan Sandstone 303, Brown Silt & Sand 239 |
| 50–100 ft | Sandstone 1,599, Sand 1,673, Rock 1,229, Sandy Clay 1,107, Sand And Gravel 1,077, Sand & Gravel 973 |
| 100–200 ft | Blue Clay 2,969, Sand And Gravel 2,170, Sand 1,834, Sand & Gravel 1,863, Yellow Clay 1,961, Brown Clay 1,719 |
| 200–300 ft | Blue Clay 308, Red Bed 275, Red Clay 254, Sand 193, Sand And Gravel 171, Sand & Gravel 148 |
| 300–500 ft | Red Bed 165, Red Clay 74, Red And Blue Clay 55, Red Blue Clay 42, Sand And Gravel 35, Blue Clay 34 |
| 500–1000 ft | Red Clay 4, Red Clay & Shale 2, Red & Blue Clay 1, Red Clay W/Shale Strips 2, Red And Gray Clay & Shale 2, Red Sandy Clay & Clay 1 |
| 1000–5000 ft | Brown Clay & Shale 2, Red Clay 3, Brown & Red Clay & Shale 1, Red Clay & Shale 2, Brown Clay & Some Shale 1, Tight To Firm Red Silty Clay W/Hard Shale Strips 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 Lubbock County
What the wells are for
| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 7,344 | 62.4% | 165 |
| Irrigation | 1,955 | 16.6% | 175 |
| Monitor | 1,376 | 11.7% | 70 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 626 | 5.3% | 15 |
| Test Well | 241 | 2.0% | 164 |
| Injection | 47 | 0.4% | 146 |
| Stock | 45 | 0.4% | 166 |
| De-watering | 44 | 0.4% | 105 |
| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4,009 | 155 | 118 |
| 2010s | 4,158 | 160 | 100 |
| 2020s | 3,597 | 173 | 116 |
The deepest reports on file
| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 490896 | 2018 | 1,730 | — | — | Public Supply |
| 692336 | 2025 | 1,600 | — | — | Test Well |
| 439412 | 2016 | 1,500 | — | — | Test Well |
| 439406 | 2016 | 1,460 | — | — | Test Well |
| 439860 | 2016 | 1,432 | — | 56 | Monitor |
| 565456 | 2020 | 415 | — | — | Irrigation |
| 285302 | 2012 | 411 | — | — | Domestic |
| 644841 | 2000 | 401 | 260 | — | Irrigation |
| 384621 | 2014 | 395 | — | — | Domestic |
| 573422 | 2021 | 390 | 278 | — | Irrigation |
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 Lubbock County?
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