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

> 5,987 well reports filed in Martin County since 2001. Median depth 100 ft, water struck at 60 ft, median yield 30 gpm.

## Water wells in Martin County, Texas

**5,987** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **100 ft** and struck water at **60 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Martin County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Caliche** 3,222 , **Top Soil** 2,651 , **Topsoil** 1,687 , **Sand** 948 , **Sandstone** 327 , **Rock** 294 |
| 25–50 ft | **Sand** 840 , **Sandstone** 392 , **Red Clay** 275 , **Rock** 251 , **Sand And Gravel** 198 , **Sandy Clay** 182 |
| 50–100 ft | **Red Clay** 1,666 , **Sand** 662 , **Red Bed** 578 , **Sand And Gravel** 474 , **Gravel** 409 , **Sandstone** 270 |
| 100–200 ft | **Red Clay** 941 , **Red Bed** 711 , **Redbed** 453 , **Gravel** 265 , **Sand** 213 , **Sand And Gravel** 115 |
| 200–300 ft | **Red Bed** 71 , **Red Clay** 56 , **Redbed** 23 , **Sand** 15 , **Red Clay And Sandstone** 6 , **Sandstone** 5 |
| 300–500 ft | **Sand** 27 , **Red Clay** 22 , **Red Bed** 24 , **Red/Brown Clay** 17 , **Red Shale** 9 , **Shale** 6 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Red Clay** 23 , **Red Bed** 26 , **Santa Rosa/Dockum** 24 , **Sand With Clay Stringers** 22 , **Sandstone** 15 , **Sand** 14 |
| 1000–5000 ft | **Shale/Mudstone** 27 , **Shale** 15 , **Sand** 14 , **Red Shale** 15 , **Red Clay** 13 , **Sand, 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 Martin County

*Licensed firms in Martin County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [JB Drilling](/driller/jb-drilling.md) | 612 | 118 | — | 2016–2025 |
| [Santa Rosa Well Service](/driller/santa-rosa-well-service.md) | 350 | 145 | 30 | 2017–2026 |
| [kinard water well service](/driller/kinard-water-well-service.md) | 349 | 80 | 42 | 2007–2025 |
| [Neufeld Family Drilling llc](/driller/neufeld-family-drilling-llc.md) | 343 | 80 | — | 2016–2026 |
| [DARRELL CRASS DRILLING](/driller/darrell-crass-drilling.md) | 340 | 110 | 10 | 2001–2016 |
| [Straub Corporation](/driller/straub-corporation.md) | 336 | 74 | 30 | 2001–2024 |
| [R&R DRILLING LLC](/driller/r-r-drilling-llc.md) | 278 | 80 | — | 2019–2024 |
| [Wheeler Drilling](/driller/wheeler-drilling.md) | 226 | 85 | 15 | 2003–2026 |
| [Stansell Pump](/driller/stansell-pump.md) | 226 | 80 | — | 2017–2024 |
| [WEST TEXAS WATER WELL SERVICE](/driller/west-texas-water-well-service.md) | 216 | 105 | 20 | 2004–2026 |
| [CASE DRILLING & PUMP SERVICE, LLC](/driller/case-drilling-pump-service-llc.md) | 181 | 145 | 85 | 2011–2015 |
| [MARK'S WATER WELL SERVICE, INC](/driller/mark-s-water-well-service-inc.md) | 164 | 75 | 10 | 2015–2026 |
| [CASE DRILLING AND PUMP SERVICE, LLC](/driller/case-drilling-and-pump-service-llc.md) | 149 | 135 | 40 | 2011–2016 |
| [Vanguard Well Resources, LLC](/driller/vanguard-well-resources-llc.md) | 132 | 122 | — | 2019–2026 |
| [Permian H2O Solutions](/driller/permian-h2o-solutions.md) | 130 | 125 | 15 | 2017–2025 |
| [Monte Moore Drilling](/driller/monte-moore-drilling.md) | 111 | 80 | — | 2004–2016 |
| [Wildcat Services LLC](/driller/wildcat-services-llc.md) | 94 | 100 | 10 | 2013–2026 |
| [Peter B Loewen](/driller/peter-b-loewen.md) | 91 | 160 | — | 2016–2025 |
| [Blue Quail Energy Services LLC.](/driller/blue-quail-energy-services-llc.md) | 88 | 200 | 40 | 2013–2026 |
| [Moore Drilling](/driller/moore-drilling.md) | 85 | 70 | — | 2003–2026 |
| [Goertzen Drilling](/driller/goertzen-drilling.md) | 78 | 124 | — | 2014–2021 |
| [Couch Operating, LLC](/driller/couch-operating-llc.md) | 75 | 93 | — | 2018–2025 |
| [AAW Services, LLC](/driller/aaw-services-llc.md) | 68 | 120 | 25 | 2007–2026 |
| [Jacob P Klassen Drilling Co](/driller/jacob-p-klassen-drilling-co.md) | 64 | 162 | — | 2012–2026 |
| [SNELL DRILLING LLC](/driller/snell-drilling-llc.md) | 60 | 46 | — | 2019–2022 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rig Supply | 2,360 | 39.4% | 105 |
| Domestic | 1,246 | 20.8% | 90 |
| Irrigation | 944 | 15.8% | 140 |
| Fracking Supply | 540 | 9.0% | 80 |
| Monitor | 290 | 4.8% | 75 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 215 | 3.6% | 20 |
| Other | 95 | 1.6% | 108 |
| Stock | 94 | 1.6% | 100 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 539 | 95 | 65 |
| 2010s | 3,453 | 107 | 60 |
| 2020s | 1,995 | 95 | 60 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 332027 | 2012 | 1,933 | 800 | — | Rig Supply |
| 331990 | 2012 | 1,900 | 800 | — | Rig Supply |
| 249612 | 2011 | 1,843 | — | — | Rig Supply |
| 383642 | 2014 | 1,820 | 662 | 130 | Fracking Supply |
| 374606 | 2014 | 1,820 | 662 | 130 | Fracking Supply |
| 421631 | 2015 | 1,805 | — | — | Fracking Supply |
| 421628 | 2015 | 1,805 | — | — | Fracking Supply |
| 442424 | 2016 | 1,800 | 1,080 | 85 | Fracking Supply |
| 442419 | 2016 | 1,800 | 987 | 130 | Fracking Supply |
| 442415 | 2016 | 1,800 | 989 | 95 | 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 Martin 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

- [Ector](/county/ector.md)
- [Fort Bend](/county/fort-bend.md)
- [Wise](/county/wise.md)
- [Randall](/county/randall.md)
- [Nueces](/county/nueces.md)
- [Denton](/county/denton.md)
- [Burnet](/county/burnet.md)
- [Tom Green](/county/tom-green.md)
- [Howard](/county/howard.md)
- [Gillespie](/county/gillespie.md)
- [Comal](/county/comal.md)
- [Galveston](/county/galveston.md)
- [Victoria](/county/victoria.md)

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

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