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

> 3,235 well reports filed in Matagorda County since 2001. Median depth 267 ft, water struck at 38 ft, median yield 70 gpm.

## Water wells in Matagorda County, Texas

**3,235** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **267 ft** and struck water at **38 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Matagorda County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Clay** 1,273 , **Sand** 381 , **Red Clay** 300 , **Top Soil** 202 , **Surface Soil** 190 , **Topsoil** 141 |
| 25–50 ft | **Sand** 355 , **Clay** 327 , **Red Clay** 66 , **Fine Sand** 20 , **Fine Red Sand** 17 , **Brown Clay** 14 |
| 50–100 ft | **Sand** 904 , **Clay** 670 , **Red Clay** 108 , **Coarse Sand** 42 , **Fine Sand** 34 , **Gray Clay** 23 |
| 100–200 ft | **Clay** 982 , **Sand** 939 , **Red Clay** 112 , **Clay Td** 82 , **Blue Clay** 61 , **Fine Sand** 43 |
| 200–300 ft | **Clay** 545 , **Sand** 587 , **Blue Clay** 59 , **Red Clay** 48 , **Coarse Sand** 35 , **Clay Td** 26 |
| 300–500 ft | **Sand** 836 , **Clay** 550 , **Clay Td** 317 , **Blue Clay** 62 , **Red Clay** 51 , **Coarse Sand** 34 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Sand** 163 , **Clay** 95 , **Clay Td** 98 , **Shale** 10 , **Sandy Clay** 4 , **Blue Clay** 8 |
| 1000–5000 ft | **Clay** 4 , **Sand** 1 , **Sand/Gravel** 1 , **Sand Streaks** 1 , **Sand & Clay** 1 , **Hard** 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 Matagorda County

*Licensed firms in Matagorda County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Goolsby Water Well Service LLC](/driller/goolsby-water-well-service-llc.md) | 430 | 405 | 60 | 2014–2026 |
| [Finch Water Well](/driller/finch-water-well.md) | 372 | 415 | 60 | 2001–2025 |
| [RONNIE GOOLSBY WATER WELL SERVICE](/driller/ronnie-goolsby-water-well-service.md) | 191 | 380 | 60 | 2002–2014 |
| [RONNIE GOOLSBY WATER WELL](/driller/ronnie-goolsby-water-well.md) | 181 | 395 | 70 | 2001–2015 |
| [BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.](/driller/best-drilling-services-inc.md) | 177 | 25 | — | 2004–2025 |
| [Felder Water Well & Pump Service, LLC](/driller/felder-water-well-pump-service-llc.md) | 129 | 347 | 180 | 2004–2026 |
| [Finch Water Well Service](/driller/finch-water-well-service.md) | 128 | 420 | 65 | 2004–2012 |
| [Wells Water Well Company](/driller/wells-water-well-company.md) | 121 | 400 | 20 | 2002–2011 |
| [AQUA WATER WELL CO.](/driller/aqua-water-well-co.md) | 109 | 180 | 80 | 2007–2015 |
| [Vortex Drilling, Inc.](/driller/vortex-drilling-inc.md) | 108 | 15 | — | 2006–2016 |
| [Envirotech Drilling Services LLC](/driller/envirotech-drilling-services-llc.md) | 106 | 8 | — | 2015–2026 |
| [Joe Ferguson Water Well Drilling, Inc.](/driller/joe-ferguson-water-well-drilling-inc.md) | 98 | 212 | — | 2007–2021 |
| [Burleson Services, Inc.](/driller/burleson-services-inc.md) | 84 | 200 | 100 | 2003–2011 |
| [Chaffin Water Well Service](/driller/chaffin-water-well-service.md) | 71 | 220 | 90 | 2003–2026 |
| [Advanced Drilling Systems, Inc.](/driller/advanced-drilling-systems-inc.md) | 59 | 70 | — | 2003–2019 |
| [O'Day Drilling Company, Inc.](/driller/o-day-drilling-company-inc.md) | 53 | 336 | 100 | 2003–2025 |
| [Cady's Water wells](/driller/cady-s-water-wells.md) | 44 | 203 | 75 | 2004–2023 |
| [Chaffin Water Wells](/driller/chaffin-water-wells.md) | 44 | 360 | 75 | 2012–2022 |
| [J&S WATER WELLS](/driller/j-s-water-wells.md) | 40 | 250 | 80 | 2003–2023 |
| [Mathers Environmental Drilling Inc.](/driller/mathers-environmental-drilling-inc.md) | 34 | 20 | — | 2002–2025 |
| [B & L Water Well Service,Inc.](/driller/b-l-water-well-service-inc.md) | 34 | 180 | 85 | 2004–2019 |
| [Kight Water Well Service](/driller/kight-water-well-service.md) | 33 | 260 | 80 | 2020–2026 |
| [WALKER HILL ENVIRONMENTAL INC](/driller/walker-hill-environmental-inc.md) | 33 | 62 | — | 2016–2017 |
| [Joe Ferguson Drilling, Inc.](/driller/joe-ferguson-drilling-inc.md) | 26 | 150 | — | 2003–2006 |
| [Brazoria Water Well](/driller/brazoria-water-well.md) | 25 | 365 | 80 | 2023–2026 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 1,516 | 46.9% | 405 |
| Stock | 407 | 12.6% | 150 |
| Monitor | 403 | 12.5% | 25 |
| Irrigation | 275 | 8.5% | 205 |
| Rig Supply | 238 | 7.4% | 185 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 206 | 6.4% | 10 |
| Industrial | 113 | 3.5% | 280 |
| Test Well | 36 | 1.1% | 21 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,075 | 220 | 35 |
| 2010s | 1,371 | 240 | 35 |
| 2020s | 789 | 322 | 50 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 280684 | 2012 | 1,402 | 49 | — | Industrial |
| 693776 | 2025 | 1,300 | 77 | 2,023 | Public Supply |
| 328138 | 2013 | 1,100 | 83 | — | Irrigation |
| 546491 | 2020 | 1,034 | 90 | — | Irrigation |
| 370669 | 2014 | 990 | 127 | — | Irrigation |
| 68157 | 2003 | 932 | 79 | 2,800 | Irrigation |
| 118590 | 2004 | 922 | 90 | 80 | Irrigation |
| 118588 | 2004 | 920 | 102 | 2,500 | Irrigation |
| 37231 | 2004 | 856 | 72 | — | Irrigation |
| 202745 | 2009 | 850 | 63 | — | 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 Matagorda 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

- [Rusk](/county/rusk.md)
- [Johnson](/county/johnson.md)
- [Bell](/county/bell.md)
- [Montague](/county/montague.md)
- [Liberty](/county/liberty.md)
- [Grimes](/county/grimes.md)
- [Jim Wells](/county/jim-wells.md)
- [Andrews](/county/andrews.md)
- [Hockley](/county/hockley.md)
- [San Patricio](/county/san-patricio.md)
- [Reagan](/county/reagan.md)
- [Kerr](/county/kerr.md)
- [Kleberg](/county/kleberg.md)

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

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