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

> 841 well reports filed in Menard County since 2001. Median depth 212 ft, water struck at 155 ft, median yield 7 gpm.

## Water wells in Menard County, Texas

**841** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **212 ft** and struck water at **155 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Menard County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **White Lime** 185 , **Topsoil** 161 , **Caliche** 116 , **Dirt** 112 , **White Limestone** 105 , **Top Soil** 105 |
| 25–50 ft | **Yellow Limestone** 30 , **White Lime** 27 , **Red Clay** 27 , **White Limestone** 22 , **Yellow Lime** 18 , **Yellow Clay** 11 |
| 50–100 ft | **White Lime** 35 , **Gray Lime** 34 , **Gray Shale** 20 , **Gray Clay** 18 , **Yellow Lime** 16 , **White Limestone** 17 |
| 100–200 ft | **Gray Lime** 72 , **White Lime** 36 , **Grey Limestone** 41 , **Gray Clay** 33 , **Gray Shale** 27 , **Blue Clay** 34 |
| 200–300 ft | **Gray Lime** 56 , **Gray Shale** 17 , **Gray Clay** 19 , **White Lime** 15 , **Brown Clay** 10 , **Yellow Lime** 11 |
| 300–500 ft | **White Lime** 15 , **Gray Lime** 15 , **Gray Shale** 11 , **Gray Sandstone** 10 , **Brown Lime** 6 , **Shale** 9 |
| 500–1000 ft | **White Lime** 9 , **Lime** 7 , **Shale** 6 , **Gray Sandstone** 10 , **Limestone** 2 , **Gray Lime** 7 |
| 1000–5000 ft | **Sand** 13 , **Shale** 7 , **Lime** 5 , **Limestone** 2 , **Gray Clay & Shale** 1 , **Clay & Limestone** 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 Menard County

*Licensed firms in Menard County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Lange Drilling Co](/driller/lange-drilling-co.md) | 236 | 220 | 10 | 2002–2026 |
| [McGuire Well Service](/driller/mcguire-well-service.md) | 100 | 220 | 3 | 2001–2015 |
| [Allison Well Service](/driller/allison-well-service.md) | 61 | 188 | 6 | 2016–2025 |
| [Hill Country Well Service](/driller/hill-country-well-service.md) | 50 | 200 | 2 | 2016–2026 |
| [Vortex Drilling, Inc.](/driller/vortex-drilling-inc.md) | 48 | 25 | — | 2007–2015 |
| [Virdell Drilling Inc.](/driller/virdell-drilling-inc.md) | 39 | 235 | 12 | 2003–2019 |
| [MICHAEL C HOELSCHER](/driller/michael-c-hoelscher.md) | 35 | 70 | 10 | 2008–2025 |
| [Magill Drilling & Water Well Service, LLC](/driller/magill-drilling-water-well-service-llc.md) | 27 | 325 | 25 | 2017–2026 |
| [Walden Drilling Inc](/driller/walden-drilling-inc.md) | 27 | 260 | 5 | 2010–2019 |
| [Aqua Drill](/driller/aqua-drill.md) | 25 | 280 | 6 | 2019–2025 |
| [PICKENS DRILLING CO.](/driller/pickens-drilling-co.md) | 21 | 200 | 10 | 2005–2017 |
| [White Drilling Company, Inc.](/driller/white-drilling-company-inc.md) | 21 | 10 | — | 2003–2006 |
| [Tinsley Drilling & Company](/driller/tinsley-drilling-company.md) | 14 | 1,825 | 100 | 2021–2026 |
| [Elite Drillers Corporation](/driller/elite-drillers-corporation.md) | 14 | 160 | — | 2015–2024 |
| [Associated Drilling Inc](/driller/associated-drilling-inc.md) | 12 | 550 | 80 | 2015–2023 |
| [Woehl Drilling & Service](/driller/woehl-drilling-service.md) | 10 | 200 | 3 | 2023–2025 |
| [Magill Well Service](/driller/magill-well-service.md) | 10 | 150 | 5 | 2002–2003 |
| Hayhurst Bros. Drilling Co. | 8 | 2,396 | — | 2003–2016 |
| John H. Jones | 8 | 272 | 7 | 2006 |
| [Abel Water Systems](/driller/abel-water-systems.md) | 6 | 102 | 8 | 2003–2025 |
| [SKG Engineering, LLC](/driller/skg-engineering-llc.md) | 6 | 21 | — | 2018–2023 |
| [OZONA WATER WELL SERVICE INC](/driller/ozona-water-well-service-inc.md) | 3 | 340 | 7 | 2025 |
| [Santa Rosa Well Service](/driller/santa-rosa-well-service.md) | 3 | 900 | — | 2020–2023 |
| [Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.](/driller/hydro-resources-mid-continent-inc.md) | 3 | 2,980 | 800 | 2022–2023 |
| [woehl drilling no2](/driller/woehl-drilling-no2.md) | 3 | 320 | 8 | 2015–2016 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 434 | 51.6% | 220 |
| Stock | 270 | 32.1% | 250 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 48 | 5.7% | 10 |
| Irrigation | 29 | 3.4% | 700 |
| Monitor | 28 | 3.3% | 40 |
| Test Well | 24 | 2.9% | 60 |
| Public Supply | 5 | 0.6% | 2,980 |
| Rig Supply | 3 | 0.4% | 220 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 160 | 95 |
| 2000s | 241 | 160 | 165 |
| 2010s | 330 | 200 | 151 |
| 2020s | 269 | 260 | 156 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 660872 | 2024 | 3,335 | 620 | 163 | Stock |
| 657620 | 2023 | 3,211 | 680 | 83 | Stock |
| 667640 | 2024 | 3,115 | 503 | 150 | Stock |
| 665604 | 2024 | 3,115 | 503 | 150 | Stock |
| 656426 | 2023 | 3,090 | 209 | 800 | Public Supply |
| 654521 | 2022 | 2,980 | 540 | 800 | Public Supply |
| 692074 | 2025 | 2,801 | 288 | 100 | Stock |
| 656428 | 2023 | 2,790 | 156 | — | Public Supply |
| 438404 | 2016 | 2,770 | — | — | Irrigation |
| 438630 | 2016 | 2,615 | — | — | 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 Menard 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.

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### Counties with a comparable number of reports

- [Brooks](/county/brooks.md)
- [San Saba](/county/san-saba.md)
- [Lipscomb](/county/lipscomb.md)
- [Coryell](/county/coryell.md)
- [Young](/county/young.md)
- [Brewster](/county/brewster.md)
- [Hill](/county/hill.md)
- [Knox](/county/knox.md)
- [Wilbarger](/county/wilbarger.md)
- [Real](/county/real.md)
- [Sutton](/county/sutton.md)
- [Roberts](/county/roberts.md)
- [Fannin](/county/fannin.md)

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

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