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

> 15,413 well reports filed in Midland County since 2001. Median depth 99 ft, water struck at 50 ft, median yield 20 gpm.

## Water wells in Midland County, Texas

**15,413** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **99 ft** and struck water at **50 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Midland County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Caliche** 7,166 , **Top Soil** 5,849 , **Topsoil** 2,679 , **Dry Sand** 1,503 , **Sand** 1,417 , **Tan Sand** 630 |
| 25–50 ft | **Sand** 895 , **Sandstone** 811 , **Wet Sand** 780 , **Tan Sand** 584 , **Dry Sand** 559 , **Water Sand** 518 |
| 50–100 ft | **Red Bed** 2,829 , **Red Clay** 1,645 , **Water Sand** 1,581 , **Wet Sand** 1,266 , **Sand** 984 , **Sandstone** 889 |
| 100–200 ft | **Red Bed** 2,545 , **Red Clay** 1,391 , **Redbed** 496 , **Water Sand** 401 , **Sandstone** 312 , **Sand** 235 |
| 200–300 ft | **Red Bed** 265 , **Red Clay** 118 , **Sand** 59 , **Redbed** 56 , **Sandstone** 47 , **Shale** 25 |
| 300–500 ft | **Red Bed** 28 , **Red Clay** 21 , **Red Shale** 10 , **Sandstone And Redbed** 9 , **Redbed** 9 , **Sand** 7 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Sand** 33 , **Red Shale** 23 , **Santa Rosa/Dockum** 23 , **Red Bed** 16 , **Sandstone** 10 , **Middle Santa Rosa** 12 |
| 1000–5000 ft | **Red Shale** 48 , **Red Clay** 30 , **Shale/Mudstone** 26 , **Redbed** 12 , **Clay/Mudstone** 12 , **Sandy Clay** 11 |

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 Midland County

*Licensed firms in Midland County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Wheeler Drilling](/driller/wheeler-drilling.md) | 2,932 | 105 | 15 | 2003–2026 |
| [DARRELL CRASS DRILLING](/driller/darrell-crass-drilling.md) | 1,388 | 120 | 30 | 2001–2017 |
| [WEST TEXAS WATER WELL SERVICE](/driller/west-texas-water-well-service.md) | 1,244 | 111 | 20 | 2003–2026 |
| [Straub Corporation](/driller/straub-corporation.md) | 1,178 | 35 | 15 | 2001–2022 |
| [AAW Services, LLC](/driller/aaw-services-llc.md) | 680 | 110 | 19 | 2007–2026 |
| [MARK'S WATER WELL SERVICE, INC](/driller/mark-s-water-well-service-inc.md) | 638 | 100 | 25 | 2007–2026 |
| [Wildcat Services LLC](/driller/wildcat-services-llc.md) | 557 | 100 | 15 | 2013–2026 |
| [CASE DRILLING AND PUMP SERVICE, LLC](/driller/case-drilling-and-pump-service-llc.md) | 470 | 105 | 10 | 2011–2016 |
| [Stansell Pump](/driller/stansell-pump.md) | 420 | 90 | 65 | 2017–2024 |
| [White Drilling Company, Inc.](/driller/white-drilling-company-inc.md) | 409 | 40 | — | 2001–2025 |
| [Talon/LPE](/driller/talon-lpe.md) | 318 | 44 | — | 2010–2025 |
| [CASE DRILLING & PUMP SERVICE, LLC](/driller/case-drilling-pump-service-llc.md) | 266 | 100 | 18 | 2011–2015 |
| [Marks Water Well](/driller/marks-water-well.md) | 262 | 100 | 20 | 2005–2026 |
| [Permian H2O Solutions](/driller/permian-h2o-solutions.md) | 243 | 90 | 13 | 2016–2025 |
| [Blue Quail Energy Services LLC.](/driller/blue-quail-energy-services-llc.md) | 216 | 120 | 20 | 2013–2026 |
| [Latzel Drilling LLC](/driller/latzel-drilling-llc.md) | 194 | 235 | 40 | 2003–2026 |
| [Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc.](/driller/peterson-drilling-testing-inc.md) | 177 | 48 | — | 2009–2025 |
| [J-R'S WATER WELL SERVICE](/driller/j-r-s-water-well-service.md) | 161 | 85 | — | 2025–2026 |
| [Envirotech Drilling Services LLC](/driller/envirotech-drilling-services-llc.md) | 150 | 35 | — | 2015–2026 |
| [Vortex Drilling, Inc.](/driller/vortex-drilling-inc.md) | 133 | 25 | — | 2007–2025 |
| [Santa Rosa Well Service](/driller/santa-rosa-well-service.md) | 130 | 140 | 40 | 2017–2025 |
| [West Texas Water Well](/driller/west-texas-water-well.md) | 125 | 87 | 20 | 2014–2025 |
| [Mark's Water Well](/driller/mark-s-water-well.md) | 119 | 97 | 25 | 2006–2011 |
| [Monte Moore Drilling](/driller/monte-moore-drilling.md) | 114 | 100 | — | 2011–2016 |
| [DT Oasis Water Wells](/driller/dt-oasis-water-wells.md) | 103 | 105 | 30 | 2013–2023 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 8,231 | 53.4% | 100 |
| Monitor | 2,179 | 14.1% | 44 |
| Rig Supply | 1,554 | 10.1% | 130 |
| Irrigation | 1,451 | 9.4% | 110 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 952 | 6.2% | 15 |
| Fracking Supply | 336 | 2.2% | 240 |
| Industrial | 262 | 1.7% | 120 |
| Injection | 113 | 0.7% | 55 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,509 | 90 | 40 |
| 2010s | 8,857 | 100 | 55 |
| 2020s | 3,047 | 93 | 46 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 514295 | 2016 | 3,000 | 220 | 65 | Irrigation |
| 434248 | 2016 | 2,225 | — | — | Rig Supply |
| 307944 | 2012 | 1,750 | — | — | Rig Supply |
| 440587 | 2016 | 1,720 | 910 | 104 | Fracking Supply |
| 272105 | 2011 | 1,706 | — | — | Rig Supply |
| 355447 | 2014 | 1,700 | — | — | Rig Supply |
| 368349 | 2014 | 1,680 | 850 | — | Rig Supply |
| 439868 | 2016 | 1,650 | 907 | 105 | Fracking Supply |
| 331978 | 2012 | 1,629 | 800 | — | Rig Supply |
| 441324 | 2017 | 1,625 | — | — | 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 Midland 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

- [Harris](/county/harris.md)
- [Bexar](/county/bexar.md)
- [Dallas](/county/dallas.md)
- [Tarrant](/county/tarrant.md)
- [Parker](/county/parker.md)
- [Montgomery](/county/montgomery.md)
- [Gaines](/county/gaines.md)
- [Brazoria](/county/brazoria.md)
- [Travis](/county/travis.md)
- [Lubbock](/county/lubbock.md)
- [Ector](/county/ector.md)
- [Fort Bend](/county/fort-bend.md)
- [Wise](/county/wise.md)

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

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