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
| 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
What the wells are for
| 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 |
| 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
| 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?
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