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Water wells in Montague County, Texas

3,313 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 200 ft and struck water at 78 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

3,313Reports
200 ftMedian depth
78 ftWater at
15 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in Montague County

Logged in Montague County, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftSand 478, Red Clay 458, Clay 255, Sand Rock 184, Top Soil 185, Sandy Shale 180
25–50 ftBlue Shale 222, Red Shale 215, Sand 182, Red Clay 125, Gray Shale 114, Red & Blue Shale 91
50–100 ftSand 569, Blue Shale 251, Gray Shale 196, Red Clay 186, Red Shale 190, Rock 80
100–200 ftSand 938, Gray Shale 296, Blue Shale 328, Red Shale 284, Red Clay 205, Sandy Shale 117
200–300 ftSand 578, Gray Shale 200, Red Shale 146, Blue Shale 126, Sandy Shale 71, Red Clay 73
300–500 ftSand 233, Gray Shale 113, Red Shale 60, Blue Shale 50, Red Clay 40, Sandy Shale 29
500–1000 ftSand 15, Gray Shale 16, Shale 11, Water Sand 4, Green Sandy Shale 5, Red Clay 5

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 Montague County

Licensed firms in Montague County, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
Prater Water Well868180202003–2026
White Water Well249225122011–2026
Talon Drilling, LP18522—2003–2009
CHESHIER WATER WELLS175258152003–2026
Alpha Omega Water Well153260122005–2026
Erwin Water Well Drilling125260202001–2026
A-5 Services LLC122260192021–2026
Texoma Drilling LLC115320152004–2014
B&B Pump97280102003–2026
JB Water Well Drlg90200152016–2019
Texoma Drilling LLC Mike Bowen87300152014–2026
Sunbelt Industrial Services7255—2009–2013
Jones Water Well Drilling65200122004–2011
THI WATER WELL61500802009–2022
A5 Services, LLC49205102016–2021
M5 Drilling48200142020–2026
Jackson Drilling Services, L.P.404201502008–2012
Erwin Drilling36240182019–2026
Environmental Logistics Company, LLC3517—2017–2026
Quality Water Wells29205142023–2026
AFFORDABLE WATER WELL26260152012–2026
Dowell Well Service203801502007–2022
Cheshier Water Well19285152006–2014
Environmental Technology Group Inc.1858—2002
Alpha Omega WaterWell16320102010–2013

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic2,37671.7%220
Monitor2838.5%34
Stock2688.1%205
Environmental Soil Boring1775.3%22
Rig Supply832.5%420
Irrigation571.7%226
Industrial280.8%520
Other130.4%240
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s1,11217170
2010s1,13922090
2020s1,06222076

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in Montague County. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
2656902011900560105Industrial
3569542014870300100Public Supply
331945201383324230Public Supply
548405202082031250Monitor
6523882022800——Monitor
2756902011800——Industrial
2655952011800——Industrial
2516652011800184148Industrial
2657992011785——Industrial
2657882011780317115Industrial

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 Montague 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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