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

> 2,881 well reports filed in Moore County since 2001. Median depth 523 ft, water struck at 340 ft, median yield 20 gpm.

## Water wells in Moore County, Texas

**2,881** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **523 ft** and struck water at **340 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Moore County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Surface Top Soil Brown Clay** 299 , **Surface Top Soil Brown Clay W/Sandy Clay Strips** 198 , **Caliche W/Rock Strips** 193 , **Caliche** 110 , **Topsoil** 66 , **Top Soil Caliche & Clay W/Sand Strips** 57 |
| 25–50 ft | **Caliche W/Rock Strips** 106 , **Sand W/Minor Clay Strips** 40 , **Sand W/Clay Strips** 33 , **Caliche** 31 , **Sand W/Clay & Gravel Strips** 31 , **Sand W/Brown Clay Strips** 30 |
| 50–100 ft | **Sand W/Brown Clay Strips** 44 , **Sand W/Clay Strips** 40 , **Sand W/Minor Clay Strips** 37 , **Caliche W/Rock Strips** 27 , **Sand** 22 , **Sand W/Gravel + Minor Clay Strips** 14 |
| 100–200 ft | **Fine To Med Sand W/Clay Strips** 53 , **Fine Sand** 35 , **Sand** 35 , **Sand W/Clay Strips** 29 , **Fine Med And Coarse Sand W/Clay Strips** 17 , **Red Clay** 16 |
| 200–300 ft | **Fine To Med Sand W/Clay Strips** 48 , **Fine Fairly Loose Sand** 32 , **Sand & Clay Stringers** 30 , **Sand & Clay** 26 , **Sand** 22 , **Fine Sand** 22 |
| 300–500 ft | **Red Clay** 259 , **Fine Fairly Loose Sand** 159 , **Med Fine Fairly Loose Sand** 166 , **Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Strips** 83 , **Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand** 77 , **Fine To Med Sand** 63 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Red Clay** 184 , **Fine Little Tight Sand** 117 , **Red Clay & Shale** 88 , **Fine Fairly Loose Sand** 60 , **Red Clay W/Shale** 30 , **Fine Tight Sand** 42 |
| 1000–5000 ft | **Red Clay W/White Rock** 1 , **Fine Little Tihg Tsand With Clay Mxi And Clay Strips** 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 Moore County

*Licensed firms in Moore County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.](/driller/hydro-resources-mid-continent-inc.md) | 1,134 | 600 | 500 | 2009–2026 |
| [Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc.](/driller/peterson-drilling-testing-inc.md) | 273 | 75 | 20 | 2002–2026 |
| [Burkett Drilling](/driller/burkett-drilling.md) | 263 | 495 | 10 | 2003–2026 |
| [3T Drilling, Inc.](/driller/3t-drilling-inc.md) | 142 | 500 | 20 | 2010–2026 |
| [LT Drilling Company](/driller/lt-drilling-company.md) | 136 | 601 | 750 | 2007–2010 |
| [Talon/LPE](/driller/talon-lpe.md) | 134 | 20 | — | 2011–2025 |
| [L T Drilling Company](/driller/l-t-drilling-company.md) | 125 | 573 | 800 | 2004–2007 |
| [Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc](/driller/hydro-resources-mid-contient-inc.md) | 93 | 560 | 600 | 2012–2014 |
| [Talon Drilling, LP](/driller/talon-drilling-lp.md) | 83 | 300 | — | 2003–2009 |
| [ETTER WATER WELL LLC](/driller/etter-water-well-llc.md) | 81 | 520 | 20 | 2013–2026 |
| [Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc](/driller/hydro-resouces-mid-contient-inc.md) | 62 | 540 | 600 | 2011–2013 |
| [Les Taylor Drilling Company](/driller/les-taylor-drilling-company.md) | 59 | 500 | 17 | 2003–2009 |
| [Vanguard Well Resources, LLC](/driller/vanguard-well-resources-llc.md) | 42 | 385 | — | 2021–2026 |
| [K-Ran Drilling](/driller/k-ran-drilling.md) | 27 | 440 | 12 | 2006–2025 |
| [Turn Key Drilling](/driller/turn-key-drilling.md) | 25 | 410 | 18 | 2003–2006 |
| W.D. Jones Drilling Co., Inc. | 24 | 560 | 500 | 2003–2006 |
| wd jones drilling | 21 | 520 | 300 | 2012–2021 |
| [DB&E Co LTD](/driller/db-e-co-ltd.md) | 16 | 423 | — | 2017–2025 |
| [Hydro Resouces Mid Continent Inc](/driller/hydro-resouces-mid-continent-inc.md) | 11 | 560 | — | 2013 |
| [Apex Geoscience Inc.](/driller/apex-geoscience-inc.md) | 8 | — | — | 2012 |
| [Associated Environmental Ind Corp](/driller/associated-environmental-ind-corp.md) | 7 | 25 | — | 2020 |
| Hydro Resources Mid Continet Inc | 7 | 400 | — | 2012 |
| [Advanced Drilling](/driller/advanced-drilling.md) | 7 | 400 | 20 | 2008–2011 |
| [SCI](/driller/sci.md) | 6 | — | — | 2011 |
| [Howell Drilling Services, LLC](/driller/howell-drilling-services-llc.md) | 5 | 380 | — | 2023–2024 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test Well | 1,278 | 44.4% | 560 |
| Irrigation | 554 | 19.2% | 587 |
| Domestic | 354 | 12.3% | 475 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 316 | 11.0% | 20 |
| Monitor | 248 | 8.6% | 338 |
| Stock | 85 | 3.0% | 460 |
| Public Supply | 31 | 1.1% | 580 |
| Industrial | 8 | 0.3% | 502 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 760 | 500 | 298 |
| 2010s | 1,187 | 540 | 343 |
| 2020s | 934 | 520 | 360 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 324810 | 2013 | 3,560 | — | — | Irrigation |
| 670482 | 2024 | 1,010 | — | — | Test Well |
| 676623 | 2024 | 1,000 | 474 | — | Irrigation |
| 619593 | 2022 | 1,000 | — | — | Test Well |
| 529274 | 2019 | 1,000 | — | — | Test Well |
| 409033 | 2015 | 1,000 | — | — | Test Well |
| 286971 | 2012 | 1,000 | — | — | Test Well |
| 253737 | 2011 | 1,000 | — | — | Test Well |
| 207700 | 2010 | 1,000 | — | — | Test Well |
| 703700 | 2025 | 990 | — | — | Test Well |

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 Moore County?

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### Counties with a comparable number of reports

- [Andrews](/county/andrews.md)
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- [San Patricio](/county/san-patricio.md)
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- [Kerr](/county/kerr.md)
- [Kleberg](/county/kleberg.md)
- [Medina](/county/medina.md)
- [Bandera](/county/bandera.md)
- [Blanco](/county/blanco.md)
- [Comanche](/county/comanche.md)
- [Dawson](/county/dawson.md)
- [Van Zandt](/county/van-zandt.md)
- [Gregg](/county/gregg.md)

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

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