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
| 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
| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc. | 1,134 | 600 | 500 | 2009–2026 |
| Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc. | 273 | 75 | 20 | 2002–2026 |
| Burkett Drilling | 263 | 495 | 10 | 2003–2026 |
| 3T Drilling, Inc. | 142 | 500 | 20 | 2010–2026 |
| LT Drilling Company | 136 | 601 | 750 | 2007–2010 |
| Talon/LPE | 134 | 20 | — | 2011–2025 |
| L T Drilling Company | 125 | 573 | 800 | 2004–2007 |
| Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc | 93 | 560 | 600 | 2012–2014 |
| Talon Drilling, LP | 83 | 300 | — | 2003–2009 |
| ETTER WATER WELL LLC | 81 | 520 | 20 | 2013–2026 |
| Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc | 62 | 540 | 600 | 2011–2013 |
| Les Taylor Drilling Company | 59 | 500 | 17 | 2003–2009 |
| Vanguard Well Resources, LLC | 42 | 385 | — | 2021–2026 |
| K-Ran Drilling | 27 | 440 | 12 | 2006–2025 |
| Turn Key Drilling | 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 | 16 | 423 | — | 2017–2025 |
| Hydro Resouces Mid Continent Inc | 11 | 560 | — | 2013 |
| Apex Geoscience Inc. | 8 | — | — | 2012 |
| Associated Environmental Ind Corp | 7 | 25 | — | 2020 |
| Hydro Resources Mid Continet Inc | 7 | 400 | — | 2012 |
| Advanced Drilling | 7 | 400 | 20 | 2008–2011 |
| SCI | 6 | — | — | 2011 |
| Howell Drilling Services, LLC | 5 | 380 | — | 2023–2024 |
What the wells are for
| 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 |
| 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
| 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.
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