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

> 1,561 well reports filed in Nolan County since 2001. Median depth 200 ft, water struck at 80 ft, median yield 30 gpm.

## Water wells in Nolan County, Texas

**1,561** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **200 ft** and struck water at **80 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Nolan County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Caliche** 457 , **Top Soil** 320 , **Brown Clay** 229 , **White Lime** 209 , **Red Clay** 190 , **Brown Sandy Clay** 163 |
| 25–50 ft | **Red Clay** 215 , **Brown Clay** 79 , **Brown Sand** 62 , **Yellow Sand** 49 , **Yellow Clay** 39 , **Yellow Sandstone** 23 |
| 50–100 ft | **Red Clay** 254 , **Brown Sand** 112 , **Brown Clay** 105 , **Yellow Sand** 106 , **Yellow Sandstone** 68 , **Blue Lime** 75 |
| 100–200 ft | **Red Clay** 514 , **Brown Sand** 193 , **Yellow Sand** 106 , **Brown Sandstone** 82 , **Gray Clay** 78 , **Gray Sandstone** 73 |
| 200–300 ft | **Red Clay** 393 , **Red Shale** 63 , **Gray Sandstone** 52 , **Gray Sand** 52 , **Brown Sand** 42 , **Rock** 39 |
| 300–500 ft | **Red Clay** 87 , **Red Bed** 28 , **Red Shale** 24 , **Rock** 23 , **Gravel** 17 , **Gray Rock** 13 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Red Clay** 1 , **Blue Shale** 1 |
| 1000–5000 ft | **Yellow Sand** 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 Nolan County

*Licensed firms in Nolan County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Blackwell Water Well Service Inc](/driller/blackwell-water-well-service-inc.md) | 686 | 220 | 20 | 2003–2026 |
| [Lange Drilling Co](/driller/lange-drilling-co.md) | 150 | 240 | 100 | 2004–2022 |
| [White Drilling Company, Inc.](/driller/white-drilling-company-inc.md) | 83 | 25 | — | 2002–2017 |
| [BLACKWELL WATERWELL SERV INC](/driller/blackwell-waterwell-serv-inc.md) | 74 | 240 | 40 | 2015–2019 |
| [Choate Well Service](/driller/choate-well-service.md) | 62 | 325 | 150 | 2003–2013 |
| [Talon/LPE](/driller/talon-lpe.md) | 46 | 10 | — | 2010–2022 |
| [Blackwell Water Well Serv., Inc.](/driller/blackwell-water-well-serv-inc.md) | 35 | 280 | 15 | 2003–2014 |
| [LEONARD WATER SERVICES](/driller/leonard-water-services.md) | 25 | 228 | 95 | 2012–2026 |
| [Sunbelt Industrial Services](/driller/sunbelt-industrial-services.md) | 22 | 14 | — | 2011–2025 |
| [Envirotech Drilling Services LLC](/driller/envirotech-drilling-services-llc.md) | 20 | 25 | — | 2016–2026 |
| [Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling](/driller/roddy-qualls-environmental-drilling.md) | 20 | 24 | — | 2018–2022 |
| Blackwell Water Well | 18 | 240 | 8 | 2003–2013 |
| [Hydro Resources](/driller/hydro-resources.md) | 15 | 211 | 17 | 2026 |
| [WEST Drilling](/driller/west-drilling.md) | 12 | 5 | — | 2023 |
| [Diversified Water Well Drilling](/driller/diversified-water-well-drilling.md) | 12 | 80 | 5 | 2003–2016 |
| [Vortex Drilling, Inc.](/driller/vortex-drilling-inc.md) | 12 | 8 | — | 2015 |
| [WEST TEXAS WATER WELL SERVICE](/driller/west-texas-water-well-service.md) | 11 | 260 | 85 | 2013–2024 |
| [Groundwater Monitoring Inc.](/driller/groundwater-monitoring-inc.md) | 11 | 15 | — | 2005–2006 |
| [Wildcat Services LLC](/driller/wildcat-services-llc.md) | 10 | 220 | 5 | 2013–2022 |
| [Subterra Environmental Services, LLC.](/driller/subterra-environmental-services-llc.md) | 10 | 70 | — | 2019–2021 |
| Blackwell Waterwell Service | 10 | 200 | 20 | 2013 |
| [Artesian Drilling LLC](/driller/artesian-drilling-llc.md) | 9 | 160 | — | 2015–2019 |
| [Tolunay-Wong Engineers,Inc](/driller/tolunay-wong-engineers-inc.md) | 8 | 20 | — | 2025 |
| [Beaird Water Well](/driller/beaird-water-well.md) | 8 | 100 | 4 | 2013–2019 |
| Milton Moore Drilling | 8 | 260 | — | 2003 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrigation | 496 | 31.8% | 243 |
| Stock | 346 | 22.2% | 200 |
| Domestic | 307 | 19.7% | 200 |
| Monitor | 142 | 9.1% | 25 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 115 | 7.4% | 15 |
| Industrial | 47 | 3.0% | 300 |
| Test Well | 46 | 2.9% | 260 |
| Extraction | 23 | 1.5% | 10 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 384 | 200 | 91 |
| 2010s | 779 | 200 | 80 |
| 2020s | 398 | 207 | 80 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 574941 | 2021 | 520 | 450 | 15 | Domestic |
| 722345 | 2026 | 500 | 127 | 25 | Stock |
| 339039 | 2013 | 500 | 360 | 20 | Stock |
| 339037 | 2013 | 500 | 360 | 15 | Stock |
| 574943 | 2021 | 460 | 390 | 10 | Domestic |
| 364790 | 2014 | 420 | 100 | 5 | Domestic |
| 42622 | 2004 | 403 | 90 | 200 | Irrigation |
| 42618 | 2004 | 403 | 90 | 200 | Irrigation |
| 722346 | 2026 | 400 | 220 | 12 | Domestic |
| 435769 | 2016 | 400 | 200 | 10 | Industrial |

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 Nolan 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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### Counties with a comparable number of reports

- [Palo Pinto](/county/palo-pinto.md)
- [Jack](/county/jack.md)
- [Eastland](/county/eastland.md)
- [Kimble](/county/kimble.md)
- [Cherokee](/county/cherokee.md)
- [Wood](/county/wood.md)
- [Ochiltree](/county/ochiltree.md)
- [Duval](/county/duval.md)
- [Haskell](/county/haskell.md)
- [Wheeler](/county/wheeler.md)
- [Anderson](/county/anderson.md)
- [Hamilton](/county/hamilton.md)
- [Limestone](/county/limestone.md)

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

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