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

> 7,288 well reports filed in Nueces County since 2001. Median depth 25 ft, water struck at 18 ft, median yield 60 gpm.

## Water wells in Nueces County, Texas

**7,288** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **25 ft** and struck water at **18 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Nueces County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Clay** 1,080 , **Sand** 852 , **Top Soil** 305 , **Concrete** 242 , **Red Clay** 224 , **Topsoil** 171 |
| 25–50 ft | **Clay** 458 , **Sand** 344 , **Broken Sand** 57 , **Red Clay** 54 , **Red Coarse Sand** 40 , **Silty Clay** 29 |
| 50–100 ft | **Clay** 616 , **Sand** 595 , **Red Clay** 95 , **Red Coarse Sand** 69 , **Broken Sand** 68 , **Caliche** 54 |
| 100–200 ft | **Clay** 744 , **Sand** 704 , **Red Clay** 219 , **Red Coarse Sand** 107 , **Broken Sand** 108 , **Caliche** 59 |
| 200–300 ft | **Sand** 504 , **Clay** 429 , **Red Clay** 123 , **Red Coarse Sand** 89 , **Red Coarse Sand T.D.** 89 , **Broken Sand** 57 |
| 300–500 ft | **Sand** 245 , **Clay** 206 , **Broken Sand** 37 , **Red Clay** 26 , **Shale** 14 , **Clay Hard Blue** 6 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Sand** 82 , **Clay** 59 , **Clay Hard Blue** 6 , **Shale** 8 , **Sand .006** 4 , **Clay Hard** 7 |
| 1000–5000 ft | **Sand** 7 , **Clay Hard** 3 , **Clay** 3 , **Sand Fine** 2 , **Sand .005** 1 , **Silty Blue Clay** 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 Nueces County

*Licensed firms in Nueces County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Vortex Drilling, Inc.](/driller/vortex-drilling-inc.md) | 1,341 | 15 | — | 2006–2025 |
| [EnviroCore, Inc.](/driller/envirocore-inc.md) | 942 | 20 | — | 2003–2026 |
| [MARTIN WATER WELLS](/driller/martin-water-wells.md) | 843 | 279 | 30 | 2003–2026 |
| [Gainco, Inc.](/driller/gainco-inc.md) | 626 | 20 | 2 | 2009–2022 |
| [B.T. Sikes Water Wells, Inc.](/driller/b-t-sikes-water-wells-inc.md) | 316 | 260 | 80 | 2003–2019 |
| [ECI](/driller/eci.md) | 295 | 22 | — | 2004–2008 |
| [Envirotech Drilling Services LLC](/driller/envirotech-drilling-services-llc.md) | 227 | 20 | — | 2012–2026 |
| [Mikes Drilling and Pump Service](/driller/mikes-drilling-and-pump-service.md) | 190 | 28 | 16 | 2006–2026 |
| [Vortex Drilling Partners, LP](/driller/vortex-drilling-partners-lp.md) | 186 | 20 | — | 2019–2023 |
| [BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.](/driller/best-drilling-services-inc.md) | 142 | 20 | — | 2004–2026 |
| [Tolunay-Wong Engineers,Inc](/driller/tolunay-wong-engineers-inc.md) | 142 | 15 | — | 2014–2024 |
| [Mikes Drilling](/driller/mikes-drilling.md) | 135 | 45 | 24 | 2006–2015 |
| [Rock Engineering](/driller/rock-engineering.md) | 129 | 17 | — | 2010–2025 |
| [ESN-South](/driller/esn-south.md) | 118 | 18 | — | 2002–2009 |
| [Mathers Environmental Drilling Inc.](/driller/mathers-environmental-drilling-inc.md) | 95 | 25 | — | 2004–2025 |
| [Alamo Environmental dba Vortex Drilling](/driller/alamo-environmental-dba-vortex-drilling.md) | 92 | 20 | — | 2023–2025 |
| [Talon/LPE](/driller/talon-lpe.md) | 92 | 17 | — | 2019–2024 |
| [Select Drilling Services, LLC.](/driller/select-drilling-services-llc.md) | 80 | 20 | — | 2014–2017 |
| [Front Range Drilling, Inc.](/driller/front-range-drilling-inc.md) | 67 | 20 | 25 | 2012–2026 |
| [Sunbelt Industrial Services](/driller/sunbelt-industrial-services.md) | 59 | 26 | — | 2011–2012 |
| [Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling](/driller/roddy-qualls-environmental-drilling.md) | 54 | 20 | — | 2017–2022 |
| [Alamo1 Drilling](/driller/alamo1-drilling.md) | 48 | 40 | — | 2025–2026 |
| [Jones Environmental Drilling, Inc.](/driller/jones-environmental-drilling-inc.md) | 47 | 15 | — | 2003–2006 |
| [Boart Longyear](/driller/boart-longyear.md) | 46 | — | — | 2009 |
| [Wel-Mat Drilling LLP](/driller/wel-mat-drilling-llp.md) | 44 | 20 | — | 2003–2018 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monitor | 2,975 | 40.8% | 24 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 2,341 | 32.1% | 15 |
| Domestic | 1,105 | 15.2% | 265 |
| Irrigation | 410 | 5.6% | 70 |
| Other | 105 | 1.4% | 28 |
| Industrial | 101 | 1.4% | 381 |
| Test Well | 80 | 1.1% | 20 |
| Rig Supply | 71 | 1.0% | 340 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,227 | 30 | 28 |
| 2010s | 3,546 | 21 | 14 |
| 2020s | 1,515 | 25 | 17 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 712246 | 2025 | 1,505 | 10 | 1,507 | Public Supply |
| 696438 | 2025 | 1,500 | 92 | — | Test Well |
| 440579 | 2016 | 1,210 | 40 | 120 | Irrigation |
| 479486 | 2017 | 1,204 | — | — | Test Well |
| 479474 | 2017 | 1,203 | — | — | Test Well |
| 479461 | 2017 | 1,203 | — | — | Test Well |
| 479301 | 2017 | 1,203 | — | — | Test Well |
| 119604 | 2003 | 1,120 | 55 | — | Domestic |
| 279972 | 2012 | 1,075 | — | — | Monitor |
| 709214 | 2025 | 1,066 | — | — | Public 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 Nueces County?

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### Counties with a comparable number of reports

- [Brazoria](/county/brazoria.md)
- [Travis](/county/travis.md)
- [Lubbock](/county/lubbock.md)
- [Ector](/county/ector.md)
- [Fort Bend](/county/fort-bend.md)
- [Wise](/county/wise.md)
- [Randall](/county/randall.md)
- [Denton](/county/denton.md)
- [Burnet](/county/burnet.md)
- [Martin](/county/martin.md)
- [Tom Green](/county/tom-green.md)
- [Howard](/county/howard.md)
- [Gillespie](/county/gillespie.md)

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

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