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
| 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
What the wells are for
| 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 |
| 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
| 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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