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

> 1,623 well reports filed in Ochiltree County since 2001. Median depth 550 ft, water struck at 290 ft, median yield 100 gpm.

## Water wells in Ochiltree County, Texas

**1,623** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **550 ft** and struck water at **290 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Ochiltree County

*Logged in Ochiltree 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 W/Sandy Clay Strips** 177 , **Clay** 156 , **Top Soil** 165 , **Surface Top Soil Brown Clay** 149 , **Caliche Clay** 83 , **Surface** 49 |
| 25–50 ft | **Caliche W/Rock Strips** 48 , **Sandy Clay** 31 , **Caliche** 26 , **Caliche Clay** 19 , **Clay** 14 , **Caliche With Rock Strips** 14 |
| 50–100 ft | **Sand W/Brown Clay Strips** 110 , **Caliche W/Rock Strips** 95 , **Sandy Clay** 53 , **Sand W/Clay Strips** 45 , **Caliche** 42 , **Sand** 38 |
| 100–200 ft | **Sandy Clay** 130 , **Sand** 115 , **Clay** 104 , **Sand W/Brown Clay Strips** 59 , **Sand W/Clay Strips** 50 , **Caliche Clay/Sandy Clay** 37 |
| 200–300 ft | **Sand** 164 , **Clay** 141 , **Sandy Clay** 106 , **Sand/Clay Streaks** 42 , **Clay/Sandy Clay** 41 , **Fine Sand** 35 |
| 300–500 ft | **Red Clay** 321 , **Sand** 187 , **Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand** 118 , **Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand** 109 , **Sandy Clay** 100 , **Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Strips** 57 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Red Clay** 229 , **Fine Fairly Loose Sand** 79 , **Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand** 61 , **Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand** 73 , **Med Fine Fairly Loose Sand** 56 , **Med Size Fairly Loose Sand** 42 |
| 1000–5000 ft | **Red Clay** 2 , **Fine, Med & Coarse Fairly Loose To Little Tight Sand To Red ** 1 , **Red Sandy Clay & Clay** 1 , **Sand/Sandy 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 Ochiltree County

*Licensed firms in Ochiltree 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) | 649 | 600 | 900 | 2010–2026 |
| [HOWARD DRILLING COMPANY](/driller/howard-drilling-company.md) | 340 | 440 | 100 | 2003–2026 |
| [3T Drilling, Inc.](/driller/3t-drilling-inc.md) | 115 | 455 | 20 | 2010–2026 |
| [Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc](/driller/hydro-resources-mid-contient-inc.md) | 96 | 711 | 800 | 2011–2014 |
| [LT Drilling Company](/driller/lt-drilling-company.md) | 54 | 680 | 1,100 | 2007–2010 |
| [L T Drilling Company](/driller/l-t-drilling-company.md) | 53 | 700 | 1,000 | 2005–2007 |
| [Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc](/driller/hydro-resouces-mid-contient-inc.md) | 48 | 640 | 1,000 | 2012–2013 |
| [Les Taylor Drilling Company](/driller/les-taylor-drilling-company.md) | 41 | 435 | 17 | 2003–2010 |
| [ETTER WATER WELL LLC](/driller/etter-water-well-llc.md) | 30 | 450 | 20 | 2013–2026 |
| [Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc.](/driller/peterson-drilling-testing-inc.md) | 30 | 410 | — | 2003–2020 |
| [Burkett Drilling](/driller/burkett-drilling.md) | 21 | 600 | 10 | 2005–2026 |
| [Hydro Resouces Mid Continent Inc](/driller/hydro-resouces-mid-continent-inc.md) | 21 | 660 | 800 | 2013 |
| [Water Right Irr.](/driller/water-right-irr.md) | 21 | 600 | 600 | 2009–2012 |
| [Talon/LPE](/driller/talon-lpe.md) | 19 | 20 | — | 2013–2017 |
| [Talon Drilling, LP](/driller/talon-drilling-lp.md) | 15 | 40 | — | 2006–2007 |
| [DAVIS ENVIRONMENTAL DRILLING](/driller/davis-environmental-drilling.md) | 13 | 15 | — | 2002–2009 |
| [Turn Key Drilling](/driller/turn-key-drilling.md) | 6 | 410 | 18 | 2003–2006 |
| Downey Drilling Inc | 5 | 642 | — | 2021 |
| HOWARD DRLLING COMPANY | 5 | 490 | 100 | 2010–2014 |
| Hydro Resources Mid Continet Inc | 5 | 560 | — | 2012 |
| Hydro Resource Mid Continent INC. | 3 | 640 | — | 2014 |
| LES TAYLOR DRILLINGP | 3 | 450 | 17 | 2007 |
| [White Drilling Company, Inc.](/driller/white-drilling-company-inc.md) | 2 | 260 | — | 2018 |
| [K-Ran Drilling](/driller/k-ran-drilling.md) | 2 | 495 | 18 | 2009–2013 |
| [Hydro Resouces Mid Conteint Inc](/driller/hydro-resouces-mid-conteint-inc.md) | 2 | 880 | — | 2013 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test Well | 787 | 48.5% | 600 |
| Irrigation | 224 | 13.8% | 697 |
| Rig Supply | 209 | 12.9% | 490 |
| Domestic | 173 | 10.7% | 400 |
| Stock | 83 | 5.1% | 400 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 53 | 3.3% | 20 |
| Industrial | 42 | 2.6% | 420 |
| Monitor | 39 | 2.4% | 410 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 412 | 500 | 280 |
| 2010s | 754 | 580 | 288 |
| 2020s | 457 | 540 | 325 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 342723 | 2013 | 3,560 | — | — | Test Well |
| 603004 | 2022 | 1,040 | — | — | Test Well |
| 186872 | 2009 | 1,040 | — | — | Test Well |
| 669837 | 2024 | 1,020 | — | — | Test Well |
| 436672 | 2016 | 1,020 | — | — | Test Well |
| 308613 | 2012 | 1,000 | — | — | Test Well |
| 72722 | 2005 | 1,000 | — | — | Test Well |
| 541386 | 2020 | 980 | — | — | Test Well |
| 305257 | 2012 | 980 | — | — | Test Well |
| 603655 | 2022 | 922 | 468 | — | Irrigation |

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 Ochiltree 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

- [McLennan](/county/mclennan.md)
- [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)
- [Nolan](/county/nolan.md)
- [Duval](/county/duval.md)
- [Haskell](/county/haskell.md)
- [Wheeler](/county/wheeler.md)
- [Anderson](/county/anderson.md)
- [Hamilton](/county/hamilton.md)

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

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