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Water wells in Orange County, Texas

2,660 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 212 ft and struck water at 35 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

2,660Reports
212 ftMedian depth
35 ftWater at
15 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in Orange County

Logged in Orange County, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftClay 729, Top Soil 762, Brown Sand 578, Brown Clay 368, Gray Clay 287, Red-Brown Clay 208
25–50 ftSand 243, Gray Clay 185, Clay 182, Gray Sand 91, Brown Sand 54, White Sand 49
50–100 ftSand 386, White Sand 325, Gray Sand 255, Clay 247, Gray Clay 165, Grey Clay 22
100–200 ftGray Clay 503, Clay 409, Gray Sand 380, Sand 182, Grey Clay 80, Grey Sand 64
200–300 ftGray Sand 261, Gray Clay 231, Clay 214, Sand 180, Grey Clay 47, Grey Sand 45
300–500 ftGray Sand 359, Gray Clay 280, Sand 229, Clay 209, Fine To Medium Sand 162, Blue Clay 129
500–1000 ftSand 25, Gray Clay 30, Clay 13, Gray Sand 14, Fine To Medium Sand 11, Shale 4

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 Orange County

Licensed firms in Orange County, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
W.M. Jones water well412210152003–2026
Jones Water Well Service343420202003–2015
Paskell Water Well293408272005–2026
BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.23619—2004–2026
jones water well164430151999–2023
paskell waterwell ser.151430—2010–2019
APOLLO Environmental Strategies, Inc.12318—2001–2011
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC11520—2012–2026
Mathers Environmental Drilling Inc.7120—2004–2022
B & L Water Well Service,Inc.69130852003–2019
Jones Pump & Well Service59350202003–2010
Advanced Drilling Systems, Inc.5111—2007–2018
Alpine Field Services4520—2003–2017
BJ's Water Well Drilling25380122004–2015
jones water well ser.24435152008–2014
paskell waterwell24420352004–2012
City Survey2320—2012–2023
Dale's Water Wells21360152011–2024
Jones Pump & Well Svc20370182003–2013
Baison Water Well Drilling / Golden Triangle Water20420802004–2005
W. M. Jones Waterwell18322—2010
dba Universal Drilling Services1525—2002–2005
B.J Water Well Drilling14370152015–2025
Tolunay-Wong Engineers,Inc1325—2019–2025
WM Jones Water Well13176152003–2015

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Domestic1,60460.3%400
Monitor56321.2%20
Environmental Soil Boring1947.3%11
Irrigation1043.9%90
Rig Supply913.4%125
Test Well612.3%20
Industrial170.6%389
Public Supply100.4%662
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
1980s4146
1990s290043
2000s95933540
2010s1,05316532
2020s64230733

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in Orange County. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
68040020241,020331,000Industrial
63624320231,010401,205Public Supply
619460199790040699Public Supply
31006020129005170Test Well
31005820129005070Test Well
31005620129005170Test Well
344763200685851—Domestic
327142201281044101Test Well
3282732011790——Test Well
4674932017774412,521Public 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 Orange 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

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