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

> 204 well reports filed in Rains County since 2001. Median depth 110 ft, water struck at 48 ft, median yield 30 gpm.

## Water wells in Rains County, Texas

**204** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **110 ft** and struck water at **48 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Rains County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Clay** 27 , **Surface Sand** 24 , **Surface** 23 , **Top Soil** 20 , **Shale** 15 , **Red Clay** 13 |
| 25–50 ft | **Sand** 6 , **Gray Clay** 6 , **Clay** 5 , **Shale** 3 , **Tan Sand** 3 , **Sandy Shale** 3 |
| 50–100 ft | **Shale** 15 , **Rock** 11 , **Gray Clay** 9 , **Gray Shale** 7 , **Sand** 5 , **Clay** 3 |
| 100–200 ft | **Shale** 21 , **Sand** 16 , **Sandy Shale** 13 , **Rock** 12 , **Gray Sand** 9 , **Grey Shale** 2 |
| 200–300 ft | **Shale** 18 , **Sand** 13 , **Rock** 6 , **Sandy Shale** 10 , **Clay** 5 , **Gray Clay** 4 |
| 300–500 ft | **Shale** 9 , **Sand** 6 , **Gray Clay** 3 , **Rock** 2 , **Clay** 2 , **Sand 50/50 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 Rains County

*Licensed firms in Rains County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [East Texas Water Well](/driller/east-texas-water-well.md) | 21 | 220 | 30 | 2011–2022 |
| [Folmar Drilling Co.](/driller/folmar-drilling-co.md) | 17 | 244 | 45 | 2003–2025 |
| [BIRD'S WATER WELL DRILLING AND SERVICE](/driller/bird-s-water-well-drilling-and-service.md) | 16 | 88 | 35 | 2005–2013 |
| [WEST Drilling](/driller/west-drilling.md) | 14 | 20 | — | 2019–2023 |
| [Environmental Logistics Company, LLC](/driller/environmental-logistics-company-llc.md) | 12 | 20 | — | 2021–2024 |
| [C. Miller Drilling](/driller/c-miller-drilling.md) | 12 | 300 | 45 | 2001–2019 |
| [Eagle Remediation](/driller/eagle-remediation.md) | 9 | 15 | — | 2023 |
| [Bird's Water Well Drilling & Service](/driller/bird-s-water-well-drilling-service.md) | 9 | 106 | 15 | 2005–2019 |
| [Birds Water Well, LLC](/driller/birds-water-well-llc.md) | 7 | 75 | 30 | 2010–2026 |
| [A1 Water Wells](/driller/a1-water-wells.md) | 7 | 280 | 80 | 2015–2024 |
| [XL Drilling, Inc.](/driller/xl-drilling-inc.md) | 7 | 12 | — | 2020 |
| [Ace Water well & Pump Svc.](/driller/ace-water-well-pump-svc.md) | 6 | 280 | 40 | 2014–2023 |
| [Wades water well](/driller/wades-water-well.md) | 6 | 265 | 20 | 2006–2023 |
| [Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling](/driller/roddy-qualls-environmental-drilling.md) | 5 | 11 | — | 2020 |
| [Chambers & Phillips Inc](/driller/chambers-phillips-inc.md) | 5 | 360 | 50 | 2013–2015 |
| [JEDI Drilling Contractors](/driller/jedi-drilling-contractors.md) | 4 | 20 | — | 2024 |
| [Hydrex Environmental, Inc.](/driller/hydrex-environmental-inc.md) | 4 | 24 | — | 2024 |
| Elite Drilling | 4 | 280 | 85 | 2014 |
| [C&S Lease](/driller/c-s-lease.md) | 3 | 25 | — | 2025 |
| [Geothermal Drilling inc](/driller/geothermal-drilling-inc.md) | 3 | 300 | — | 2006–2016 |
| [Strata Core Services, LLC](/driller/strata-core-services-llc.md) | 3 | 27 | — | 2013–2015 |
| AYERS DRILLING AND PUMP SERVICE | 3 | 96 | 10 | 2007 |
| [W.E. Pender & Sons Inc](/driller/w-e-pender-sons-inc.md) | 2 | 505 | 52 | 2023 |
| AYERS DRLG | 2 | 285 | 50 | 2011–2013 |
| [Comb's Well Service](/driller/comb-s-well-service.md) | 2 | — | 125 | 2011 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 64 | 31.4% | 260 |
| Irrigation | 56 | 27.5% | 115 |
| Monitor | 49 | 24.0% | 20 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 13 | 6.4% | 12 |
| Stock | 12 | 5.9% | 320 |
| Closed-Loop Geothermal | 4 | 2.0% | 300 |
| Test Well | 2 | 1.0% | 600 |
| Unknown | 1 | 0.5% | 224 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 43 | 127 | 36 |
| 2010s | 83 | 220 | 59 |
| 2020s | 78 | 20 | 44 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 299379 | 2012 | 600 | 37 | 65 | Test Well |
| 240351 | 2010 | 600 | — | — | Domestic |
| 113756 | 2007 | 520 | 71 | 60 | Domestic |
| 636890 | 2023 | 505 | — | — | Domestic |
| 529914 | 2019 | 502 | 137 | 45 | Stock |
| 529907 | 2019 | 502 | — | — | Stock |
| 687869 | 2024 | 500 | — | — | Domestic |
| 625687 | 2022 | 500 | 140 | 20 | Domestic |
| 375533 | 2014 | 490 | 175 | 90 | Irrigation |
| 20392 | 2003 | 436 | — | 50 | 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 Rains 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.

We are nobody's agent and have no arrangement with any firm today. [What we do with this](/privacy.md).

### Counties with a comparable number of reports

- [Presidio](/county/presidio.md)
- [Red River](/county/red-river.md)
- [Willacy](/county/willacy.md)
- [Archer](/county/archer.md)
- [Kent](/county/kent.md)
- [Zapata](/county/zapata.md)
- [Cottle](/county/cottle.md)
- [Foard](/county/foard.md)
- [Hudspeth](/county/hudspeth.md)
- [Franklin](/county/franklin.md)
- [Terrell](/county/terrell.md)
- [King](/county/king.md)
- [Throckmorton](/county/throckmorton.md)

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

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