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.

204Reports

110 ftMedian depth

48 ftWater at

30 gpmMedian yield

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	21	220	30	2011–2022
Folmar Drilling Co.	17	244	45	2003–2025
BIRD'S WATER WELL DRILLING AND SERVICE	16	88	35	2005–2013
WEST Drilling	14	20	—	2019–2023
Environmental Logistics Company, LLC	12	20	—	2021–2024
C. Miller Drilling	12	300	45	2001–2019
Eagle Remediation	9	15	—	2023
Bird's Water Well Drilling & Service	9	106	15	2005–2019
Birds Water Well, LLC	7	75	30	2010–2026
A1 Water Wells	7	280	80	2015–2024
XL Drilling, Inc.	7	12	—	2020
Ace Water well & Pump Svc.	6	280	40	2014–2023
Wades water well	6	265	20	2006–2023
Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling	5	11	—	2020
Chambers & Phillips Inc	5	360	50	2013–2015
JEDI Drilling Contractors	4	20	—	2024
Hydrex Environmental, Inc.	4	24	—	2024
Elite Drilling	4	280	85	2014
C&S Lease	3	25	—	2025
Geothermal Drilling inc	3	300	—	2006–2016
Strata Core Services, LLC	3	27	—	2013–2015
AYERS DRILLING AND PUMP SERVICE	3	96	10	2007
W.E. Pender & Sons Inc	2	505	52	2023
AYERS DRLG	2	285	50	2011–2013
Comb's Well Service	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?

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