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

> 1,179 well reports filed in Runnels County since 2001. Median depth 80 ft, water struck at 30 ft, median yield 15 gpm.

## Water wells in Runnels County, Texas

**1,179** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **80 ft** and struck water at **30 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Runnels County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Red Clay** 171 , **Topsoil** 152 , **Dirt** 135 , **Caliche** 123 , **Top Soil** 114 , **Brown Clay** 92 |
| 25–50 ft | **Red Clay** 75 , **Gray Shale** 64 , **Red Shale** 44 , **Yellow Lime** 36 , **Gray Lime** 35 , **White Lime** 29 |
| 50–100 ft | **Gray Shale** 86 , **Red Clay** 68 , **Red Shale** 58 , **Gray Lime** 43 , **White Lime** 22 , **Brown Shale** 22 |
| 100–200 ft | **Red Clay** 54 , **Gray Shale** 34 , **Red Shale** 27 , **Brown Shale** 17 , **Gray Lime** 18 , **Blue Lime** 18 |
| 200–300 ft | **Red Clay** 6 , **Gray Sand** 4 , **Brown Shale** 2 , **Gray Lime** 1 , **Grey Lime** 1 , **Red Shale** 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 Runnels County

*Licensed firms in Runnels County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Lange Drilling Co](/driller/lange-drilling-co.md) | 531 | 100 | 15 | 2003–2026 |
| [MICHAEL C HOELSCHER](/driller/michael-c-hoelscher.md) | 194 | 115 | 25 | 2003–2025 |
| [woehl drilling no2](/driller/woehl-drilling-no2.md) | 52 | 80 | 15 | 2017–2026 |
| [Matt's Water Well Services, LLC](/driller/matt-s-water-well-services-llc.md) | 47 | 80 | 15 | 2017–2024 |
| [Blackwell Water Well Service Inc](/driller/blackwell-water-well-service-inc.md) | 31 | 140 | 6 | 2004–2026 |
| [White Drilling Company, Inc.](/driller/white-drilling-company-inc.md) | 31 | 25 | — | 2002–2015 |
| Concho Valley Water Wells | 26 | 60 | 3 | 2018–2023 |
| [Wink Drilling LLC](/driller/wink-drilling-llc.md) | 18 | 140 | 15 | 2025–2026 |
| [Vortex Drilling, Inc.](/driller/vortex-drilling-inc.md) | 17 | 45 | — | 2007–2019 |
| [Diversified Water Well Drilling](/driller/diversified-water-well-drilling.md) | 15 | 100 | 15 | 2008–2016 |
| [Straub Corporation](/driller/straub-corporation.md) | 14 | 10 | — | 2007–2008 |
| [LEONARD WATER SERVICES](/driller/leonard-water-services.md) | 13 | 60 | 100 | 2011–2024 |
| [Talon/LPE](/driller/talon-lpe.md) | 13 | 25 | — | 2010–2024 |
| [WEST Drilling](/driller/west-drilling.md) | 13 | 25 | — | 2017–2018 |
| [Caltex Water LLC](/driller/caltex-water-llc.md) | 12 | 60 | 10 | 2010–2015 |
| Pat Lange | 11 | 100 | 15 | 2013 |
| [Universal Drilling Services of Texas, LLC](/driller/universal-drilling-services-of-texas-llc.md) | 10 | — | — | 2007 |
| John Kerr | 8 | 120 | 2 | 2012–2013 |
| [Horizon Drilling Services, Inc](/driller/horizon-drilling-services-inc.md) | 6 | 110 | 1 | 2011–2024 |
| [Abel Water Systems](/driller/abel-water-systems.md) | 6 | 106 | — | 2004–2020 |
| [Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling](/driller/roddy-qualls-environmental-drilling.md) | 6 | 16 | — | 2015 |
| [CURTIS-ABEL DRILLING](/driller/curtis-abel-drilling.md) | 6 | 35 | — | 2002 |
| [Gedco drilling and coring inc](/driller/gedco-drilling-and-coring-inc.md) | 5 | 30 | — | 2017 |
| Lange Drillign Co. Inc. | 5 | — | 20 | 2009 |
| [Woehl Drilling](/driller/woehl-drilling.md) | 5 | 93 | 3 | 2003–2009 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 415 | 35.2% | 95 |
| Stock | 270 | 22.9% | 100 |
| Test Well | 215 | 18.2% | 100 |
| Irrigation | 127 | 10.8% | 80 |
| Monitor | 102 | 8.7% | 30 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 39 | 3.3% | 16 |
| Closed-Loop Geothermal | 3 | 0.3% | 200 |
| Rig Supply | 3 | 0.3% | 100 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 332 | 80 | 26 |
| 2010s | 587 | 80 | 30 |
| 2020s | 260 | 100 | 35 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 436367 | 2016 | 300 | — | — | Stock |
| 282321 | 2012 | 285 | — | — | Test Well |
| 290922 | 2010 | 280 | 100 | 10 | Domestic |
| 290918 | 2010 | 280 | 100 | 8 | Domestic |
| 290760 | 2010 | 280 | 100 | 5 | Domestic |
| 290758 | 2010 | 280 | 100 | 2 | Domestic |
| 265170 | 2011 | 280 | — | 40 | Stock |
| 210643 | 2009 | 270 | 170 | 30 | Stock |
| 644479 | 2023 | 260 | 120 | 1 | Stock |
| 283074 | 2012 | 260 | 0 | — | Stock |

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 Runnels 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

- [Collingsworth](/county/collingsworth.md)
- [Lee](/county/lee.md)
- [Starr](/county/starr.md)
- [Donley](/county/donley.md)
- [Concho](/county/concho.md)
- [Jones](/county/jones.md)
- [Brown](/county/brown.md)
- [Bosque](/county/bosque.md)
- [Dimmit](/county/dimmit.md)
- [Newton](/county/newton.md)
- [Coke](/county/coke.md)
- [Clay](/county/clay.md)
- [Winkler](/county/winkler.md)

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

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