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

> 3,500 well reports filed in Rusk County since 2001. Median depth 350 ft, water struck at 122 ft, median yield 55 gpm.

## Water wells in Rusk County, Texas

**3,500** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **350 ft** and struck water at **122 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Rusk County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Clay** 504 , **Sand** 377 , **Red Clay** 373 , **Shale** 277 , **Grey Clay** 109 , **Tan Sand And Clays** 107 |
| 25–50 ft | **Shale** 149 , **Sand** 128 , **Clay** 67 , **Gray Shale** 59 , **Grey Clay** 60 , **Gray Clay** 55 |
| 50–100 ft | **Shale** 268 , **Sand** 196 , **Grey Clay** 107 , **Clay** 100 , **Lignite** 81 , **Gray Clay** 62 |
| 100–200 ft | **Shale** 468 , **Sand** 404 , **Grey Clay** 172 , **Clay** 170 , **Shale Sand** 85 , **Lignite** 76 |
| 200–300 ft | **Sand** 472 , **Shale** 387 , **Clay** 155 , **Grey Clay** 124 , **Shale Sand** 83 , **Grey Sand** 68 |
| 300–500 ft | **Sand** 599 , **Shale** 353 , **Clay** 183 , **Grey Clay** 126 , **Coarse Grey Sand** 110 , **Grey Sand** 73 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Sand** 100 , **Shale** 88 , **Clay** 40 , **Coarse Grey Sand** 27 , **Sandy Shale** 11 , **Grey Clay** 16 |
| 1000–5000 ft | **Shale** 3 , **Sand** 2 , **Rock** 1 , **Sand Rock** 2 , **Lignite/Shale/Sand** 1 , **Shale/Sand** 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 Rusk County

*Licensed firms in Rusk County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [LTW Services, LP](/driller/ltw-services-lp.md) | 482 | 460 | 65 | 2002–2026 |
| [Pinnergy, LTD](/driller/pinnergy-ltd.md) | 354 | 370 | 60 | 2006–2026 |
| [Mhc x-ploration corp](/driller/mhc-x-ploration-corp.md) | 313 | 60 | — | 2007–2025 |
| [Fas-Line Services Inc.](/driller/fas-line-services-inc.md) | 204 | 390 | 50 | 2002–2026 |
| [Scruggs, Inc.](/driller/scruggs-inc.md) | 122 | 420 | 65 | 2003–2013 |
| [ETTL Engineers & Consultants Inc.](/driller/ettl-engineers-consultants-inc.md) | 109 | 30 | — | 2001–2025 |
| [Ark-La-Tex Boring, Inc.](/driller/ark-la-tex-boring-inc.md) | 109 | 400 | 60 | 2002–2006 |
| [WANDA DRILLING & WATER DEV INC](/driller/wanda-drilling-water-dev-inc.md) | 99 | 346 | 30 | 2005–2026 |
| [C. Miller Drilling](/driller/c-miller-drilling.md) | 89 | 480 | 36 | 2001–2026 |
| [Vortex Drilling, Inc.](/driller/vortex-drilling-inc.md) | 83 | 15 | — | 2011–2017 |
| [Jackson Distributors](/driller/jackson-distributors.md) | 82 | 520 | 15 | 2008–2026 |
| [Smithers Water Wells](/driller/smithers-water-wells.md) | 81 | 340 | 15 | 2003–2026 |
| [Allstar Water Well Service](/driller/allstar-water-well-service.md) | 76 | 420 | 15 | 2013–2026 |
| [Mike Hartless Drilling](/driller/mike-hartless-drilling.md) | 75 | 312 | 25 | 2003–2010 |
| [LTW Service, LP](/driller/ltw-service-lp.md) | 74 | 420 | 65 | 2004–2008 |
| [WALKER HILL ENVIRONMENTAL INC](/driller/walker-hill-environmental-inc.md) | 63 | 40 | — | 2003–2026 |
| [Sunbelt Industrial Services](/driller/sunbelt-industrial-services.md) | 58 | 16 | — | 2007–2025 |
| [C&S Lease](/driller/c-s-lease.md) | 54 | 35 | — | 2017–2022 |
| [FASLINE SERVICES](/driller/fasline-services.md) | 46 | 440 | 60 | 2006–2012 |
| [Keithville Water Well Drilling & Serv.](/driller/keithville-water-well-drilling-serv.md) | 44 | 420 | 60 | 2006–2007 |
| [Keithville Well Service](/driller/keithville-well-service.md) | 41 | 380 | 60 | 2003–2006 |
| [Keithville Well Drilling & Service, Inc.](/driller/keithville-well-drilling-service-inc.md) | 40 | 460 | 60 | 2005–2013 |
| [Apex Geoscience Inc.](/driller/apex-geoscience-inc.md) | 39 | 20 | — | 2002–2014 |
| [Russell Drilling Co., Inc.](/driller/russell-drilling-co-inc.md) | 38 | 420 | 30 | 2005–2025 |
| [Keithville Well Drilling & Svc., Inc.](/driller/keithville-well-drilling-svc-inc.md) | 32 | 420 | 60 | 2007–2010 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rig Supply | 1,309 | 37.4% | 420 |
| Domestic | 893 | 25.5% | 386 |
| Monitor | 631 | 18.0% | 35 |
| De-watering | 155 | 4.4% | 59 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 147 | 4.2% | 12 |
| Industrial | 110 | 3.1% | 400 |
| Stock | 96 | 2.7% | 460 |
| Irrigation | 72 | 2.1% | 440 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,752 | 390 | 120 |
| 2010s | 1,311 | 200 | 130 |
| 2020s | 437 | 365 | 143 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 460016 | 2017 | 1,260 | 290 | 15 | Monitor |
| 697389 | 2025 | 1,178 | 323 | 600 | Irrigation |
| 81429 | 2003 | 1,100 | 215 | 224 | Public Supply |
| 81434 | 2003 | 970 | 275 | 225 | Public Supply |
| 362293 | 2014 | 942 | 250 | 70 | Industrial |
| 378893 | 2014 | 928 | — | 230 | Rig Supply |
| 360156 | 2014 | 923 | 256 | 65 | Rig Supply |
| 211658 | 2010 | 850 | 333 | 180 | Public Supply |
| 381853 | 2014 | 822 | 284 | 40 | Test Well |
| 85761 | 2006 | 802 | 124 | 380 | 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 Rusk 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

- [Wharton](/county/wharton.md)
- [Kendall](/county/kendall.md)
- [Panola](/county/panola.md)
- [Yoakum](/county/yoakum.md)
- [Austin](/county/austin.md)
- [Webb](/county/webb.md)
- [Sherman](/county/sherman.md)
- [Johnson](/county/johnson.md)
- [Bell](/county/bell.md)
- [Montague](/county/montague.md)
- [Liberty](/county/liberty.md)
- [Grimes](/county/grimes.md)
- [Jim Wells](/county/jim-wells.md)

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

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