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
| 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
What the wells are for
| 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 |
| 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
| 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?
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