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

> 939 well reports filed in San Saba County since 2001. Median depth 260 ft, water struck at 68 ft, median yield 25 gpm.

## Water wells in San Saba County, Texas

**939** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **260 ft** and struck water at **68 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in San Saba County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Topsoil** 541 , **White Limestone** 63 , **Red Sandstone** 62 , **Top Soil** 62 , **Brown Clay** 45 , **Red Clay** 41 |
| 25–50 ft | **Black Shale** 50 , **Blue Shale** 27 , **Gray Shale** 24 , **Gray Sandstone** 22 , **Grey Shale** 19 , **Red Sandstone** 19 |
| 50–100 ft | **Gray Sandstone** 27 , **Red Sandstone** 19 , **Grey Shale** 12 , **Blue Shale** 11 , **Grey Limestone** 11 , **White Limestone** 9 |
| 100–200 ft | **Red Sandstone** 20 , **Gray Sandstone** 19 , **Gray Limestone** 17 , **Brown Sandstone** 17 , **White Limestone** 17 , **Limestone** 6 |
| 200–300 ft | **Red Sandstone** 17 , **Grey Limestone** 11 , **Black Shale** 10 , **Gray Limestone** 10 , **Grey Shale** 9 , **Gray Sandstone** 9 |
| 300–500 ft | **White Limestone** 15 , **Black Shale** 15 , **Red Sandstone** 9 , **Gray Limestone** 8 , **Brown Sandstone** 8 , **Red & Brown Sandstone** 9 |
| 500–1000 ft | **White Limestone** 6 , **Shale** 2 , **Fracture** 1 , **Rock** 1 , **Tan Limestone** 3 , **Fractured** 1 |
| 1000–5000 ft | **Black Limestone** 3 , **Limestone** 1 , **Sandy Shale** 1 , **Dolomite** 2 , **Ellenberger Limestone** 2 , **Lime** 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 San Saba County

*Licensed firms in San Saba County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Virdell Drilling Inc.](/driller/virdell-drilling-inc.md) | 160 | 260 | 35 | 2001–2017 |
| [Walden Drilling Inc](/driller/walden-drilling-inc.md) | 125 | 240 | 15 | 2011–2026 |
| [Magill Drilling & Water Well Service, LLC](/driller/magill-drilling-water-well-service-llc.md) | 118 | 205 | 30 | 2016–2026 |
| [Elite Drillers Corporation](/driller/elite-drillers-corporation.md) | 51 | 300 | 30 | 2012–2024 |
| [LEONARD WATER SERVICES](/driller/leonard-water-services.md) | 40 | 40 | 60 | 2008–2020 |
| [Associated Drilling Inc](/driller/associated-drilling-inc.md) | 39 | 405 | 15 | 2015–2020 |
| [BoreTek LLC](/driller/boretek-llc.md) | 38 | 300 | 30 | 2024–2026 |
| [Apex Drilling, Inc.](/driller/apex-drilling-inc.md) | 33 | 380 | 40 | 2004–2025 |
| [Highland Drilling Inc.](/driller/highland-drilling-inc.md) | 31 | 300 | 40 | 2003–2013 |
| [HARRISON DRILLING](/driller/harrison-drilling.md) | 28 | 360 | 3 | 2003–2005 |
| [GAP DRILLING & SERIVICE](/driller/gap-drilling-serivice.md) | 22 | 60 | 10 | 2020–2024 |
| [HARRISON WELL SERVICE, INC.](/driller/harrison-well-service-inc.md) | 21 | 350 | 10 | 2006–2010 |
| [Western Water Wells](/driller/western-water-wells.md) | 20 | 505 | 30 | 2004–2021 |
| [Vortex Drilling, Inc.](/driller/vortex-drilling-inc.md) | 18 | 25 | — | 2006–2018 |
| [Faught Hill Country Drilling](/driller/faught-hill-country-drilling.md) | 17 | 370 | 12 | 2013–2015 |
| [Texan Water](/driller/texan-water.md) | 15 | 420 | 20 | 2019–2023 |
| [Lange Drilling Co](/driller/lange-drilling-co.md) | 14 | 225 | 60 | 2008–2026 |
| [Bee Cave Drilling, Inc.](/driller/bee-cave-drilling-inc.md) | 14 | 400 | 10 | 2004–2022 |
| [Western Water Wells Drilling Inc](/driller/western-water-wells-drilling-inc.md) | 13 | 600 | 30 | 2010–2020 |
| [Magill Drilling](/driller/magill-drilling.md) | 12 | 120 | 25 | 2015–2016 |
| [Ashley Drilling & Well Service](/driller/ashley-drilling-well-service.md) | 10 | 400 | 20 | 2023–2026 |
| [White Drilling Company, Inc.](/driller/white-drilling-company-inc.md) | 10 | 25 | — | 2002–2023 |
| [Magill Well Service](/driller/magill-well-service.md) | 9 | 205 | 50 | 2002–2003 |
| [Jones Drilling Inc.](/driller/jones-drilling-inc.md) | 8 | 320 | 8 | 2004–2011 |
| [Lucy Creek Water Well Service](/driller/lucy-creek-water-well-service.md) | 7 | 500 | 30 | 2019–2025 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 592 | 63.0% | 280 |
| Stock | 246 | 26.2% | 250 |
| Irrigation | 36 | 3.8% | 220 |
| Monitor | 28 | 3.0% | 25 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 11 | 1.2% | 5 |
| Test Well | 10 | 1.1% | 465 |
| Public Supply | 8 | 0.9% | 440 |
| Unknown | 4 | 0.4% | 140 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 253 | 260 | 61 |
| 2010s | 386 | 240 | 76 |
| 2020s | 300 | 285 | 63 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 433144 | 2016 | 3,004 | 0 | 60 | Domestic |
| 702668 | 2025 | 2,180 | 250 | 50 | Stock |
| 702499 | 2025 | 2,077 | 5 | 100 | Stock |
| 406491 | 2015 | 2,000 | 240 | — | Industrial |
| 122128 | 2005 | 1,860 | — | — | Domestic |
| 610396 | 2022 | 1,720 | — | — | Domestic |
| 175214 | 2009 | 1,626 | — | — | Domestic |
| 549957 | 2020 | 1,260 | 110 | — | Domestic |
| 48636 | 2003 | 1,260 | 47 | 70 | Domestic |
| 544577 | 2019 | 1,250 | 115 | 50 | Public Supply |

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 San Saba County?

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### Counties with a comparable number of reports

- [Hemphill](/county/hemphill.md)
- [Callahan](/county/callahan.md)
- [Pecos](/county/pecos.md)
- [San Augustine](/county/san-augustine.md)
- [Lampasas](/county/lampasas.md)
- [McCulloch](/county/mcculloch.md)
- [Brooks](/county/brooks.md)
- [Lipscomb](/county/lipscomb.md)
- [Coryell](/county/coryell.md)
- [Young](/county/young.md)
- [Brewster](/county/brewster.md)
- [Hill](/county/hill.md)
- [Menard](/county/menard.md)

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

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