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Water wells in Shackelford County, Texas

75 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 29 ft and struck water at 14 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

75Reports
29 ftMedian depth
14 ftWater at
6 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in Shackelford County

Logged in Shackelford County, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftLight Brown Limestone 6, Tan Limestone 7, Brown Sandy Clay 7, Dark Brown Sandy Clay 7, Sand 4, Brown Clay 5
25–50 ftShale, Dark Gray, Hard, Friable, Clayey Shale, As Above 2, Shale 2, Blue Shale 2, Shale, Dark Gray, Hard, Clayey, Friable Shale, As Above 1, Shale, Dark Gray, Hard, Friable, Clayey, Dry 1, Brown Sandy Clay 1
50–100 ftShale 4, Sand 2, Shale And Lime Layers 1, Shale And Red Clay Layers 1, Sandy Shale And Lime (Little To No Moisture) 1, Multicolored Clay Layers 1
100–200 ftSand 1, Shale 1, Sandy Shale With Sand (Little Moisture With Sour Smell) 1, Shale With Red Clay And Lime Layers 1, Sandy Shale 1, Lime, Shale And Red Clay 1
200–300 ftSandy Gray Shale (Sand Had A Gas Smell) 1, 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 Shackelford County

Licensed firms in Shackelford County, busiest first.
Firm of recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
White Drilling Company, Inc.1825—2002–2025
F&F Drilling510022015
W.E.S.T. Drilling515—2004–2008
CURTIS-ABEL DRILLING517—2002
Envirotech Drilling Services LLC455—2025
Environmental Logistics Company, LLC420—2022
Strata Core Drilling Co.445—2009
B & B CONSTRUCTION CO.4——2002
Moore's Water Well3240—2024
LEONARD DRILLING LLC323102022
Diversified Water Well Drilling370102005–2012
Geothermal Drilling inc3——2011–2012
DAVIS ENVIRONMENTAL DRILLING317—2002
Talon2——2010
Talon Drilling, LP217—2002–2004
WEST Drilling120—2022
E&C DRILLING CO.12962021
Michael Gilliam Consultant Services1108—2020
Vortex Drilling Partners, LP125—2020
LEONARD WATER SERVICES140—2016
Presage Environmental, Inc.138—2010
SCI135—2008

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Monitor5066.7%25
Domestic68.0%200
Irrigation68.0%100
Environmental Soil Boring56.7%14
Industrial34.0%23
Stock22.7%40
Closed-Loop Geothermal22.7%—
Test Well11.3%—
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s32177
2010s177030
2020s26259

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in Shackelford County. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
6770692024300——Domestic
6770672024240——Domestic
6770702024200——Domestic
41241820151801235Irrigation
1996502009125——Monitor
55257920201089—Irrigation
4124302015100544Irrigation
4124242015100322Irrigation
4124202015100302Irrigation
4124152015100232Irrigation

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 Shackelford 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.

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