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

> 3,564 well reports filed in Sherman County since 2001. Median depth 480 ft, water struck at 295 ft, median yield 400 gpm.

## Water wells in Sherman County, Texas

**3,564** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **480 ft** and struck water at **295 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Sherman County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Surface Top Soil Brown Clay** 378 , **Caliche W/Rock Strips** 329 , **Surface Top Soil Brown Clay W/Sandy Clay Strips** 128 , **Caliche** 105 , **Surface Top Soil Brown Sandy Clay** 97 , **Caliche W/Hard Rock Strips** 74 |
| 25–50 ft | **Sand W/Minor Clay Strips** 132 , **Sand W/Brown Clay Strips** 116 , **Sand W/Clay Strips** 102 , **Caliche W/Rock Strips** 46 , **Sand With Clay Strips** 25 , **Sand With Minor Clay Strips** 24 |
| 50–100 ft | **Sand W/Brown Clay Strips** 28 , **Sand W/Minor Clay Strips** 23 , **Sand W/Clay Strips** 15 , **Sandy Clay** 10 , **Fine To Med Sand W/Clay Strips** 9 , **Sand** 8 |
| 100–200 ft | **Fine To Med Sand W/Clay Strips** 104 , **Sand W/Clay Strips** 47 , **Brown Clay** 34 , **Sandy Clay** 29 , **Brown Sticky Clay** 31 , **Sand** 22 |
| 200–300 ft | **Fine To Med Sand W/Clay Strips** 129 , **Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand** 65 , **Fine To Med Loose Sand** 60 , **Fine To Med Sand** 47 , **Med To Coarse Fairly Loose Sand** 45 , **Fine Fairly Loose Sand** 40 |
| 300–500 ft | **Red Clay** 505 , **Fine Fairly Loose Sand** 210 , **Med Fine Fairly Loose Sand** 194 , **Fine To Med Fairly Loose Sand** 193 , **Red Clay & Shale** 183 , **Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Clay Strips** 108 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Red Clay** 200 , **Red Clay & Shale** 105 , **Red Clay And Shale** 43 , **Firm Red Clay** 33 , **Red Bed** 29 , **Red Clay W/Hard Shale Strips** 21 |
| 1000–5000 ft | **Red Clay** 3 , **Sand** 3 , **Hard Gyp Rock W/Soft Red Clay Strips** 1 , **Hard Gyp Rock W/Soft Sticky Red Clay Strips** 1 , **Caliche Rock Red Clay** 1 , **Red Clay- Little 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 Sherman County

*Licensed firms in Sherman County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.](/driller/hydro-resources-mid-continent-inc.md) | 1,521 | 500 | 450 | 2009–2026 |
| [LT Drilling Company](/driller/lt-drilling-company.md) | 369 | 500 | 650 | 2007–2010 |
| [Burkett Drilling](/driller/burkett-drilling.md) | 331 | 504 | 700 | 2002–2026 |
| [Hydro Resources Mid Contient Inc](/driller/hydro-resources-mid-contient-inc.md) | 300 | 460 | 350 | 2011–2014 |
| [Water Right Irr.](/driller/water-right-irr.md) | 242 | 424 | 500 | 2007–2025 |
| [L T Drilling Company](/driller/l-t-drilling-company.md) | 175 | 500 | 600 | 2004–2007 |
| [3T Drilling, Inc.](/driller/3t-drilling-inc.md) | 117 | 455 | 20 | 2010–2026 |
| [Hydro Resouces Mid Contient Inc](/driller/hydro-resouces-mid-contient-inc.md) | 83 | 520 | 550 | 2012–2013 |
| [Les Taylor Drilling Company](/driller/les-taylor-drilling-company.md) | 83 | 540 | 700 | 2003–2009 |
| [ETTER WATER WELL LLC](/driller/etter-water-well-llc.md) | 43 | 455 | 250 | 2013–2026 |
| [DB&E Co LTD](/driller/db-e-co-ltd.md) | 39 | 446 | — | 2012–2024 |
| [Rita Blanca Well Services Inc.](/driller/rita-blanca-well-services-inc.md) | 35 | 450 | 320 | 2013–2026 |
| [Hydro Resouces Mid Conteint Inc](/driller/hydro-resouces-mid-conteint-inc.md) | 35 | 440 | 900 | 2013 |
| Water Right Irrigation | 29 | 419 | 450 | 2009–2014 |
| [JB Drilling](/driller/jb-drilling.md) | 27 | 470 | — | 2020–2025 |
| [HOWARD DRILLING COMPANY](/driller/howard-drilling-company.md) | 23 | 440 | 100 | 2003–2021 |
| [Hydro Resouces Mid Continent Inc](/driller/hydro-resouces-mid-continent-inc.md) | 21 | 489 | 800 | 2013 |
| [Fairview Sales & Service](/driller/fairview-sales-service.md) | 10 | 410 | 340 | 2020–2025 |
| [Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc.](/driller/peterson-drilling-testing-inc.md) | 9 | — | — | 2004–2006 |
| Hydro Resouces Mid Continet Inc | 8 | 480 | 700 | 2013–2014 |
| Downey Drilling Inc | 6 | 560 | 400 | 2021–2024 |
| [DURAN DRILLING](/driller/duran-drilling.md) | 5 | 500 | — | 2019 |
| [Talon/LPE](/driller/talon-lpe.md) | 5 | 24 | — | 2015 |
| Hydro Resources Mid Contienent Inc | 5 | 460 | — | 2012 |
| [Vanguard Well Resources, LLC](/driller/vanguard-well-resources-llc.md) | 4 | 518 | — | 2019 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Test Well | 2,259 | 63.4% | 480 |
| Irrigation | 1,068 | 30.0% | 490 |
| Domestic | 114 | 3.2% | 450 |
| Stock | 73 | 2.0% | 440 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 16 | 0.4% | 24 |
| Industrial | 15 | 0.4% | 440 |
| Monitor | 12 | 0.3% | 500 |
| Rig Supply | 6 | 0.2% | 440 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 744 | 500 | 285 |
| 2010s | 1,805 | 480 | 290 |
| 2020s | 1,015 | 480 | 313 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 342613 | 2013 | 2,850 | — | — | Test Well |
| 242877 | 2010 | 2,380 | — | — | Test Well |
| 684384 | 2024 | 1,400 | — | — | Test Well |
| 684402 | 2024 | 1,230 | 324 | — | Test Well |
| 684397 | 2024 | 1,230 | 380 | — | Test Well |
| 397040 | 2015 | 1,180 | — | — | Test Well |
| 532588 | 2019 | 1,000 | — | — | Irrigation |
| 192897 | 2009 | 1,000 | — | — | Test Well |
| 235747 | 2010 | 980 | — | — | Test Well |
| 216684 | 2010 | 900 | — | — | Test Well |

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 Sherman County?

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### Counties with a comparable number of reports

- [Dallam](/county/dallam.md)
- [Wharton](/county/wharton.md)
- [Kendall](/county/kendall.md)
- [Panola](/county/panola.md)
- [Yoakum](/county/yoakum.md)
- [Austin](/county/austin.md)
- [Webb](/county/webb.md)
- [Rusk](/county/rusk.md)
- [Johnson](/county/johnson.md)
- [Bell](/county/bell.md)
- [Montague](/county/montague.md)
- [Liberty](/county/liberty.md)
- [Grimes](/county/grimes.md)

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

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