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

> 433 well reports filed in Sterling County since 2001. Median depth 170 ft, water struck at 80 ft, median yield 50 gpm.

## Water wells in Sterling County, Texas

**433** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **170 ft** and struck water at **80 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Sterling County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Topsoil** 199 , **Caliche** 121 , **Red Clay** 76 , **Top Soil** 75 , **White Lime** 73 , **Dirt** 42 |
| 25–50 ft | **Conglomerate** 23 , **White Lime** 18 , **Red Clay** 17 , **Yellow Sandstone** 10 , **Sandstone** 8 , **Tan Sandstone** 7 |
| 50–100 ft | **Red Clay** 65 , **Conglomerate** 39 , **Yellow Sandstone** 32 , **Tan Sandstone** 20 , **Conglomerant** 19 , **Brown Sand** 17 |
| 100–200 ft | **Red Clay** 135 , **Yellow Sandstone** 49 , **Red Sandstone** 38 , **Brown Sand** 35 , **Tan Sandstone** 28 , **Yellow Lime** 21 |
| 200–300 ft | **Red Clay** 80 , **Red Sandstone** 25 , **Tan Sandstone** 18 , **Brown Sand** 21 , **Yellow Sandstone** 18 , **Sand** 10 |
| 300–500 ft | **Red Clay** 34 , **Red Bed** 9 , **Brown Sand** 6 , **Gray Sandstone** 3 , **Red Shale** 4 , **Yellow Sand** 3 |

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 Sterling County

*Licensed firms in Sterling County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [MICHAEL C HOELSCHER](/driller/michael-c-hoelscher.md) | 246 | 140 | 40 | 2003–2026 |
| [Woehl Drilling & Service](/driller/woehl-drilling-service.md) | 30 | 330 | 50 | 2011–2022 |
| [Blue Quail Energy Services LLC.](/driller/blue-quail-energy-services-llc.md) | 22 | 140 | 40 | 2013–2014 |
| [kinard water well service](/driller/kinard-water-well-service.md) | 12 | 160 | 10 | 2014–2020 |
| [Choate Well Service](/driller/choate-well-service.md) | 10 | 230 | 60 | 2005–2022 |
| [Latzel Drilling LLC](/driller/latzel-drilling-llc.md) | 10 | 350 | 85 | 2007–2022 |
| [Lange Drilling Co](/driller/lange-drilling-co.md) | 8 | 380 | 42 | 2010–2019 |
| [Blackwell Water Well Service Inc](/driller/blackwell-water-well-service-inc.md) | 7 | 200 | 25 | 2007–2024 |
| [Blue Quail](/driller/blue-quail.md) | 6 | 280 | 5 | 2013 |
| [WOEHL DRILLING # 2](/driller/woehl-drilling-2.md) | 6 | 270 | 100 | 2008–2010 |
| [woehl drilling no2](/driller/woehl-drilling-no2.md) | 5 | 330 | 50 | 2013–2025 |
| [R&R DRILLING LLC](/driller/r-r-drilling-llc.md) | 5 | 300 | — | 2022–2024 |
| [Wel-Mat Drilling LLP](/driller/wel-mat-drilling-llp.md) | 5 | — | — | 2015 |
| [Abel Water Systems](/driller/abel-water-systems.md) | 5 | 184 | 50 | 2004 |
| [DIXIE DRILLING](/driller/dixie-drilling.md) | 5 | — | — | 2002 |
| [Straub Corporation](/driller/straub-corporation.md) | 5 | 107 | — | 2001 |
| [Marks Water Well](/driller/marks-water-well.md) | 4 | 270 | 70 | 2012–2013 |
| [Woehl Drilling](/driller/woehl-drilling.md) | 4 | 410 | 100 | 2003–2011 |
| [Hill water well Service](/driller/hill-water-well-service.md) | 3 | 140 | 25 | 2015–2021 |
| [PICKENS DRILLING CO.](/driller/pickens-drilling-co.md) | 3 | 190 | 100 | 2012 |
| [woehl drilling no 2](/driller/woehl-drilling-no-2.md) | 3 | 420 | 100 | 2012 |
| Michale C. Hoelscher | 3 | 100 | 25 | 2006 |
| [Talon Drilling, LP](/driller/talon-drilling-lp.md) | 3 | — | — | 2008 |
| Concho Valley Water Wells | 2 | 85 | — | 2026 |
| [WEST TEXAS WATER WELL SERVICE](/driller/west-texas-water-well-service.md) | 2 | 474 | 24 | 2011–2017 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stock | 182 | 42.0% | 200 |
| Domestic | 60 | 13.9% | 120 |
| Test Well | 54 | 12.5% | 120 |
| Irrigation | 52 | 12.0% | 155 |
| Rig Supply | 48 | 11.1% | 322 |
| Monitor | 15 | 3.5% | 105 |
| Industrial | 11 | 2.5% | 330 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 6 | 1.4% | 10 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 94 | 140 | 80 |
| 2010s | 246 | 200 | 90 |
| 2020s | 93 | 140 | 60 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 231065 | 2010 | 500 | — | — | Industrial |
| 458469 | 2017 | 474 | — | — | Rig Supply |
| 328790 | 2012 | 445 | 205 | 95 | Rig Supply |
| 456127 | 2017 | 440 | 67 | — | Rig Supply |
| 336283 | 2013 | 440 | 215 | 100 | Rig Supply |
| 336277 | 2013 | 440 | 235 | 95 | Rig Supply |
| 328797 | 2012 | 420 | 200 | 90 | Rig Supply |
| 328785 | 2012 | 420 | 220 | 95 | Rig Supply |
| 293792 | 2012 | 420 | 200 | 70 | Industrial |
| 293790 | 2012 | 420 | 200 | 100 | Industrial |

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 Sterling 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

- [Armstrong](/county/armstrong.md)
- [Dickens](/county/dickens.md)
- [Marion](/county/marion.md)
- [Kinney](/county/kinney.md)
- [Sabine](/county/sabine.md)
- [Borden](/county/borden.md)
- [Trinity](/county/trinity.md)
- [Lamar](/county/lamar.md)
- [McMullen](/county/mcmullen.md)
- [Jeff Davis](/county/jeff-davis.md)
- [Oldham](/county/oldham.md)
- [Falls](/county/falls.md)
- [Stonewall](/county/stonewall.md)

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

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