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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.

433Reports
170 ftMedian depth
80 ftWater at
50 gpmMedian yield

What you will drill through in Sterling County

Logged in Sterling County, by depth. The figure is how many wells hit it.
Depth, ftWhat was logged there
0–25 ftTopsoil 199, Caliche 121, Red Clay 76, Top Soil 75, White Lime 73, Dirt 42
25–50 ftConglomerate 23, White Lime 18, Red Clay 17, Yellow Sandstone 10, Sandstone 8, Tan Sandstone 7
50–100 ftRed Clay 65, Conglomerate 39, Yellow Sandstone 32, Tan Sandstone 20, Conglomerant 19, Brown Sand 17
100–200 ftRed Clay 135, Yellow Sandstone 49, Red Sandstone 38, Brown Sand 35, Tan Sandstone 28, Yellow Lime 21
200–300 ftRed Clay 80, Red Sandstone 25, Tan Sandstone 18, Brown Sand 21, Yellow Sandstone 18, Sand 10
300–500 ftRed 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 recordWellsMedian depth, ftMedian yield, gpmYears
MICHAEL C HOELSCHER246140402003–2026
Woehl Drilling & Service30330502011–2022
Blue Quail Energy Services LLC.22140402013–2014
kinard water well service12160102014–2020
Choate Well Service10230602005–2022
Latzel Drilling LLC10350852007–2022
Lange Drilling Co8380422010–2019
Blackwell Water Well Service Inc7200252007–2024
Blue Quail628052013
WOEHL DRILLING # 262701002008–2010
woehl drilling no25330502013–2025
R&R DRILLING LLC5300—2022–2024
Wel-Mat Drilling LLP5——2015
Abel Water Systems5184502004
DIXIE DRILLING5——2002
Straub Corporation5107—2001
Marks Water Well4270702012–2013
Woehl Drilling44101002003–2011
Hill water well Service3140252015–2021
PICKENS DRILLING CO.31901002012
woehl drilling no 234201002012
Michale C. Hoelscher3100252006
Talon Drilling, LP3——2008
Concho Valley Water Wells285—2026
WEST TEXAS WATER WELL SERVICE2474242011–2017

What the wells are for

Purpose, and how deep each went.
PurposeWellsShareMedian depth, ft
Stock18242.0%200
Domestic6013.9%120
Test Well5412.5%120
Irrigation5212.0%155
Rig Supply4811.1%322
Monitor153.5%105
Industrial112.5%330
Environmental Soil Boring61.4%10
By decade drilled.
DecadeReportsMedian depth, ftWater at, ft
2000s9414080
2010s24620090
2020s9314060

The deepest reports on file

Deepest reports in Sterling County. Column one is the tracking number.
ReportYearDepth, ftWater at, ftYield, gpmPurpose
2310652010500——Industrial
4584692017474——Rig Supply
328790201244520595Rig Supply
456127201744067—Rig Supply
3362832013440215100Rig Supply
336277201344023595Rig Supply
328797201242020090Rig Supply
328785201242022095Rig Supply
293792201242020070Industrial
2937902012420200100Industrial

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.

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