Water wells in Swisher County, Texas
649 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 260 ft and struck water at 145 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.
What you will drill through in Swisher County
| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | Top Soil 154, Topsoil 86, Caliche 69, Caliche And Clay 64, Sandy Clay 39, Brown Sandy Clay 38 |
| 25–50 ft | Brown Sandy Clay 24, Tan Sand And Caliche 20, Caprock 16, Sand, Sandstone 15, Sandstone 12, Sand 10 |
| 50–100 ft | Brown Sand 22, Sandstone 31, Tan Sand And Caliche 20, Brown Clay 19, Sand 14, Caprock 15 |
| 100–200 ft | Sand 38, Red Bed 33, Sandstone 29, Brown Clay 27, Red Clay 26, Coarse Brown Sand With Small Gravels 20 |
| 200–300 ft | Red Bed 55, Red Clay 28, Sand 22, Sand & Gravel 19, Coarse Sand, Grvl 17, Coarse Sand, Gravel 15 |
| 300–500 ft | Red Bed 81, Red Clay 34, Red 26, Red And Blue 17, Coarse Sand, Grvl 13, Red And Gray Clay + Shale 7 |
| 500–1000 ft | Red Clay 13, Red And Gray Clay + Shale 7, Red Clay + Shale 7, Red And Gray Clay 3, Red Clay & Shale 6, Gray Sandy Clay To Red Clay 5 |
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 Swisher County
What the wells are for
| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irrigation | 315 | 48.5% | 325 |
| Monitor | 126 | 19.4% | 130 |
| Domestic | 71 | 10.9% | 210 |
| Stock | 64 | 9.9% | 203 |
| Test Well | 45 | 6.9% | 800 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 14 | 2.2% | 20 |
| Extraction | 7 | 1.1% | 138 |
| Injection | 5 | 0.8% | 139 |
| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 270 | 319 | 128 |
| 2010s | 255 | 260 | 165 |
| 2020s | 124 | 217 | 160 |
The deepest reports on file
| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 214440 | 2010 | 3,121 | — | — | Irrigation |
| 692736 | 2025 | 940 | — | — | Test Well |
| 692730 | 2025 | 940 | — | — | Test Well |
| 290171 | 2012 | 940 | — | — | Test Well |
| 290170 | 2012 | 940 | — | — | Test Well |
| 48602 | 2003 | 930 | 486 | — | Public Supply |
| 184816 | 2004 | 880 | — | — | Test Well |
| 156296 | 2008 | 880 | — | — | Test Well |
| 155944 | 2008 | 880 | — | — | Test Well |
| 365122 | 2014 | 867 | — | — | Irrigation |
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 Swisher County?
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