Water wells in Tyler County, Texas
1,822 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 160 ft and struck water at 42 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.
What you will drill through in Tyler County
| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | Red Clay 532, Top Soil 512, Clay 244, Topsoil 203, Sand 198, Red Sand 168 |
| 25–50 ft | Sand 125, White Sand 105, Clay 83, Gray Clay 70, Red Sand 58, White Clay 54 |
| 50–100 ft | White Sand 181, Sand 173, Clay 124, White Clay 78, Gray Clay 74, Medium Sand 50 |
| 100–200 ft | Sand 226, Clay 165, White Sand 166, Medium Sand 132, Gray Clay 72, Rock 54 |
| 200–300 ft | Sand 91, Clay 60, White Sand 49, Medium Sand 52, Shale 33, Gray Sand 25 |
| 300–500 ft | Sand 56, Clay 32, Shale 21, White Sand 24, Shale Sand 7, Sand, Shale 10 |
| 500–1000 ft | Clay 7, Sand 10, Shale 5, Sand/Clay 2, Sand, Shale 4, Hard Sand 2 |
| 1000–5000 ft | Clay 1, Sand 1, Sand/Clay 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 Tyler County
What the wells are for
| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 1,320 | 72.4% | 160 |
| Rig Supply | 256 | 14.1% | 230 |
| Monitor | 101 | 5.5% | 25 |
| Industrial | 72 | 4.0% | 270 |
| Irrigation | 27 | 1.5% | 220 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 17 | 0.9% | 22 |
| Stock | 11 | 0.6% | 150 |
| Public Supply | 8 | 0.4% | 575 |
| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 583 | 180 | 45 |
| 2010s | 745 | 160 | 40 |
| 2020s | 494 | 155 | 42 |
The deepest reports on file
| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 460936 | 2017 | 1,632 | 96 | 20 | Fracking Supply |
| 383016 | 2014 | 1,000 | 169 | 1,204 | Public Supply |
| 587718 | 2021 | 775 | — | 96 | Public Supply |
| 458551 | 2017 | 750 | — | 10 | Fracking Supply |
| 633103 | 2023 | 730 | 140 | 140 | Rig Supply |
| 291604 | 2012 | 700 | 209 | 807 | Industrial |
| 608250 | 2022 | 690 | 140 | 100 | Rig Supply |
| 607416 | 2022 | 670 | 165 | 100 | Rig Supply |
| 155192 | 2008 | 640 | 110 | 50 | Rig Supply |
| 120829 | 2007 | 640 | 140 | 150 | Rig Supply |
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 Tyler County?
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