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

> 4,971 well reports filed in Victoria County since 2001. Median depth 125 ft, water struck at 49 ft, median yield 50 gpm.

## Water wells in Victoria County, Texas

**4,971** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **125 ft** and struck water at **49 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Victoria County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Clay** 1,564 , **Top Soil** 978 , **Sand** 727 , **Topsoil** 589 , **Surface** 548 , **Tan Clay** 380 |
| 25–50 ft | **Sand** 658 , **Clay** 603 , **Gravel** 149 , **Tan Clay** 103 , **Gray Clay** 91 , **Sandstone** 92 |
| 50–100 ft | **Sand** 1,104 , **Clay** 932 , **Blue Clay** 325 , **Sandstone** 175 , **Red Clay** 152 , **Gray Clay** 118 |
| 100–200 ft | **Sand** 1,022 , **Clay** 795 , **Red Clay** 204 , **Sandstone** 163 , **Blue Clay** 144 , **Rock** 113 |
| 200–300 ft | **Sand** 182 , **Clay** 130 , **Red Clay** 48 , **Sandstone** 32 , **Gray Clay** 15 , **Coarse Sand** 25 |
| 300–500 ft | **Sand** 26 , **Clay** 26 , **Blue Clay** 4 , **Rocky Sand** 2 , **Sand Strks.** 4 , **Sandy Clay** 4 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Clay** 4 , **Sand** 5 , **Shale** 2 , **Sand/Clay** 1 , **Hard Clay** 1 , **Course Sand** 1 |
| 1000–5000 ft | **Sand** 1 , **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 Victoria County

*Licensed firms in Victoria County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Friedel Drilling Company](/driller/friedel-drilling-company.md) | 549 | 164 | 60 | 2002–2026 |
| [Vortex Drilling, Inc.](/driller/vortex-drilling-inc.md) | 462 | 20 | — | 2006–2025 |
| [Cady's Water wells](/driller/cady-s-water-wells.md) | 455 | 143 | 60 | 2004–2026 |
| [A C Water Well Service](/driller/a-c-water-well-service.md) | 360 | 120 | 30 | 2003–2026 |
| [Rangnow Water Well Service](/driller/rangnow-water-well-service.md) | 304 | 180 | 60 | 2003–2026 |
| [leeper w.w.](/driller/leeper-w-w.md) | 287 | 140 | 20 | 2004–2014 |
| [A C Water Well Serv.](/driller/a-c-water-well-serv.md) | 234 | 110 | 30 | 2012–2024 |
| [CHANDLER DRILLING INC](/driller/chandler-drilling-inc.md) | 221 | 112 | 50 | 2003–2026 |
| [Lynch Water Well Drilling Inc.](/driller/lynch-water-well-drilling-inc.md) | 207 | 200 | 60 | 1987–2025 |
| [BEST DRILLING SERVICES, INC.](/driller/best-drilling-services-inc.md) | 179 | 54 | — | 2004–2025 |
| [CARTER WATER WELL DRILLING](/driller/carter-water-well-drilling.md) | 140 | 180 | 60 | 2003–2026 |
| [Nickel Water Well Service](/driller/nickel-water-well-service.md) | 115 | 135 | 35 | 2013–2025 |
| [C & S UTESEY WATER WELL SERVICE & DRILLING, L.L.C.](/driller/c-s-utesey-water-well-service-drilling-l-l-c.md) | 109 | 130 | 45 | 2002–2022 |
| [Everett Carroll Water Well Service](/driller/everett-carroll-water-well-service.md) | 108 | 195 | 60 | 2003–2008 |
| [Thompson Water Well](/driller/thompson-water-well.md) | 84 | 160 | 45 | 2003–2019 |
| [Envirotech Drilling Services LLC](/driller/envirotech-drilling-services-llc.md) | 80 | 15 | — | 2019–2026 |
| [WB Southern Drilling LLC](/driller/wb-southern-drilling-llc.md) | 76 | 168 | 80 | 2023–2026 |
| [Leeper Water Well Service](/driller/leeper-water-well-service.md) | 70 | 142 | 18 | 2001–2015 |
| [Sunbelt Industrial Services](/driller/sunbelt-industrial-services.md) | 69 | 25 | — | 2011–2014 |
| [Joe Ferguson Water Well Drilling, Inc.](/driller/joe-ferguson-water-well-drilling-inc.md) | 53 | 170 | 55 | 2007–2021 |
| [Vortex Drilling Partners, LP](/driller/vortex-drilling-partners-lp.md) | 50 | 20 | — | 2021–2023 |
| [Vaughn Water Well Service, Inc.](/driller/vaughn-water-well-service-inc.md) | 38 | 160 | 20 | 2004–2007 |
| [Leeper Water Well](/driller/leeper-water-well.md) | 37 | 153 | 35 | 2008–2015 |
| [Thompson Water Well Service](/driller/thompson-water-well-service.md) | 32 | 136 | 30 | 2003–2007 |
| [Joe Ferguson Drilling, Inc.](/driller/joe-ferguson-drilling-inc.md) | 31 | 170 | — | 2003–2006 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 3,240 | 65.2% | 140 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 573 | 11.5% | 18 |
| Monitor | 500 | 10.1% | 50 |
| Rig Supply | 255 | 5.1% | 200 |
| Stock | 241 | 4.8% | 155 |
| Industrial | 78 | 1.6% | 220 |
| Public Supply | 30 | 0.6% | 245 |
| Irrigation | 29 | 0.6% | 300 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1 | 245 | 28 |
| 2000s | 1,659 | 140 | 46 |
| 2010s | 2,034 | 120 | 50 |
| 2020s | 1,277 | 120 | 51 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 285692 | 2012 | 1,080 | 12 | 3,000 | Irrigation |
| 74199 | 2006 | 900 | 33 | — | Irrigation |
| 191055 | 2009 | 755 | 20 | — | Stock |
| 626271 | 2022 | 610 | 50 | 140 | Irrigation |
| 116936 | 2007 | 605 | 36 | 1,500 | Irrigation |
| 148805 | 2008 | 600 | 36 | 300 | Public Supply |
| 522515 | 2019 | 556 | 60 | — | Industrial |
| 580748 | 2021 | 530 | 70 | 230 | Public Supply |
| 277206 | 2012 | 530 | 31 | 130 | Domestic |
| 1402 | 2001 | 510 | 58 | — | 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 Victoria 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

- [Burnet](/county/burnet.md)
- [Martin](/county/martin.md)
- [Tom Green](/county/tom-green.md)
- [Howard](/county/howard.md)
- [Gillespie](/county/gillespie.md)
- [Comal](/county/comal.md)
- [Galveston](/county/galveston.md)
- [Hays](/county/hays.md)
- [Williamson](/county/williamson.md)
- [Terry](/county/terry.md)
- [Hartley](/county/hartley.md)
- [Lavaca](/county/lavaca.md)
- [Washington](/county/washington.md)

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

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