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

> 1,394 well reports filed in Ward County since 2001. Median depth 120 ft, water struck at 41 ft, median yield 50 gpm.

## Water wells in Ward County, Texas

**1,394** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **120 ft** and struck water at **41 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Ward County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Caliche** 339 , **Topsoil** 208 , **Top Soil** 150 , **Sand** 140 , **Brown Sand** 80 , **Tan Sand** 49 |
| 25–50 ft | **Sand** 41 , **Gravel** 29 , **Brown Sand** 28 , **Sandstone** 24 , **Red Sand** 22 , **Red Clay** 22 |
| 50–100 ft | **Red Clay** 55 , **Sand** 45 , **Red Bed** 46 , **Red Sand** 34 , **Sandstone** 34 , **Gravel** 30 |
| 100–200 ft | **Red Bed** 86 , **Red Clay** 63 , **Sand** 27 , **Red Sand** 23 , **Sandstone** 24 , **Brown Sand** 20 |
| 200–300 ft | **Red Clay** 41 , **Gravel** 14 , **Red Bed** 14 , **Sand And Gravel** 11 , **Sandy Clay** 11 , **Clay** 11 |
| 300–500 ft | **Red Clay** 17 , **Red Bed** 16 , **Fine Fairly Loose Red Sand W/Clay Mix** 3 , **Grey Clay** 12 , **Sandy Clay** 7 , **Fine Loose Sand** 7 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Fine Loose Sand** 11 , **Fine Fairly Loose Red Sand W/Clay Mix** 3 , **Red Clay** 8 , **Sandy Clay** 9 , **Very Fine Brown Dirty Sand W/Clay Mix** 1 , **Fine Fairly Loose Sand** 7 |
| 1000–5000 ft | **Clay** 4 , **Shell** 4 , **Limestone - Clay** 3 , **Sandy Clay** 2 , **Sandstone** 1 , **Red 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 Ward County

*Licensed firms in Ward County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Straub Corporation](/driller/straub-corporation.md) | 169 | 40 | — | 2001–2021 |
| [White Drilling Company, Inc.](/driller/white-drilling-company-inc.md) | 133 | 65 | 45 | 2002–2023 |
| [WEST TEXAS WATER WELL SERVICE](/driller/west-texas-water-well-service.md) | 120 | 145 | 80 | 2003–2025 |
| [MARK'S WATER WELL SERVICE, INC](/driller/mark-s-water-well-service-inc.md) | 86 | 160 | 30 | 2016–2025 |
| [Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.](/driller/hydro-resources-mid-continent-inc.md) | 76 | 540 | 1,100 | 2011–2026 |
| [Marks Water Well](/driller/marks-water-well.md) | 72 | 140 | 40 | 2011–2015 |
| [DARRELL CRASS DRILLING](/driller/darrell-crass-drilling.md) | 68 | 210 | — | 2001–2015 |
| [Blue Quail Energy Services LLC.](/driller/blue-quail-energy-services-llc.md) | 58 | 260 | 100 | 2013–2021 |
| [Talon/LPE](/driller/talon-lpe.md) | 53 | 12 | — | 2013–2022 |
| [Vortex Drilling, Inc.](/driller/vortex-drilling-inc.md) | 46 | 7 | — | 2016–2019 |
| [Scarborough Drilling, Inc.](/driller/scarborough-drilling-inc.md) | 42 | 33 | — | 2005 |
| [Permian H2O Solutions](/driller/permian-h2o-solutions.md) | 28 | 120 | — | 2018–2024 |
| [DURAN DRILLING](/driller/duran-drilling.md) | 28 | 310 | 900 | 2007–2020 |
| [Major Drilling Environmental](/driller/major-drilling-environmental.md) | 22 | 30 | — | 2013 |
| [Hydro Resources](/driller/hydro-resources.md) | 21 | 698 | 1,150 | 2012 |
| [Blue Quail](/driller/blue-quail.md) | 20 | 320 | 100 | 2017 |
| [Pearson Drilling](/driller/pearson-drilling.md) | 20 | 178 | — | 2013–2014 |
| [DRILL PRO WATER WELL DRILLING](/driller/drill-pro-water-well-drilling.md) | 16 | 780 | — | 2014–2019 |
| [DELTA DRILLERS](/driller/delta-drillers.md) | 14 | 300 | — | 2023 |
| [HI PLAINS DRILLING, INC.](/driller/hi-plains-drilling-inc.md) | 14 | 323 | — | 2002 |
| [Envirotech Drilling Services LLC](/driller/envirotech-drilling-services-llc.md) | 12 | 25 | — | 2022–2026 |
| [Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling](/driller/roddy-qualls-environmental-drilling.md) | 10 | 18 | — | 2020–2021 |
| [Wildcat Services LLC](/driller/wildcat-services-llc.md) | 9 | 220 | 35 | 2018–2023 |
| [VANGUARD WATER WELLS](/driller/vanguard-water-wells.md) | 9 | 280 | 20 | 2014–2017 |
| [Dubose Drilling Inc](/driller/dubose-drilling-inc.md) | 9 | 250 | 40 | 2006–2014 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monitor | 328 | 23.5% | 50 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 248 | 17.8% | 18 |
| Rig Supply | 221 | 15.9% | 220 |
| Domestic | 181 | 13.0% | 140 |
| Irrigation | 107 | 7.7% | 190 |
| Test Well | 91 | 6.5% | 260 |
| Fracking Supply | 86 | 6.2% | 340 |
| Industrial | 60 | 4.3% | 300 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 341 | 50 | 31 |
| 2010s | 857 | 152 | 57 |
| 2020s | 196 | 120 | 70 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 266792 | 2011 | 3,280 | — | — | Test Well |
| 356907 | 2014 | 2,300 | 80 | 100 | Irrigation |
| 469872 | 2017 | 1,765 | — | — | Rig Supply |
| 487398 | 2018 | 1,759 | — | — | Fracking Supply |
| 488315 | 2018 | 1,500 | — | — | Fracking Supply |
| 438531 | 2016 | 1,500 | — | — | Fracking Supply |
| 431809 | 2016 | 1,500 | 20 | — | Fracking Supply |
| 431802 | 2016 | 1,500 | — | — | Fracking Supply |
| 500597 | 2018 | 1,478 | — | — | Fracking Supply |
| 506846 | 2019 | 1,415 | — | — | Fracking 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 Ward 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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### Counties with a comparable number of reports

- [Limestone](/county/limestone.md)
- [Caldwell](/county/caldwell.md)
- [Hunt](/county/hunt.md)
- [Cass](/county/cass.md)
- [Scurry](/county/scurry.md)
- [Edwards](/county/edwards.md)
- [Val Verde](/county/val-verde.md)
- [Ellis](/county/ellis.md)
- [Madison](/county/madison.md)
- [Upshur](/county/upshur.md)
- [Parmer](/county/parmer.md)
- [Gray](/county/gray.md)
- [Frio](/county/frio.md)

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

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