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

> 1,526 well reports filed in Wheeler County since 2001. Median depth 160 ft, water struck at 55 ft, median yield 25 gpm.

## Water wells in Wheeler County, Texas

**1,526** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **160 ft** and struck water at **55 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Wheeler County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Top Soil** 211 , **Sand** 196 , **Sandy Clay** 179 , **Clay** 161 , **Surface** 163 , **Red Clay** 92 |
| 25–50 ft | **Sand** 85 , **Sandy Clay** 58 , **Clay** 51 , **Red Clay** 52 , **Sand/Sandy Clay** 29 , **Clay/Sandy Clay** 17 |
| 50–100 ft | **Red Clay** 144 , **Sand** 131 , **Sandy Clay** 89 , **Clay** 70 , **Red** 36 , **Gyp Rock** 24 |
| 100–200 ft | **Red Clay** 204 , **Sand** 109 , **Clay** 95 , **Sandy Clay** 77 , **Sandy Clay/Sand** 30 , **Fine Sand** 29 |
| 200–300 ft | **Sand** 85 , **Sandy Clay** 40 , **Red Clay** 45 , **Clay** 43 , **Red** 22 , **Sand/Clay Streaks** 19 |
| 300–500 ft | **Red Clay** 36 , **Sand** 23 , **Clay** 16 , **Sandy Clay** 13 , **Red** 14 , **Red Bed** 10 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Red Clay W/Hard Whtie Rock Strips** 2 , **Red Clay** 2 , **Red Clay & Shale** 2 , **Brown & Gray Clay** 1 , **Fine To Med Sand W/White Rock Strips To Red Shale** 1 , **Med Size Fairly Loose Sand To Hard Whtie Rock & Red 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 Wheeler County

*Licensed firms in Wheeler County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [HOWARD DRILLING COMPANY](/driller/howard-drilling-company.md) | 330 | 180 | 100 | 2003–2020 |
| [Arrow Water Well Inc.](/driller/arrow-water-well-inc.md) | 194 | 145 | 17 | 2003–2026 |
| [3T Drilling, Inc.](/driller/3t-drilling-inc.md) | 194 | 200 | 20 | 2010–2026 |
| [First priority Irr](/driller/first-priority-irr.md) | 81 | 153 | 20 | 2013–2025 |
| [Les Taylor Drilling Company](/driller/les-taylor-drilling-company.md) | 80 | 145 | 30 | 2002–2009 |
| [4-M Water Well Service](/driller/4-m-water-well-service.md) | 72 | 140 | 25 | 2006–2013 |
| [Peterson Drilling & Testing, Inc.](/driller/peterson-drilling-testing-inc.md) | 54 | 78 | — | 2003–2026 |
| [Faulks Well Service LLC](/driller/faulks-well-service-llc.md) | 52 | 160 | 200 | 2016–2026 |
| [Hydro Resources Mid Continent Inc.](/driller/hydro-resources-mid-continent-inc.md) | 38 | 419 | 1,100 | 2010–2025 |
| [K-Ran Drilling](/driller/k-ran-drilling.md) | 35 | 127 | 18 | 2010–2025 |
| [Talon/LPE](/driller/talon-lpe.md) | 33 | 50 | — | 2008–2026 |
| [B2D Enterprises](/driller/b2d-enterprises.md) | 32 | 140 | 12 | 2013–2023 |
| [Vortex Drilling, Inc.](/driller/vortex-drilling-inc.md) | 30 | 60 | — | 2008–2013 |
| [ETTER WATER WELL LLC](/driller/etter-water-well-llc.md) | 29 | 183 | 20 | 2013–2025 |
| [L T Drilling Company](/driller/l-t-drilling-company.md) | 24 | 180 | — | 2006–2007 |
| [Talon Drilling, LP](/driller/talon-drilling-lp.md) | 23 | 36 | — | 2004–2008 |
| [Magic Circle Drilling](/driller/magic-circle-drilling.md) | 22 | 180 | 91 | 2007–2022 |
| [MORROW DRILLING COMPANY](/driller/morrow-drilling-company.md) | 21 | 120 | 12 | 2006–2018 |
| Rod Ewbank Water Well Drilling, Inc. | 18 | 150 | 90 | 2005–2010 |
| [4-M Drilling](/driller/4-m-drilling.md) | 16 | 140 | 20 | 2011–2016 |
| [Monte Moore Drilling](/driller/monte-moore-drilling.md) | 12 | 130 | — | 2005–2009 |
| [Vanguard Well Resources, LLC](/driller/vanguard-well-resources-llc.md) | 10 | 150 | — | 2021–2025 |
| [Trident Pump](/driller/trident-pump.md) | 10 | 110 | 23 | 2022–2023 |
| Roy's Water Well | 9 | 105 | 20 | 2016–2025 |
| [Harrison & Cooper, Inc.](/driller/harrison-cooper-inc.md) | 8 | 15 | — | 2007–2012 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stock | 349 | 22.9% | 160 |
| Rig Supply | 323 | 21.2% | 180 |
| Domestic | 261 | 17.1% | 140 |
| Test Well | 219 | 14.4% | 160 |
| Irrigation | 145 | 9.5% | 175 |
| Monitor | 142 | 9.3% | 61 |
| Industrial | 48 | 3.1% | 200 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 21 | 1.4% | 32 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 551 | 145 | 52 |
| 2010s | 673 | 160 | 55 |
| 2020s | 302 | 160 | 63 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 513797 | 2019 | 620 | 289 | 20 | Stock |
| 472630 | 2018 | 600 | — | — | Test Well |
| 472627 | 2018 | 600 | — | — | Test Well |
| 336799 | 2013 | 600 | 303 | — | Stock |
| 273315 | 2011 | 600 | — | — | Test Well |
| 273313 | 2011 | 560 | 163 | 1,100 | Irrigation |
| 516782 | 2019 | 540 | — | — | Test Well |
| 480903 | 2018 | 540 | — | — | Test Well |
| 687151 | 2025 | 535 | 242 | — | Stock |
| 516786 | 2019 | 535 | — | — | 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 Wheeler 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

- [Kimble](/county/kimble.md)
- [Cherokee](/county/cherokee.md)
- [Wood](/county/wood.md)
- [Ochiltree](/county/ochiltree.md)
- [Nolan](/county/nolan.md)
- [Duval](/county/duval.md)
- [Haskell](/county/haskell.md)
- [Anderson](/county/anderson.md)
- [Hamilton](/county/hamilton.md)
- [Limestone](/county/limestone.md)
- [Caldwell](/county/caldwell.md)
- [Hunt](/county/hunt.md)
- [Cass](/county/cass.md)

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

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