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

> 2,155 well reports filed in Wichita County since 2001. Median depth 25 ft, water struck at 15 ft, median yield 11 gpm.

## Water wells in Wichita County, Texas

**2,155** well reports on file. The median well here was taken to **25 ft** and struck water at **15 ft** — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.

### What you will drill through in Wichita County

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

| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | **Brown Clay** 151 , **Brown Sandy Clay** 147 , **Red Sandy Clay** 123 , **Red Clay** 129 , **Clay** 105 , **Sand** 111 |
| 25–50 ft | **Red Bed** 83 , **Red Shale** 25 , **R Shale** 19 , **Red Clay** 18 , **Sand And Gravel** 12 , **Brown Shale** 12 |
| 50–100 ft | **R Shale** 4 , **Red Shale** 3 , **Gray Sandstone** 4 , **Siltstone, Grey.** 3 , **Red Bed** 3 , **B Shale** 3 |
| 100–200 ft | **Brown Silty Clay** 3 , **Gray Sandstone** 2 , **Brown Silty Clay W/Sandstone** 2 , **Rock** 1 , **B Shale** 1 , **Red Clay** 1 |
| 200–300 ft | **Red & Gray Shale** 2 , **Brown Clay** 1 |
| 300–500 ft | **Gray Shale** 2 , **Sand** 2 , **Red Shale** 2 , **Sand/Shale Mix** 1 , **Shale** 1 , **Red Clay & Layers Of Sand** 1 |
| 500–1000 ft | **Gray Shale** 2 |

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 Wichita County

*Licensed firms in Wichita County, busiest first.*

| Firm of record | Wells | Median depth, ft | Median yield, gpm | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Talon Drilling, LP](/driller/talon-drilling-lp.md) | 272 | 25 | — | 2002–2010 |
| [Fuel Tech](/driller/fuel-tech.md) | 173 | 25 | 14 | 2001–2005 |
| [Roddy Qualls Environmental Drilling](/driller/roddy-qualls-environmental-drilling.md) | 161 | 20 | — | 2014–2023 |
| [AOC Environmental, Inc.](/driller/aoc-environmental-inc.md) | 148 | 30 | 11 | 2011–2018 |
| [Sunbelt Industrial Services](/driller/sunbelt-industrial-services.md) | 113 | 25 | — | 2006–2025 |
| [W.E.S.T. Drilling](/driller/w-e-s-t-drilling.md) | 111 | 20 | — | 2001–2013 |
| [Environmental Logistics Company, LLC](/driller/environmental-logistics-company-llc.md) | 110 | 20 | — | 2018–2025 |
| [Total Support Services](/driller/total-support-services.md) | 67 | 25 | — | 2002–2014 |
| [MagnaCore Drilling & Environmental Services](/driller/magnacore-drilling-environmental-services.md) | 67 | 8 | — | 2002–2013 |
| [CoreCoUSA, Inc.](/driller/corecousa-inc.md) | 66 | 15 | — | 2022–2023 |
| [Talon/LPE](/driller/talon-lpe.md) | 53 | 20 | — | 2010–2019 |
| [Gillispie Drilling](/driller/gillispie-drilling.md) | 46 | 39 | 14 | 2005–2025 |
| [Strata Core Services, LLC](/driller/strata-core-services-llc.md) | 46 | 30 | — | 2011–2018 |
| [Water Well Drilling and Service](/driller/water-well-drilling-and-service.md) | 45 | 40 | 12 | 2013–2014 |
| [WEST Drilling](/driller/west-drilling.md) | 43 | 25 | — | 2015–2024 |
| [Associated Environmental Industries, Corp.](/driller/associated-environmental-industries-corp.md) | 41 | 24 | — | 2002–2003 |
| [Envirotech Drilling Services LLC](/driller/envirotech-drilling-services-llc.md) | 39 | 20 | — | 2018–2025 |
| [SCI](/driller/sci.md) | 39 | 25 | — | 2004–2014 |
| [Strata Core Drilling Co.](/driller/strata-core-drilling-co.md) | 31 | 20 | — | 2008–2011 |
| [White Drilling Company, Inc.](/driller/white-drilling-company-inc.md) | 25 | 20 | — | 2003–2004 |
| [dba Universal Drilling Services](/driller/dba-universal-drilling-services.md) | 24 | 30 | — | 2002–2005 |
| [Prospector Drilling & Tool Co., Inc.](/driller/prospector-drilling-tool-co-inc.md) | 24 | 59 | — | 2002–2004 |
| [RIOMAR DRILLING INC](/driller/riomar-drilling-inc.md) | 22 | 20 | — | 2014–2019 |
| [Groundwater Monitoring Inc.](/driller/groundwater-monitoring-inc.md) | 20 | 20 | — | 2005–2007 |
| JB Water Well Drilling | 17 | 45 | 10 | 2013–2014 |

### What the wells are for

*Purpose, and how deep each went.*

| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monitor | 1,162 | 53.9% | 25 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 534 | 24.8% | 15 |
| Irrigation | 198 | 9.2% | 35 |
| Test Well | 79 | 3.7% | 28 |
| Domestic | 76 | 3.5% | 35 |
| Stock | 39 | 1.8% | 42 |
| Public Supply | 30 | 1.4% | 35 |
| Other | 13 | 0.6% | 10 |

*By decade drilled.*

| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | 200 | 45 |
| 2000s | 1,035 | 25 | 13 |
| 2010s | 687 | 30 | 16 |
| 2020s | 431 | 20 | 14 |

### The deepest reports on file

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

| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 317682 | 2013 | 600 | 52 | — | Test Well |
| 317659 | 2013 | 600 | 76 | — | Test Well |
| 328097 | 2013 | 480 | — | — | Stock |
| 405700 | 2015 | 300 | — | — | Closed-Loop Geothermal |
| 388085 | 2015 | 300 | — | — | Closed-Loop Geothermal |
| 388081 | 2015 | 300 | — | — | Closed-Loop Geothermal |
| 307566 | 2012 | 250 | — | — | Closed-Loop Geothermal |
| 83229 | 2006 | 240 | — | — | Closed-Loop Geothermal |
| 675572 | 1996 | 200 | — | — | Injection |
| 675570 | 1996 | 200 | 45 | — | Injection |

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 Wichita 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

- [Upton](/county/upton.md)
- [Polk](/county/polk.md)
- [Grayson](/county/grayson.md)
- [Brazos](/county/brazos.md)
- [Burleson](/county/burleson.md)
- [Goliad](/county/goliad.md)
- [Uvalde](/county/uvalde.md)
- [Reeves](/county/reeves.md)
- [Angelina](/county/angelina.md)
- [Aransas](/county/aransas.md)
- [Walker](/county/walker.md)
- [Mason](/county/mason.md)
- [Cooke](/county/cooke.md)

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

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