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
| 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
What the wells are for
| 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 |
| 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
| 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?
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