Water wells in Winkler County, Texas
1,100 well reports on file. The median well here was taken to 240 ft and struck water at 95 ft — against 180 ft and 80 ft across Texas.
What you will drill through in Winkler County
| Depth, ft | What was logged there |
|---|---|
| 0–25 ft | Sand 240, Caliche 226, Topsoil 97, Brown Sand 66, Top Soil 80, Surface Top Soil Fine Loose Sand 43 |
| 25–50 ft | Red Clay 29, Sand 25, Fine Sand 26, Brown Sand 23, Clay 23, Sand And Gravel 21 |
| 50–100 ft | Red Clay 96, Sand 48, Fine Sand 16, Sand And Gravel 30, Fine Tan Sand 12, Fine Fairly Loose Sand 23 |
| 100–200 ft | Red Clay 184, Red Bed 40, Red Sticky Clay 12, Red Sandy Clay 33, Clay 24, Redbed 26 |
| 200–300 ft | Red Clay 59, Red Sandy Clay 24, Red Sticky Clay 7, Red Bed 12, Very Hard Shale With Clay Strips 9, Sand 10 |
| 300–500 ft | Red Clay 50, Fine Tight To Firm Red Sand 20, Red Sandy Clay 19, Red Sandy Clay & Clay 9, Hard Sandstone 15, Red Sticky Clay 7 |
| 500–1000 ft | Red Clay 85, Red Silty Clay 6, Red Sandy Clay & Clay 11, Tight Red Clay & Shale 3, Red Sandy Clay 15, Red Clay & Shale 13 |
| 1000–5000 ft | Very Hard White Rock 3, Red Shale 2, Red Shale W/Hard Rock Strips 1, Red Clay And Gray Clay 1, Tight Red Clay To Very Hard White Rock 2, Very Fine Fairly Loose Sand W/Little Clay Mix & Clay Strips 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 Winkler County
What the wells are for
| Purpose | Wells | Share | Median depth, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial | 310 | 28.2% | 180 |
| Monitor | 216 | 19.6% | 76 |
| Test Well | 162 | 14.7% | 600 |
| Domestic | 100 | 9.1% | 185 |
| Rig Supply | 90 | 8.2% | 485 |
| Public Supply | 82 | 7.5% | 570 |
| Environmental Soil Boring | 48 | 4.4% | 40 |
| Irrigation | 35 | 3.2% | 340 |
| Decade | Reports | Median depth, ft | Water at, ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 204 | 100 | 72 |
| 2010s | 679 | 510 | 125 |
| 2020s | 217 | 140 | 71 |
The deepest reports on file
| Report | Year | Depth, ft | Water at, ft | Yield, gpm | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 458266 | 2017 | 1,746 | — | — | Industrial |
| 675636 | 2024 | 1,420 | — | — | Rig Supply |
| 465465 | 2017 | 1,400 | — | — | Test Well |
| 700327 | 2025 | 1,380 | 920 | 120 | Rig Supply |
| 681000 | 2024 | 1,260 | 252 | — | Test Well |
| 681001 | 2024 | 1,250 | 256 | — | Test Well |
| 459240 | 2017 | 1,237 | — | — | Industrial |
| 519442 | 2019 | 1,230 | — | — | Rig Supply |
| 458911 | 2017 | 1,205 | — | 40 | Irrigation |
| 448049 | 2017 | 1,180 | — | — | Test Well |
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 Winkler County?
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