Water Well Drilling in Coleman County, TX
A water-well plan for acreage near Coleman may differ from one near Santa Anna, Novice, Valera, or a rural county line. County records give property owners a useful starting frame, but they do not predict the depth, yield, water quality, or cost of a well on one tract.
Start with the property location, intended water use, site access, and available nearby records. TurnKey Wells reviews the request and helps connect the property owner with a qualified water-well professional.
- Coleman County records separated by use and source
- Property-specific aquifer and district questions
- Clear next steps for drilling and complete-system planning
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Coleman County domestic well depths
The August 21, 2026 Submitted Driller Report snapshot contains 123 Coleman County domestic records with reported total depths. The median is 120 feet. The middle half runs from 60 to 160 feet, while the 10th-to-90th percentile span runs from 40 to 220 feet.
The separate historical Texas Water Development Board Groundwater Database contains 272 Coleman County domestic records, including 265 with usable depth fields. Its domestic median is 53 feet. The middle half runs from 27 to 99 feet, and the 10th-to-90th percentile span runs from 17 to 135 feet.
| Record set | Domestic depth records | Median reported depth | Middle 50% | 10th to 90th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submitted Drillers Reports | 123 | 120 ft | 60 to 160 ft | 40 to 220 ft |
| Historical TWDB Groundwater Database | 265 usable depths among 272 domestic records | 53 ft | 27 to 99 ft | 17 to 135 ft |
These databases cover different reporting systems, eras, and record populations. They should not be blended into one county average. A nearby domestic record may be a more useful comparison than a distant stock, irrigation, monitoring, test, or industrial record, but even nearby records do not guarantee the outcome at another location.
Plain answer: Newer submitted domestic records center deeper than the historical domestic file. Use both as context, then narrow the review to the property.
Most submitted domestic records predate 2020
Among the 123 domestic Submitted Driller Reports in the frozen Coleman County extract, 69 have completion years from 2001 through 2009, 47 are from 2010 through 2019, and seven are from 2020 through the June 2026 endpoint represented in the source.
| Domestic SDR completion years | Records |
|---|---|
| 2001–2009 | 69 |
| 2010–2019 | 47 |
| 2020–2026 | 7 |
Those are mutually exclusive record-age groups, not estimates of how many wells exist or remain active. A newer date may better reflect current reporting practices, but it does not automatically make one record comparable to another property.
Coleman County records include several kinds of work
Stock records
The stock subset has a 160-foot median and a middle-half range of 100 to 215 feet.
Test and monitoring
The file includes 58 test wells and 33 monitoring records.
Irrigation and industrial
The file includes 15 irrigation records and 13 industrial records.
Environmental and geothermal
The file includes three environmental soil borings and one closed-loop geothermal record.
Those categories can provide county context, but they are not shortcuts for a household well. Monitoring and environmental work in particular can be much shallower than a domestic, stock, or irrigation well. The intended use must stay attached to every depth comparison.
Use exact codes before assigning an aquifer name
The historical GWDB subset contains 541 Coleman County records. Its most frequent exact aquifer codes are 218TRNT with 217 records, 318WCHT with 160, 318CLFK with 59, and 321CSCO with 39. Seventeen rows use the NOT-APPL code, and smaller counts appear under alluvium, Antlers, Edwards, Ellenburger, Canyon, Permian, and related codes.
The county record summary groups the Wichita and Cisco codes under Cross Timbers. It places several other codes—including the Trinity code—under a broad “Other” category, so that category is not suitable for a property-level geological conclusion. The exact codes are listed above so the source labels remain separate.
Aquifer codes in county records still cannot identify the productive interval under a particular parcel. Property coordinates, nearby logs, current mapping, topography, and a qualified professional’s review are needed before applying regional aquifer context to one site.
Stored mapping shows a very small district intersection
The TWDB groundwater conservation district facts and directory layer intersects the 2025 Census Coleman County boundary with Lipan-Kickapoo Water Conservation District over approximately 0.209 square mile, or 0.0163% of the mapped county area. Because the overlap is very small and occurs at county-boundary scale, it must not be used to assign or exclude district jurisdiction for a property.
Confirm the exact tract in the current TCEQ official groundwater-district viewer. State licensing and well-construction standards still apply, and subdivision, septic, utility, setback, or groundwater-availability requirements may apply based on the property’s location and project type. Verify current requirements with the appropriate district, county, and state offices before drilling, altering a well, buying land for development, or relying on groundwater for a plat.
A water-well project is more than drilling by the foot
Property access
Roads, gates, easements, slopes, overhead lines, buried utilities, existing structures, septic planning, and room for the rig and support equipment affect the practical scope.
Intended water demand
A home, livestock operation, irrigation plan, or mixed-use property may call for different pump, storage, pressure, and treatment decisions. A reported well depth does not establish whether another well can meet that demand.
Pump, power, and distribution
A complete conversation should account for the pump setting, electrical service, controls, pressure tank, trenching, storage, treatment, and the distance from the well to the point of use.
Quote scope
Ask whether mobilization, drilling, casing, testing, pump equipment, controls, startup, cleanup, storage, and treatment are included or priced separately.
Narrow the research to one Coleman County property
The $199 Pre-Drill Intelligence Report organizes available nearby well records, reported depths, aquifer context, and groundwater-district questions around one property before the owner compares drilling scopes.
The report can help review:
- Nearby records selected around the property
- Reported depths and uses for relevant comparisons
- Aquifer-code context for the tract
- Groundwater-district and current-rule checkpoints
- Questions to raise before drilling begins
What happens after you reach out
Tell us about the property
Share the address or coordinates, intended water use, project timing, and any existing well information.
TurnKey reviews the context
The team reviews the available property details and follows up for anything needed to understand the request.
Move toward the right professional and scope
TurnKey connects the property owner with a qualified water-well professional and explains the next step toward a drilling quote or deeper pre-drill research.
Coleman County water well planning questions
How deep are domestic wells in Coleman County?
In the August 21, 2026 Submitted Driller Report snapshot, 123 domestic records have a median reported depth of 120 feet. The middle half runs from 60 to 160 feet. The separate historical GWDB file has a 53-foot domestic median among 265 usable depths. These are record patterns, not a depth quote for one tract.
Why do the two Coleman County datasets show different depths?
They contain different records from different reporting systems and eras. Keeping the historical GWDB and Submitted Driller Reports separate is more honest than blending them into one average.
Which aquifer applies to a Coleman County property?
Historical records contain several exact aquifer codes, including Trinity, Wichita, Clear Fork, and Cisco codes. A county code count does not assign an aquifer to a parcel; property coordinates and nearby logs are needed.
Is Coleman County inside a groundwater conservation district?
The frozen map overlay shows only a very small Lipan-Kickapoo Water Conservation District intersection—about 0.209 square mile, or 0.0163% of mapped county area. Confirm the exact property in current official mapping rather than relying on that county-scale result.
Can county records predict yield or water quality?
No. Depth records and aquifer codes help frame questions, but they do not promise yield, water level, water quality, productive interval, exact cost, or drilling success at another property.
What happens after I request a drilling quote?
TurnKey Wells reviews the property and project details, follows up for any missing information, and connects the property owner with a qualified water-well professional for the next step.
Start with the property location
Request drilling help for property in and around Coleman, Santa Anna, Novice, Valera, and nearby rural areas. Use the property address or coordinates when available. A mailing-city label helps organize records but does not define groundwater conditions.
Request a water well drilling quote
Send the property location, intended use, and project timing. TurnKey Wells will review the request and follow up with a clear next step.
Depth, use, date, and aquifer-code figures: Texas Water Development Board Submitted Driller Reports snapshot dated August 21, 2026, plus the separate historical TWDB Groundwater Database. Community names: 2025 U.S. Census cartographic place data. District context: TWDB district mapping compared with the 2025 Census county boundary. County figures describe records in the cited datasets and should be narrowed to the property before decisions are made.