Water wells in the Brush Country Groundwater Conservation District

Q: What does a groundwater conservation district do?

In Texas, districts are the local authority over groundwater: they can require registration or permits for new wells, set spacing from other wells and property lines, and limit pumping. Each district writes its own rules, so ask the Brush Country Groundwater Conservation District before drilling inside it.

Home water wells inside the Brush Country Groundwater Conservation District (Jim Hogg, Jim Wells and Brooks counties, Texas) are typically 300 to 480 feet deep (median 380 ft, 657 wells drilled in the last 10 years). Drillers reported 51 new home wells in 2025, less than half the peak of 180 in 2006. Estimated cost of a complete well at the median depth: $12,000 to $29,500.

Updated every day from Texas Water Development Board driller reports. Last update: November 11, 2026, using the state file of November 10, 2026.

See the wells and layers at an exact point

Under the center of the Brush Country GCD

District boundary from TWDB's file current as of November 2019. Later changes are not shown.

Home wells in and around the Brush Country GCD

Each dot is a home well from a state driller report, colored by depth. Tap one for its details and official report. Tap an empty spot to see what is under that point.

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Well depth (ft)

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Dark line: the district boundary (TWDB, 2019)

Key figures

Typical depth (middle half): 300 to 480 feet
Median depth: 380 feet
Deepest 10% are past: 552 feet
Water level (median): 112 feet; 588 wells
Yield (median): 40 gpm; 592 wells, gallons per minute
Wells used: 657; In the last 10 years
Counties: 3
All years on file: 2,475; median 380 ft, since 2001
Confidence: Standard (30 or more wells)

When the wells were finished, the water stood a median 112 feet below the surface (588 wells), well above the bottom: the typical well holds about 268 feet of water.

District boundary from TWDB's file current as of November 2019. Later changes are not shown.

New home wells per year

Drillers reported 51 new home wells in 2025, less than half the peak of 180 in 2006.

Domestic wells with a depth, by the year they were finished. 2026 is still in progress.

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Year	Wells
2002	28
2003	110
2004	146
2005	156
2006	180
2007	150
2008	136
2009	127
2010	103
2011	126
2012	125
2013	129
2014	124
2015	93
2016	76
2017	81
2018	65
2019	71
2020	82
2021	66
2022	77
2023	58
2024	66
2025	51
2026	35

Places with the most wells in the district

Place	Median depth (ft)	Middle half (ft)	Wells	Main layer
Ben Bolt	520	453–658	91	—
K-Bar Ranch	300	270–400	81	—
Hebbronville	320	320–340	79	—
Westdale	398	300–435	74	—
Loma Linda East	400	320–522	73	—
Coyote Acres	442	320–540	65	—
Orange Grove	300	280–400	65	—
Las Lomitas	320	320–340	62	—
Alice	500	440–542	58	—
Sandia	183	160–238	58	—
Alice Acres	500	441–552	47	—
Alfred	312	300–348	40	—

Counties

Depth over time

Home well depth in the district has not changed meaningfully in 20 years: the median was 400 feet in 2003 to 2007 and 380 feet in 2021 to 2025 (a difference under 10% or within the margin of error).

Period	Median depth (ft)	Wells
2001–2005	400	454
2006–2010	400	696
2011–2015	380	597
2016–2020	380	375
2021–2025	380	318
2026	340	35

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Common questions

How deep are wells in the Brush Country GCD?

What does a groundwater conservation district do?

In Texas, districts are the local authority over groundwater: they can require registration or permits for new wells, set spacing from other wells and property lines, and limit pumping. Each district writes its own rules, so ask the Brush Country Groundwater Conservation District before drilling inside it.

What a well costs here

At the median depth for the district (380 feet), a complete home well would cost roughly $12,000 to $29,500: $25 to $60 per foot for drilling, casing and seal, plus $2,500 to $6,500 for the pump, pressure tank, controls and hookup at the well. Across the whole middle half of depths (300 to 480 feet) the range runs from $10,000 to $35,500. This is TerraFunded's estimate from published Texas prices, not a quote, and it leaves out trenching and the line to the house. Get prices from at least two licensed drillers.

How these numbers are made

We count new and replacement domestic (home) wells whose coordinates fall inside the district boundary. We use the last 10 years when there are at least 30 wells; otherwise all since 2001. The median is the middle well and the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile.

These are depths of real wells drilled nearby, not a promise about any property. Groundwater can change over short distances and with drought. A licensed water well driller can tell you what to expect on a specific tract.

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How to cite

TerraFunded (2026). Texas Well Atlas: Underground. From Texas Water Development Board driller reports and groundwater availability models (data as of November 10, 2026). https://terrafunded.com/wells/districts/brush-country-groundwater-conservation-district. License CC BY 4.0. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24126380.