Water wells in the Lipan-Kickapoo Water 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 Lipan-Kickapoo Water Conservation District before drilling inside it.

Home water wells inside the Lipan-Kickapoo Water Conservation District (Tom Green, Runnels and Concho counties, Texas) are typically 100 to 170 feet deep (median 130 ft, 603 wells drilled in the last 10 years). Drillers reported 46 new home wells in 2025, less than half the peak of 141 in 2006. Estimated cost of a complete well at the median depth: $6,000 to $14,500.

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

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Under the center of the Lipan-Kickapoo WCD

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

Home wells in and around the Lipan-Kickapoo WCD

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): 100 to 170 feet
Median depth: 130 feet
Deepest 10% are past: 200 feet
Water level (median): 50 feet; 441 wells
Yield (median): 20 gpm; 437 wells, gallons per minute
Wells used: 603; In the last 10 years
Counties: 3
All years on file: 1,588; median 120 ft, since 2001
Confidence: Standard (30 or more wells)

When the wells were finished, the water stood a median 50 feet below the surface (441 wells), well above the bottom: the typical well holds about 80 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 46 new home wells in 2025, less than half the peak of 141 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	26
2003	78
2004	70
2005	69
2006	141
2007	49
2008	62
2009	82
2010	50
2011	74
2012	56
2013	79
2014	74
2015	36
2016	30
2017	50
2018	41
2019	49
2020	76
2021	67
2022	107
2023	81
2024	31
2025	46
2026	53

Places with the most wells in the district

Place	Median depth (ft)	Middle half (ft)	Wells	Main layer
San Angelo	80	50–115	203	—
Christoval	85	50–160	66	—
Carlsbad	100	80–107	60	—
Ballinger	80	60–104	54	—
Miles	152	120–180	50	—
Grape Creek	100	95–114	47	—
Winters	40	40–40	31	—
Rowena	120	100–120	20	—

Counties

Depth over time

Home well depth in the district has not changed meaningfully in 20 years: the median was 140 feet in 2003 to 2007 and 140 feet in 2021 to 2025 (a difference under 10% or within the margin of error).

Period	Median depth (ft)	Wells
2001–2005	120	254
2006–2010	126	384
2011–2015	105	319
2016–2020	120	246
2021–2025	140	332
2026	160	53

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Common questions

How deep are wells in the Lipan-Kickapoo WCD?

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 Lipan-Kickapoo Water Conservation District before drilling inside it.

What a well costs here

At the median depth for the district (130 feet), a complete home well would cost roughly $6,000 to $14,500: $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 (100 to 170 feet) the range runs from $5,000 to $16,500. 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/lipan-kickapoo-water-conservation-district. License CC BY 4.0. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24126380.