Water wells in the Live Oak Underground 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 Live Oak Underground Water Conservation District before drilling inside it.

Home water wells inside the Live Oak Underground Water Conservation District (Live Oak County, Texas) are typically 160 to 365 feet deep (median 250 ft, 276 wells drilled in the last 10 years). Drillers reported 21 new home wells in 2025, less than half the peak of 84 in 2005. Estimated cost of a complete well at the median depth: $9,000 to $21,500.

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 Live Oak UWCD

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

Home wells in and around the Live Oak UWCD

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): 160 to 365 feet
Median depth: 250 feet
Deepest 10% are past: 524 feet
Water level (median): 79 feet; 262 wells
Yield (median): 40 gpm; 254 wells, gallons per minute
Wells used: 276; In the last 10 years
Counties: 1
All years on file: 984; median 240 ft, since 2002
Confidence: Standard (30 or more wells)

When the wells were finished, the water stood a median 79 feet below the surface (262 wells), well above the bottom: the typical well holds about 171 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 21 new home wells in 2025, less than half the peak of 84 in 2005.

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

Show the data table

Year	Wells
2002	4
2003	44
2004	76
2005	84
2006	77
2007	61
2008	60
2009	27
2010	34
2011	30
2012	43
2013	44
2014	31
2015	50
2016	48
2017	33
2018	30
2019	33
2020	34
2021	34
2022	17
2023	20
2024	35
2025	21
2026	14

Places with the most wells in the district

Place	Median depth (ft)	Middle half (ft)	Wells	Main layer
George West	309	248–345	64	—

Counties

Live Oak County

Depth over time

Home well depth in the district has not changed meaningfully in 20 years: the median was 226 feet in 2003 to 2007 and 265 feet in 2021 to 2025 (a difference under 10% or within the margin of error).

Period	Median depth (ft)	Wells
2001–2005	230	208
2006–2010	220	259
2011–2015	252	198
2016–2020	244	178
2021–2025	265	127
2026	325	14

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Common questions

How deep are wells in the Live Oak UWCD?

Home water wells inside the Live Oak Underground Water Conservation District (Live Oak County, Texas) are typically 160 to 365 feet deep (median 250 ft, 276 wells drilled in the last 10 years).

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 Live Oak Underground Water Conservation District before drilling inside it.

What a well costs here

At the median depth for the district (250 feet), a complete home well would cost roughly $9,000 to $21,500: $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 (160 to 365 feet) the range runs from $6,500 to $28,500. 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/live-oak-underground-water-conservation-district. License CC BY 4.0. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24126380.