Water wells in the Mesquite 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 Mesquite Groundwater Conservation District before drilling inside it.

Home water wells inside the Mesquite Groundwater Conservation District (Collingsworth, Hall and Childress counties, Texas) are typically 100 to 167 feet deep (median 140 ft, 118 wells drilled in the last 10 years). Drillers reported 9 new home wells in 2025, less than half the peak of 23 in 2006. Estimated cost of a complete well at the median depth: $6,000 to $15,000.

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 Mesquite GCD

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

Home wells in and around the Mesquite 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): 100 to 167 feet
Median depth: 140 feet
Deepest 10% are past: 201 feet
Water level (median): 52 feet; 95 wells
Yield (median): 10 gpm; 81 wells, gallons per minute
Wells used: 118; In the last 10 years
Counties: 3
All years on file: 266; median 126 ft, since 2002
Confidence: Standard (30 or more wells)

When the wells were finished, the water stood a median 52 feet below the surface (95 wells), well above the bottom: the typical well holds about 88 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 9 new home wells in 2025, less than half the peak of 23 in 2006.

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	7
2004	10
2005	7
2006	23
2007	11
2008	10
2009	14
2010	6
2011	7
2012	10
2013	16
2014	14
2015	7
2016	2
2017	5
2018	16
2019	7
2020	15
2021	17
2022	12
2023	13
2024	14
2025	9
2026	10

Places with the most wells in the district

Place	Median depth (ft)	Middle half (ft)	Wells	Main layer
Quail	105	99–135	12	—
Wellington	100	80–104	10	—

Counties

Depth over time

New home wells in the district are deeper than 20 years ago: the median went from 118 feet (2003 to 2007) to 144 feet (2021 to 2025), 23% more. Deeper wells do not always mean the water dropped: a driller may be going for another layer, better water or more reserve.

Period	Median depth (ft)	Wells
2001–2005	110	28
2006–2010	108	64
2011–2015	130	54
2016–2020	140	45
2021–2025	144	65
2026	107	10

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Common questions

How deep are wells in the Mesquite 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 Mesquite Groundwater Conservation District before drilling inside it.

What a well costs here

At the median depth for the district (140 feet), a complete home well would cost roughly $6,000 to $15,000: $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 167 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/mesquite-groundwater-conservation-district. License CC BY 4.0. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24126380.