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

Home water wells inside the Pecan Valley Groundwater Conservation District (DeWitt County, Texas) are typically 149 to 240 feet deep (median 184 ft, 576 wells drilled in the last 10 years). Drillers reported 48 new home wells in 2025, less than half the peak of 141 in 2013. Estimated cost of a complete well at the median depth: $7,000 to $17,500.

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 Pecan Valley GCD

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

Home wells in and around the Pecan Valley 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): 149 to 240 feet
Median depth: 184 feet
Deepest 10% are past: 294 feet
Water level (median): 80 feet; 561 wells
Yield (median): 50 gpm; 568 wells, gallons per minute
Wells used: 576; In the last 10 years
Counties: 1
All years on file: 1,886; median 190 ft, since 2000
Confidence: Standard (30 or more wells)

When the wells were finished, the water stood a median 80 feet below the surface (561 wells), well above the bottom: the typical well holds about 104 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 48 new home wells in 2025, less than half the peak of 141 in 2013.

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

Show the data table

Year	Wells
2002	26
2003	58
2004	62
2005	105
2006	130
2007	75
2008	86
2009	61
2010	64
2011	101
2012	111
2013	141
2014	133
2015	99
2016	59
2017	51
2018	49
2019	58
2020	57
2021	60
2022	80
2023	67
2024	59
2025	48
2026	43

Places with the most wells in the district

Place	Median depth (ft)	Middle half (ft)	Wells	Main layer
Yorktown	178	155–235	84	—
Yoakum	201	138–264	81	Jasper and Catahoula, with the Burkeville
Cuero	200	164–230	41	—
Nordheim	242	194–344	34	—

Counties

DeWitt County

Depth over time

Home well depth in the district has not changed meaningfully in 20 years: the median was 186 feet in 2003 to 2007 and 190 feet in 2021 to 2025 (a difference under 10% or within the margin of error).

Period	Median depth (ft)	Wells
2001–2005	185	253
2006–2010	180	416
2011–2015	200	585
2016–2020	184	274
2021–2025	190	314
2026	183	43

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Common questions

How deep are wells in the Pecan Valley GCD?

Home water wells inside the Pecan Valley Groundwater Conservation District (DeWitt County, Texas) are typically 149 to 240 feet deep (median 184 ft, 576 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 Pecan Valley Groundwater Conservation District before drilling inside it.

What a well costs here

At the median depth for the district (184 feet), a complete home well would cost roughly $7,000 to $17,500: $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 (149 to 240 feet) the range runs from $6,000 to $21,000. 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/pecan-valley-groundwater-conservation-district. License CC BY 4.0. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24126380.