Water wells in the Uvalde County 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 Uvalde County Underground Water Conservation District before drilling inside it.

Home water wells inside the Uvalde County Underground Water Conservation District (Uvalde County, Texas) vary a lot in depth: the middle half are 160 to 470 feet deep (median 300 ft, 404 wells drilled in the last 10 years), so look at the wells closest to the tract. Drillers reported 39 new home wells in 2025, less than half the peak of 94 in 2014. Estimated cost of a complete well at the median depth: $10,000 to $24,500.

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 Uvalde County UWCD

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

Home wells in and around the Uvalde County 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 470 feet
Median depth: 300 feet
Deepest 10% are past: 782 feet
Water level (median): 116 feet; 330 wells
Yield (median): 20 gpm; 362 wells, gallons per minute
Wells used: 404; In the last 10 years
Counties: 1
All years on file: 1,333; median 260 ft, since 2001
Confidence: Standard (30 or more wells)

When the wells were finished, the water stood a median 116 feet below the surface (330 wells), well above the bottom: the typical well holds about 184 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 39 new home wells in 2025, less than half the peak of 94 in 2014.

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

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Year	Wells
2002	34
2003	74
2004	54
2005	50
2006	61
2007	56
2008	61
2009	60
2010	58
2011	76
2012	76
2013	86
2014	94
2015	42
2016	27
2017	27
2018	39
2019	33
2020	56
2021	35
2022	47
2023	53
2024	44
2025	39
2026	29

Places with the most wells in the district

Place	Median depth (ft)	Middle half (ft)	Wells	Main layer
Uvalde	260	200–320	69	—
Sabinal	198	150–226	46	—
Uvalde Estates	222	151–356	46	—
Utopia	504	318–553	32	—
Knippa	500	370–561	24	—

Counties

Uvalde County

Depth over time

New home wells in the district are deeper than 20 years ago: the median went from 220 feet (2003 to 2007) to 300 feet (2021 to 2025), 36% 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	200	234
2006–2010	226	296
2011–2015	300	374
2016–2020	247	182
2021–2025	300	218
2026	300	29

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Common questions

How deep are wells in the Uvalde County UWCD?

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 Uvalde County Underground Water Conservation District before drilling inside it.

What a well costs here

At the median depth for the district (300 feet), a complete home well would cost roughly $10,000 to $24,500: $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 470 feet) the range runs from $6,500 to $34,500. 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/uvalde-county-underground-water-conservation-district. License CC BY 4.0. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24126380.