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Water wells in the Washita and Fredericksburg groups, Ellis County, Texas

Home water wells that draw from the Washita and Fredericksburg groups in Ellis County, Texas vary a lot in depth: the middle half are 380 to 780 feet deep (median 440 ft, 65 wells reported since 2001), so look at the wells closest to the tract. It accounts for 13% of the 157 county wells the state's model covers; the main layer is the Woodbine Aquifer (62%). They are about as deep as the county's median well (420 ft). Estimated cost of a complete well at the median depth: $13,500 to $33,000.

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

All wells in Ellis CountyWashita and Fredericksburg across Texas

Which layer Ellis County wells draw from

  • Woodbine 62% · 98 wells
  • Above the Woodbine 24% · 38 wells
  • At or just below the base of the Woodbine (Washita and Fredericksburg) 13% · 20 wells
  • Upper Trinity (Paluxy and Glen Rose) 1% · 1 wells

Under Midlothian, Ellis County

County home wells covered by the Northern Trinity and Woodbine model (in the last 10 years).

Home wells in Ellis County

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)

  • <100
  • 100
  • 200
  • 300
  • 400
  • 600
  • 800+

Dark line: Ellis County

Key figures

Typical depth (middle half)
380 to 780 feet
Median depth
440 feet
Deepest 10% are past
918 feet
Water level (median)
288 feet
60 wells
Yield (median)
15 gpm
63 wells, gallons per minute
Wells used
65
Since 2001
Share of the county's wells
13%
All years on file
65
median 440 ft, since 2003
Confidence
Standard (30 or more wells)

When the wells were finished, the water stood a median 288 feet below the surface (60 wells).

Which layer Ellis County wells draw from

  • Woodbine 62% · 98 wells
  • Above the Woodbine 24% · 38 wells
  • At or just below the base of the Woodbine (Washita and Fredericksburg) 13% · 20 wells
  • Upper Trinity (Paluxy and Glen Rose) 1% · 1 wells
County home wells covered by the Northern Trinity and Woodbine model (in the last 10 years).

What this layer is

The Washita and Fredericksburg groups are limestone, marl and clay between the Woodbine and the Trinity (Georgetown, Duck Creek, Kiamichi, Edwards, Comanche Peak and Walnut, among others). In Williamson, Bell and Travis counties the model's layer includes part of the Edwards limestone of the Balcones Fault Zone, but this page describes the model layer as a whole, not that aquifer.

More about the Washita and Fredericksburg groups

Depth over time

There are not enough wells in both 2003 to 2007 and 2021 to 2025 (at least 30 in each) to say with confidence whether wells in this layer in Ellis County are getting deeper. For reference, the median was 380 feet in 2001 to 2005 (15 wells) and 870 feet in 2021 to 2025 (19 wells).

PeriodMedian depth (ft)Wells
2001–200538015
2006–201042818
2011–201551210
2016–2020under 10 wells3
2021–202587019

Places in Ellis County with wells in this layer

Common questions

How deep is a well in the Washita and Fredericksburg groups in Ellis County?

Home water wells that draw from the Washita and Fredericksburg groups in Ellis County, Texas vary a lot in depth: the middle half are 380 to 780 feet deep (median 440 ft, 65 wells reported since 2001), so look at the wells closest to the tract.

How many Ellis County wells draw from this layer?

It accounts for 13% of the 157 county wells the state's model covers; the main layer is the Woodbine Aquifer (62%). Only 23% of these wells have the water-bearing interval on their report (reports before about 2012 rarely do). For the others we use the bottom of the hole, which tends to read one layer deeper than where the water actually comes from.

How deep does the water stand?

When the wells were finished, the water stood a median 288 feet below the surface (60 wells).

What a well costs here

At the median depth for this layer in Ellis County (440 feet), a complete home well would cost roughly $13,500 to $33,000: $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 (380 to 780 feet) the range runs from $12,000 to $53,500. 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 with a valid depth on their report. 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.

To tell which layer a well draws from, we take the ground elevation at its location, subtract the depth of the interval where water enters (or the bottom of the hole when the report does not give one) and see which layer of the state's model that point falls in.

Only 23% of these wells have the water-bearing interval on their report (reports before about 2012 rarely do). For the others we use the bottom of the hole, which tends to read one layer deeper than where the water actually comes from.

How well it works: In 7,977 wells in the area of the state's Northern Trinity and Woodbine model (North and Central Texas) where the State of Texas recorded the aquifer, our estimate of the formation the well draws from names the same layer of the state's model in about 74% of them, and that layer or the one next to it in at least 95%; among the 3,130 of those wells that the state places in a Trinity layer (Paluxy to Hosston) it is about 56%.

  • The layers come from the Texas Water Development Board's Northern Trinity and Woodbine model, with quarter mile cells, summarized here to about 1.3 miles. It is a regional model, not a survey of any lot: between one model point and the next, the real depth of each layer can differ.
  • In this model every layer is at least 30 feet thick, even where the real rock is thinner or missing. Thin layers and the edges of the model are approximate.
  • Inside the Trinity this atlas does not name single model layers: it groups the Paluxy and Glen Rose (upper Trinity) and groups the Hensell, Pearsall and Hosston (lower Trinity, Twin Mountains and Travis Peak), because the check against the state's codes shows the method cannot separate them reliably.
  • "Near or below the base of the Trinity" means the well reaches the bottom of the model or passes it, often by tens of feet. Older rock that the model does not include may lie there.
  • We never use the model's water levels. The water level on this page is the one each driller measured when the well was finished.

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.

Read the full methodology · Download the data (CSV, CC BY 4.0)

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/ellis-county/washita-fredericksburg. License CC BY 4.0. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24126380.

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