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Water wells in the upper Trinity (Paluxy and Glen Rose), Erath County, Texas

Home water wells that draw from the upper Trinity (Paluxy and Glen Rose) in Erath County, Texas are typically 132 to 159 feet deep (median 140 ft, 136 wells drilled in the last 10 years). It is a minor layer here: just 9% of the 1,529 wells the state's model covers; the main one is the lower Trinity (Twin Mountains and Travis Peak) (88%). They run about 235 feet shallower than the county's median well (375 ft). In Erath County the state maps the Trinity as one undivided unit, the Antlers Formation, so the split between upper and lower Trinity is approximate. 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.

All wells in Erath CountyUpper Trinity (Paluxy and Glen Rose) across Texas

Which layer Erath County wells draw from

Under Stephenville, Erath County

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

Home wells in Erath 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)

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Dark line: Erath County

Key figures

Typical depth (middle half)
132 to 159 feet
Median depth
140 feet
Deepest 10% are past
180 feet
Water level (median)
60 feet
115 wells
Yield (median)
20 gpm
125 wells, gallons per minute
Wells used
136
In the last 10 years
Share of the county's wells
9%
All years on file
321
median 138 ft, since 2001
Confidence
Standard (30 or more wells)

When the wells were finished, the water stood a median 60 feet below the surface (115 wells), well above the bottom: the typical well holds about 80 feet of water.

Which layer Erath County wells draw from

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

What this layer is

This group is the upper half of the Trinity in North and Central Texas: the Paluxy sand on top and the Glen Rose limestone and marl under it. The state's model draws them as two layers, but our check against the state's own aquifer codes shows the method cannot tell them apart reliably, so this atlas reports them together. North and west of Fort Worth the limestone gives way to sand and both become the upper part of the undivided Antlers Formation.

In Erath County the state maps the Trinity as one undivided unit, the Antlers Formation, so the split between upper and lower Trinity is approximate.

More about the upper Trinity (Paluxy and Glen Rose)

Depth over time

New home wells in this layer in Erath County are deeper than 20 years ago: the median went from 120 feet (2003 to 2007) to 140 feet (2021 to 2025), 17% more. Deeper wells do not always mean the water dropped: a driller may be going for another layer, better water or more reserve.

PeriodMedian depth (ft)Wells
2001–200512567
2006–201012066
2011–201513540
2016–202013858
2021–202514079
202614011

Places in Erath County with wells in this layer

Common questions

How deep is a well in the upper Trinity (Paluxy and Glen Rose) in Erath County?

Home water wells that draw from the upper Trinity (Paluxy and Glen Rose) in Erath County, Texas are typically 132 to 159 feet deep (median 140 ft, 136 wells drilled in the last 10 years).

How many Erath County wells draw from this layer?

It is a minor layer here: just 9% of the 1,529 wells the state's model covers; the main one is the lower Trinity (Twin Mountains and Travis Peak) (88%). For 95% of these wells the report says where the water enters (the screen or the open hole), and we use the middle of that interval.

How deep does the water stand?

When the wells were finished, the water stood a median 60 feet below the surface (115 wells), well above the bottom: the typical well holds about 80 feet of water.

What a well costs here

At the median depth for this layer in Erath County (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 (132 to 159 feet) the range runs from $6,000 to $16,000. 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 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.

For 95% of these wells the report says where the water enters (the screen or the open hole), and we use the middle of that interval.

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.
  • In this area, north and west of Fort Worth, the state maps the Trinity as one undivided unit, the Antlers Formation. The model cuts it into layers by depth; the split between upper and lower Trinity shown here is approximate, and the depth ranges are the solid part.
  • "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/erath-county/paluxy-glen-rose. License CC BY 4.0. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24126380.

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