Water wells in the Middle Trinity, Kendall County, Texas
Home water wells that draw from the Middle Trinity in Kendall County, Texas are typically 260 to 524 feet deep (median 380 ft, 904 wells drilled in the last 10 years). It is the county's main layer: 75% of the 1,214 wells the state's model covers. They are about as deep as the county's median well (413 ft). Estimated cost of a complete well at the median depth: $12,000 to $29,500.
Updated every day from Texas Water Development Board driller reports. Last update: November 11, 2026, using the state file of November 10, 2026.
Which layer Kendall County wells draw from
- Middle Trinity 75% · 904 wells
- Lower Trinity 22% · 264 wells
- Upper Trinity 3% · 32 wells
- Near or below the base of the Trinity 1% · 9 wells
- Edwards Group <1% · 5 wells
Under Boerne, Kendall County
County home wells covered by the Hill Country Trinity model (in the last 10 years).
Digging in…
Home wells in Kendall 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.
Well depth (ft)
- <100
- 100
- 200
- 300
- 400
- 600
- 800+
Dark line: Kendall County
Green: aquifer mapped by the state
Key figures
- Typical depth (middle half)
- 260 to 524 feet
- Median depth
- 380 feet
- Deepest 10% are past
- 686 feet
- Water level (median)
- 202 feet
- 623 wells
- Yield (median)
- 20 gpm
- 719 wells, gallons per minute
- Wells used
- 904
- In the last 10 years
- Share of the county's wells
- 75%
- All years on file
- 1,695
- median 360 ft, since 1995
- Confidence
- Standard (30 or more wells)
When the wells were finished, the water stood a median 202 feet below the surface (623 wells).
Which layer Kendall County wells draw from
- Middle Trinity 75% · 904 wells
- Lower Trinity 22% · 264 wells
- Upper Trinity 3% · 32 wells
- Near or below the base of the Trinity 1% · 9 wells
- Edwards Group <1% · 5 wells
What this layer is
The Middle Trinity groups the lower member of the Glen Rose Limestone, the Hensell Sand and the Cow Creek Limestone. It is the layer most Hill Country home wells are completed in. Under it, the Hammett Shale separates it from the Lower Trinity.
Checked against the state's own aquifer codes: where our method names this layer, the state agrees in 85% of 1,503 wells.
Depth over time
Home well depth in this layer in Kendall County has not changed meaningfully in 20 years: the median was 360 feet in 2003 to 2007 and 380 feet in 2021 to 2025 (a difference under 10% or within the margin of error).
| Period | Median depth (ft) | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| 2001–2005 | 360 | 234 |
| 2006–2010 | 376 | 279 |
| 2011–2015 | 309 | 200 |
| 2016–2020 | 380 | 454 |
| 2021–2025 | 380 | 487 |
| 2026 | 360 | 40 |
Places in Kendall County with wells in this layer
- Boerne 60% of its wells
- Fair Oaks Ranch 85% of its wells
- Comfort 55% of its wells
Common questions
How deep is a well in the Middle Trinity in Kendall County?
Home water wells that draw from the Middle Trinity in Kendall County, Texas are typically 260 to 524 feet deep (median 380 ft, 904 wells drilled in the last 10 years).
How many Kendall County wells draw from this layer?
It is the county's main layer: 75% of the 1,214 wells the state's model covers. For 99% 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 202 feet below the surface (623 wells).
What a well costs here
At the median depth for this layer in Kendall County (380 feet), a complete home well would cost roughly $12,000 to $29,500: $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 (260 to 524 feet) the range runs from $9,000 to $38,000. 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 99% 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 2,665 wells in the Texas Hill Country 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 76% of them, and that layer or the one next to it in at least 98%.
- The layers come from the Texas Water Development Board's Hill Country Trinity model, with 1 mile cells. 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.
- "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/kendall-county/middle-trinity. License CC BY 4.0. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24126380.
Sources
- Submitted Driller's Reports database, Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) (file of November 10, 2026)
- Groundwater Availability Model for the Hill Country portion of the Trinity Aquifer System, Texas. Jones, I.C., Anaya, R., and Wade, S.C., Texas Water Development Board, 2009, GAM v2.01 (MODFLOW-96). TWDB groundwater availability model.
- Ground elevation: Terrain Tiles (Mapzen), Registry of Open Data on AWS
- TWDB well report viewer (each well's official report)
