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Water wells in the Middle Trinity, Medina County, Texas

Home water wells that draw from the Middle Trinity in Medina County, Texas are typically 640 to 840 feet deep (median 730 ft, 113 wells drilled in the last 10 years). It is the county's main layer: 77% of the 146 wells the state's model covers. They run about 195 feet deeper than the county's median well (535 ft). Estimated cost of a complete well at the median depth: $21,000 to $50,500.

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 Medina CountyMiddle Trinity across Texas

Which layer Medina County wells draw from

  • Middle Trinity 77% · 113 wells
  • Lower Trinity 21% · 31 wells
  • Upper Trinity 1% · 2 wells
County home wells covered by the Hill Country Trinity model (in the last 10 years).

Home wells in Medina 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: Medina County

Key figures

Typical depth (middle half)
640 to 840 feet
Median depth
730 feet
Deepest 10% are past
950 feet
Water level (median)
322 feet
106 wells
Yield (median)
40 gpm
78 wells, gallons per minute
Wells used
113
In the last 10 years
Share of the county's wells
77%
All years on file
204
median 720 ft, since 2000
Confidence
Standard (30 or more wells)

When the wells were finished, the water stood a median 322 feet below the surface (106 wells), well above the bottom: the typical well holds about 408 feet of water.

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.

More about the Middle Trinity

Depth over time

Home well depth in this layer in Medina County has not changed meaningfully in 20 years: the median was 690 feet in 2003 to 2007 and 745 feet in 2021 to 2025 (a difference under 10% or within the margin of error).

PeriodMedian depth (ft)Wells
2001–200575834
2006–201062033
2011–201570519
2016–202071038
2021–202574572
2026under 10 wells7

Places in Medina County with wells in this layer

Common questions

How deep is a well in the Middle Trinity in Medina County?

Home water wells that draw from the Middle Trinity in Medina County, Texas are typically 640 to 840 feet deep (median 730 ft, 113 wells drilled in the last 10 years).

How many Medina County wells draw from this layer?

It is the county's main layer: 77% of the 146 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 322 feet below the surface (106 wells), well above the bottom: the typical well holds about 408 feet of water.

What a well costs here

At the median depth for this layer in Medina County (730 feet), a complete home well would cost roughly $21,000 to $50,500: $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 (640 to 840 feet) the range runs from $18,500 to $57,000. 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/medina-county/middle-trinity. License CC BY 4.0. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24126380.

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