Water wells in the lower Trinity (Twin Mountains and Travis Peak), Parker County, Texas
Home water wells that draw from the lower Trinity (Twin Mountains and Travis Peak) in Parker County, Texas are typically 200 to 340 feet deep (median 240 ft, 2,527 wells drilled in the last 10 years). It accounts for 36% of the 7,036 county wells the state's model covers; the main layer is the upper Trinity (Paluxy and Glen Rose) (54%). They are about as deep as the county's median well (240 ft). In Parker 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: $8,500 to $21,000.
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 Parker County wells draw from
- Upper Trinity (Paluxy and Glen Rose) 54% · 3,795 wells
- Lower Trinity (Twin Mountains and Travis Peak) 36% · 2,527 wells
- Near or below the base of the Trinity 10% · 714 wells
Under Weatherford, Parker County
County home wells covered by the Northern Trinity and Woodbine model (in the last 10 years).
Digging in…
Home wells in Parker 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: Parker County
Green: aquifer mapped by the state
Key figures
- Typical depth (middle half)
- 200 to 340 feet
- Median depth
- 240 feet
- Deepest 10% are past
- 390 feet
- Water level (median)
- 120 feet
- 936 wells
- Yield (median)
- 15 gpm
- 1,894 wells, gallons per minute
- Wells used
- 2,527
- In the last 10 years
- Share of the county's wells
- 36%
- All years on file
- 3,925
- median 240 ft, since 2001
- Confidence
- Standard (30 or more wells)
When the wells were finished, the water stood a median 120 feet below the surface (936 wells).
Which layer Parker County wells draw from
- Upper Trinity (Paluxy and Glen Rose) 54% · 3,795 wells
- Lower Trinity (Twin Mountains and Travis Peak) 36% · 2,527 wells
- Near or below the base of the Trinity 10% · 714 wells
What this layer is
This group is the lower half of the Trinity in North and Central Texas, the Twin Mountains Formation in the north and the Travis Peak to the south: the Hensell sand, the Pearsall shale and limestone, and the Hosston sandstone and conglomerate at the bottom. The state's model draws three layers, each at least 30 feet thick. This atlas reports them together because the method cannot place a well in one of the three reliably. North and west of Fort Worth they are the lower part of the undivided Antlers Formation.
In Parker 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 lower Trinity (Twin Mountains and Travis Peak)
Depth over time
Home well depth in this layer in Parker County has not changed meaningfully in 20 years: the median was 235 feet in 2003 to 2007 and 240 feet in 2021 to 2025 (a difference under 10% or within the margin of error).
| Period | Median depth (ft) | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| 2001–2005 | 200 | 326 |
| 2006–2010 | 272 | 553 |
| 2011–2015 | 260 | 405 |
| 2016–2020 | 260 | 898 |
| 2021–2025 | 240 | 1,570 |
| 2026 | 260 | 173 |
Places in Parker County with wells in this layer
- Weatherford 30% of its wells
- Dennis 79% of its wells
- Western Lake 95% of its wells
- Peaster 30% of its wells
- Springtown 43% of its wells
- Briar 22% of its wells
- Horseshoe Bend 82% of its wells
- Reno 17% of its wells
- Fort Worth 3% of its wells
- Azle 6% of its wells
- Annetta 5% of its wells
- Annetta North 12% of its wells
- Hudson Oaks 13% of its wells
- Willow Park 11% of its wells
- Carter 3% of its wells
- Sanctuary 12% of its wells
- Annetta South 2% of its wells
- Cool 44% of its wells
Common questions
How deep is a well in the lower Trinity (Twin Mountains and Travis Peak) in Parker County?
Home water wells that draw from the lower Trinity (Twin Mountains and Travis Peak) in Parker County, Texas are typically 200 to 340 feet deep (median 240 ft, 2,527 wells drilled in the last 10 years).
How many Parker County wells draw from this layer?
It accounts for 36% of the 7,036 county wells the state's model covers; the main layer is the upper Trinity (Paluxy and Glen Rose) (54%). 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 120 feet below the surface (936 wells).
What a well costs here
At the median depth for this layer in Parker County (240 feet), a complete home well would cost roughly $8,500 to $21,000: $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 (200 to 340 feet) the range runs from $7,500 to $27,000. 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 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/parker-county/twin-mountains. 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)
- Hydrogeology and Documentation of the Northern Trinity and Woodbine Aquifer System Groundwater Availability Model (NTGAM). Ellis, J., Prieto-Estrada, A., Osborne, A., Deeds, N., White, J., and Keester, M. (INTERA Incorporated), for the North Texas Groundwater Conservation District and Groundwater Management Area 8, 2025, GAM v3.01. TWDB groundwater availability model.
- Ground elevation: Terrain Tiles (Mapzen), Registry of Open Data on AWS
- TWDB well report viewer (each well's official report)
