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Water wells in the Middle Trinity, Travis County, Texas

Home water wells that draw from the Middle Trinity in Travis County, Texas vary a lot in depth: the middle half are 260 to 585 feet deep (median 325 ft, 90 wells drilled in the last 10 years), so look at the wells closest to the tract. It accounts for 10% of the 916 county wells the state's model covers; the main layer is the Lower Trinity (46%). They run about 120 feet shallower than the county's median well (445 ft). Estimated cost of a complete well at the median depth: $10,500 to $26,000.

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 Travis CountyMiddle Trinity across Texas

Which layer Travis County wells draw from

Under Austin, Travis County

County home wells covered by the Hill Country Trinity model (in the last 10 years).

Home wells in Travis 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: Travis County

Key figures

Typical depth (middle half)
260 to 585 feet
Median depth
325 feet
Deepest 10% are past
650 feet
Water level (median)
214 feet
50 wells
Yield (median)
30 gpm
82 wells, gallons per minute
Wells used
90
In the last 10 years
Share of the county's wells
10%
All years on file
263
median 310 ft, since 1992
Confidence
Standard (30 or more wells)

When the wells were finished, the water stood a median 214 feet below the surface (50 wells).

Which layer Travis County wells draw from

County home wells covered by the Hill Country Trinity model (in the last 10 years).

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

New home wells in this layer in Travis County are deeper than 20 years ago: the median went from 270 feet (2003 to 2007) to 340 feet (2021 to 2025), 26% 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
2001–200527057
2006–201028063
2011–201537142
2016–202032561
2021–202534033
2026under 10 wells6

Places in Travis County with wells in this layer

Common questions

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

Home water wells that draw from the Middle Trinity in Travis County, Texas vary a lot in depth: the middle half are 260 to 585 feet deep (median 325 ft, 90 wells drilled in the last 10 years), so look at the wells closest to the tract.

How many Travis County wells draw from this layer?

It accounts for 10% of the 916 county wells the state's model covers; the main layer is the Lower Trinity (46%). For 96% 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 214 feet below the surface (50 wells).

What a well costs here

At the median depth for this layer in Travis County (325 feet), a complete home well would cost roughly $10,500 to $26,000: $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 (260 to 585 feet) the range runs from $9,000 to $41,500. 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.

For 96% 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/travis-county/middle-trinity. License CC BY 4.0. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24126380.

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