Ground-Water *$$%£"* 

Resources of 

Liberty County 

Texas

With a section on Stream Runoff

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1079-A

Prepared in cooperation with the Texas 

State Board of W^ater Engineers
Ground-Water 

Resources of 

Liberty County 

Texas

By W. H. ALEXANDER, JR.

With a section on Stream Runoff, by S. D. BREEDING

CONTRIBUTIONS TO HYDROLOGY OF THE UNITED STATES, 1945-47

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1079-A

Prepared in cooperation with the Texas 

State Board of W^ater Engineers

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1950
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

W. E. Wrather, Director

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office 

Washington 25, D. C. - Price 40 cents (paper cover)
CONTENTS

Abstract _____________________________________________________ 1

Introduction._ ____________________________________________________ 2

Location and extent of the area_________________________________ 2

Economic development_________________________________________ 3

Precipitation._________________________________________________ 3

Acknowledgments- ____________________________________________ 4

General principles of the occurrence and movement of ground water. _ __ _ 5

Geologic formations and their water-bearing properties.________________ 7

Miocene and Pliocene series___________________________________ 8

Oakville sandstone and Lagarto clay.________________________ 8

Willis sand (and Goliad sand?)______________________________ 8

Pleistocene and Recent series. __________________________________ 11

Lissie formation ___________________________________________ 11

Beaumont clay____________________________________________ 11

Alluvial deposits_________________________________________ 12

Present development of water supplies from wells______________________ 12

Northwestern part of the county, Cleveland-Hightower area________ 12

Northeastern part of the county, Romayor-Rayburn area___________ 13

Southwestern part of the county, Dayton area____________________ 14

South-central part of the county, Liberty, Moss Bluff, Ray wood, and

Daisetta areas_________-__^_____________-____________________ 15

Southeastern part of the county, Devers area. ____________________ 16

Estimated withdrawal of ground water.______________________________ 17

Temperature of ground water.______________________________________ 17

Surface water supply__________-______________________-_-_---___---- 19

Stream runoff, by S. D. Breeding..______________________________ 19

Quality of water of Trinity River in Liberty County.v.___._________ 21

Well records.__________________________._____________. 22

Well logs.________-_-_-_-_--_--_-_-_______-_______.--____ 40

Water analyses.___________________________________________________ 56

Index 61

ILLUSTRATIONS

Page 

PLATE 1. Map of Liberty County, Tex., showing location of water wells

and springs._____________________-____--_____-_-_--- In pocket

FIGURE 1. Geologic map of Liberty County and adjacent territory, Tex___ 7

2. Geologic cross section A-A', Liberty County, Tex___________ 9

3. Geologic cross section B-B', Liberty County, Tex_ ________ 10

4. Relation of temperature of water to depth of screen in 19

pumped or flowing wells in Liberty County, Tex___________ 18

m
IV CONTENTS

TABLES

Page 

TABLE 1. Precipitation extremes, by years, 1904-44, at Liberty, Tex_____ 3

2. Precipitation, in inches, 1903 to 1944, at Liberty, Tex_________ 4

3. Chemical content of ground water in Devers area_____________ 17

4. Estimated average daily withdrawal of ground water in Liberty

County in 1944_______________._._.__________ 17

5. Runoff, in acre-feet, of streams in Liberty County, Tex______ 20

6. Records of wells and springs in Liberty County, Tex__________ 22

7. Drillers'logs, Liberty County, Tex_______________________-_ 40

8. Partial analyses of water from wells and springs in Liberty

County, Tex___.._______-________-------__-__-__________ 56
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HYDROLOGY OF THE 

UNITED STATES, 1945-47

GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF LIBERTY 

COUNTY, TEX.

BY W. H. ALEXANDER, JR.

ABSTRACT

Liberty County is in the Gulf Coastal Plain of southeastern Texas in the second 

tier of counties back from the Gulf.

The geologic formations discussed in this report in upward sequence consist of 

the Oakville sandstone of Miocene age and the Lagarto clay of Miocene (?) age, 

the Willis sand of Pliocene (?) age, and the Lissie formation and Beaumont clay 

of Pleistocene age. The rocks of these formations crop out in belts roughly 

parallel to the Gulf shore and dip southeastward. As one travels across San 

Jacinto and Liberty Counties from northwest to southeast the belts of outcrop are 

traversed in the above order, beginning with the Oakville sandstone and Lagarto 

clay.

The land surface slopes southeastward toward the Gulf at a rate less than the 

dip of the rocks; consequently artesian conditions exist in all parts of the county. 

The valley of the Trinity River is well known for its flowing wells, which range 

from 100 to 808 feet in depth.

Most of the ground water used in the county is obtained from wells ranging in 

depth from 350 to about 1,000 feet and is drawn from the Lissie formation. Wells 

yielding 1,000 to 3,500 gallons a minute and ranging from 740 to 1,030 feet in 

depth have been developed for rice irrigation in the North Dayton area, in th6 

southwestern part of the county. These wells draw water mostly from sands in 

the Lissie formation, but most of them are also screened in overlying thinner sands 

in the Beaumont clay. The municipal water supplies of Liberty, Cleveland, 

Dayton, and Diasetta are obtained from wells ranging from 350 to 833 feet in 

depth with reported yields of 300 to 350 gallons a minute.

Most of the wells in the rural areas are less than 50 feet in depth and furnish 

small supplies of water for domestic use and for stock. Such supplies can be 

obtained almost anywhere in the county from shallow wells in the Lissie and 

Beaumont formations or in alluvial deposits.

The average daily withdrawal of ground water for irrigation, public supply, and 

industrial use is estimated to have been about 7,500,000 gallons in 1944, distributed 

as follows: irrigation, 6,780,000 gallons; public supply, 325,000 gallons; and 

industrial use, 395,000 gallons.

1
2 CONTRIBUTIONS TO HYDROLOGY, 1945-47

As shown by analyses of water from 145 wells and springs, the chemical character 

of the ground water varies materially in different localities and in different wells in 

the same locality. In general the water is relatively low in total dissolved solids 

but somewhat hard. Beds containing comparatively fresh water extend to depths 

exceeding 1,000 feet in the northern and central parts of the county and to a few 

hundred feet in the extreme southern part, according to estimates based on 

electrical logs of 8 oil tests. These logs are shown in cross sections A-A' in figure 

2 and B-B' in figure 3 and extend across the county from northwest to southeast.

Abundant-supplies of surface water are available in Liberty County from the 

Trinity River and other streams within the county, but storage will have to be 

provided if large continuous supplies of water are obtained.

According to daily tests of water from the Trinity River from October 1941 to 

September 1942 and from January to September 1944, the total dissolved solids 

exceeded 500 parts per million on only 11 days during the 21 months of study and 

was less than 250 parts per million more than a fourth of that time; the hardness 

exceeded 100 parts per million most of the time.

INTRODUCTION

LOCATION AND EXTENT OF THE AREA

Liberty County is a part of the Coastal Plain in southeastern Texas, 

and the south boundary of the county is 25 to 40 miles from the Gulf 

coast. It is bounded on the west by Harris and Montgomery Counties, 

on the north by San Jacinto and Polk Counties, on the east by Hardin 

and Jefferson Counties, and on the south by Chambers County. The 

land surface is level to gently rolling except in areas bordering the 

valleys of the Trinity River and the East Fork San Jacinto River, 

-where it has been eroded into small hills. The minimum altitude is 

about 5 feet above sea level, on the flood plain of the Trinity River 

at the southern boundary of the county, and the maximum altitude is 

about 170 feet, near Cleveland in the northwestern part of the county. 

The Trinity River crosses the county from north to south in a broad 

valley 4 to 8 miles wide and 25 to 50 feet below the general level. 

The county has an area of 1,160 square miles and in 1940, according to 

the United States Bureau of the Census, had a population of 24,541, an 

average of 21 persons per square mile. The principal towns and their 

population in 1940 were: Liberty (county seat), 3,087; Daisetta, 

2,000; Cleveland, 1,783; Dayton, 1,279; and Hull, 1,000.
RESOURCES OP- .LIBERTY CQWTY, TEX.

EOONOMIO DEVELOPMENT

The economic development of Liberty County is diversified. The 

county ranks high as a producer of oil. During the year ending 

August 31, 1942, a total of 5,258,800 barrels was produced, according 

to the Texas Almanac for 1942-44, published by the Dallas News. 

The total production in the county from 1918 to 1940, inclusive, was 

129,640,000 barrels. 1 Other mineral resources are natural gas, sulfur, 

sand, and gravel. Considerable timber is cut commercially, especially 

in the northern part of the county. Agriculture is diversified, the most 

important crops being rice and cotton. Beef cattle and hogs are the 

major livestock products, but some sheep and goats are raised. 

Dairying is also an important industry.

PRECIPITATION

According to records of the United States Weather Bureau the 

average annual precipitation at Liberty during the years 1904 to 1944 

was 51.05 inches. Table 1 gives the precipitation for some of the 

wettest and driest years.

TABLE 1. Precipitation extremes, by years, 1904-44, <d Liberty, Tex.

Highest

Year

1914 ___ ....__......_._

1919 _ .____......_._.__

1923__._. .__...._..._.._

1926 _ _________________

1941 _ ...._.__.....__..

1944 _ ........_..._....

Inches

68.64

85.08

71.56

62.13

65.27

63. 74

Lowest

Year

1904.... _._.._. _________

1909______-______-__--._

1916______-_________-___

1Q17

1924 ___________________

1936____-_--____-_------

Inches

30.15

39.36

34.88

29.82

33.99

39.61

Table 2 gives the United States Weather Bureau records of precipitation, by months, at Liberty, Tex., 1903-44.

1 Leavenworth, P. B., Oil and gas production in the Texas Gulf Coast during 1940: Am. Inst. Min. Met. 

Eng., Petroleum Development and Technology, pp. 440-458,1941.
TO HtmoLOGir, 1945-47

TABLE 2. Precipitation, in inches, 1903 to 1944, at Liberty, Tex.

Year

1903... _ . ....

1904 

1905.. ... ......

1906.-.- .-....

1907 

1908 

1909 

1910 ..

1911 .

1912 . ...

1913 

1914 

1915 

1916 

1917 - ..

1918 

1919 ....

1920 

1921-- -. __ .

1922 

1933 

1924..... .. __

1925 

1926 

1927 

1928 

1929 

1930 

1931 

1932 

1933. - .

1934 .-.

1935 

1936 -.

1937 .

1938 

1939. _ ...

1940 

1941 .

1942 

1943-.. _ ...

1944 _ ..... ......

Jan.

0.08

2.60

1.40

.61

3.65

2.46

.35

1.31

5.67

1.34

3.44

3.39

2.12

1.41

7.60

6.22

4.22

6.31

2.59

5.34

4.86

6.25

1.33

1.24

5.65

6.42

5.06

7.78

10.08

3.34

1.40

5.79

6.11

10.73

1.42

2.59

3.59

4.20

8.73

Feb.

2.20

5.09

2.11

8.00

1.88

2.72

2.98

4.42

3.47

4.38

.18

2.08

2.47

4.62

2.05

1.12

3.27

5.71

4.77

1.00

1.68

2.99-

4.43

2.72

3.63

7.09

4.24

4.10

4.56

3.34

3.72

2.42

3.92

4.06

3.86

2.93

3.05

.55

2.19

Mar.

0.07

9.95

1.85

2.70

2.35

.67

.94

3.98

4.65

2.28

6.30

3.16

2.72

3.79

5.02

2.24

3.65

7.44

5.74

2.47

1.49

2.80

].87

3.25

2.07

4.65

1.24

2.88

6.79

4.66

.99

9.18

2.63

1.14

1.54

5.28

3.00

3.64

7.71

Apr.

5.70

4.60

3.30

2.65

9.50

1.85

2.19

5.44

3.93

3.30

2.27

4.28

5.55

1.63

.33

5.72

4.93

3.81

.66

5.00

4.53

.64

3.02

1.91

1.93

6.01

4.71

2.29

.32

2.30

2.73

4.95

1.14

.76

May

4.00

4.65

.80

18. JO

4.30

5.02

6.28

5.08

3.43

14.88

1.65

7.69

2.66

.81

10.31

6.25

2.22

5.58

7.33

4.42

.63

2.72

7.03

13.18

6.50

2.28

3.38

2.98

1.31

4.18

8.81

7.93

2.72

2.20

7.06

3.29

7.00

13.42

June

4.50

6.85

.59

2.20

5.95

7.01

4.66

3.83

6.39

2.39

2.14

.37

1.08

.13

3.97

15.66

6.19

4.97

7.24

5.77

3.08

4.39

9.32

11.78

1.91

2.50

1.00

4.38

2.41

.97

6.76

.39

5.83

6.90

1.77

4.42

8.94

6.82

2.82

1.80

July

2.50

3.60

5.60

1.45

4.10

5.17

7.42

8.93

3.90

.65

1.23

4.80

4.09

5.88

1.17

6.36

3.24

5.34

5.39

3.66

.93

3.14

4.23

2.03

2.66

3.95

1.72

4.42

1.23

15.04

2.24

5.62

6.55

2.22

4.95

8.20

2.03

4.81

7.33

16.40

2.01

Aug.

2.85

1.10

2.10

3.03

3.66

2.29

1.95

2.54

5.50

4.85

9.28

22.70

4.12

3.96

2.66

6.60

9.64

.56

1.51

5.13

2.24

3.79

3.25

3.67

.57

2.58

3.19

6.88

2.42

3.36

1.84

1.24

5.17

1.89

2.49

6.68

.97

7.45

1.24

8.59

Sept.

2.00

.40

7.63

5.75

6.32

.60

2.77

1.68

1.16

8.49

3.19

1.48

5.73

.81

3.21

4.39

1.18

5.71

1.46

4.42

1.16

3.15

5.47

5.06

3.53

2.60

3.35

1.39

1.81

3.63

7.41

7.28

2.16

6.05

4.22

2.25

.83

12.62

5.11

4.89

1.91

Oct.

1.96

1.70

2.65

10.65

6.85

2.24

8.25

4.27

2.82

1.22

9.13

1.84

2.60

.32

2.31

5.12

16.76

9.87

1.12

1.25

4.41

Trace

10.51

5.60

6.89

3.15

1.92

8.72

1.18

1.42

1.57

.69

2.74

2.45

6.79

1.23

.71

4.84

8.99

3.22

.70

1.66

Nov.

0

1.65

4.70

.75

6.75

1.66

2.51

.82

2.24

1.41

4.28

10.93

3.45

2.04

.92

6.36

3.29

4.08

1.04

7.14

3.71

1.58

12.67

2.01

2.05

6.66

10.21

3.28

4.58

2.51

.63

6.04

4.06

2.72

1.97

4.03

3.38

10.33

2.04

2.18

6.79

5.93

Dec.

1.60

2.90

5.10

4.30

4.80

1.31

4.11

6.06

14.10

11.79

5.13

10.13

6.30

3.97

1.95

4.89

2.84

3.99

7.19

4.48

14.03

4.19

2.44

3.98

7.90

3.52

2.78

5.36

7. 11

6.09

3.30

3.69

10.85

6.89

5.58

2.63

3.21

10.37

2.24

2.55

4.80

9.03

Annual

30.15

51.29

41.47

57.00

53.04

39.36

42.54

52.11

53.85

56.16

68.64

57.63

34.88

29.82

41.41

85.08

55.28

42.86

56.00

71 .56

33.99

48.73

62.13

50.55

50.00

53.27

46. 77

44.98

42.87

53.15

59.38

39.61

51.52

48.74

43.39

53.47

65. 27

56.09

54.17

63.74

Average annual precipitation.. ____ ___ 51.05

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The writer is indebted to many persons who have contributed 

information for this report. The representatives of several oil 

companies, city officials of Liberty, Cleveland, and Dayton, and waterwell drilling contractors furnished well logs and other important well 

data.

The work was done under the general direction of W. N. White, 

engineer in charge of ground-water investigations in Texas.

The water analyses were made under the supervision of W. W. 

Hastings, chemist of the quality of water branch of the Geological
OF LIBERTY ^QITY, TEX.

Survey. The results of the analyses, which relate to the mineral 

constituents in the water amj not to its sanitary character, are shown 

in parts per million in table 8.

GENERAL, PRINCIPLES OP THE OCCURRENCE AND 

MOVEMENT OF GROUND WATER

For discussion qf the fundamental principles of the occurrence and 

movement of ground water the reader is referred to papers by Meinzer 

and Wenzel. 2

Ground water is derived chiefly from water that falls as rain and 

snow. A part of the precipitation runs off in streams, a part is returned to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration of trees 

and other plants, and a part sinks to the zone of saturation, in which 

all the interstitial openings of the rocks are filled with water.

In most places ground water is slowly but steadily moving under the 

influence of gravity from areas of intake to areas of discharge. In the 

more permeable rocks, such as coarse sand, gravel, and porous limestone, the water moves with comparative freedom, although the 

movement is very slow compared to the flow of a stream. Such rocks 

are capable of yielding abundant supplies of water to wells. In, less 

permeable rocks, such as shale or clay, molecular attraction and surface tension retard the movement of the water, which may be almost 

infinitely slow. Such rocks yield little or no water to wells.

On the outcrop of water-bearing beds the water is usually unconfined and does not rise in wells above the water table, which is the 

upper surface of the zone of saturation and the level at which the 

water is first encountered.

The water table is not a level surface but usually slopes from areas 

of ground-water intake toward areas of ground-water discharge. In 

some places the land surface is lower than the water table in adjacent 

areas, and in such localities some of the ground water emerges as 

springs. In some localities perched water accumulates above the 

main zone of saturation, especially during the winter and spring, when 

the rates of evaporation and transpiration are low. Such supplies are 

usually small and are not dependable.

In areas down the dip of the water-bearing beds where the rocks are 

under cover and inclined between relatively impermeable strata the 

water usually is under artesian pressure and will rise in wells above the 

level at which it is first encountered. If the altitude to which the 

water will rise is greater than the altitude of the land surface, flowing 

wells may be obtained.

* Meinzer, O. E., The occurrence of ground water in the United States: U. S. Geol. Survey Water-Supply 

Paper 489, 1923; Outline oi methods for estimating ground-water supplies: U. S. Geol. Purvey Water-Supply 

Paper 638-rC, p,p, 99 145, 1931. Wenzel, L. K., Method for determining permeability of wa.ter-hearin£ 

materials: IT. S. Geol. Survey Water-Supply Paper 887, 1942. Meinzer, O. K, and Wenzel, L. K., Physic? 

of the earth, vol. 9, Hydrology, pp. 385-478, McGraw Hill,' New York; 1942.
6 CONTRIBUTIONS TO HYDROLOGY, 1945-47

The rocks underlying Liberty County to depths of at least 2,000 

feet consist chiefly of clays and shales interbedded with sands. The 

beds are inclined, the dip being toward the Gulf of Mexico. The 

general slope of the land surface is also toward the southeast. Hence 

artesian conditions occur in all parts of the county. The valley of 

the Trinity River is well known for its flowing water wells, which range 

from 100 to 808 feet in depth. On the upland only the deeper wells 

flow, the shallowest flowing well being about 1,200 feet.

Most wells are subject to water-level fluctuations of varying magnitude. These fluctuations are due to many different causes, but most 

of them are a manifestation of a change in the ratio between the rate 

of ground-water intake or recharge and the rate of loss or discharge. 

Most water-table wells are supplied in part from intake areas close at 

hand and respond with a moderate lag to changes in rainfall. In very 

shallow wells the water level may rise several feet after heavy rains 

and decline until the wells go dry during prolonged droughts. Artesian wells that draw from sand or sandstone and at considerable distances from the outcrops of the water-bearing beds seldom are affected 

by seasonal or yearly changes in rainfall, although they may respond 

to the effect of a series of wet or dry years. Fluctuations in pressure 

in such wells and accompanying rise and fall in water levels are usually 

due to withdrawals of ground-water from the well itself or from other 

wells.

When a well is pumped the water level in the well drops, and a 

hydraulic gradient is developed toward the well from all directions. 

It is this hydraulic gradient that causes water to flow toward the well. 

Within limits the amount of water that will enter a well varies directly 

with the amount the water level is lowered. For example, if a pumped 

well in fairly permeable material will yield 50 gallons a minute when 

the water level is lowered 10 feet, it will yield about 100 gallons a 

minute when the water level is lowered 20 feet. This ratio between 

the drawdown and the yield of the well is called the specific capacity 

and is expressed as yield in gallons a minute per foot of drawdown. 

The ratio is a very useful gage of the productivity of a well.

Heavy withdrawals of ground water are sure to be accompanied 

by a general lowering of the water table or artesian pressure, a cone 

of depression gradually spreading out in all directions from the center 

of pumpage until large areas may be affected. However, this is 

usually considered not very serious unless the rate of decline persists 

without a corresponding increase in the rate of pumping or the trend 

is such as to indicate that the pumping lift may eventually exceed the 

economic limit. In some areas beds carrying fresh water are overlain 

by beds carrying salty water, and excessive pumping may lead to the 

invasion of salt water into the wells.
GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF LIBERTY COUNTTT, TEX.

GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS AND THEIR WATER-BEARING

PROPERTIES

With the exception of Recent alluvial deposits along the Trinity 

River and one small area of Willis sand in the northwestern corner of 

the county, the rocks that crop out in Liberty County are of Pleistoene 

age and belong to the Lissie formation and Beaumont clay. (See 

fig. 1.) These rocks are underlain in downward succession by the

Geology ond base tram U,S Geological Survey mop of Texas 

EXPLANATION

Alluvium 

Seaumant cloy 

Lissie formation

Willis sand 

(and Goliad sand?)

Lagarto clay and ' OokvMIe sandstone

FIGUBE. 1. Geologic map of Liberty County and adjacent territory, Texas.
8 CONTRIBUTIONS TO HYDROLOGY, 1945-47

Willis sand (and possibly by the Goliad sand), Lagarto clay, and 

Oakville sandstone, Catahoula sandstone, and older rocks. On the 

Geological Survey map of Texas the Oakville sandstone and Lagarto 

clay have not been differentiated east of the Brazos River and are 

considered in this report as though they were one unit. The rocks 

of these formations crop out in Montgomery, San Jacinto, and Polk 

Counties, and a part of the outcrop area is shown on the geologic 

map (fig. 1). The Goliad sand has not been identified in outcrop 

in this part of Texas but may be present and hidden by overlap of 

younger formation.

The information given below is based in part on a bulletin of the 

Texas Bureau of Economic Geology,3 in part on recent articles in the 

Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, and in 

part on well logs obtained by the writer.

Beginning with the Oakville sandstone and Lagarto clay, the rocks 

are listed in the order in which they were deposited, or from oldest to 

youngest. This is the order in which the outcrops are successively 

crossed in traveling over the area from northwest to southeast.

MIOCENE AND PLIOCENE SERIES

OAKVILLE SANDSTONE AND LAGARTO CLAY

The beds of the Oakville sandstone (Miocene) and Lagarto clay 

(Miocene?) which crop out in Montgomery, San Jacinto, and Polk 

Counties dip southeastward toward the Gulf at the rate of about 60 

feet to the mile. (See figs. 2 and 3.) In northern Liberty County 

they consist predominantly of clay, usually containing calcareous 

layers, but include important beds of water-bearing sands. They are 

believed to have a total thickness of at least 1,400 feet. At Cleveland, 

in the northwest corner of the county, wells in sands of these formations 

yield water of good quality. Down the dip in the central part of the 

county the water becomes brackish. The estimated position of the 

contact between fresh and brackish water in these formations, based 

on the writer's interpretation of electrical logs of a few oil tests, is 

shown by the dashed lines in figures 1 and 2.

WILLIS SAND (AND GOLIAD SAND?)

The Willis sand of Pliocene (?) age and possibly the Goliad sand of 

Pliocene age crop out in a belt 10 to 15 miles wide, paralleling and just 

south of the outcrop of the Oakville sandstone and Lagarto clay. The 

Willis sand has been described in general as a red sand, coarse and 

gravelly in part, slightly indurated, and having a total thickness of 

about 85 feet.4

a Sellards, E. H., Adkins, W. S., and Plummer, P. B., The geology of Texas, vol. 1, Stratigraphy: Texas 

Univ. Bull. 3232, pp. 727-795. 1932.

* Doering, John, Post-Fleming surface formations of Coastal southeast Texas and south Louisiana: Am. 

Assoc. Petroleum Geologists Bull., vol. 19, pp. 660-668,1935.
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GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF LIBERTY COUNTY, TEX. H 

PLEISTOCENE AND RECENT SERIES

LISSIE FORMATION

The Lassie formation of Pleistocene age overlies the Willis sand (and 

Goliad sand?) and appears in outcrop in a belt about 15 miles wide, 

paralleling and just south of the outcrop of the Willis sand. (See 

fig. 1.) The Lissie formation has been described by Meyer 5 as a 

sequence of gravels, sands, sandy clays, and clays, which are distinguished from the underlying Willis sand by a generally finer texture 

and from the overlying Beaumont clay by a generally coarser texture. 

However, in Liberty County it is not possible to differentiate between 

the beds of the Willis sand, Goliad sand (if present), and Lissie formation in drillers' and electrical logs, and for convenience in this report 

the combination will be called the Lissie formation. The total 

thickness of the Lissie formation as thus designated ranges from about 

200 feet in the northwestern part of the county to about 1,400 feet 

in the southern part. The individual beds of sand range from a few 

feet to about 80 feet in thickness.

In the northern and central parts of the county the Lissie formation 

contains fresh water at all depths, but in the southern part the middle 

and lower beds contain brackish or salty water. The estimated position of the contact between the fresh and salty water in the formation 

in the southern part of the county is shown in figures 2 and 3.

BEAUMONT CLAY

The Beaumont clay of Pleistocene age overlies the Lissie formation, 

and its outcrop area covers all the county south of the outcrop of the 

Lissie. The Beaumont clay has been described 6 as being composed 

of calcareous mottled clays and sand, and silt, with clays locally comprising as much as 80 percent of the formation. Surface exposures of 

sand in the Beaumont clay are largely confined to narrow belts, which 

are believed to be old stream channels. The individual beds of sand 

range in thickness from a fraction of a foot to 30 feet, and locally 

slightly more. Drillers' logs of wells within a belt extending 5 or 6 

miles south of the outcrop belt of the Lissie formation show a distinct 

contrast between the clays and thin sands of the Beaumont clay and 

the thicker sands of the underlying Lissie formation. Farther south 

the distinction is not so sharp, and the lower limit of the Beaumont 

clay is difficult to define. The Beaumont clay thickens from a feather 

edge at the Lissie outcrop to an estimated depth of about 400 feet in 

the southern part of the county. The sands in the Beaumont are finetextured, and it is usually more difficult to develop a satisfactory well 

in them than in the sands of the Lissie formation.

«Meyer, W. G., Stratigraphy and historical geology of Gulf Coastal Plain in vicinity of Harris County, 

Texas: Am. Assoe. Petroleum Geologists Bull., vol. 23, pp. 188-190,1939. 

 Meyer, W. Q., op. cit., pp. 190-192,1939. Plummer, F. B., op. cit., p. 788,1932.
12 CONTMlBtfTiONB TO HYDROLOGY, 1945-4?

DEPOSITS

Deposits of Recent alluvial sand, clay, and gravel ranging in thickness from a few feet to 80 feet are reported in drillers' logs of water 

wells in the flood plain and adjacent terraces of the Trinity River. 

The alluvium-covered area is 4 to 8 miles wide and extends all the way 

across the county. These deposits are an important source of ground 

water for domestic use and stock. The water varies in chemical 

quality but is usually potable.

PRESENT DEVELOPMENT OF WATER SUPPLIES 

FROM WELLS

One railroad in Liberty County uses water from the Trinity River, 

but with this exception all the public and industrial water supplies in 

Liberty County are obtained from wells. In 1944 approximately 

24,000 acres of rice was grown in the county, of which about 4,000 

acres was irrigated from wells. Most of the ground water i& obtained 

from the Lissie formation from wells 350 to 1,000 feet deep.

Most of the wells in the rural areas are less than 50 feet in depth 

and furnish small supplies of water for domestic use and stock. Such 

supplies can be obtained almost anywhere in the COUP ty from shallow 

wells. In the northern part of the county and in the Trinity River 

Valley shallow bored or dug wells are common, but in the southern 

part practically all the wells are drilled. The location of wells and 

springs is shown on plate 1.

The development of ground water in different parts of the county 

is briefly discussed below.

NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY, 

CLEVELAND-HIGHTOWER AREA

The railroad well at Cleveland (well 2), is 1,512 feet deep and draws 

water from the Oakville sandstone-Lagarto clay sequence. It is 

reported that when the well was completed in 1937 it had an artesian 

flow of 30 gallons a minute. At present it is equipped with a deepwell turbine pump and a 5-horsepower electric motor by means of 

which water is raised to an elevated storage tank. The pump age 

from this well is estimated to have averaged about 220,000 gallons a 

day in 1944.

The water supply of the city of Cleveland is obtained from wells 

7 and 8, respectively 845 and 929 feet deep, drawing water from the 

Oakville sandstone-Lagarto clay sequence. These wells were drilled 

in 1938, and each had an initial yield of 350 gallons a minute with a 

drawdown of 70 feet. The pumpage from the two wells is estimated 

to have averaged 97,000 gallons a day in 1944.
GROUND^-WATBA REsouflfcfcs o# LIBERTY 4tttfrtfr, TEX. 13

Well 21, about 1 mile west of Hightower, reported to have been 

1,200 feet deep, also drew from the Oakville sandstone-Lagarto clay 

sequence. The well was destroyed in 1939.

Several wells in the Cleveland area are used to supply water to 

lumber mills and oil pipe-line pump stations. These Wells range from 

100 to about 300 feet in depth and draw water from the Lissie 

formation.

Wells 14 and 15, about 4 miles southwest of Cleveland in the valley 

of the East Fork San Jacinto River, have small flows, although they 

are comparatively shallow, the reported depth being 187 and 327 feet, 

respectively. The flow of each was estimated at about 10 gallons a 

minute in April 1945. The water is used for household supplies.

Well 20, about 6 miles northeast of Cleveland, supplied water for 

the irrigation of 250 acres of rice in 1944. The well is equipped with 

a deep-well turbine pump and a 125-horsepower Diesel engine. It is 

reported to yield 900 gallons a minute.

All the wells in this area for which analyses are available yield 

water of comparatively low mineral content. (See table 8.) In 

general the hardness of the water decreases with depth, the water 

from wells 2 and 22, the two deepest, being exceptionally soft. Some 

of the shallow wells, however, such as wells 11, 20, and 25, yield very 

soft water.

NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY, 

ROMAYOR-RAYBURN AREA

The Romayor area is locally well known for its flowing water wells. 

Information was obtained on 13 such wells 44,45, and 47 to 57. The 

flow from nine of the wells was measured with a current meter, or with 

a barrel or smaller container, and the flow from three of them was 

estimated. It was noted that with one or two exceptions the deeper 

wells, 580 to 808 feet in depth, have the largest flow, the flow ranging 

from 152 to 205 gallons a minute. The flow from the shallower wells, 

100 to 480 feet in depth, is comparatively small, ranging from 4 to 60 

gallons a minute. At the time of the investigation three of the flowing wells were used to supply sawmills, one to supply locomotive 

boilers, two for washing gravel and for domestic supplies; and six 

were unused.

Well 50, at the Santa Fe Railroad station at Romayor, used to 

supply locomotives, is 645 feet deep, and has a flow of 205 gallons a 

minute, the largest in the area. The artesian head in this well was 

37 feet above the surface in January 1945. The well supplied an 

average of only about 55,000 gallons a day in 1944, the flow being 

cut off most of the time.

849474 50 2
14 CONTRIBUTIONS TO HYDROLOGY, 1945-47 ,..,

The nonflowing wells of the area are shallow and are used for 

domestic purposes and for stock.

The water from nearly all the wells recorded in the RomayorRayburn area is low in total dissolved solids. In four wells less than 

200 feet in depth the hardness ranges from 11 to 135 parts per million 

and averages 80 parts per million; in 11 wells between 233 and 808 

feet in depth the hardness ranges from 88 to 168 parts per million 

and averages 122 parts per million.

SOUTHWESTERN PART OP THE COUNTY, DAYTON ABBA

The largest development of ground water in Liberty County is in 

the rice-growing district near Dayton, where a total of about 4,000 

acres of rice was irrigated from wells in 1944. This development 

was started in 1943, and by the spring of 1945 12 irrigation wells 

had been drilled. The irrigation wells are numbered 76 to 79, inclusive, 81, 82, and 84 to 89, inclusive. Well 87 had a flow of about 

30 gallons a minute when it was visited and is reported to be 2,500 

feet in depth. The others range from 558 to 1,005 feet in depth and 

average about 800 feet. The water level in four of them ranged 

from about 38 to about 54 feet below the surface when the wells were 

measured by the writer in the spring of 1945, before the start of the 

irrigation season. The reported pumping yield of 10 of the wells 

(see table 6) ranges from 1,170 to 3,500 gallons a minute. Well 78 

is reported to have a specific capacity of about 26 (yield in gallons 

a minute per foot of drawdown), and well 82 a specific capacity of 

about 20. The wells are equipped with deep-well turbine pumps 

and Diesel engines.

The casings in the rice wells are perforated opposite all the principal water-bearing sands, starting at depths as shallow as 118 to 

150 feet in some wells and at greater depths in others, for example, 

at 389 feet in well 78.

The boundary between the base of the Beaumont clay and the 

top of the Lissie formation is easily recognized in drillers' logs of the 

rice wells and ranges in depth from 146 to 370 feet below the surface. 

Most of the wells are supplied with water from both formations. The 

individual sands in the Beaumont clay range from 10 to 30 feet in 

thickness and are not numerous, whereas in the underlying Lissie 

formation the drillers' logs of some of the wells show sands as much 

as 80 feet thick and comprising 60 to 75 percent of the sediments 

penetrated. (See table 7, logs of wells 78, 82, 84, 85, and 90.)

The public water supply of the city of Dayton is obtained from wells 

119 and 120, respectively 395 and 399 feet in depth. Each well is 

equipped with a deep-well turbine pump operated by a 15-horsepower 

electric motor. The original yield of these wells is reported to have
GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF LIBERTY COUNTY, TEX. 15

been 300 gallons a minute each, with a specific capacity of about 27. 

The pumpage from the wells is estimated to have averaged 180,000 

gallons a day in 1944, of which 65,000 gallons a day was used by the 

city and 115,000 gallons a day by the Texas and New Orleans (Southern Pacific) Railroad. The water is obtained from a sand 75 to 80 

feet thick in the upper part of the Lissie formation and is of fairly 

good chemical quality.

As shown by the analyses of water from about 30 wells (see table 8), 

the ground water in the Dayton area shows a rather wide range in 

chemical content. There is a tendency for the total dissolved solids 

to increase and the hardness to decrease with depth, but several 

wells show exceptions to this general rule. In most of the wells of 

shallow or moderate depth the water is rather hard.

SOUTH-CENTEAL PART OF THE COUNTY, LIBERTY, MOSS BLUFF, 

RAYWOOD, AND DAISETTA AREAS

Information was obtained regarding 10 flowing wells in the Liberty 

area, of which wells 178, 181 to 184 inclusive, 188 to 190 inclusive, 

and 199, were drilled between 1895 and 1911 and well 187 was drilled 

more recently. Six of these wells are in use today. Two furnish 

a part of the public supply for the city of Liberty, two are used for 

stock, one furnishes water for a swimming pool, and one is used for 

domestic supplies.

Most of the public supply of Liberty is pumped from well 179, 

which is 565 feet deep and is reported to have had a yield of 321 

gallons a minute with a specific capacity of about 7 when completed 

in 1939. Well 180, 351 feet deep, serves as an additional source of 

supply. Both wells are equipped with deep-well turbine pumps and 

electric motors. Two flowing wells, 178 and 182, respectively 680 

and 651 feet in depth, also contribute a small supplementary supply. 

The production from the four wells in 1944 is estimated to have averaged about 115,000 gallons a day.

The ice plant of the Trinity Valley Cold Storage Co. at Liberty is 

supplied from well 195, 350 feet deep, which is equipped with a deepwell turbine pump and electric motor and has an average production 

of 3,000 gallons a day.

According to the logs of the deeper wells at Liberty, the individual 

sands range from 15 to 40 feet in thickness and in the aggregate make 

up about 25 percent of the total thickness of the sediments penetrated 

by the wells. The city water supply is obtained from sands that are 

probably in the upper part of the Lissie formation. In well 168, 

below a depth of 320 feet, which is regarded as the base of the Beaumont clay, sands make up about 70 percent of the material logged.
16 ' CONtRlBTJtlONS TO HYDROtOGhT, 1045-4?

Analyses of well waters in the Liberty area show a rather wide 

range in mineral content. In 7 wells, 260 to 651 feet in depth, the 

total dissolved solids ranged from 312 to 750 and averaged 454 parts 

per million, the hardness ranged from 63 to 234 and averaged 170 

parts per million, and the chloride ranged from 46 to 303 and averaged 

156 parts per million.

Twenty-two of the water wells recorded in this part of the county 

are in the vicinities of Moss Bluff and Raywood, respectively south 

and east of Liberty. Well 218 was drilled to a depth of 1,500 feet as 

an oil test then pulled to 800 feet. It has a flow of about 50 gallons 

a minute but is unused. Thirteen of the wells are less than 250 feet 

in depth, and 9 range from 275 to 538 feet in depth. Well 213, 628 

feet in depth, was not completed when it was visited in May 1945. 

Wells 223 and 224, respectively 349 and 568 feet in depth, formerly 

supplied water for oil-drilling rigs. These two wells are in Chambers 

County, a short distance south of the Liberty County boundary. The 

remaining wells are used for domestic purposes and stock. Logs of 

nine water wells and two oil tests are given in table 7.

Analyses of samples from seven wells in the Moss Bluff-Raywood 

areas, ranging in depth from 137 to 528 feet, showed an average of 

750 parts per million in total dissolved solids, 300 in chloride, and 144 

in hardness. Five wells less than 100 feet in depth yield water having 

a rather wide range in mineral character.

Well 166, 365 feet in depth, owned by the Hull-Daisetta Water Co., 

furnishes the public supply for Daisetta. This well is equipped with 

a centrifugal pump and a 5-horsepower electric motor, and the average pumpage is estimated to have been 50,000 gallons a day in 1944. 

Well 173, 255 feet in depth, supplies water for an oil lease. Well 168, 

3 miles west of Daisetta, was drilled to a depth of 703 feet in 1917 and 

is reported to have furnished enough water by pumping to irrigate 

about 500 acres of rice in 1918. The well is no longer in use.

Wells 166 and 173 yield water of relatively low mineral content, 

288 and 358 parts per million total dissolved solids, respectively. 

Well 175, 161 feet in depth, yields water containing 631 parts per million of total dissolved solids and 246 parts per million of chloride.

SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY, DEVERS AREA

Water for the irrigation of rice in the area is supplied from the Trinity River. Of the 22 wells recorded in this area, 12 are less than 250 

feet in depth, and 10 range from 318 to 501 feet. Wells 227 and 237, 

respectively 406 and 492 feet in depth, formerly furnished water for 

the operation ot oil pipe-line pump stations, but are now used for 

domestic supplies. Wells 232, 245, 246, 247, and 248, respectively 

232, 224, 344, 335, and 318 feet in depth, formerly supplied water for
RESOURCES OF LIBERTY CODNTT, TEX. 17

drilling oil tests but are now unused. The remaining wells are used 

for domestic purposes and stock.

Analyses of samples from 18 wells in the Devers area show a rather 

wide range in the phemical character of the water. The range in 

total solids, chloride, and hardiness is indicated in table 3.

TABLE 3. Chemical content of ground water in Devers area 

[Parts per million]

Number 

of

veils

11

7

Depth

92-234 

400-501

Total dissolved 

solids

Range

274-804 

420-832

Average

504 

644

Chloride

Range

55-300 

68-344

Average

127 

209

Hardness

Range

110-360 

55-104

Average

203 

69

ESTIMATED WITHDRAWAL OF GROUND WATER

The withdrawal of ground water for irrigation and for municipal 

and industrial purposes in Liberty County is estimated to have 

averaged about 7,500,000 gallons a day in 1944. Distribution for 

these uses is shown in table 4.

TABLE 4. Estimated average daily withdrawal of ground water in Liberty County

in 1944

Gallant per day

Irrigation_________________._.__________ 6,780,000 

Industrial use:

Railroads___________..__.._____.____- 390, 000 

Sawmills. ________.__..__________ 5,000

Total______________________________________ 395,000

Municipal use:

Liberty...______________...______._. 115,000

Cleveland. _______________________________ 95,000

Dayton. _________________________________ 65,000

Daisette__________________________________ 50, 000

Total. _________________________________ 325,000

Grand totaL__._____._______________________ 7, 500, 000

In computing the amount pumped for the irrigation of rice, it was 

estimated that 4,000 acres was irrigated and that an average of 1.9 

acre-feet of water was applied to each acre of land. In order to compare the volumes of water used for each purpose the rice pumpage 

is expressed as a daily average, although the water is used only during 

the summer.

TEMPERATURE OF GROUND WATER

The temperature of ground water has become increasingly important 

in the last few years because of the large quantities of water used for
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GROUND~WATER RESOURCES OF LIBERTY COUNTY, TEX. 19

cooling and air conditioning. The relation of the temperature of the 

water to the depth of the screens in 19 flowing or pumped wells in 

Liberty County is shown graphically in figure 4. Most of these wells 

have only one section of screen, and the middle of the screen section 

was considered to be the point of entry of the water into the well. 

Measurements were made with a mercury thermometer, and in 

pumped wells no measurements were made until the pump had been 

in operation for at least half an hour. The temperature for wells of 

about the same depth varies somewhat, and the heavy line in the 

graph represents the approximate average. Based on this median 

line, the average rate of increase in temperature is J.° F. to each 94 

feet of increase in depth.

SURFACE WATER SUPPLY

STREAM RUNOFF

By S. D. BBEEDING T

The principal stream in Liberty County is the Trinity River, which 

traverses the county from north to south near the center and with 

its tributaries drains about half the county. The eastern part of the 

county is drained by the West Fork of Pine Island Bayou, a tributary of the Neches Eiver, and the northwestern part is drained by 

East Fork San Jacinto River and its tributary, Luce Bayou. The 

extreme southwestern and southeastern parts of the county are 

drained by small coastal streams.

Records of daily flow have been obtained for the Trinity River at 

a gaging station at Romayor, near the northern boundary of the 

county, since May 1924, and for the East Fork San Jacinto River at 

a station near Cleveland since April 1939. In addition, records of 

the daily flow of the Trinity River at Liberty have been obtained 

since 1940, when the flow amounted to 4,000 cubic feet or more per 

second. When the flow at that point has been below 4,000 cubic 

feet per second the records have not been prepared because of tidal 

effect. These records were collected by the Geological Survey in cooperation with the Texas Board of Water Engineers and have been 

published in Geological Survey water-supply papers.

Records of rainfall collected at Liberty, in south-central Liberty 

County, by the United States Weather Bureau from October 1903 to 

1944, with the exception of January 1933, are given in table 2. These 

records show the average annual rainfall for the 40 complete years of 

record through 1944 to be 51.05 inches. For the 41 years included, the 

annual rainfall varied from a minimum of 29.82 inches in 1917 to a 

maximum of 85.08 inches in 1919. However, the minimum rainfall for

' Surface water branch, IT. 8. Geological Survey.
20 TO HYPRO&OGY, 1945-4?

12 consecutive months occurred June 1924 to May 1925 and amounted 

to 21.82 inches. Annual rainfall of less than 40 inches occurred in 

only 6 of the 40 complete years of record, namely, 1904, 1909, 1916, 

1917, 1924, and 1936.

Table 5 gives runoff at gaging stations on the Trinity River and East 

Forl? San Jacinto River,

TABLE 5. Runoff, in acre-feet, 1 of streams in Liberty County, Tex.

Trinity River at Romayor. Tex., 1925-44

[Drainage area, 17,190 square miles]

Calendar year

1925 . .... ...........

1926 

1927 .

1928 . . . ...........

1929-....... ...................

1930. .-.....................

1931 __ . ___ .... _ . ___ .

1932- ___ ........ _______ .

1933 .-..-._...._...._....

1934 ......... ..............

1935 .. -_ ._.........

1936 ........................

1937 .. . .. .....

1938 .. _ ...........

1939 .. .-........ _ .....

1940 . . . ..

1941..... ..-................

1942. - ... _.

1943 ..... ................

1944 . . __ - _ 

Daily runofl

Maximum

90,400 

92,400 

80,500

132,000 

114, 000 

48,800 

101,000 

61,300 

87, 470 

122,200 

49,590 

42,840 

81,920 

60,300 

120,600 

103,900 

218,200 

44,630 

136,900

Minimum

26.2 

823

774

793 

486

1,040 

803 

357 

1,500 

585 

486 

700 

417 

793 

2,182 

1,468 

781 

900

Average

5,670 

17,700 

15,600 

8,830 

18,900 

15,500 

9,560 

21,800 

10,300 

10,350 

23,740 

8,315 

8,188 

17, 470 

6,379 

17, 760 

28,320 

25, 210 

10, 560 

22,230

Monthly runoff

Maximum

1, 030, 000 

1, 380, 000 

1, 190, 000 

582,000 

2, 240, 000 

1, 420, 000 

728,000 

2,090,000 

972,000 

1,290,000 

2,823,000 

677,200 

845,600 

1, 750, 000 

419, 700 

2, 658, 000 

1, 751, 000 

3, 732, 000 

847, 100 

3, 009, 000

Minimum

9,850 

107,000 

29,700 

16,000 

30,400 

20,800 

23,900 

35,200 

34,200 

15,200 

100, 200 

21,240 

26,100 

28,720 

14, 650 

25,930 

158,600 

177,200 

47,240 

44,640

Annual 

runoff

2, 070, 000 

6, 440, 000 

5, 670, 000 

3,230,000 

6, 880, 000 

5, 650, 000 

3, 490, 000 

7,980,000 

3, 750, 000 

3, 779, 000 

8, 667, 000 

3,044,000 

2, 989, 000 

6, 376, 000 

2, 328, 000 

6, 500, 000 

10, 340, 000 

9,206,000 

3, 854, 000 

8, 141, 000

East Fork San Jacinto River near Cleveland, Tex., 1940-44

[Drainage area, 336 square miles]

1940-... ......................

1941... ........................

1942... ........................

1943 

1944 ............ _ ........

85,690

26,980

12,460

4,920

13,190

15

50

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34

24

954

940

555

254

444

184, 500

64,310

52,040

34,930

33,980

669

2,210

2,460

1,260

998

349,100

343,400

202,900

92, 510

162,600

i An acre-foot is the quantity of water required to cover 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot and amounts to about 

325,000 gallons.

No continuous records of the flow of any of the small streams in 

Liberty County have been obtained; however, sufficient periodic 

measurements have been made on Luce Bayou at a point near its 

mouth to show that during periods of drought its flow is very small or 

may cease altogether.

The data indicate that abundant supplies of surface water are 

available from the Trinity River and other streams within the county, 

but storage will have to be provided if large continuous supplies of 

water are to be obtained.
R*JS0U8eil£ O*1 LMftFJ' ietSSH^r, TBX. 21

QUALITY OF WATER OF TRINITY RIVER IN LIBERTY COUNTY

Analyses of water from the Trinity River near Romayor are available in a report issued by the Texas Board of Water Engineers.8 Specific conductance determinations and analyses for chloride content, 

with occasional partial analyses of composite samples, have been made 

on daily samples collected from the Trinity River near Romayor from 

October 1941 to September 1942 and from January to September 1944.

The water during these periods was generally of good chemical quality. The analyses show that the dissolved solids exceeded 500 parts 

per million only on 11 days during the 21 months of study. The dissolved solids were less than 250 parts per million more than a fourth of 

that time. The hardness of the Trinity water was greater than 100 

parts per million at most times.

s Hastings, W. W., and Rowley, J. H., Chemical composition of Texas surface waters, 1938-1644: Texas 

State Board of Water Engineers, p. 37,1945. [Mimeographed.]
WELL RECORDS

TABLE 6. Records of wells and springs in Liberty 

[All wells are drilled unless otherwise indicated. Chemical analyses of water from most of 

1

1

1

2

3

4 

5 

6

7 

8

Location

 do-... .

.....do.............

7Ji miles S. of 

Cleveland. 

2 miles SW. of 

Cleveland, 

 .do...... 

In Cleveland __

.....do... -

Owner

Gulf Colorado & 

Santa Fe Ry. Co.

.....do.................

Gulf States Utilities 

Co.

Humble Oil & Refining Co.

City of Cleveland..... 

.....do ..............

Driller

R. C. Davant... __

A. J. Lesterjette _ ..

Humble Oil & Refining Co. 

__ do ________

F. Gay

Layne-Texas Co . . _

do

Date 

completed

1916

1937

1905

1928 

1931 

1931

1938 

1938

Depth 

of

well 

(feet)

1,360

1,512

386

2,000 

5,633 

125

845 

929

Diameter 

of well 

(inches)

8,6,4.-..

13, 8?4, 6, 4. 

4,3 .

4 ....

13347. .

13347 

Hgbt. of measur- ing point above 

ground (feet)

0

0 

0

0 

0

W

Below 

measuring 

point 

(feet)'

+44

+30 

32

14.70 

16.90
0

10

11

12

13

14

15 

16

17

IS

19

70

21

23

5J< miles SE. of

Cleveland. 

3Ji miles SE. of 

Cleveland.

In Cleveland ......

.... .do ..........

.....do. . ....... .

4 miles SW. of

Cleveland.

4}^ miles SW. of 

Cleveland.

4>£ miles SE. of

Cleveland.

4 miles SW. of

Cleveland. 

4 miles SE. of

Cleveland. 

5J£ miles NE, of

Cleveland. 

6H miles NE. of

Cleveland.

Cleveland.

Black Gold Petroleum

Co. 

Buss Mitchell Co.....

Panel Co.

Clarkson and Mechim. 

Gulf Oil Corp.... .....

Co.

Shell Oil Co ......

M.A. Bills. ~ .....

M. A. Elite. ......

 ..dQ ..........

Pitre Water Well 

Drilling Co.

Ford and Thompson1934

1936 

1937

1938

1935

1910

1920 

1940

1915

1944

1944

1943

Old

1912

95

304

90

300

200

187

327

100

175

18

179

226 

1,200

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0

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«24

«30

28.40

+7

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«10

«20

«32

+5

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Romayor.

Eomayor.

Eomayor. 

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..... do... ... 

Mrs. Corine Brown, -.

P. A. Eacki Lumber

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Miller & Vidor Lumber Co. 

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Pitre Water WeU 

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1942

1936

1943

1940

1907

1906

1935

1907

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174

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TABLE 6. Records of wells and springs in Liberty Count

1

"33

fc

60

51

52

63

64

55

Location

In Romayor-. ....

94 mile SE. of

Romayor.

4^ miles SE. of

Romayor.

 do _ 

4 miles SW. of

Romayor.

6% miles S. of

Romayor.

Owner

Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Ry. Co.

Texas Construction

Material Co.

-...do... .

 do . 

 do... __ . _ . 

South Texas Hardwood Co.

Driller

Homer Wright ___

 Jackson _ ... ...

 do 

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A. E. Fawcett

Date 

completed

1943

1917

1937

1937

1937

1933

Depth 

of

well 

(feet)

645

808

808

310

13,

481

Diameter 

of well 

(inches)

8,6 .-

6,4. 

6 - -----

4 -

6 -----

£1-

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w

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0

0

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point

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+18

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57

Romayor.

Romayor.

Romayor. 

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Romayor.

Romayor. 

3M miles W. of

Romayor.

Romayor. 

3M miles SW. of

Romayor.

Romayor. 

6 miles SW. of

Romayor.

Romayor.

Romayor.

Romayor.

Romayor.

Romayor. 

 do. 

Romayor. 

4)4 miles SE. of

Romayor.

Lumber Co.

C. Die. ... .

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J. C. Carter 

John Griffin . 

W.J.Giles 

Jim Gibson- ____ .

Drilling Co. 

 do. 

1907

1940

1939

1924

1911

1911

1940

1943

1940

1943

1940

1940

1943

1940

1940

1929

608

100+

233

23

56

140

86

22

85

45

30

62

104

135

165

90

87

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48.85

50.50

9.35

49

437

33.67

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452

421

42.10

440

447

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TABLK 6. Records of wells and springs in Liberty Count

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75 

76

77

78 

79

80 

81

83 

83

Location

4 miles NW. of 

Dayton. 

IVt, miles NW. of 

Dayton.

6J:z miles NW. of 

Dayton.

6 miles NW. of 

Dayton.

.....do .........

6}$ miles NW. of 

Dayton. 

7 miles NW. of 

Dayton.

5H miles NW. of 

Dayton.

-...do..........:..

Owner

Chas. B. Peterson _ __

J. W. Anslen.... . .

A.J.andS. 0. Carter.,

D. A. Beidl^nd.._._..

 do - ..,_.

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A. E. Fawcett, Sr____

.....do . ............

.....do. ..........

.....do ............

 do ...........

.....do..... ...........

.....do. .......... .

Date 

completed

Old 

1943

1944

1943 

1943

1943 

1944

1943 

1943

Depth 

of

Wf>ll

(feet)

3,407

750

742

569 

740

550 

1,000

558 

189

Diameter 

of well 

(inches)

20,12......

20,12......

185il4.~- 

16,10 

20,8 

IS.lO'i.... 

2J4........

Hght. of measur- ing pointabove 

ground (feet)

2.0

0 

1.0

2.0 

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«50 

50.3

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38.4

40.5

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84

86

n

87

88

89

80

60

94 

95

96

5 miles NW. of 

Dayton.

7?4 miles W. of 

Dayton.

m miles W. of 

Dayton.

4M miles W. of 

Dayton.

4 miles W. of Dayton.

5 miles W. of Dayton.

4H miles W. of 

Dayton.

.,...do ..... 

7 miles W. of Dayton.

. .do.... .........

3H miles W. of 

Dayton.

.....do.. ........

8 mites NW. of 

Dayton.

See footnotes at end of table.

Arnold Wolfe.. .......

W. F. Graves _ ......

....-do... ..............

Leo Moreau ____ ..

A. C. Holbrook. ......

Peterson and Sterling.

Cbas. B. Peterson _ .

Patrick-Tyrrell Drilltag Co. 

Henry Bode __ ._-...

Sun Pipe Line Co.. ...

B. T. Sturrock.. ......

Myrtle Ridge school..

.....do .............

.....do........ ........

A. E. Fawcett, St....

.....do...... .

Pitre Water Well

Drilling Co.

B. T. Sturrock.......

F. Gay 

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1944

1944

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1920

1941

1942

105S

1936

1928

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593

1,910

255

276

384

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o

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£

128

129 

130 

131 

132 

133

134 

135 

136

138

139 

MO

Location

2 miles E. of Dayton.

7J4 miles S. of 

Dayton. 

3*4 flMfes S. of 

Dayton. 

234 miles S. of 

Dayton. 

2H miles N. of 

Dayton. 

3 miles E. of Dayton.

tyi miles SE. of 

Dayton.

4&mfles SE. of 

Dayton.

5?4 miles SE. of 

Dayton.

«J4 mites SE. of 

Dayton. 

6J6 miles SE. of 

Dayton.

.....do ........

$4 unites N. qf 

Dayton. 

334 miles N. of

1*10011.

Owner

EdPruitt... ..........

Moores Bluff Canal 

Co.

F. Gay... .............

Noble and Baker .. 

Gulf Pipe Line Co....

.... .do -- -

Suderman-Dolsen 

Co. 

Russ Mitchell Co.....

Driller

..... do .

F. Gay . 

 Blair.. __ . _ ..

... ..do ... .

.....do - -

.... .do ... ... ,

Layne-Bowler Co~_,

Pitre Water Well 

Drilling Co.

Date 

completed

19Q4

1935 

1941 

1941

1918

1941 

1918 

1942

1934

1906 

1936

Depth 

of 

well 

(feet)

1,014

110 

108 

376 

180 

350

404 

42S 

190

120 

350

350 

225

413

Diameter 

of well 

(inches)

8-. ...... ..

4_.__ ..

4,2 ...

4V4._ .

4

6... . 

4 _._ ...

4,2. 

4,2-- 

4... ...... .

3 ......

Hght. of measur- ing point above 

ground (feet)

0

0 

0

0 

0

0 

0

3

0

Below 

meas

uring 

poin

(teet)

«50

«40

7.9

<50

<20 

«35

«35

«50
142 

143 

144 

145 

146 

147

148 

149

150 

151

152 

153

154 

155

166

157 

158

4% mites N. of 

Day tan. 

5^, miles NE. of 

Dayton. 

5 miles NE. of 

Dayton. 

7H miles N. of 

Dayton. 

1 3 miles N. of Liberty-. 

15} 2 miles N. of 

Liberty.

13J4 miles N. of 

Liberty. 

12M miles N. of 

Liberty, 

do

10% miles N. of 

Liberty. 

7% miles N. of 

Liberty 

do

7 miles N. of Liberty 

8>2 miles N. Liberty.

...-do... ..........

9 miles N. of Liberty.

7J4 niiles N. of 

Liberty.

A. H. Case. 

Mrs. S. B. Branton...

Sun Oil Co

J. E.Dillon-- -

Morgan & Morgan 

Lumber Co. 

Hardin Baptist Church

John Rosnick.. ___

Humble Oil & Refining Co.

.. do.__ .... ..... _

 - do .... .

James R. Nowery 

Drilling Co.

Ed Paul-.-.. .

F. Gay 

F. Gay. -

Pitre Water 

Drilling Co. 

A. E. Fawcett,

Pitre Water 

Drilling Co. 

 .do .

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 do 

 ..do 

 do 

 .. do 

 do .

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Sr..._

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1933

1934

1940

1937

1942

1938

1945

1945

1945

1945

1937

1943

1944

1938

1940

1938

1941

45

116

26

301

11h

2Xfi

213

19?

183

125

23X

99

110

230

257

200

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4... __

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0

0

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0

0

0

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425.5

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See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 6. Records of wells and springs in Liberty Count

o

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£

159

160 

161

162 

163

164 

165 

166

167

Location

8M miles N. of 

Liberty.

8M miles N. of 

Liberty.

7M miles N. of 

Liberty.

8 miles N. of Liberty.

8M miles N. of 

Liberty.

yy-t miles N. of 

Liberty. 

7M miles N. of 

Liberty. 

11 miles NE. of 

Liberty.

lOJi miles NE. of 

Liberty.

Owner

Humble Oil & Refining 

Co.

..... do. 

.--do... 

..... do.............. ...

.. do ....... ... -

Hull-Daisetta Water 

Co.

Driller

Pitre Water Well 

Drilling Co.

..... do ........

 do ... ..... .....

 do... .

.....do... .............

-....do- .... . ... ....

 do 

do .

 do.. 

Date 

completed

1938

1938 

1940

1940 

1938

1945 

1945 

1940

1938

Depth 

of 

well 

(feet)

218

226 

230

244 

223

192 

107 

365

106

Diameter 

of well 

(inches)

6,4 

6.. ........

4..........

4... ...

4^,4 

4.2H 

4..........

6..........

6... .......

Hght. of measur- ing pointabove 

ground (feet)

0

0 

0

0

0

0 

0 

0

0

W

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measuring 

point 

(feet)'

« 16

«15

416

415 

4 14

40.06 

425 

427

31.5
168

169

170

171

172

173

174

175

176

177

178

179

180

7?^ miles NE. of

Liberty. 

11 miles NE. of

Liberty. 

9M miles NE. of

Liberty. 

10 miles NE. of

Liberty. 

9H miles NE. of

Liberty, 

 . -do..... .....

-...do.............

 -do.............

.. do...... .......

9?i miles NE. of

Liberty. 

In Liberty.... ....

.... . do... ..........

.. do....... ......

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Hancomer Lumber

Co. 

Gulf Oil Corp. .

John Mecom .. ......

Hamill and Smith.....

 do 

Co. 

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City of Liberty... ....

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.... . do ... _

.... .do... .. ....... ....

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1943

1944

1937

1938

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1941

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1939

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703

222

321

236

305

255

255

161

374

383

680

565

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7U miles SE. of

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A. C. Neyland. .......

C. W. Fisher .......

Chas. Welch..........

Mrs. Kobinett. ...

C. C. Thornton. __ .

Cleveland Domain. ... 

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C. M. MitchelL -..__.

Leo B. Pitre_. ........

S. S. Hill ....

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C. W. Fisher... ......

Pitre Water Well

Drilling Co.

... ..do. ... . ....... .

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_._.. do....... .........

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.... .do...... ..........

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Pitre Water Well

Drilling Co.

Pitre Water Well

Drilling Co. 

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S. S. Hill ... ... .

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1927

1932

1895

1942

1942

1938

1940

1944

1944

1944

1942

1938

1944 

1940

1930

1945

1945

1924

1942

1940

1943

1910

V-*

40

232

191

528

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151

161

387

370

137

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20

80

400

145

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176

238

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5

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4 22

4 26

4 26

4 27

4 17

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See footnotes at end of table.
38 CONTRIBUTIONS TO HYDROLOGY, 1945-47

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240

241

242

243

244

245

246

247

248

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Devers. 

7*4 miles E. of

Devers.

Devers.

Devers.

Devers. 

6M miles S. of

Devers.

9M miles SE. of

Devers.

Devers.

Devers.

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9J^ miles S. of

Devers.

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E. V. Boyt 

B.H. Willis estate. - -

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J. E. Clark, Jr__. _____

J. M.Rich - 

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Pitre Water Well

Drilling Co.

Pitre Water Well

Drilling Co.

Jack White-... 

Gulf Oil Corp. ___.

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- -do _ __ __

1937

1941

1923

1941

1940

1940

1945

1928

1920

1Q3S

1935

1935

1935

210

180 

200

180

492

107

9?

200

501

403

400

150

225

344

335

318

4

6_ 

6.... ......

8, 6 .__-

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11.40

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1 Plus (+) indicates water level above measuring point.

2 Pump or lift: T, turbine; Of, centrifugal; A, air lift; C, cylinder; B, rppe and bucket. Power: E, electric; G, 

indicates horsepower.

3 P, public supply; Ind, industrial; RR, railroad; D, domestic; S, stock; N, not used; irr., irrigation. 

* Water level reported by drfller or owner.

' Number uuder which well is listed by Deussen in U. S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 335,1914. 

8 In Chambers County.
40 CONTRIBUTIONS TO HYDROLOGY, 1945-47

WELL LOGS

TABLE 7. Drillers' logs, Liberty County, Tex.

Well 2, Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Ry. Co., in Cleveland

Clay..... .....................

Clay.......... ...................

Shale..........................

Shale.............. ...............

Gumbo. _ _ _ __ __ ....

Shale . . _ 

Shale.... .. _ ........ ___ ......

Thickness 

(feet)

44

62

13

27

3

66

24

34

55

35

26

40

23

5

7

g

13

68

18

7

33

20

24

45

66

Depth 

(feet)

44

119

149

215

273

500

501

527

567

595

602

611

624

692

710

717

750

770

794

839

905

Loose sand... _ ___ . .- ...

Gumbo _ . ... __ . . .....

Sand_. _____ . _ . _- - .--

Shale... ..........................

Gumbo _ . __ .. __ .- __ .. ...

Gumbo _ ___ _ __ . __ .. ...

Shale - . -

Fine paeksand- ___ .. . . .

Gumbo __ ____ _ .--... _ _

Shale stieaks. .......... 

Sand..- _________ . ___ .

Boulders.-.--- - ___ -. .

Sand and gravel ___ -. .........

Gravel...... _____ . __ .. ..

Gumbo __ . __ .. _ - --...-.-

Sand..-. ______ _ - _ __ -

Gumbo _ -. -

Sand . ___ . __ .... ........

Shale and boulders -..-.. ..

Tijrht sand.---- _ . .-.. -.

Sand.... __ _____ . ... ...

Shale streaks... ..................

Sand...- __-- .-_-.-_ . -

Shale.. ,-. ..... ........

ThickBess (MD

13

3

9

15

12

8

6

9

127

21

42

10

25

2

32

6

5

30

5

52

58

21

35

13

14

34

Depth

CM**)

918

921

930

945

957

965

971

980

1,107

1,128

1,170

1,180

1,205

1,207

1,239

1,245

1,250

1,280

1,285

1,337

1,395

1,416

1,451

1,464

1,478

1,512

Well 4. Humble Oil & Refining Co. (Campbell No. 1), 1 1A miles south of Cleveland

Sand. _____ . ________ ...

Sand...- .. __ ..................

Clay.. ........................

Shale..... ........................

Shale. __ . ___ . ___ __ ...

Shale ..........................

Rock _____ ... _______ ...

Sand--.------.-...... _ ..... ...

Sand. _______________

12 

13 

13 

22 

26 

5 

13 

27 

42 

64 

11 

13 

22 

24 

5 

17 

44 

3 

40 

17 

32 

21 

5 

20 

4 

15 

4 

47 

19 

12 

8 

108 

3

12 

25 

38 

60 

86 

91 

104 

131 

173 

237 

248 

261 

283 

307 

312 

329 

373 

376 

416 

433 

465 

486 

491 

511 

515 

530 

534 

581 

600 

612 

620 

728 

731

Sand and boulders.-----. ---------

Gumbo and lime.-. __ _ --.-...

Shale and lime.---.. - 

Tough sticky shale....... _ . _. .

Rock.-- _ - _____ ..... __ .

Sticky, shale . _ _ ___ - .....

Gumbo _ - _ .... ...

Sandy shale.... ___ __ . __ ..

Gumbo _ -------- . 

Gumbo - -. _ _ . .-

Hard sandy shale _ _ ... _ ..

Gumbo and boulders. ----- 

Boulders.-- __ ------ __ -

Hard sandy shale _ ___ .. -. ...

Sand--.--.- - _ .. 

Soft sandy shale _____ 

Gumbo _ __ . _ .......

28 

41 

18 

18 

1 

16 

54 

1 

27 

9 

43 

3 

26 

44 

1 

9 

40 

34 

16 

32 

3 

9 

9 

3 

24 

5 

121 

2 

17 

15 

3 

16 

62

759 

800 

818 

836 

837 

853 

907 

908 

935 

944 

987= 

990 

1,016 

1,060 

1,061 

1,070 

1,110 

1,144 

1,160 

1,192 

1,195 

1,204 

1,213 

1,216 

1,240 

1,245 

1,366 

1,368 

1,385 

1,400 

1,403 

1,419 

1,481
GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF LIBERTY COUNTY, TEX. 41

TABLE 7. Drillers' logs, Liberty County, Tex. Continued 

Well 4, Humble Oil & Refining Co. (Campbell No. 1), 7J4 miles south of Cleveland Continued

Sand, ______________ . _

Sandy shale... ________ ....

Rock. ............................

Sticky shale andlime.. ___ . _

Sand. ...... ......................

Sticky shale ... _ . . __ .....

Shale and lime....... ........ _

Sand and shale.. _______ . _

Thickness 

(feet)

21

39

40

2

11

11

5

10

6

2

1

28

15

4

Depth 

(feet)

1,502

1,541

1,581

1,583

1,594

1,605

1.620

1,626

1,628

1,629

1,657

1,672

1,676

Thickness 

(feet)

10

18

4

47

62

52

16

7

55

2

32

19

Depth 

(feet)

1,686

1,704

1,708

1,755

1,817

1,869

1,885

1,892

1,947

1,949

1,981

2,000

Well 5 (partial log), Humble OH & Refining Co. (Hornbeck No. 1), 2 miles southwest of Cleveland

Rock ___ _ _ _.. _____ _ ......

Gumbo with streaks of sticky

Broken lime and gumbo, sticky

Sticky shale with streaks of lime--

Sticky shale with streaks of lime

55 

50 

207 

1 

59 

248 

15 

60 

20 

170 

15 

45 

172 

1 

SI

76 

6 

3 

6

S6 

5 

24 

2 

4 

44 

85

88 

3 

29

55 

105 

312 

313 

372 

620 

635 

695 

715 

885 

900 

945 

1,117 

1,118 

1,209

1,285 

1,291 

1,294 

1,300

1,396 

1,401 

1,425 

1,427 

1,431 

1,475 

1,560

1,648 

1,651 

1,680

Sand and sandy shale with

Broken lime, shale, and gumbo... .

35 

35 

18

30 

13 

19 

1 

19 

30 

11 

14 

15 

1 

4 

10 

30 

120 

215 

10 

3 

2 

15 

15 

10 

75 

15 

15 

35 

11

1,715 

1,750 

1,768

1,798 

1,811 

1,830 

1,831 

1,850 

1,880 

1,891 

1,905 

1,920 

1,921 

1,925 

1,935 

1,965 

2,085 

2,300 

2,310 

2,313 

2,315 

2,330 

2,345 

2,355 

2,430 

2,445 

2,460 

2,495 

2,506

5,633

Well 8, City of Cleveland No. 2, in Cleveland

Sand.. _ ........................

Soft clay.. .......................

Clay.......-- ................

Clay........... ..................

Clay..... - . .............

Clay- ......... ..............

Sand and gravel _ --.-.. .........

6 

14 

6 

24 

29 

2 

29 

5 

30 

61 

11 

17 

51 

4 

25

6 

20 

26 

50 

79 

81 

110 

115 

145 

206 

217 

234 

285 

289 

314

Clay..- - - 

Clay 

Clay... ...... -

Clay 

Sand..-----------.---------. -

1 

61 

2 

29 

1 

83 

26 

10 

105 

19 

21 

22 

17 

80 

16

434 

495 

497 

526 

527 

610 

636 

646 

751 

770 

791 

813 

830 

910 

926
42 CONTRIBUTIONS TO HYDEOLOGY, 1945-47

TABLE 7. Drillers' logs, Liberty County, Tex. Continued

Well 9, Black Gold Petroleum Co., 5M miles southeast of Cleveland

Clay 

Thickness 

(feet)

10 

33 

24

Depth 

(feet)

10 

43

67

Clay 

Thickness 

(feet)

21

7

Depth 

(feet)

88 

95

Well 10, Russ Mitchell Co. No. 1, 3M miles southeast of Cleveland

112

88

112

200

104 304

Well 20, M. A. Ellis, 5% miles northeast of Cleveland

Fine red sand and streaks of clay. -

Clay 

10

30

18

10

26

12

42 

60

70

96

Clay 

Broken, fine, brown sand and 

clay

Clay 

29

30

21

48

2

125

155

176

224

226

Well 23, W. P. Johnston, 7% miles northeast of Cleveland

Rock.. ......... _________ ._

38

21

21

1 Q

19

7

3

11

9

1

16

47

38

CQ

80

98

117

124

126

129

149

174

237

Clay 

Clay. 

18

2

1

2

8

6

32

48

2

44

4

26

4

6

255

257

258

260

268

274

306

354

356

400

404

430

434

440

Well 27, Russ Mitchell Co. No. 2, 6}2 miles southeast of Cleveland,

Clay. 

Clay 

69

10

i Q

33

1

69

7Q

84

Q*7

130

131

Clay 

Clay 

Sand __________ . ..........

9

11

6

3

47

77

140

151

157

160

207

284

Well 28, Russ Mitchell Co. No. 3, lOJi miles southeast of Cleveland

Clay... ...................... 16

61

34

24

DC

119

Shale 

51

6

26

2

170

176

202

204

Well 29. M. N. Cunningham, 9M miles southeast of Cleveland

Sand _ _____________ ..

Clay.. 

Sand _ _ _______ . . 

Sand......... _ - -.. .. 

3

6

<to

29

21

6

40

23

12

6

3

18

67

96

117

123

163

198

204 Clay. 

2

15

72

12

2

4

10

15

10

5

17

206

221

293

305

307

311

321

336

346

351

368
GROUND-WATER RESOURCES Ot LIBERTY COUNTY, TEX. 43 

TABLE 7. Drillers' logs, Liberty County, Tex. Continued

Well 40, Mrs. Corine Brown, 11 miles south of Romayor

Sand. ____ .. __ ___ _

Clay,.. _........._............._.

Sand.. __ ..__...__......_.......

Shale .. .... . .... .... ......

31 

6 

45 

6 

26

31 

37 

82 

88 

114

Clay-- -

16 

3 

9 

32

130 

133 

142 

174

Well 44, A. G. Lesterjette No. 1, 9 miles south of Romayor

Top soil. _ . ........ . __ . ___.

Shale and sand, showing of dead

Blue gumbo... .. _ ___ ....

12

173

100 

95 

40

12

185 

285 

380 

420

150 

5 

18 

47 

22

570 

575 

593 

640 

662

Well 48, T. B. Alien & Co., 2 miles east of Romayor

Clay.......................... _

Sand.. _.......____ ..............

Sand_. __ _ 

Sand.... ..... .... ... ...

Rock.. ___________________________

Rock ... ............ . ____________

10 

70 

20 

40 

20 

20 

2 

6 

3

10 

80 

ICO 

140 

160 

180 

182 

188 

191

19 

30 

160 

20 

50 

12 

38 

30 

109

210 

240 

400 

420 

470 

482 

520 

550 

659

Well 50, Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Ry. Co.. in Romayor

Red clay. __..___ __ . ____________

Shale ____ __ 

Shale

Shale.. ...........................

Sand. ______ . ____________...

7 

39 

12 

32 

34 

17 

7 

21 

63 

29 

24

7 

46 

58 

90 

124 

141 

148 

169 

232 

261 

285

17 

40 

43 

20 

67 

12 

8 

40 

64 

14 

35

302 

342 

385 

405 

472 

484 

492 

532 

596 

610 

645

Well 52, Texas Construction Material Co., 4J^ miles southeast of Romayor

Sand and gravel-.----------. __ -

Clay. ______ ..... . .

Hard clay..... __ ___ ... _

Clay....... ___ _ _ 

Sand and gravel __ _______

Shale... ..........................

24 

26 

8 

72 

16 

26 

68 

12 

26 

17 

52 

3 

29

24 

50 

58 

130 

146 

172 

240 

252 

278 

295 

347 

350 

379

1 

11 

5 

20 

26 

62 

11 

15 

102 

96 

21 

59

380 

391 

396 

416 

442 

504 

515 

530 

632 

728 

749 

SOS

Well 69, Concord school, 4}^ miles east of Romayor

Sand and gravel.. _ . ___ ... _

24 

13 

5

24 

. 37 

42

63 

9

95 

104
44 CONTRIBUTIONS TO HYDROLOGY, 1945-47

TABLE 7. Drillers' logs, Liberty County, Tex. Continued

Well 70, Boyd Sewell, 434 miles east of Romayor

Sand.... ________ . __ ...

Clay... .......................

Clay......................... ...

Sand and gravel _ ........ _ ...

Clay...... ............. ..........

Thickness 

(feet)

7

11

28

11

23

Depth 

(feet)

7

18

39

67

78

101

Clay--.-.------- ---.

Clay...- ....................

Clay... ..... .... .... .... .....

Thickness 

(feet)

8

1

18

1

4

2

Depth 

(feet)

109

110

128

129

133

135

Well 75, Chas. B. Peterson No. 2, 4 miles northwest of Dayton

Shale and clay __ ... ...

Clay............................

Blue gumbo. ......

Sand and gravel.. _ . ...

Shale and sand--.- - __ ......

Shale and sand. .. ..

Shale and sand ..

Shale and gumbo... .

Rock. .-..

Gyp and gumbo __ __ . .. .

Sand and shale.

Sand and rock _ ..

Gumbo - - _

Rock ..._...

Gumbo 

Rock., .

Sand and boulders

Gumbo and sand

 Gum bo. -

ShaleGumbo and shale. _ _ .. __ ---

60

283

91

or

40

115

oe

17

4

46

17

68

5

58

2

4

9Q

10

28

2

qo

5

42

oo

101

60

343

d(\7

520

555 <;QI

70 c

752

756

780

704.

ftAfi

857

879

QA K

1,050

1,214

1,235

1 963

1,278

1 980

1,315

1,365

1,391

1,415

1,516

Rock

Shale. _ _.__ ___-. -. 

Gumbo and shale. -------------

Hard shell . ... .............

19

75

17

46

21

2

6

16

14

14

6

195

4

34

39

121

2

41

24

53

15

50

1

311

38

70

18

23

35

21

5

9

27

3

8

3

50

23

8

424

1,535

1,610

1,627

1.673

1,694

1,696

1,702

1,718

1, 732

1,746

1, 752

1,947

1,951

1,985

2,024

2,145

2,147

2,188

2,212

2,265

2,280

2,330

2,331

2,642

2,680

2,750

2,768

2,791

2,826

2,847

2,852

2,861

2,858

2,8.91

2,899

2,902

2, 952

2, 975 2,9&s

3.407

Well 78, A. J. and S. O. Carter, 6 miles northwest of Dayton

Clay.............:. .

Clay . ......

Clay..... ................. .....

Clay-____ .......... .

Clay.... ..... .................

Clay............................

56

22

20

30

10

15

O*3

40

86

14

42

30

40

98

120

150

180

205

228

268

304

318

360

370

400

440

Clay..... ...... ..................

Sand-. ..........................

Sand- __ ... ________ . ....

Sandy clay.-..-.------------.- ...

Clay.-.-.--..- ........ .......

Sand. ___ _._. ___ ___ . ....

Clay-. ........................

Sand... __ ...--_-. ____ .....

Clay. ............................

Sand... _____._-. -.. _ .--.-.--

Clay................... ... -- -

Clay.............. ...............

22

10

68

12

14

16

12

24

7

85

15

5

42

5

30

5

462

472

540

552

566

582

594

618

625

710

725

730

772

777

807

812
GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF LIBERTY COUNTY, TEX. 45

TABLE'?. Drillers' logs, Liberty County, Tex. Continued

Well 82, Ralph Graves, 5$i miles northwest of Dayton

Sand and boulders- .. _ -----

Thickness

(feet)

9

35

1

O

34

20

°9

57

10

11

6

21

6

18

32

3

7

Depth 

(feet)

9

44

90

110

117

146

203

213

224

230

251

257

275

283

315

318

325

Hard shalp-- ___ _ _ ..........

Sand and streaks of hard shale _

Sand (good)-- __ . _ _____

Sand (good) _ _ __ -.--. ......

Sand and boulders.---,- __ -- -

Shale and lime.-. _____ .....

Sand (good). ____ __ . .......

Shale..-. . -

Shale and sand boulders _____ .

Thickness 

(feet)

5

28

6

,58

17

13

4

16

8

3

14

5

12

2

19

4

14

5

Depth 

(feet)

330'

358-

364

422 439-

452

456

472

480

483

497

502

535

539

553

558

Well 84, Arnold Wolfe, 5 miles northwest of Dayton

Clay... -

ClayCliy_ ....... ....... ..

ClayClay-.....- ... ....

Clay 

4

27

75

28

10

30

19

15

82

25

7

4

18

45

120

160

170

216

245

265

280

362

387

394

Sand and clay

Sand.. ................. __ .....

Clay.............................

Sand- _______ ... _____ .-

Clay-..---... ................

Sand. ___ -... __ _____ .-

Clay.-.-........ ............

Sand... ............. _____ -

Sand. __ ... ___________ _ Clay.. ...............- ..

Sand. __ ... ________ - ....

Clay.--.-..... ................

18

12

6

54

29

40

20

79

40

15

93

2

412

424

430

484

553

585

605

684.

724

832

834

Well 85, E. J. Stoesser, 7^ miles west of Dayton

Clay ............................

Shale 

Shale. ____ .. ________ . _

Shale 

3

17

92 

31

16 

10 

10 

22 

19 

13 

58 

7 

22 

31 

20 

8

3 

20 

41 

133 

164 

186 

202 

212 

222 

244 

263 

276 

334 

341 

363 

394 

414 

422

Sand (good)... _____ ___ .

Sand (good)-. _____ __ . ....

Shale . . 

Shale 

87 

6 

17 

3 

45 

5 

13 

12 

14 

6 

15 

5 

37 

13 

55 

27 

20 

6

50» 

515 

532 

535 

580 

585 

598 

610 

624 

630 

645 

650 

687 

700 

755 

782 

802 

808

Well 90, Peterson and Sterling, 4M miles west of Dayton

Soil.-.. -.-. 

Clay.---.--.. ................

3 

63 

85 

176 

16 

50

3 

66 

151 

327 

343 

393

11

74 

35

77 

2

404 

478 

513 

590 

592
46 CONTRIBUTIONS TO HYDROLOGY, 1945-47

TABLE 7. Drillers' logs, Liberty County, Tex. Continued

Well 91, Chas. 8. Peterson, 414 milea west of Dayton

Shale 

Shale .-

Rock 

Thickness 

(feet)

21

138

171

10

48

55

6

27

70

49

5

13

66

12

10

12

12

15

25

15

11

12

2

9

35

21

40

3

6

Depth 

(feet)

21

165

336

341

351

420

475

496

523

642

647

726

738

7dQ

760

772

787

827

83S

857

869

371

880

915

976

979

985

Rock. _____ . _______ . .....

Sand . - --

Bock. ____ . 

Thickness 

(feet)

55

1

86

36

2

38

14

3

23

15

36

8

26

2

10

3

40

30

6

179

6

46

15

17

20

14

14

24

36

18

7

29

64

Depth 

(feet)

1,040

1,041

1,127

1,163

1,105

1 203

1,220

1,243

1,258

l,2s»4

1,302

1,328

1,330

1,340

1,343

1,383

1,413

1,598

1,604

1,650

1,682

1,702

1,730

1,754

1,790

1,310

1,846

1,910

Well 92, Patrick & Tyrrell Drilling Co., 7 miles west of Dayton

Clay... 

Clay.- 

Clay94 

15

2

13

5 

2

94 

109 

111 

129 

134 

136

Clay-. --------- 

7 

58

"l 

11 

18

14C 

20 

22( 22- 

23S 

2S

Well 105, Sun Oil Co. (Quintette No. 1), 6J£ miles northwest of Dayton

Shale ___ --.. ______ 

Sand... _ _ ... _ _ _ 

Sand.. __ . _____ . ..

Shale . .- .

Sand... _ _ 

Shale-.----..---- _ - ..

Hard rock. ___ ____ ... .

20 

13 

20 

105 

13 

9 

6 

7 

47 

85 

22 

11 

79 

6 

22 

16 

15 

17 

14 

38 

32 

4 

12 

S 

39 

12 

1

20 

33 

53 

158 

171 

180 

186 

193 

2*0 

325 

347 

358 

437 

4*3 

465 

481 

496 

513 

527 

565 

597 

601 

613 

621 

8T.O 

672 

673

Shale 

Shale 

Clay-. 

Shale 

Shale and rock. - ---

6 

26 

25 

65

4

12

10 

20 

9 

6 

5 

1 

S 

6 

23 

9 

16 

3 

64 

11

22 

5

47 

12

67 

70 

73 

79 

79 

80 

81 

34 

85 

87 

88 

89 

39 

89 

90 

91 

93 

94 

95 

96 

1,02 

1,03 

1,03 

1,06 

1,06 

1,11 

1,12
GROUND-WATER .RESOURCES OF LIBERTY COUNTY, TEX. 47

TABLE 7. Drillers' logs, Liberty County, Tex. Continued

Well 105, Sun Oil Co. (Quintette No. 1 ), 6% miles northwest of Dayton Continued

Shale - - ... .... ......

Shale-.------..-....-...-....-...

"Hard ssanc\

Shale .---- .--- -..- 

Shale- ____ , _______ . ......

Thickness 

(feet)

7

1

33

78

4

41

K

4

7

86

6

8

34

71

Depth 

(feet)

1,134

1,167

1,249

1,290

1,295

1,392

1,398

1,406

1,420

Shale 

Thickness 

(feet)

27

39

32

2

8

10

30

3

8

2

12

13

45

Depth 

(feet)

1,591

1,598

1,630

1,632

1,640

1,650

1,680

1,683

1,691

1,693

1,705

1,718

1,763

Well 106, Taylor-Day ton Co., 7^[ miles northwest of Dayton

Black dirt...-.. .. ............ 6 

22 

8 

37 

12 

15 

o

39 

66 

2 

20

6 

28 

36 

73 

85 

100 

102 

141 

207 

209 

229

3 

6 

3 

32 

47 

6 

3 

271 

200 

400

232 

238 

241 

273 

320 

326 

329 

600 

800 

1,200

Well 109, Heal & Brown, 5 miles southwest of Dayton

Clay--.-..--- ...... .... .....

Sand.-.--- ........ ....... ...

Clay........ ..................

26 

5

57 

11 

71 

5 

70

26 

31 

88 

99 

170 

175 

345

Clay.-.. 

Clay42 

16 

2 

5 

87 

6 

4

287 

303 

305 

310 

397 

403 

407

Well 120, city of Dayton No. 2, in Dayton

Clay.. ......... ..................

Sand. _.__-._ ______ _ .......

Clay.- 

52 

11 

7 

2 

41 

46

52 

63 

70 

72 

113 

159

Shale 

11 

43 

97 

75 

14

170 

213 

310 

385 

399

Well 121, The Texas Co. (League No. 3). 9} 2 miles south of Dayton

Soil-. _ ... -. .... -

Clay 

Shale, sand, shell, and gravel-. ...

1 

21 

62 

37 

260 

56 

33 

34 

57 

44 

46 

58 

48 

32 

38

1

22 

84 

12i 

381 

437 

470 

504 

561 

605 

651 

709 

757 

789 

827

36 

94 

61 

16 

65 

24 

28 

68 

17 

28 

52 

19 

39 

37 

17

863 

957 

1,018 

1,034 

1,099 

1,123 

1,151 

1,219 

1,236 

1,264 

1,316 

1,335 

1,374 

1,411 

1,428
48 CONTRIBUTIONS TO HYDROLOGY, 1945-47

TABLE 7. Drillers' logs, Liberty County, Tex. Continued

Well 122, C. A. Grebey, 1% miles northwest of Dayton

Clay.- . 140 

10

140 

150

Clay. 14 

29

164 

193

Well 140, Sudermann-Dolsen Co., 6M miles north of Dayton

60 

13

17 

20

60 

73 

90 

110

35 

40 

40

145 

185 

225

Well 141, Russ Mite hell Co. No. 4, 3% miles north of Dayton

Clay.... -. -

Clay-- 

23 

8 

89 

58

23 

31 

120

178 Sand. _ ...... ... _____ _--._

122 

64 

41

8

300 

364 

405 

413

Well 146, L. E. Wiggins. 13 miles north of Liberty

65 

14

65 

79

Clay.. .... . 4 

33

83 

116

Well 148, J. E. Dillon, 13J£ miles north of Liberty

Clay 

Clay-- 

22 

22 

22 

23

22 

44 

66 

89

Clay.. 

20 

17 

69 

18

109 

126 

195 

213

Well 149, John Morgan, 12} i miles north of Liberty

15 

6 

31 

32

15 

21 

52

84

Clay .... . 

Clay 

3 

13 

29 

63

87 

100 

129 

192

Well 151, L. Daffern, 103 4' miles north of Liberty

60 

21

60 

81 Shale----- ..

41 

3

122 

125

Well 152, Morgan and Morgan Lumber Co., 73 4 miles north of Liberty

Clay. . 

Clay.... .

BO 

26 

29 

2

60

86 

115 

117

Clay. . 

2S 

15 

22 

46

,145 

160 

182 

228

Well 153, Hardin Baptist church, 7*4 miles north of Liberty

4 

66

4 

70

18 

11

88 

99

Well 154, John Rosnick, 7 miles north of Liberty

Clay-. . . _. . 50 

32

50 

82

28. 110
GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF LIBERTY COUNTY, TEX. 49 

TABLE 7. Drillers' logs, Liberty County, Tex. Continued

Well 155, Humble Oil & Refining Co. (Partlow No. 10), 8Ji miles north of Liberty

Sand. ____ . _______ . .......

Clay. - 

Clay... ...... ........

2 

10 

26 

4 

56 

18

2 

12 

38 

42 

98 

116

Sand. _____ .. _________ -

Clay. 

Clay... 

35 

25 

13 

30 

11

151 

176 

189 

219 

230

Well 156, Humble Oil & Refining Co. (Partiow No. 17), 8^ miles north of Liberty

Clay.. .... .... 

Clay..- .

Rock....... .. -._ _

Clay.. 

Clay . 

26 

51 

20 

2 

31 

29 

IS

26 

77 

97 

99 

130 

159 

177

Sand. __ . .-..

Clay . . 

Clay...... ......... 

14 

14 

23 

14 

11 

4

191

205 

228 

242 

253 

257

Well 157, Humble Oil & Refining Co. (Johnson No. 1), 9 miles north of Liberty

Sand...... _ . __ ... __ . ......

42 

20 

4 

4 

20 

6

42 

62 

66 

70 

90 

96

30 

26 

15 

10 

23

126 

152 

167 

177 

200

Well 158, James R. Nowery Drilling Co., 7*4 miles north of Liberty

Clay. ....

Clay... . ......

36 

60 

22 

43 

35 

6

36 

96 

118 

161 

196 

202

Clay... - . .... . 

Clay.. 

5 

13 

13 

8 

13

207 

220 

233 

241 

254

Well 159, Humble Oil & Refining Co. (Partlow "A" No. 8), 8?-£ miles north of Liberty

Clay.. - . 

Clay... ... 

2 

10 

26 

4 

56 

18

2 

12

38 

42 

98 

116

Sand _______ - -. . .-.

Clay...... . .

35 

24 

6 

35 

2

151 

175 

181 

216 

218

Well 160, Humble Oil & Refining Co. (Hardin Camp well), 8}i miles north of Liberty

Clay... .. ....

Clay. ... 

12 

23 

15 

18

12

35 

50 

68

Clay. . 41 109 

29 138 

37 175 

51 226

Well 164, Mrs. A. Cessna. 8M; miles north of Liberty

3 

38 

24

3 

41 

65

21 

69 

37

86 

155 

192
50 CONTRIBUTIONS TO HYDROLOGY, 1945-47

TABLE 7. Drillers' logs, Liberty County, Tey,. Continued

Well 166. Hull-Daisetta Water Co., 11 miles northeast of Liberty

Clay.............................

Coarse-grained sand ___ _ . _

Clay. ............................

Coarse-grained sand.... ___ ...

Clay.............................

Clay..... ........................

Thickness 

(feet)

20

10

33

1

11

3

4

3

5

1

Depth 

(feet)

20

30

63

64

75

78

82

85

90

91

Sand. ______ . ____ .

Clay... ........._....... .........

Clay...........................

Rock........ _ ........... _ ....

Clay.............................

Clay... ..........................

Thickness 

(feet)

5

60

19

23

6

30

3

71

67

Dppth 

(feet)

96

175

204

234

237

QAQ

365

Well 167, Joe Haines, 10J< miles northeast of Liberty

Sand. ............................

53 

26

53 

79

5 

22

84 

106

Well 168, Liberty Ranch Co., 1A 1 miles northeast of Liberty

Soft shale... _____ ___ _ ..........

Sand. __ ._ ______ . ____ ___

120 

10 

110 

20 

60 

120 

32 

36

120 

130 

240 

260 

320 

440 

472 

508

Sand. -____________--.._._________

21 

35 

20 

13 

46 

19 

5 

36

529 

564 

584 

597 

643 

662 

667 

703

Well 169, Hancomer Lumber Co., 11 miles northeast of Liberty

Clay. - 

Clay....-.... ................

2 

15 

41 

4 

12

2 

17

58 

62

74

Shale............................

Sand _ ..........................

Clay.-.-........... ..........

Clay.. .......................... .

24 

24 

24 

32 

44

98 

122 

146 

178 

222

Well 170, Gulf Oil Corp. (Hannah No. 20), 9»i miles northeast of Liberty

PlflT7 60 

27 

127

60

87 

214

Clay.... ............ ........

21 

27 

59

235 

262 

321

Well 171, John Mecon, 10 miles northeast of Liberty

Clay. ............................

Sand... ..........................

Sand. ____ . _______ . .......

12 

43 

2 

23

12 

55 

57 

80

Shale.... .........................

Shale........... ..................

Sand.. __ ........... ...........

20 

7 

113 

16

100 

107 

220 

236

Well 172, Hamill and Smith, 9,4 miles northeast of Liberty

Clay..- ......................

Sand.... .........................

Clay _ ..........................

35 

5 

35 

70

35 

40 

75 

145

78 

52 

30

223 

275 

305

Well 173, Hamill and Smith (Barngroyer lease), 9} 2 miles northeast of Liberty

Clay.. ...... 6 

34 

10 

69 

6 

33 

9

6 

40 

50 

119 

125 

158 

167

Clay. 3' 

10 

10 

10 

23 

32

170 

180 

190 

200 

223 

255
GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF LIBERTY COUNTY, TEX. 51

TABLE 7. Drillers' logs, Liberty County, Tex. Continued

Well 176, Houston Production Co., 9>£ miles northeast of Liberty

Clay. ....... _

Clay.. ...........................

Clay............................

Clay........... . . -.._..

Thickness 

(feet)

42

25

37

20

41

25

22

20

3

Depth 

(feet)

42

67

104

124

190

212

235

Sand-.-...-... ___ ..--.. .......

Clay.... _ _-.__. . .- 

Thickness 

(feet)

23

21

21

20

13

10

27

4

Depth 

(feet)

258

279

300

320

333

343

370

374

Well 177, The Texas Co., 9?i miles northeast of Liberty

Soil.. ..._.. ............. . 24 

21 

63 

14

24 

45 

108 

122

Shale.--.........- _____ ......

Sand.............. ............

10 

117 

134

132 

249 

383

Well 179, city of Liberty, in Liberty

Sand. _______________

Clay.............................

Sand.... __ . ..................

Clay.............................

Sand. ............................

12

48

14

25

27

110

42

8

12

60

80

94

119

298

Sand.- 

Sand- __ ......................

Sand_ _______ __ ........ ........

14

40

16

69

10

10

58

39

3

320

360

376

445

455

465

523

562

565

Well 183, Southern Pacific R. R. Co., in Liberty

Sand-......... ................

Clay . 

Sand. _ . _______ ....

Sand.. _______________ 

Clay.... ......................

Sand.. ______ . _____ ...

Clay.............................

Sand. _______ . .........

8

33

30

21

23

33

14

9

8

41

43

73

94

117

150

164

173

181

Clay.. ...........................

Clay............... ...........

Sand. ___ . _______ . ........

Clay-.........- .... . .... -- 

Clay...... ... .......... ..........

20

75

27

28

45

10

174

28

13

201

276

303

331

376

386

560

588

601

Well 185, Lay] Sandwich Shop, in Liberty

Sand _ ............. _ -.-. __ ..

Clay............................

32

17

43

32

49

92

106

Clay...... .......................

Clay............ .................

2

4

7

108

112

119

Well 186, Texas Pipe Line Co., 3 miles south of Liberty

Sand...-...... ................

Clay- . . _

60

45

46

9

70

46

60

105

151

160

276

2

37

3

10

4

1

278

311

318

328

332

* 333

Well 191, Liberty County Fair Grounds, 1M miles southeast of Liberty

-Soft clay. __ ____ . _ . ......

Sand.. _ ..................... ...

15^

16

15

01

Clay.. .._,...... ........... 5

29

36

65
52 CONTRIBUTIONS TO HYDROLOGY, 1945-47

TABLE 7. Drillers' logs, Liberty County, Tex. Continued

Well 193, Mrs. Maggie L. Moorefield, in Liberty

Clay- . 

60 

73

60 

133 Clay..... ... ............ .. ..

11 

56

144 

200

Well 194, Martin Leissner, 5 miles north of Liberty

Clay--.----. ... .......

Shale--.-...... . ---.-..---..

37 

17 

14

4

37 

54 

68 

72

Clay.. ... ...

Clay-.-. .... ... .

9 

16 

6

81 

97 

103

Well 199, C. W. Fisher, in Liberty

Clay with layers of sand.... ... 40 

160

40 

200

30

8

230 

238

Well 200, Howard LeCour, l\i miles east of Liberty

Clay....... ..... .... ....... ... ...

Clay--. ...... .... ... ...

106 

9 

25 

7

8

106 

115 

140 

147 

155

Clay.. ... .

Clay..... ......

5 

21 

7 

3

160 

181 

188 

191

Well 201, Carl Johnson, 9H miles east of Liberty

Clay... ...........................

Coarse-grained sand _ ..... __ ..

Clay__.._ _ ...

41 

19 

45 

10 

63 

3 

31

41 

60 

105 

115 

178 

181 

212

Sand ... __ _ __ . ..............

Clay.--- _.... ... ... .... ..

Sand.. - ...... .......

Clay.-.-....- ........ .... ..

44 

85 

94 

24 

3 

7 

59

256 

341 

435 

459 

462 

469 

528

Well 202, Chas. Welch, 9A 1 miles southeasfof Liberty

Clay.... .... - .-- 

4 

31 

25

4 

35 

60

Sand. ._-__ _ ., .. ....... .... 22 

14

82 

96

Well 203, Silva and Welch, 1A 1 miles east of Liberty

Clay... 72 

6 

59

72 

78 

137

Clay-.-- -.

10 

4

147 

151

Well 204, Mrs. Robinett, lYz miles east of Liberty

147 

5

147 

152

9 161

% Well 205, C. C. Thornton, 6 miles southeast of Liberty

Clay...... 

149 

72 

16

149 

221 

237

20 

30

257 

287
GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF LIBERTY COUNTY, TEX. 53

TABLE 7. Drillers' logs, Liberty County, Tex. Continued

Well 206, Leo B. Pitre, 7 miles east of Liberty

Clay.............................

Thickness 

(feet)

310

Depth

(feet)

310

Thickness 

l(feet)

60

Depth 

(feet)

370

Well 213, Leo B. Pitre, 7 miles east of Liberty T

Clay.............................

Clay and sand streaks. ..

Fine-grained sand _ .. ___ ..

Clay.. .. __ 

Fine-grained sand. ...............

Clay. __ _._.

Fine hard sand.... ...

Clay......................

41

43

24 mo

EC

41

6

41

84

108

917

232

OQ7

328

Clay..-. . 

Tough clav

Clay..- . 

25

3

67

57

71

15

56

359

362

429

486

557

572

628

Well 219 (partial log), Rycade Oil Corp. (Heiskell No. 1), SJ3 miles south of Liberty

Sandy clay ___ _ .

Sand. ................. _ . . ..

Clay......................... ...

Sand.................. .

Sand and shale........ ___ . ._

Sand and gravel ___ . ...........

Gumbo _ _____ .. __ .

Sandy shale ...

Gumbo _ . . ..........

Hard sandy lime.. . __ __ ..

Gumbo _____ . ....

Gumbo _ __ .

Sand and boulders __ .

OK

100

32

184

122

60

40

60

40

40

80

AK

80

180

396

620

680

780

820

Sfin

940

998

57

57

28

71

21

4

64

30

60

95

29

1,055

1,112

1,140

1,211

1,232

1,236

1,300

1,330

1,390

1,485

1,514

5,927

Well 220 (partial log). Pure Oil Co. (Liberty Investment Co. No. 1). 10 miles south of Liberty

Clay. -. .. __ _.___ ..

Sand, clay... ..............

Sand........... . .

Clay.............................

Sand. ...................... . ...

Clay.............................

Sand, gravel ......................

Gumbo _ ...

Sand, gravel _ _ ....

Clay.......... .............

Sand...... _ .... .. '

Clay.... .............. .

Sand. __ . _ ..

Clay..-............. . .-. .

Sand, gravel __ ...........

Clay........ .....................

Clay.... ................... .

Sand, gravel ___ , ....

Gumbo, lime. ________ .

31

129 

46 

30 

46 

47 

42 

37 

122 

32 

21 

25 

15 

78 

69 

10 

16 

26 

103 

29

31 

160 

206 

236 

282 

329 

371 

408 

530 

562 

583 

608 

623 

701 

770 

780 

796 

822 

925 

954

Sand 

Sand--....... . _

Sand..... . ... 

42 

33 

22 

63 

18 

4 

9 

10 

45 

32 

15 

40 

37 

79 

90 

17

996 

1,029 

1,051 

1,114 

1,132 

1,136 

1,145 

1,155 

1,200 

1,232 

1,247 

1,287 

1,324 

1,403 

1,493 

1,510

5,766

Well 221, Shilo School, 9 miles southeast of Liberty

Clay...... ..................... .

Fine-grained sand _________

Clay...... ....... ............ ..

Sandy clay .......................

Clay........ -.- ,

17

22

12

10

152

17

3Q

51

<u

216

Clay... ........ ... ....

Clay 

34

52

10

8

13

250

302

312

320

333
CONTRIBUTIONS TO HYDROLOGY, 1945-47

TABLE 7. Drillers' logs, Liberty County, Tex. Continued

Well 222, A. R. Milintz, 6J^ miles southeast of Liberty

Clay.............................

Sand...---... _ .-.-...-.-......

Clay. ................. ...........

Sand................. . . -

Blue shale ___ _ . _ ........

5 

15 

180 

23 

4

5 

20 

200 

223 

227 Shale. _ . ________ .........

5 

2 

16 

23 

2

232 

234 

250 

273 

275

Well 223, Franklin & Tideman, Ltd., 12M miles southeast of Liberty

Clay.----.. ...................

C oarse-gr ained sand _ - _ . .

Hard shale..... . .

18 

7 

92 

144

18 

25 

117 

261

Tight fine sand. _ . ________ 69 

13 

6

330 

343 

349

Well 224, Shell Oil Co., 13J-2 miles southeast of Liberty

Clay.-... .- .

Clay... ....... ...................

Sandv shale.... .

Sandy shale.. _ .. __ _ . _ ..

Sticky shale. -

Sandv shale. .. __ . .

44 

117 

36 

84 

15 

21 

22 

28 

23

44 

161 

198 

282 

297 

319 

341 

369 

392

Sand... __ . ___________ .

21 

12 

10 

102 

30 

81 

31 

26

414 

426 

436 

538 

568 

650 

681 

707

Well 226 (partial log), Humble Oil & Refining Co. (Sabine Tram No. 1), 2M miles northeast of Devers

Sand........................... .

Shale, sand ....

Sand-.. _____ . __ . . .

Shale............................

Sand.............................

Shale.......... .

Sand...........-------- _ _ ...

Gumbo ........

Sand... ............

Shale................. . ....... .

Gumbo.. _ ... _ .....

Sand.. ...........................

Gumbo . __ ....

Sand_ ............................

Sand..--.-. --...---.- _ .--

Sand, boulders. .

Sand, boulders...

Gumbo... ... __ . . ...

Shale, lime..--.

Sand..-.. _ . _ . ...........

45

49

78

4O

53

07

on

27

160

QC

38

00

73

16

20

12

10

16

40

30

58

19

159

15

26

45

172

267

on/*

334

550

686

782

798

830

856

902

942

1,030

1,049

1,223

1,249

32

17

45

35

40

34

4

44

2

12

38

o

15

16

169

3

40

32

5

88

10

33

31

27

1,281

1,298

1,343

1,378

1,418

1, 452

1,456

1,500

1,502

1,514

1,552

1,554

1,569

1,585

1,754

1,757

1,797

1,829

1,834

1,922

1,932

1,965

1,996

2,023

5,800

Well 227, Texas Pipe Line Co., 3 miles south of Devers

Clay.- .... .. .... .............

Shell.............................

Sandy shale . . .

Sandy shale with beds of shell

Fine-grained sand.... . . ......

38

3

59

22

79

5

49

38

41

100

122

201

206

255

21

21

36

5

3

45

20

276

297

333

338

341

386

406
GROUND-WATER RESOURCES OF LIBERTY COUNTY, TEX. 55

TABLE 7. Drillers' logs, Liberty County, Tex. Continued 

Well 228, Bert Hays, 3% miles south of Devers

C]&v. ............................

Thickness 

(feet)

209 

11

Depth 

(feet)

209 

220

Clay. .....

Thickness 

(feet)

14

Depth 

(feet)

234

Well 229, V. D. Meyers, 1 mile east of Devers

Clay... ._ _ 74 74 25 99

Well 230, W. E. Jenkins, in Devers

Clay............................. 19 

49 

32 

154 

11

19 

68 

100 

254 

265

Shale . .__.-..:. -

Shale--- .. ..........

34

45 

15 

14 

70

299 

344 

359 

373 

443

Well 231, Dan Hart, &A miles south of Devers

Clay.............................

Shale _.. ._ .

Shale.... ...................

95 

45 

10 

10 

22 

48 

55

95 

140 

150 

160 

182 

230 

285

Shale . .. 

Shale. . . . _._ .._ -

11 

18 

141 

18 

13 

2

296 

314 

455 

473 

486 

488

Well 232. The Texas Co. (Moore No. 1), 3}-2 miles northeast of Devers

Clay _--..... _ ..................

Sand. ............................

40 

21

40 

61

142 

29

203 

232

Well 237, Sinclair Pipe Line Co., 5M miles east of Devers

Clay.............................

Sand....... .....................

22 

86

22 

108

Blue clav 319 

65

427

492

Well 241, H. A. Gripon, in Devers

Blueclay _ .... ___ .... __ .

Streaks of sandy clay and sticky

Fine gray sand .. __ . ...

Tough clay_. . _ . ________ .

Blue shale

66 

24

80 

44 

36 

70 

6 

2

66 

90

170 

214 

250 

320 

326 

328

Streaks of sand and blue shale... .

10 

51 

6 

10 

38 

25 

8 

32 

3

338 

379 

385 

395 

433 

458 

466 

498 

501

Well 245. Gulf Oil Corp., 9 miles south of Devers

Clay.................. .... 39 

110

39 

149

76 225

Well 246, Gulf Oil Corp.. 9% miles south of Derers

Surface clay and sand.. ..........

Sand.............................

150 

90

150 

240

50 

54

290 

344
WATER ANALYSES

TABLE 8. Partial analyses of water from wells and springs 

[Analyzed at the University of Texas under the direction of W. W. Hastings, chemist, U. S. Geological Surv

Chemistry of the University of Texas. Results are in parts per million. Wel

Well 

No,

1

2

3

8

11

12

13

15

16

17

18

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

41

42

43

Owner

do

Gulf States Utilities Co... 

City of Cleveland... ....... .......

Grimes Veneer & Panel Co.... ....

Cleveland Mfg. Co... ______ .

Gulf Oil Corp .... ..... ..

W. E. Henry

M. A. Ellis.. .....................

M. A. Ellis..-. .._. 

W. P. Joh^ton..... ....... _ ....

J. W. Whatley...... ..............

Ida Smith..,.. ....................

W. C. Crawley 

L. O. Warf. __._ _ ........

C.D.Jones .. ... ...... ...

J. E. WigW.. ....................

B. E. Worfham. -----

..--do ..... .... .... . 

H. E. KirK. ........ ...........

John Kite_ .......................

Wirt Davis_ ......................

N. Gibson. ............ _ ........

Depth 

(feet)

1,360

1,512

386

929

90

300

200

187

327

100

175

18

226

1,200

36

440

52

110

45

368

35

500

247

222

60

103

100

39

95

24

18

40

46

Date of collection

/Oct. ,1931

(Jan. 8, 1937

Jan. 8, 1937

Apr. 11,1944

Jan. 26,1945

...... do -__-_.

Jan. 27,1945

do

Mar. 30, 1945

Apr. 6, 1945

June 8, 1945

Jan. 8, 1937

Mar. 29, 1945

Apr. 17,1945

do

Apr. 17,1945

Jan. 25,1945

 do .

.. do --

.....do........

. do ...

.... do .....

...-do -.

Jan. 26,1945

.....do..... ...

Apr. 17,1945

June 8, 1945

Jan. 9, 1945

... ..do 

Anr. 27.1945

Total 

dissolved 

solids

323

378

180

377

171

190

157

265

238

298

207

268

143

493

119

201

600

97

92

212

1,040

252

238

188

99

161

145

120

106

85

380

164

218

Silica 

(fflOi)

19

17

26

30

Iron 

(Fe)

0.02

.12

.05

.10

.29

.71

.11

.05

17

.06

.09

.41

.26

.07

.10

.23

Calcium 

(Ca)

16

4

65

34

12

47

21

71

68

31

51

40

17

2

9.2

33

81

7.7

5.7

49

62

64

57

36

6.9

13

17

19

5.9

5.2

108

31

34

Magnesium 

(Mg)

0.9

7.2

3.2

3.4

2.7

3.7

3.1

5.7

2.7

7.5

1.7

3.3

6.0

7.3

1.3

2.8

4.1

10

4

4.4

2.7

2.6

1.9

2.2

1.4

1.7

2.4

4.4

1.9

4.1
45

47

48

49

50

51

52

53

54

55

56

57

58

59

fifl

fi1

fifl

63

64

65

66

67

68

69

71

72

73

74

76

79

81

84

85

86

87

88

89

93

94

95

97

98

100

101

10?

107

111

112

119

120

122

Miller & Vidor Lumber Co ___ ..

T. B. Alien Co...-. ......__......

Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Ry..__

Texas Construction Materials Co .

 do. 

.....do ........ .......... ......

.--do .........................

Liberty Hardwood Lumber Co...

A. M. Smith......................

C. Die.. ... _

 -do .........................

S. J. Keith......... ..............

J. W. Phillips- ................

J. H. Halton.. ...... --....-...

John Griffin _ -- 

Hollis Grimn____ .......... ........

D. A. Keidland-. ..... ........

.....do..... ... ........ ....... ......

W. F. Graves...-.--. __

 ..do...... .......................

A. C. Holbrook. ..................

Sun Pipe Line Co _________

B. T. Sturrock.. .............. _ .

R. F. Jexak. ......................

Roy Seaburgh.. _ __ .......... 

.. do. ........... .............

R. Freeman.- _________ . ....

J. M. Hlavaty.... ... ...... ....

N. B. Sapp.. .....................

City of Dayton. _________

__ do. .. ______ .........

C. A. Grebey.. ...... __ ........

580

585

659

650

645

808

808

310

135

480

608 

100

233

23

56

140

86

22

85

45

30

62

104

165

90

87

750

740

1,000

840

808

1,005

2,500

870

780

276

384

19

20

540

32

1,030

209

175

400

380

395

399

193

Apr. 13,1942

.....do... .....

Jan. 11,1945

Apr. 13,1942

Nov. 23, 1944

Apr. 13,1942

/ do.... 

It/all. 1, J.<r±O

/Apr. 13,1942

Nov. 23, 1944

Jan. 19,1945

Jan. 10,1945 

Nov. 23, 1944

Jan. 10, 1945

Apr. 4, 1945

__ _do_ ....

.....do........

.. do ...

..... do.... ....

.....do 

Apr. 5, 1945

..-..do. .

Apr. 6, 1945

Jan. 11,1945

 do 

Jan. 24,1945

..... do ...

 do__ 

 do -.

June 19,1945

June 9, 1945

June 15,1945

Apr. 18,1945

Jan. 27,1945

.. do........

Apr. 18,1945

 do 

Apr. 19,1945

Oct. 30,1931

Jan. 27,1945

. do-.. .

Oct. 30,1931

Apr. 17,1944

Jan. 27,1945

211

197

268

210

237

211

209

158

232

217

244

247

207

419

1,060

249

157

65

148

172

179

147

229

168

121

72

123

184

9 HI

470

550

1 140

388

708

542

382

264

401

400

523

502

623

638

235

389

1,080

590

592

20

22

10

14

12

21

.08

.49

.15

.06

.04

.06 

.06

.04

.10

37

.81

5.2

.06

.48

.61

.40

.26

.21

1.7

.08

.65

.26

2.3

4.3

,38

.89

1.7

.54

.06

.68

64

.11

4.2

6.4

60

41

53

44

46

27

51

55

45

36 

48

43

18

217

65

313

17

23

27

23

28

30

20

6.6

19

29

53

97

92

26

68

18

5.2

4.2

11

50

51

110

129

66

103

12

40

5.2

128

40

126
TABLE 8. Partial analyses of water from wells and springs in Libe

Well 

No.

1 9^1

124

19*1

126

1 An

143

144

146

14S

150

153

160

164

166

175

178

179

180

182

183

186

1S7

190

194

195 

196

197

198

202

206

207

 m

209

210

211

914

216

Owner

Peoples Lumber & Supply Co_-_.

A TT P >-i«a

Hull-Daisetta Water Works Co...

City of Liberty.-. _____ __ _-

__ do ___________ . .......

.....do....... ......................

T. &N. O. R. K. .................

Trinity Valley Cold Storage Co ...

A. C. Neyland. _______ .....

Chas. Welch. ....... ..............

Edward Mallet.. _________

.....do.............................

C. M. Mitchell. ..... ....... 

S. S. Hill .........................

Jack Moss.... . . __ . .

Depth 

(feet)

404

685 

400

135

350

45

116

26

116

213

183

99

226

192

365 

255

161

680

565

351

651

602

333

540

260

103

350 

18

28

4fl

528

96

370

137

35

20

80

400

22

28

Date of collection

Jan. 25,1945

Jan. 27,1945 

.....do- ....

...._do ..._.

June 15,1945

Jan. 12,1945

June 15,1945

.....do .-_-

June 7, 1945

June 16,1945

June 20,1945

June 7, 1945

Apr. 7, 1945

June 16,1945

Apr. 17,1944 

June 21,1945

._ do_ _ Nov. 1,1931

Nov. 18, 1943

..... do.. ......

....do. .......

Oct. 30,1931

Dec. 7, 1944

Jan. 16,1945

Dec. 9, 1944

June 7, 1945

Jan. 23, 1945 

Jan. 27,1945

Mar. 31, 1945

Apr. 20,1945

Jan. 24,1945

Jan. 17,1945

Dec. 23,1944

__ do... .....

Jan. 16,1945

 ..do........

Jan. 23,1945

Jan. 24,1945

Dec. 8, 1944

.....do........

Total 

dissolved 

solids

2%

753 

304

382

542

503

559

770

317

365

384

359

379

407

288 

358

631

419

312

636

750

341

379

383

345 

361

259

142

788

312

868

688

650

330

414

808

508

84

Silica 

(SiOi)

19

11

24

21

21

16

20

23

0

20

Iron 

(Pe)

3.1

.06

7.6

1.4

.02

6.9

.26

1.4

.79

1.2

.85

1.3

.03 

.08

.58

.08

.10

.08

.05

24

.48

.37

.63

.04

0

.04

.15

.12

9.7

5.4

.02

.03

Calcium 

(Ca)

87

29 

7.2

103

32

147

130

202

82

92

92

107

89

96

50 

42

45

70

53

76

19

55

67

80

60 

26

62

38

44

74

50

78

166

80

98

65

58

7.5

Magnesium 

(Mg)

3.1

5.6 

1.3

6

3.8

5

14

11

4.4

4.4

4.9

6.1

5.1

6.3

3.2 

4.6

6.8

6.6

4.7

11

3.8

7.6

7

7.3

6.8

28

5.2

2.4

4.8

6.1

6.3

11

6.8

4.3

4.8

7

3.9

2.1
216

217

218

221

228

229

230

231

233

234

236

237

238

240

241

242

243

ft A A

-. do_... ............... ..........

Texas Pipe Line Co. _ ___ . ...

W. F. Jenkins ...............

E. V. Boyt ........... ..........

B. H. Willis Estate..- 

....-do .........................

..... do ..... ... .... ..... ...

J.E. Clark, Jr... ........ .........

J. M. Rich .................

E. V. Boyt 

176

238

1,500

333

406

234

99

443

488

210

180

200

180

585

107

92

200

501

403

400

150

 -do.. ..

Jan. 6, 1945

Dec. 22,1944

Jan. 6, 1945

Jan. 24,1945

. do .

Jan. 23,1945

Jan. 24,1945

.-.-do -.

Jan. 17,1945

..-.do. ...

do

June 20,1945

.-...do........

Jan. 24,1945

June 20,1945

Jan. 16,1945

... ..do. ....

Jan. 24,1945

760

752

1,080

836

615

673

274

420

832

449

338

311

804

854

395

372

692

441

673

671

737

24

25

22

12

.04

.10

.06

.07

1.1

25

.11

.26

.08

.20

1.1

15

7.8

.37

.18

.16

39

30

50

26

23

45

56

18

20

36

35

61

76

21

88

75

117 , 16

21

32

95

7.

2.

4.

4.

3.

9.

6.

2.

3.

5

5.

3.

9.

3.

6.

4.

14

2.

2

5.

15
INDEX

Page

Acknowledgments_________.___. 4-5 

Agriculture in the area...__.__.___... 3 

Alluvial deposits, distribution and waterbearing properties...___.._.. 12 

Altitude of the area...._____.______ 2 

Artesian wells. See Wells.

Beaumont clay, -character and water-bearing

properties.-...--.-.-.-_..-._. 11

wells in.-._____..._______. 14

Breeding, S. D., Stream runoff.________ 19-20

Cleveland, population... 

Cleveland area, wells in.

Daisetta, population...___..______. 2 

Daisetta area, wells in____________. 16 

Dayton, population....______._____ 2

Dayton area, wells in..........._...__... 14-15

Deversarea, wells in.......__-.-.-..__ 16-17

Drainage in the area__.____...____. 19

East Fork San Jacinto River, runoff of..__ 19,20 

Economic development....._________. 3

Geologic formations, character and waterbearing properties....._____. 7-12 

Qoliad sand, character and occurrence. ___. 8 

Ground water, occurrence and movement.... 5-6 

temperature.___.______.____ 17-19 

withdrawal of..__.________.__ 17

Hightower, well nearHull, population.....

Irrigation in the area.________ 12,13.14,16,17

Lagarto clay, character and water-bearing

properties. _.___....._____ 8

wells in.................__............ 12-13

Liberty, population......_._____._... 2

rainfall at....... .__........_...... 19-20

Liberty area, wells in_.....________. 15

Lissie formation, character and water-bearing

properties..._._______... 11,12

wells in. * __._.... 12,13,14-15 

Location and extent of the area..__.____ 2

Mineral resources____ _______ ____ 3

Miocene rocks, character and water-bearing

properties.-..----.-----..--- ..

Moss Bluff area, wells in..._.___........

Page

8

16

Oakville sandstone, character and water-bearing properties __ ________ .. 8 

wells in.... ..-..... - ....... .. 12-13

Oil, production of......... ..... 3

Pleistocene rocks, character and water-bearing

properties... ... _ -._ .- _ 11

Pliocene rocks, character and water-bearing

properties.. ___ . __ _____ 8, 11

Population of the area... ________ __ . 2

Precipitation in the area _ . ______ .. 3-4,19-20

Rainfall in the area. __ ..... __ ......... 3-4, 19-20

Rayburnarea, wells in.. ------- _ ..-.--.-.-- 14

Raywood area, wells in ___ .. _ . ___ ... 16 

Recent rocks, distribution and water-bearing

properties.. . ____ _______ 12 

Bomayor area, wells in..... ____ _____ 13-14

Settlements in the area... 

Specific capacity, definition 

Springs, records of. __ .. 

water from, analyses of.

____ .... 2 

...-- . 6 

 . . 27 

.-..---.-.- 57

Streams, flow of, records __ ___ . _ -...--. 19-20

of the area.. ___ __ _ __ _____ .... 19

Surface water, supplies.. .... _________ . 19-20

Topography of the area... _ . _____ __ . 2

Trinity River, features.. ____ . _______ 2,19

runoff of.... ..... ___ ............ ____ 19,20

water hi, quality---...... ___ .... _ 22

Trinity River Valley, wells in ____ . ___ 6, 12

Water, analyses.. __ ...... _____ ... __ 56-59

present development of supplies of, from

wells.. -. .- 12-17

quality. .. a 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21 

surface supplies of. _ . _ .-.-----... _ ... 19-20

Wells, artesian, conditions producing... ....... 5-6

artesian, occurrence... __ ..... 6, 12-13, 14-15, 16

development of water supplies from _ _ 12-17 

irrigation from.,.. ______ .. . 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 

logs of.. ____________________ 40-55 

records of _ __ . __ _____ .. ___ 22 

specific capacity of, definition _ .. __ ... 6 

water from, analyses of... ___ ..... __ 56-59

water level in, fluctuation of.. ___ . __ 6

Willis sand, character and occurrence ____ 8

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