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canadianAg
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4:20p, 4/26/26
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Was talking to my neighbor who used to own our property and he was telling me there used to be a water well on it.

I looked on the Texas water well map tool and didn't see so I assume it wasn't permitted. Any ideas how to go about finding it?

The neighbor could narrow it down to about a quarter acre area but still a lot of ground for a couple inches of pipe.
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4:31p, 4/26/26
Find a friend that owns a metal detector.
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In reply to canadianAg • 5:07p, 4/26/26
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canadianAg said:
Was talking to my neighbor who used to own our property and he was telling me there used to be a water well on it.

I looked on the Texas water well map tool and didn't see so I assume it wasn't permitted. Any ideas how to go about finding it?

The neighbor could narrow it down to about a quarter acre area but still a lot of ground for a couple inches of pipe.

A lot of the older wells were not recorded in the initial drillers reports using lat/long or GPS. They were drawn as a dot on a 1/4 quadrant map, sometimes with a location sketch. When those records were digitized 8nto the map viewer, most of those old locations got plotted as a single point for any well in that quarter quadrant that is unrelated to where they actually are. If you have information like the owner name when it was installed or an address and a timeframe when it might have been installed, I would search the well report database using that info, and if you find the report, you may be able to look at the little map sketch and get a better idea where to look.
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8:31p, 4/26/26
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Walk in that general 1/4 acre area with your keys half hanging out of your pocket, jump up and down occasionally. When your keys fall out, they will go down the well casing.

Well located...
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In reply to canadianAg • 8:59p, 4/26/26
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Did the neighbor say what kind of water well? My place in Independence had a modern water well that didn't work when I bought it and I never bothered to try and get running because I had community water service. But I found two stone lined, silted in, water wells on it walking around while I was there.

Are we talking about a well you'd want to use? Be able to use?
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In reply to aggiez03 • 9:01p, 4/26/26
Thanks for that laugh!
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In reply to normaleagle05 • 9:12p, 4/26/26
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He said there used to be two houses back on that part that were eventually demolished. So I assume it was for everyday use.

He said when he still owned it, the well just needed power but he hooked up a generator and had it running.

We have city water so not a necessity but wouldn't be upset to be able to use it for irrigation.
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9:14p, 4/26/26
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Then it should be real easy for someone with a metal detector. Grid the area and try to catch one of the pipes or wires that go to it
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5:42a, 4/27/26
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Find a small kid from Midland and let her run around on the property.
When the truth comes out, do not ask me how I knew.
Ask yourself why you did not.
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In reply to Aggie Infantry • 7:18a, 4/27/26
She isn't a small kid anymore. In fact, she just got arrested.
Class of '94
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12:55p, 4/27/26
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Google earth, look at historical aerials and maybe you can see a well house.
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In reply to Hoosegow • 2:11p, 4/27/26
Hoosegow said:
She isn't a small kid anymore. In fact, she just got arrested.


Maybe it's a big well.
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In reply to Claude! • 2:58p, 4/27/26
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Claude! said:
Hoosegow said:
She isn't a small kid anymore. In fact, she just got arrested.


Maybe it's a big well.

I'm sure any small kid from Midland would suffice.

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3:08p, 4/27/26
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What about a collie? Just bring one out to the property and say, 'has anyone seen Timmy?', then follow the collie to the well.
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In reply to canadianAg • 3:13p, 4/27/26
canadianAg said:
Was talking to my neighbor who used to own our property and he was telling me there used to be a water well on it.

I looked on the Texas water well map tool and didn't see so I assume it wasn't permitted. Any ideas how to go about finding it?

The neighbor could narrow it down to about a quarter acre area but still a lot of ground for a couple inches of pipe.

Why is it important to find it? If you're wanting to avoid hitting it with a digging implement, I can see wanting to find it. If you're wanting to use it for water, there's probably a good reason the well was abandoned and you shouldn't be using it. Using a metal detector or historical imagery is going to be your best bet.
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In reply to HTownAg98 • 4:07p, 4/27/26
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HTownAg98 said:
Why is it important to find it? If you're wanting to avoid hitting it with a digging implement, I can see wanting to find it. If you're wanting to use it for water, there's probably a good reason the well was abandoned and you shouldn't be using it.

The answers are many and varied, and even obvious, but perhaps none of our business. But knowing it's location is valuable information every property owner is well-advised to possess. Good luck to the OP.
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7:23a, 4/28/26
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If it has a steel casing it would be pretty easy to find with a metal detector. I'm assuming you are near Canadian which is too far from me else I would locate it for you.
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8:01a, 4/28/26
When you find it, don't tell anyone.

Then invite a bunch of friends out to help you look.

Walk around with some unbent coat hangers until you "find" it.

Laugh every time they swear you have "the gift" after that.
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