The Ogallala Aquifer: Briscoe County's Underground Water Supply

The Ogallala is the big High Plains aquifer under Briscoe County. TWDB describes it as sand, gravel, clay, and silt, and lists Briscoe in Groundwater Management Area 2.

That sounds technical, but it shows up at the kitchen sink, the stock tank, and the irrigation pump. Well rules are not the same on every tract.

Mesquite Groundwater Conservation District serves eastern Briscoe County. TCEQ says the western Briscoe part of the Briscoe, Hale, and Swisher priority area still has no groundwater conservation district.

If you are buying land with a well, ask for the driller's log, recent water-level readings, and any district paperwork. If the tract is in eastern Briscoe, call Mesquite GCD before drilling or changing a well.