Carson County · Serving Skellytown, TX 79080
Water Well Service in Skellytown, Texas
Skellytown was born in the 1926 oil boom and named for Skelly Oil, and the country around it still works for a living: pumpjacks, cattle, and wheat in every direction. The private wells out here work just as hard, and Applewhite Water Well keeps them producing.
We serve Skellytown and northern Carson County with drilling, pump repair, windmill service, solar conversions, and stock water systems.
Well Country: What Makes Skellytown Different
Northern Carson County sits on solid Ogallala ground, and its wells are plains wells: real depth to water, submersible pumps doing heavy lifting, and windmills still holding down remote corners. Like the rest of the caprock, water levels here have drifted down over the decades, so pump settings that were right in 1990 can be marginal today. Low-yield symptoms often trace to that simple arithmetic.
Oil-patch history has a well-being footnote: older properties can carry abandoned boreholes of various vintages. When we drill new water wells near legacy activity, siting and sealing get extra attention so your water stays clean and stays yours.
Between Skellytown, White Deer, and the Borger line, we handle household wells for oil-field families, stock systems for the ranches, and the pressure systems that tie them together.
Well Services We Bring to Skellytown
Areas We Cover Around Skellytown
- Skellytown proper
- White Deer area
- Toward Borger
- TX-152 west end
- Cargray
- North Carson farms
Skellytown, Texas on the map
The Skellytown area we serve.
Our home base in Wheeler, TX.
Local resource: Skellytown, TX — Handbook of Texas — Texas State Historical Association entry for Skellytown.
Who shows up
Matthew Applewhite, Owner & Operator
When you call Applewhite Water Well, you get Matthew. He answers the phone, walks your property, quotes the job, and does the work. He holds an active Texas Water Well Driller and Pump Installer license (#61162) with the Master Water Well Pump Installer designation, verified with TDLR. Insured, and based in Wheeler.
- Same person from first call to finished well
- decades of hands-on well work in the eastern Texas Panhandle
- Serving ranches and rural homes across 12 Panhandle communities
- Written estimates before work begins, every time
Skellytown Well Service Questions
Do you serve Skellytown and White Deer?
Yes, both, along with the farms and ranches between them and the Borger line. Call 806-334-0785.
Why did my well weaken after years of good service?
On this part of the caprock, a falling water table is the first suspect. Often lowering the pump restores full service; we measure before recommending anything.
Can you convert an electric stock well to solar out here?
Yes, and remote Carson County pastures are strong candidates. We reuse the well and usually most of the plumbing.
Do you check wells near old oil-field sites?
We pay extra attention to siting and sealing near legacy activity, and we recommend water testing for any household well.
How do you schedule work this far west?
Skellytown runs pair with Pampa and Groom work, which keeps scheduling tight and travel efficient. Emergencies jump the queue.
Worth Reading Before You Call
What a Water Well Costs in the Texas Panhandle
Depth, casing, and pump choice set the price of a well. Here is how each one works, from a driller who bids them every week.
Well Stopped Working? A Panhandle Troubleshooting Guide
Most well outages trace to a short list of causes, and a few are fixable from the breaker panel. Here is the order to check things in.