Groundwater Management Area 15

Groundwater Management Area 15 Webpage

Groundwater management area 15 location map

Contact Information

Victoria County Groundwater Conservation District
Tim Andruss
General Manager
2805 N. Navarro St., Suite 210
Victoria, Texas 77901
Telephone: (361) 579-6863
Fax: (361) 579-0041
Email: tim.andruss@vcgcd.org

Regional Water Planning Group Representatives:
Region K: Jim Brasher
Region L: Terrell Graham
Region P: Neil Hudgins
Region N: Mark Sugarek

2021 Joint Planning Desired future conditions and modeled available groundwater

Summary of Desired Future Conditions for GMA 15

Summary of Modeled Available Groundwater for GMA 15 by Groundwater Conservation District

Summary of Modeled Available Groundwater for GMA 15 by County

Additional 2021 Joint Planning Documents

Groundwater Conservation Districts (13 either partially or completely included)

  • Bee Groundwater Conservation District
  • Calhoun County Groundwater Conservation District
  • Coastal Bend Groundwater Conservation District
  • Coastal Plains Groundwater Conservation District
  • Colorado County Groundwater Conservation District
  • Corpus Christi ASR Conservation District
  • Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District
  • Fayette County Groundwater Conservation District
  • Goliad County Groundwater Conservation District
  • Pecan Valley Groundwater Conservation District
  • Refugio Groundwater Conservation District
  • Texana Groundwater Conservation District
  • Victoria County Groundwater Conservation District

Additional Groundwater Conservation District Information


Aquifers(either partially or completely included)

Component Counties

GMA 15 Reports

ID Date Type Description
GR19-013_MP 4/30/2019 GAM run - Management Plan Management Plan information for Evergreen UWCD
GR16-025_MAG 3/28/2017 GAM run - MAG Modeled available groundwater estimates for the Gulf Coast Aquifer System in Groundwater Management Area 15
R-365 2/1/2006 TWDB numbered report Aquifers of the Gulf Coast of Texas
R-236 7/1/1979 TWDB numbered report Stratigraphic and Hydrogeologic Framework of Part of the Coastal Plain of Texas
R-017 1/1/1966 TWDB numbered report Ground-Water Resources of Bee County, Texas
HA-05 1/1/1997 Hydrologic atlas Water Quality in the Sparta Aquifer
HA-06 1/1/1997 Hydrologic atlas Water Quality in the Queen City Aquifer
B-6202 1/1/1962 Groundwater bulletin Ground-Water Resources of Victoria and Calhoun Counties, Texas
B-6312 10/1/1963 Groundwater bulletin Ground-Water Resources of Refugio County, Texas
B-6518 8/1/1965 Groundwater bulletin Ground-Water Resources of De Witt County, Texas
R-091 3/1/1969 TWDB numbered report Ground-Water Resources of Matagorda County, Texas
R-270 7/1/1982 TWDB numbered report Ground-Water Resources of Colorado, Lavaca, and Wharton Counties, Texas
R-295 10/1/1986 TWDB numbered report Hydrology of the Jasper Aquifer in the Southeast Texas Coastal Plain
GMA15_DFC_01 7/14/2010 DFC submission Desired future conditions for the Gulf Coast Aquifer
R-001 10/1/1965 TWDB numbered report Ground-Water Resources of Jackson County, Texas
R-071 3/1/1968 TWDB numbered report Reconnaissance of the Chemical Quality of the Surface Waters of the Colorado River Basin, Texas
R-056 8/1/1967 TWDB numbered report Availability and Quality of Ground Water in Fayette County, Texas
GT10-012 9/9/2010 GAM task Predictive simulations for the Yegua-Jackson Aquifer
GR10-015_MP 6/15/2010 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan information for Evergreen UWCD
GR10-008 6/30/2010 GAM run Predictive simulations for the Gulf Coast Aquifer in Groundwater Management Area 15
GR10-008_Add 6/30/2010 GAM run Predictive simulations for the Gulf Coast Aquifer in Groundwater Management Area 15
GR09-009_MP 5/29/2009 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan information for Colorado County GCD
GR08-082_MP 1/5/2009 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan information for Texana GCD
GR08-081_MP 1/5/2009 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan information for Coastal Bend GCD
GR08-076_MP 12/9/2008 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan information for Coastal Plains GCD
GR08-062_MP 9/3/2008 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan information for Evergreen UWCD
GR08-056 3/17/2009 GAM run simulation for the Gulf Coast Aquifer in Groundwater Management Area15
GR08-039_MP 5/30/2008 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan information for Refugio GCD
GR08-038_MP 5/30/2008 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan information for Pecan Valley GCD
GR08-035_MP 5/29/2008 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan information for Fayette County GCD
GR08-032_MP 5/23/2008 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan information for Victoria County GCD
GR08-009_MP 4/10/2008 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan information for Goliad County GCD
GR08-003_MP 4/9/2008 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan information for Corpus Christi ASRCD
GR08-001_MP 3/10/2008 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan information for Bee GCD
GR07-043 3/21/2008 GAM run Predictive simulation for the Gulf Coast Aquifer in Groundwater Management Area 15
GR07-042 3/21/2008 GAM run Predictive simulation for the Gulf Coast Aquifer in Groundwater Management Area 15
GR07-014 10/15/2007 GAM run Predictive simulation for the Gulf Coast Aquifer in Groundwater Management Areas 15 and 16
GR07-012 4/19/2007 GAM run Predictive simulation for the Gulf Coast Aquifer in Groundwater Management Areas 15 and 16
GR07-014 10/15/2007 GAM run Predictive simulation for the Gulf Coast Aquifer in Groundwater Management Areas 15 and 16
GR07-014_CM 12/11/2007 GAM run Additional results from the analysis completed in GAM Run 07-014
GR06-019 9/7/2006 GAM run Predictive simulation for the Carrizo-Wilcox, Queen City, and Sparta aquifers in Fayette County GCD
GR05-032 8/15/2005 GAM run Predictive simulation for the Gulf Coast Aquifer in Bee and San Patricio counties
GR05-029 11/14/2005 GAM run Maps showing water levels, water-level changes, and water budgets for the Gulf Coast Aquifer in Matagorda and Wharton counties
GR05-027 10/27/2005 GAM run Predictive simulation for the Gulf Coast Aquifer in Goliad County
GR05-025 9/29/2005 GAM run Water level information for the Gulf Coast Aquifer in Bee County
GR05-023 6/11/2005 GAM run Maps showing water levels and water-level changes for the Gulf Coast Aquifer in Matagorda and Wharton counties
GR05-022 6/3/2005 GAM run Water level information for the Gulf Coast, Carrizo-Wilcox, Queen City, and Sparta aquifers in Live Oak County
GR05-018 4/29/2005 GAM run Water budget information for the Carrizo-Wilcox, Queen City, and Sparta aquifers in Bee, Live Oak, and McMullen counties
GR05-015 7/13/2005 GAM run Predictive simulation for the Gulf Coast Aquifer in Goliad County
GR05-014 5/17/2005 GAM run Predictive simulation for the Gulf Coast Aquifer in Goliad County
GR05-004 1/23/2005 GAM run Calibration of the Gulf Coast (central) Aquifer GAM to evaluate drawdowns from fully penetrating wells in the Evangeline Aquifer
GR05-003 10/7/2004 GAM run Water budget for Matagorda and Wharton counties under predictive pumping, wet, and dry conditions
GR05-001 7/20/2005 GAM run Predictive runs using various pumping scenarios in Bee and San Patricio counties
GR04-008 4/8/2005 GAM run Water budget for Bee, Live Oak, and McMullen counties
GR03-017 8/18/2003 GAM run Recharge and total storage data for the Carrizo-Wilcox, Queen City, Sparta, and Gulf Coast aquifers in Fayette County GCD
GR03-015 7/18/2003 GAM run Water budget, storage, and water level drawdown for the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer and recharge information for the Gulf Coast Aquifer in Bee GCD
GR03-007 3/7/2005 GAM run Refugio county water budget for the Gulf Coast Aquifer
GR03-001 5/20/2005 GAM run Predictive simulation for the Gulf Coast Aquifer in Goliad County GCD
GR12-012_MP 6/25/2012 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan information for Bee GCD
GR10-028_MAG 11/18/2011 GAM run - MAG Modeled available groundwater for the Gulf Coast Aquifer in Groundwater Management Area 15
CR-0904831001 10/31/2011 Contract report Estimation of Groundwater Recharge to the Gulf Coast Aquifer in Texas, USA
CR-0804830795 2/1/2010 Contract report Hydrostratigraphy of the Gulf Coast Aquifer from the Brazos River to the Rio Grande
GR12-024_MP 12/5/2012 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan information for Pecan Valley GCD
GR12-018_MP 11/30/2012 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan data for Goliad County GCD
GR12-022_MP 11/29/2012 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan data for Victoria County GCD
GR04-021_Ver2 2/14/2005 GAM run Predictive model input files for the Gulf Coast (central) Aquifer
GR09-010_Ver2 9/16/2010 GAM run Predictive simulation for the Gulf Coast Aquifer in Groundwater Management Area 15
GR12-018_MP_Ver2 1/24/2013 GAM run - Management Plan Goliad County GCD Management Plan GAM Run, version 2
GR13-002_MP 3/21/2013 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan data for Fayette County GCD
GR13-008_MP 6/25/2013 GAM run - Management Plan Management Plan data for Refugio GCD
GR13-025_MP 12/13/2013 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan data for Coastal Bend GCD
GR13-027_MP 12/20/2013 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan data for Colorado County GCD
GT13-038_TERS 1/15/2014 GAM task - Total Estimated Recoverable Storage Total Estimated Recoverable Storage for aquifers in Groundwater Management Area 15
GR13-026_MP 9/18/2013 GAM run - Management Plan Management Plan data for Coastal Plains GCD
GR15-004_MP 6/30/2015 GAM run - Management Plan Management Plan data for Evergreen UWCD
GR14-012_MP 7/12/2015 GAM run - Management Plan Management Plan data for Texana GCD
GR15-010_MP 8/12/2015 GAM run - Management Plan Management Plan data for Calhoun County GCD
GR17-015_MP 1/31/2018 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan information for Bee GCD
GR17-019_MP 2/2/2018 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan information for Fayette County GCD
GR18-011_MP 5/21/2018 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan information for Pecan Valley GCD
GR20-006_MP 11/19/2020 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan information for Texana GCD
GR22-004_MP 2/3/2022 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan information for Calhoun County GCD
GR21-020_MAG 8/16/2022 GAM run - MAG Modeled available groundwater estimates for the Gulf Coast Aquifer System in Groundwater Management Area 15
GR23-008_MP 06/12/2023 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan information for Fayette County GCD
GR23-016_MP 07/28/2023 GAM run - Management Plan Management plan information for Bee GCD
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