# Fracture

> The fractures block of a .well file: a list of Fracture objects.

Property `fractures` of the .well root, an array of objects, required. [Defined in the spec](/format/spec/v2/object-schemas#fracture--fractures).

| Field | Type | Required | Values / constraints | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `depth` | number | yes |  |  |
| `water_intake` | boolean | yes |  |  |
| `description` | string | yes |  |  |
| `swarm` | boolean | yes |  |  |
| `azimuth` | number | yes |  |  |
| `dip` | number | yes |  |  |
| `depth_precision` | number | no |  |  |