Oil & gas wells in Clarke County, AL
327 catalogued wells in Clarke County, Alabama, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Clarke County, Alabama has 327 catalogued oil & gas wells: 27 active (8%), 272 plugged & abandoned (83%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 10th of the 27 Alabama counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 15,091 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
327
Active
27
Plugged
272
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Clarke County?
8% of Clarke County's wells are active, 28 percentage points below the Alabama share of 36%. 83% are plugged & abandoned, against 57% statewide and 47% nationally. 16 wells (5%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Clarke County; Alabama as a whole has 30. The remaining 12 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Clarke County?
By product class, 98 of the county's wells (30%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 14 (4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 9% and the gas share 12%. The deepest total depth published for a Clarke County well is 16,270 ft, against 21,928 ft for Alabama as a whole. 99% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Clarke County compare with other Alabama counties?
Clarke County has the 10th-most catalogued wells of the 27 Alabama counties with at least 25. The median Alabama county on WellCensus has 247 wells. The largest, Tuscaloosa County, has 5,885.
Who operates wells in Clarke County?
159 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Clarke County. 100% of the county's wells carry a link to a canonical operator profile; the rest list no operator or a name not yet resolved. Each well's page names its operator where the state publishes one.
Wells in Clarke County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolen #1 | 01-025-01001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | S. A. Hobson |
| Bumpus #1 | 01-025-01002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Edgar Oil Company |
| Salt Mountain #1 | 01-025-01003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | S. A. Hobson |
| Mitchell #1 | 01-025-01004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alabama Oil Company |
| Mccorquodale #2 | 01-025-01005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Edgar Oil Company |
| Hobson-Boykin #1 | 01-025-01006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ramsey Petroleum Corp., et al |
| Scotch Lumber Co. #1 | 01-025-01007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Magnolia Petroleum Co. |
| A. Meaker #1 | 01-025-01008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | G. J. Greer - Joe Modisette |
| J.H. Wall Swd #5-A | 01-025-10001 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Patrick Petroleum Corp. |
| M.W. Davies Unit 15-12 SWD #1 | 01-025-10002 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Amax Oil & Gas Inc. |
| Wall Et Al Swd #2 | 01-025-10003 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Belden & Blake Corp. |
| M.M. Waite #1 | 01-025-19891 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union Producing Co. |
| Scotch Lumber Co. #1 | 01-025-19892 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Davis, W.R. Co. |
| Jas. S. Chapman Est. #1 | 01-025-19893 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Plains Production Co., Bunte Oil Co. & Duffy, James L. |
| Scotch Lumber Co. #1 | 01-025-19894 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | California Co., The |
| White City Plantation Co. #1 | 01-025-19895 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | California Co., The |
| Gordon-Hearn #1 | 01-025-19896 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beattie, Robert H. |
| State Of Alabama #1 | 01-025-19897 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Danciger Oil & Refining Co. |
| A.W. Hill #1 | 01-025-19898 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nu-Enamel Corp. |
| White City Plantation #2 | 01-025-19899 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | California Co., The |
| C.C. Brooks Et Al #1 | 01-025-19900 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Company |
| E.A. Thomas #1 | 01-025-19901 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Petroleum Corp. |
| M.H. Keoughan #1 | 01-025-19902 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | California Co., The |
| E.G. Hicks #1 | 01-025-19903 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hunt Oil Co. & Mattison, Duffy |
| E.H. Bixler #1 | 01-025-19904 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil & Refining Co. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 327 in search → (filter by operator, status and type, then export), or find a specific well on the live map.
Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Clarke County, AL?
Clarke County, Alabama has 327 catalogued oil & gas wells: 27 active, 272 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Clarke County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Clarke County, Alabama.
What share of wells in Clarke County are plugged?
272 of Clarke County's 327 catalogued wells (83%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 57% across Alabama.
Which Alabama county has the most oil and gas wells?
Tuscaloosa County has the most catalogued wells of any Alabama county on WellCensus (5,885); Clarke County ranks 10th with 327.
How many companies operate wells in Clarke County?
159 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Clarke County, Alabama.
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About this data
Source: Alabama State Oil & Gas Board well registry, plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026, doi 10.5066/P13FHBYG), as published October 10, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Oil & gas wells in Clarke County, Alabama”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/alabama/clarke (data as of October 10, 2026).