Oil & gas wells in Fayette County, AL
768 catalogued wells in Fayette County, Alabama, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Fayette County, Alabama has 768 catalogued oil & gas wells: 105 active (14%), 650 plugged & abandoned (85%) and 2 documented orphans. It ranks 4th of the 27 Alabama counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 5% of the state's 15,091 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
768
Active
105
Plugged
650
Documented orphans
2
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Fayette County?
14% of Fayette County's wells are active, 23 percentage points below the Alabama share of 36%. 85% are plugged & abandoned, against 57% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 2 wells (0.3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.2% across Alabama and 4% nationally. The remaining 10 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Fayette County?
By product class, 41 of the county's wells (5%) are oil wells, 467 (61%) gas wells and 16 (2%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 9% and the gas share 12%. The deepest total depth published for a Fayette County well is 5,008 ft, against 21,928 ft for Alabama as a whole. 94% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Fayette County compare with other Alabama counties?
Fayette County has the 4th-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. By documented orphans it ranks 4th in Alabama.
Who operates wells in Fayette County?
102 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Fayette 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 Fayette County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. V. Sprinkle #1 | 01-057-01001 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Providence Oil & Gas Co. |
| J. R. Strong #1 | 01-057-01002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | S. A. Hobson |
| B. W. Spiller #1 | 01-057-01003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Providence Oil & Gas Co. |
| J. V. Sprinkle #3 | 01-057-01004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Providence Oil & Gas Co. |
| W. M. Cannon #1 | 01-057-01005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Providence Oil & Gas Co. |
| J. V. Sprinkle #2 | 01-057-01006 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Providence Oil & Gas Co. |
| J. R. Strong #2 | 01-057-01007 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Providence Oil & Gas Co. |
| J. R. Strong #4 | 01-057-01008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Providence Oil & Gas Co. |
| J. R. Strong #5 | 01-057-01009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Providence Oil & Gas Co. |
| J. R. Strong #3 | 01-057-01010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Providence Oil & Gas Co. |
| J. D. B. Hooper #1 | 01-057-01011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Providence Oil & Gas Co. |
| J. R. Strong #1 | 01-057-01012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Providence Oil & Gas Co. |
| J. V. Sprinkle #4 | 01-057-01013 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Providence Oil & Gas Co. |
| J. V. Sprinkle #5 | 01-057-01014 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Providence Oil & Gas Co. |
| J. J. Jones #1 | 01-057-01015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Diamond Drill Boring Co. |
| W. A. Anderson #1 | 01-057-01016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Providence Oil & Gas Co. |
| J. W. Willingham #1 | 01-057-01017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | S. A. Hobson |
| J. M. Mcconnell #1 Or Providence #17 (Newton Farm) | 01-057-01018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Providence Oil & Gas Co. |
| J. R. Strong #1 (Cosmos #1) | 01-057-01019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cosmos Oil & Gas Co. |
| Lewis-Cazzier #1 (Providence #18) | 01-057-01020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Providence Oil & Gas Co. |
| R. M. Roberts #1 (Providence #22) | 01-057-01021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Providence Oil & Gas Co. |
| E. B. Newton #1 (Providence #19) | 01-057-01022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Providence Oil & Gas Co. |
| W. G. Clifton #1 (Providence #20) | 01-057-01023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Providence Oil & Gas Co. |
| W. S. Harkins #2 (Providence #21) | 01-057-01024 | Orphaned | Gas | Providence Oil & Gas Co. |
| Fowler-Maddox #1 (Five Rivers #1) | 01-057-01025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Five Rivers Oil & Gas Co. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 768 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 Fayette County, AL?
Fayette County, Alabama has 768 catalogued oil & gas wells: 105 active, 650 plugged and 2 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Fayette County?
2 wells in Fayette County, Alabama are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 4th-highest count among Alabama counties.
What share of wells in Fayette County are plugged?
650 of Fayette County's 768 catalogued wells (85%) 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); Fayette County ranks 4th with 768.
How many companies operate wells in Fayette County?
102 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Fayette 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 Fayette County, Alabama”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/alabama/fayette (data as of October 10, 2026).