Oil & gas wells in Madison County, AL
55 catalogued wells in Madison County, Alabama, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Madison County, Alabama has 55 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 55 plugged & abandoned (100%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 21st of the 27 Alabama counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 15,091 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
55
Active
0
Plugged
55
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Madison County?
0% of Madison County's wells are active, 36 percentage points below the Alabama share of 36%. 100% are plugged & abandoned, against 57% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Madison County; Alabama as a whole has 30.
What kinds of wells are in Madison County?
By product class, 1 of the county's wells (2%) are oil wells, 10 (18%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 9% and the gas share 12%. The deepest total depth published for a Madison County well is 3,303 ft, against 21,928 ft for Alabama as a whole. 53% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Madison County compare with other Alabama counties?
Madison County has the 21st-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 Madison County?
27 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Madison 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 Madison County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morbet No. 1 (New Market) | 01-089-01001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | New York-Alabama Oil Co. |
| Overton No. 1 - N.Y.A. No. 16 | 01-089-01002 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | New York-Alabama Oil Co. |
| Overton No. 4 - N.Y.A. No. 19 | 01-089-01003 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | New York-Alabama Oil Co. |
| Overton No. 2 - N.Y.A. No. 17 | 01-089-01004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | New York-Alabama Oil Co. |
| Overton No. 3 - N.Y.A. No. 18 | 01-089-01005 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | New York-Alabama Oil Co. |
| Carter No. 1 - N.Y.A. No. 21 | 01-089-01006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | New York-Alabama Oil Co. |
| W. L. Hill No. 1 | 01-089-01007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hazel Green Oil & Gas Co. |
| Moseley No. 1 - N.Y.A. No. 22 | 01-089-01008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | New York-Alabama Oil Co. |
| Overton No. 5 - N.Y.A. No. 20 | 01-089-01009 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | New York-Alabama Oil Co. |
| West Huntsville No. 1 - N.Y.A. No. 2 | 01-089-01010 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | New York-Alabama Oil Co. |
| West Huntsville No. 3 - N.Y.A. No. 5 | 01-089-01011 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | New York-Alabama Oil Co. |
| West Huntsville No. 4 - N.Y.A. No. 6 | 01-089-01012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | New York-Alabama Oil Co. |
| Bailes No. 1 - N.Y.A. No. 7 | 01-089-01013 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | New York-Alabama Oil Co. |
| Campbell No. 1 - N.Y.A. No. 12 | 01-089-01014 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | New York-Alabama Oil Co. |
| Mccalley No. 1 -N.Y.A. No. 10 | 01-089-01015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | New York-Alabama Oil Co. |
| Humes No. 2 - N.Y.A. No. 15 | 01-089-01016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | New York-Alabama Oil Co. |
| West Huntsville No. 1 - N.Y.A. No. 13 | 01-089-01017 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | New York-Alabama Oil Co. |
| West Huntsville No. 2 - N.Y.A. No. 3 | 01-089-01018 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | New York-Alabama Oil Co. |
| Gurley No. 1 | 01-089-01019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Local Interests |
| Dunk Hill No. 1 | 01-089-01020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | W. W. Newman et al |
| Nichols No. 1 | 01-089-01021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | W. W. Newman |
| Cambron No. 1 | 01-089-01022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | W. W. Newman & E. O. Heath |
| Cambron No. 2 | 01-089-01023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | W. W. Newman & E. O. Heath |
| Nebo No. 1 | 01-089-01024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | W. W. Newman |
| Nichols-3b | 01-089-01025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | W. W. Newman |
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Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Madison County, AL?
Madison County, Alabama has 55 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 55 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Madison County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Madison County, Alabama.
What share of wells in Madison County are plugged?
55 of Madison County's 55 catalogued wells (100%) 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); Madison County ranks 21st with 55.
How many companies operate wells in Madison County?
27 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Madison County, Alabama.
Nearby in the Alabama rankings
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 Madison County, Alabama”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/alabama/madison (data as of October 10, 2026).