Oil & gas wells in Marion County, AL
246 catalogued wells in Marion County, Alabama, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Marion County, Alabama has 246 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3 active (1%), 242 plugged & abandoned (98%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 15th of the 27 Alabama counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 15,091 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
246
Active
3
Plugged
242
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Marion County?
1% of Marion County's wells are active, 35 percentage points below the Alabama share of 36%. 98% are plugged & abandoned, against 57% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Marion County; Alabama as a whole has 30. The remaining 1 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Marion County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 117 (48%) 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 Marion County well is 4,710 ft, against 21,928 ft for Alabama as a whole. 98% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Marion County compare with other Alabama counties?
Marion County has the 15th-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 Marion County?
65 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Marion 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 Marion County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton No. 1 | 01-093-01001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | A. M. Oil, Gas & Pipe Line Co. |
| Brilliant (Birmingham Syndicate) No. 1 | 01-093-01002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | David Roberts, et.al. |
| Cashion Farm No. 1 | 01-093-01003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alabama Oil Company |
| J. F. Clarke No. 1 | 01-093-01004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Seaboard Oil Co. |
| J. F. Clarke Et Al No. 1-A | 01-093-01005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Seaboard Oil Co. |
| Pierce'S Mill No. 1 | 01-093-01006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| H.V. Lewis #1 | 01-093-19975 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bobo, H.M. |
| McCarley-Bannister #1 | 01-093-19976 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | McCarley, Emit/Ray, John Murray |
| Howard Mays-Hobson #1 | 01-093-19978 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Benedum-Trees Oil Co. |
| Arthur Ritch #1 | 01-093-19979 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Cullet, Harry L. |
| Hamilton Field Unit 23-10 #1 | 01-093-19980 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Griffin Resources, Inc. |
| M.V. Childers & Robert Miller Unit #1 | 01-093-19981 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Warrior Basin Oil Corp. |
| Alpha Young #1 | 01-093-19982 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Cullet, Harry L. |
| Cantrell-Jackson-McCarley #1 | 01-093-19983 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Cullet, Harry L. |
| First National Bank of Birmingham, Trustee #1 | 01-093-19984 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pearson, Walter & Assoc. |
| Amsouth 7-10 #2 | 01-093-19986 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Barnes Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| First National Bank Of Birmingham Et Al #2 | 01-093-19987 | Other status | Other type | Duffy, James L. & Rowe, Frank H., Jr et al |
| First National Bank Of Birmingham, Trustee #1 | 01-093-19988 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sharp, Frank J. |
| Brilliant Coal Co. #1 | 01-093-19989 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rowe, Frank H., Jr. & Duffy, James L. |
| Howard & Evalene Self Unit W7 #1 | 01-093-19990 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Morris, Charles |
| First Nationalk Bank Of Birmingham, As Trustee #1 | 01-093-19991 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Woods, Ernest H. |
| Alabama By-Products Corp. #1 | 01-093-19992 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Strahan, Joe G. et al |
| U.S. Pipe & Foundry Co. #1 | 01-093-19993 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Strahan, Joe G. et al |
| First National Bank of Birmingham, #3 | 01-093-19994 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Black Warrior Petroleum Co., Inc. |
| First National Bank Of Birmingham #2 | 01-093-19995 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Woods, Ernest H. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 246 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 Marion County, AL?
Marion County, Alabama has 246 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3 active, 242 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Marion County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Marion County, Alabama.
What share of wells in Marion County are plugged?
242 of Marion County's 246 catalogued wells (98%) 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); Marion County ranks 15th with 246.
How many companies operate wells in Marion County?
65 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Marion 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 Marion County, Alabama”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/alabama/marion (data as of October 10, 2026).