Oil & gas wells in Monroe County, AL
248 catalogued wells in Monroe County, Alabama, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Monroe County, Alabama has 248 catalogued oil & gas wells: 11 active (4%), 228 plugged & abandoned (92%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 13th of the 27 Alabama counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 15,091 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
248
Active
11
Plugged
228
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Monroe County?
4% of Monroe County's wells are active, 32 percentage points below the Alabama share of 36%. 92% are plugged & abandoned, against 57% statewide and 47% nationally. 5 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Monroe County; Alabama as a whole has 30. The remaining 4 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Monroe County?
By product class, 83 of the county's wells (33%) are oil wells, 2 (0.8%) gas wells and 20 (8%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 9% and the gas share 12%. The deepest total depth published for a Monroe County well is 15,520 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 Monroe County compare with other Alabama counties?
Monroe County has the 13th-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 Monroe County?
119 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Monroe 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 Monroe County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivey No. 1 | 01-099-01001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beatrice Oil Co. |
| D. C. Garrett | 01-099-01002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jaggers Oil Co. |
| B. H. Stallworth No. 1 | 01-099-01003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C. O. Jaggers Co. |
| Uriah Swd #1 | 01-099-10001 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Getty Oil Company |
| McWilliams SWD #1 | 01-099-10002 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Union Pacific Resources Company |
| W.S. Moore Estate #1 | 01-099-19970 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Duffy, James L. |
| Swift Hunter Lumber Co. #1 | 01-099-19971 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Steinberger, C.C., Jr. |
| J.E. Hetherington #1 | 01-099-19972 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Refining Co. |
| St. Regis Paper Co.-Florida Oil & Gas Board #1 | 01-099-19973 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hamilton & Cashion, Lyle Co. |
| Swift-Hunter Lumber Co. #1 | 01-099-19974 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Creslenn Oil Co. |
| T.W. Moore #1 | 01-099-19975 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil Co. |
| R.B. Williams #1 | 01-099-19976 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mobile Drilling Co., Inc. & Borden, S.P. |
| J.F. Dusenberry #1 | 01-099-19977 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Procter, Sterrett B. |
| Cornelia D. Broughton #1 | 01-099-19978 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Procter, Sterrett B. |
| Green Mccreary #1 | 01-099-19979 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Helms, Fred T. |
| Cornelia D. Broughton #1-A | 01-099-19980 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Procter & Larue, I.P. & Larue, Fred |
| John C. Mosley Et Al #1 | 01-099-19981 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Procter & Larue, I.P. & Larue, Fred |
| D.S. Wright #1 | 01-099-19982 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Larue, I.P. & Fred |
| C. L. Rutherford #1 | 01-099-19983 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Temple & Williams Inspection Co. |
| F.W. Cannon #1 | 01-099-19984 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Crawford, H.N. et al |
| G.C. Gaillard #1 | 01-099-19985 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sunnyland Contracting Co. |
| C.C. Gantt #1 | 01-099-19986 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sunnyland Contracting Co. |
| Brady Belcher et al #1 | 01-099-19987 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Helms Southern States Oil Co.-Clinch Drilling Co. |
| C.D. Broughton #1 | 01-099-19988 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cashion, Lyle Co.-Daws-Stanley |
| Belcher Lumber Sales Co. #1 | 01-099-19989 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cashion, Lyle Co.-Daws-Stanley |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 248 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 Monroe County, AL?
Monroe County, Alabama has 248 catalogued oil & gas wells: 11 active, 228 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Monroe County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Monroe County, Alabama.
What share of wells in Monroe County are plugged?
228 of Monroe County's 248 catalogued wells (92%) 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); Monroe County ranks 13th with 248.
How many companies operate wells in Monroe County?
119 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Monroe 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 Monroe County, Alabama”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/alabama/monroe (data as of October 10, 2026).