Oil & gas wells in Walker County, AL
385 catalogued wells in Walker County, Alabama, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Walker County, Alabama has 385 catalogued oil & gas wells: 202 active (52%), 123 plugged & abandoned (32%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 9th of the 27 Alabama counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 15,091 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
385
Active
202
Plugged
123
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Walker County?
52% of Walker County's wells are active, 16 percentage points above the Alabama share of 36%. 32% are plugged & abandoned, against 57% statewide and 47% nationally. 30 wells (8%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Walker County; Alabama as a whole has 30. The remaining 30 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Walker County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 55 (14%) 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 Walker County well is 4,350 ft, against 21,928 ft for Alabama as a whole. 96% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Walker County compare with other Alabama counties?
Walker County has the 9th-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 Walker County?
40 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Walker 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 Walker County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cordova No. 1 | 01-127-01001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mrs. Haughton et al |
| Cordova No. 2 | 01-127-01002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mrs. Haughton et al |
| Pogasco Hole | 01-127-01003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Co. |
| T. C. I. No. 1 | 01-127-01004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tennessee Coal & Iron Railroad Co. |
| Shannon No. 2 - Long Estate No 2 | 01-127-01005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Co. |
| Shannon No. 4 - Long Estate No. 4 | 01-127-01006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Co. |
| Oakman No. 2 | 01-127-01007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Co. |
| Shannon No. 1 - Long Estate No. 1 | 01-127-01008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Co. |
| Calumet No. 1 | 01-127-01009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Co. |
| Shannon No. 3 - Long Estate No. 3 | 01-127-01010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Co. |
| Shannon No. 5 - Long Estate | 01-127-01011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Co. |
| Barney No. 1 | 01-127-01012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ex-governor Haskill et al |
| Flat Creek No. 1 | 01-127-01013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pratt Consolidated Coal Company |
| Galloway No. 1 | 01-127-01014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Champlin Refining Co. |
| Moss & Mccormack #1 | 01-127-19989 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Superior Oil Co., The |
| The Ulysses Co. #1 | 01-127-19990 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. |
| Fnbb #2 | 01-127-19991 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Glenrose Oil & Gas Co., Inc. |
| Fnbb #2 | 01-127-19992 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rose, Glenn B. & Telverston, H.O. |
| Debardelaben #1 | 01-127-19993 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Deason, J.H. & Drummond, H.E. |
| FNBB, Trustee #1 | 01-127-19994 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Schindler, Robert J., Sr. et al |
| Fnbb, Trustee 8 #1 | 01-127-19995 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texala Drilling Co. & Moore, Joe L. & Co., Inc. |
| First National Bank of Birmingham #2 | 01-127-19996 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Schindler, Robert J., Sr. et al |
| Alabama By-Products Corporation #1 | 01-127-19997 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Schindler, Robert J., Sr. et al |
| Ulysses Co. #1 | 01-127-19998 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Company |
| Moss McCormack Coal Co. #1 | 01-127-19999 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Company |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 385 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 Walker County, AL?
Walker County, Alabama has 385 catalogued oil & gas wells: 202 active, 123 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Walker County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Walker County, Alabama.
What share of wells in Walker County are plugged?
123 of Walker County's 385 catalogued wells (32%) 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); Walker County ranks 9th with 385.
How many companies operate wells in Walker County?
40 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Walker 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 Walker County, Alabama”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/alabama/walker (data as of October 10, 2026).