Oil & gas wells in Ashley County, AR
94 catalogued wells in Ashley County, Arkansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Ashley County, Arkansas has 94 catalogued oil & gas wells: 9 active (10%), 85 plugged & abandoned (90%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 25th of the 33 Arkansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 33,791 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
94
Active
9
Plugged
85
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Ashley County?
10% of Ashley County's wells are active, 40 percentage points below the Arkansas share of 50%. 90% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Ashley County; Arkansas as a whole has 379.
What kinds of wells are in Ashley County?
By product class, 92 of the county's wells (98%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 2 (2%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 51% and the gas share 43%. The deepest total depth published for a Ashley County well is 16,611 ft, against 17,825 ft for Arkansas as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Ashley County compare with other Arkansas counties?
Ashley County has the 25th-most catalogued wells of the 33 Arkansas counties with at least 25. The median Arkansas county on WellCensus has 604 wells. The largest, Union County, has 7,108.
Who operates wells in Ashley County?
52 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Ashley 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 Ashley County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossett Lumber Co A-1 | 03-003-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | McAlester Fuel Co |
| Cone, Ida J Estate 1 | 03-003-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bell, Joseph P |
| Crossett Lumber Co "D" 1 | 03-003-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | McAlester Fuel Co |
| Crossett Lumber Co "B' 1 | 03-003-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | McAlester Fuel Co |
| Crossett Lumber Co "F" 1 | 03-003-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | McAlester Fuel Co |
| Fee 2 | 03-003-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Seaboard Oil Corp |
| Betty 1 | 03-003-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lion Oil Refining Company |
| W B Bynum Cooperage Co 1 | 03-003-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texas Seaboard Oil Co |
| Crossett 1 | 03-003-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Plummer, Albert |
| Crossett Lumber Co "A" 4 | 03-003-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lion Oil Company |
| Crossett Lumber Co "E" 1 | 03-003-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | McAlester Fuel Co |
| Crossett Co "D" 2 | 03-003-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tidewater Oil Co |
| Crossett Lumber Co "A" 1 | 03-003-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tidewater Oil Co |
| Crossett Lumber Co B-1 | 03-003-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lion Oil Company |
| Georgia-Pacific 1 | 03-003-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Nolan, William C |
| Crossett Lumber Co A-3 | 03-003-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lion Oil Company |
| Crossett Lumber Co A-2 | 03-003-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lion Oil Company |
| Bovine 1 | 03-003-00029 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | McFardin, Glen E |
| Crossett Co "D" 1 | 03-003-00030 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tidewater Oil Company |
| Crossett Lumber Co D-2 | 03-003-00031 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union Producing Co |
| Crossett Lumber Co D-1 | 03-003-00032 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union Production Co |
| Georgia Pacific 1 | 03-003-00033 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Caddo Oil Company Inc |
| Crossett Lumber Co B-1 | 03-003-00034 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tidewater Oil Co |
| Georgia-Pacific Paper Corp 1 | 03-003-00035 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Patoil Corp |
| Crossett Lumber Co B-1 | 03-003-00036 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Union Production Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 94 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 Ashley County, AR?
Ashley County, Arkansas has 94 catalogued oil & gas wells: 9 active, 85 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Ashley County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Ashley County, Arkansas.
What share of wells in Ashley County are plugged?
85 of Ashley County's 94 catalogued wells (90%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 44% across Arkansas.
Which Arkansas county has the most oil and gas wells?
Union County has the most catalogued wells of any Arkansas county on WellCensus (7,108); Ashley County ranks 25th with 94.
How many companies operate wells in Ashley County?
52 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Ashley County, Arkansas.
Nearby in the Arkansas rankings
About this data
Source: Arkansas Oil & Gas Commission 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 Ashley County, Arkansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/arkansas/ashley (data as of October 10, 2026).