Oil & gas wells in Benton County, AR
32 catalogued wells in Benton County, Arkansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Benton County, Arkansas has 32 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 28 plugged & abandoned (88%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 31st of the 33 Arkansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 33,791 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
32
Active
0
Plugged
28
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Benton County?
0% of Benton County's wells are active, 50 percentage points below the Arkansas share of 50%. 88% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Benton County; Arkansas as a whole has 379. The remaining 4 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Benton County?
By product class, 1 of the county's wells (3%) are oil wells, 28 (88%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 51% and the gas share 43%. The deepest total depth published for a Benton County well is 2,359 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 Benton County compare with other Arkansas counties?
Benton County has the 31st-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 Benton County?
7 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Benton 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 Benton County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robbins 1 | 03-007-10001 | Other status | Other type | Top Deck Oil Inc |
| Pierce 1 | 03-007-10002 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Top Deck Oil Inc |
| Womack 1 | 03-007-10003 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Top Deck Oil Inc |
| Pierce, Byron 1-B | 03-007-10005 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Top Deck Oil Inc |
| McAfee 1 | 03-007-10007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Top Deck Oil Inc |
| Featherston 1 | 03-007-10008 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Top Deck Oil Inc |
| Gieger, Ralph 1 | 03-007-10009 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Top Deck Oil Inc |
| Robbins, N D 1 | 03-007-10010 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Top Deck Oil Inc |
| Womack 2 | 03-007-10011 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Top Deck Oil Inc |
| Rusk, Thomas C 1 | 03-007-10012 | Other status | Other type | Top Deck Oil Inc |
| Patterson Brothers 1 | 03-007-10013 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Top Deck Oil Inc |
| Copeland 1 | 03-007-10014 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Top Deck Oil Inc |
| Robbins, N D 2 | 03-007-10016 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Top Deck Oil Inc |
| Featherston 2 | 03-007-10017 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Top Deck Oil Inc |
| Pierce 4 | 03-007-10018 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Top Deck Oil Inc |
| Adams 1 | 03-007-10019 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Top Deck Oil Inc |
| Patterson Brothers 2 | 03-007-10020 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Top Deck Oil Inc |
| Copeland 2 | 03-007-10021 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Top Deck Oil Inc |
| Ecclesia 1 | 03-007-10022 | Other status | Other type | Ecclesia Inc |
| Ezell, Bernice 1 | 03-007-10023 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Ezex Inc |
| Pierce, Byron 2 | 03-007-10024 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Ten High Gas Company Inc |
| Schmiegelow, Vernon 1 | 03-007-10025 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Ten High Gas Company Inc |
| Pierce, Byron 1 | 03-007-10026 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Ten High Gas Company Inc |
| Pierce, Byron 3 | 03-007-10027 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Ten High Gas Company Inc |
| Schmiegelow, Vernon 2 | 03-007-10028 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Ten High Gas Company Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 32 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 Benton County, AR?
Benton County, Arkansas has 32 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 28 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Benton County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Benton County, Arkansas.
What share of wells in Benton County are plugged?
28 of Benton County's 32 catalogued wells (88%) 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); Benton County ranks 31st with 32.
How many companies operate wells in Benton County?
7 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Benton County, Arkansas.
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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 Benton County, Arkansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/arkansas/benton (data as of October 10, 2026).