Oil & gas wells in Bradley County, AR
155 catalogued wells in Bradley County, Arkansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Bradley County, Arkansas has 155 catalogued oil & gas wells: 58 active (37%), 88 plugged & abandoned (57%) and 2 documented orphans. It ranks 22nd of the 33 Arkansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.5% of the state's 33,791 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
155
Active
58
Plugged
88
Documented orphans
2
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Bradley County?
37% of Bradley County's wells are active, 12 percentage points below the Arkansas share of 50%. 57% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 3 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 2 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Arkansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 4 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Bradley County?
By product class, 137 of the county's wells (88%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 16 (10%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 51% and the gas share 43%. The deepest total depth published for a Bradley County well is 8,000 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 Bradley County compare with other Arkansas counties?
Bradley County has the 22nd-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. By documented orphans it ranks 16th in Arkansas.
Who operates wells in Bradley County?
59 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Bradley 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 Bradley County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford, R F 1 | 03-011-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Marine Oil Company |
| Bradley Lumber Co 1 | 03-011-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | American Liberty Oil Co |
| Bradley Lumber Co 1 | 03-011-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pan Am Southern Corp |
| Gambill, Virgil 1 | 03-011-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Williams Oil dba Williams, Jeffery A |
| Fullerton 1 | 03-011-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gandy, L O |
| Turner, Mollie D 1 | 03-011-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pan Am Southern Corp |
| Murphy, C H 2 | 03-011-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Placid Oil Co |
| Murphy, C H Tr 1 | 03-011-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pannell, H T |
| Murphy, C H 1 | 03-011-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Placid Oil Co |
| Jackson, Vick Townsite Estate 1 | 03-011-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Crabtree, R M |
| Southern Lumber Co 2 | 03-011-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Placid Oil Co |
| Potlatch Forests 1 | 03-011-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nigh, F F & Spooner, W C |
| Marsden 1 | 03-011-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Phillips Petroleum Company |
| Bradley Lumber Co "A" 2 | 03-011-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Burnett Drilling Co et al |
| Bradley Lumber Co 1 | 03-011-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Burnett Drilling Co et al |
| Southern Lumber Co 1 | 03-011-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Placid Oil Co |
| Rosen, Louis Trustee 1 | 03-011-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Port City Oil Co |
| Jones, Alex Estate 1 | 03-011-00034 | Active | Oil | R/T Production, LLC |
| Lick Creek Meakin Unit 19-1 | 03-011-00036 | Orphaned | Oil | Secondary Oil Corp |
| Ferguson "B" 2 | 03-011-00037 | Active | Oil | Drake Operating Company, LLC |
| Southern Company 3 | 03-011-00038 | Active | Oil | Harvest Oil, LP |
| Jones, Alex Estate 2 | 03-011-00039 | Active | Oil | R/T Production, LLC |
| Southern Company 2 | 03-011-00040 | Active | Oil | Harvest Oil, LP |
| Ferguson "A" 4 | 03-011-00041 | Active | Oil | Drake Operating Company, LLC |
| Lick Creek Meakin Unit 5-G1 | 03-011-00042 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Secondary Oil Corp |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 155 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 Bradley County, AR?
Bradley County, Arkansas has 155 catalogued oil & gas wells: 58 active, 88 plugged and 2 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Bradley County?
2 wells in Bradley County, Arkansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 16th-highest count among Arkansas counties.
What share of wells in Bradley County are plugged?
88 of Bradley County's 155 catalogued wells (57%) 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); Bradley County ranks 22nd with 155.
How many companies operate wells in Bradley County?
59 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Bradley 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 Bradley County, Arkansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/arkansas/bradley (data as of October 10, 2026).