Oil & gas wells in Calhoun County, AR
274 catalogued wells in Calhoun County, Arkansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Calhoun County, Arkansas has 274 catalogued oil & gas wells: 52 active (19%), 207 plugged & abandoned (76%) and 2 documented orphans. It ranks 20th of the 33 Arkansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.8% of the state's 33,791 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
274
Active
52
Plugged
207
Documented orphans
2
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Calhoun County?
19% of Calhoun County's wells are active, 31 percentage points below the Arkansas share of 50%. 76% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 5 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 2 wells (0.7%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Arkansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 8 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Calhoun County?
By product class, 246 of the county's wells (90%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 23 (8%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 51% and the gas share 43%. The deepest total depth published for a Calhoun County well is 7,563 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 Calhoun County compare with other Arkansas counties?
Calhoun County has the 20th-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 15th in Arkansas.
Who operates wells in Calhoun County?
122 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hornaday, K G 2 | 03-013-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Anthony Oil Co Garland |
| Hornaday, K G 1 | 03-013-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Anthony Oil Co Garland |
| Brazil, Elizabeth Heirs 1 | 03-013-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Anthony, Garland |
| Brandon 1 | 03-013-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hayner, Reaves and Hose |
| Smythe 1 | 03-013-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Alexander, Samuel S |
| Evans, Clifford 1 | 03-013-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Thomas Jordan Inc |
| Zimmerman 1 | 03-013-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lion Oil Refining Company |
| Anthony 1 | 03-013-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lion Oil Refining Company |
| Burke, Annie 1 | 03-013-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Carnes, Jack |
| Gaughn 1 | 03-013-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Carnes, Jack |
| Gaughan "A" 3 | 03-013-00014 | Active | Oil | S S & T Oil, LLC |
| Gaughn "A" 1 | 03-013-00016 | Active | Oil | S S & T Oil, LLC |
| Gaughan, Helen G B-2 | 03-013-00020 | Active | Oil | S S & T Oil, LLC |
| Gaughan "A" 4 | 03-013-00021 | Shut-in | Oil | S S & T Oil, LLC |
| Gaughn "B" 1 | 03-013-00023 | Active | Oil | S S & T Oil, LLC |
| Gaughan "B" 2 | 03-013-00024 | Active | Oil | S S & T Oil, LLC |
| Gaughan "A" 2 | 03-013-00026 | Active | Oil | S S & T Oil, LLC |
| Southern Co 1 | 03-013-00029 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Crown Central Oil Corp |
| Wilson, Sallie Lou 1 | 03-013-00031 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Woods, Herbert |
| International Paper Co 1 | 03-013-00032 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Woods, H & S Goodwin |
| Southern Lumber Co 1 | 03-013-00033 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Creslenn Oil Co |
| Furlow-Abbott 1 | 03-013-00034 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Placid Oil Co |
| Southern Co & International Paper Co 1 | 03-013-00035 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Placid Oil Co |
| Rosen, Louis 1 | 03-013-00036 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bollenbacher, Walter |
| Wilson, Sallie Lou 1 | 03-013-00037 | Other status | Oil | Jackson Petroleum Co Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 274 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 Calhoun County, AR?
Calhoun County, Arkansas has 274 catalogued oil & gas wells: 52 active, 207 plugged and 2 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Calhoun County?
2 wells in Calhoun County, Arkansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 15th-highest count among Arkansas counties.
What share of wells in Calhoun County are plugged?
207 of Calhoun County's 274 catalogued wells (76%) 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); Calhoun County ranks 20th with 274.
How many companies operate wells in Calhoun County?
122 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County, Arkansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/arkansas/calhoun (data as of October 10, 2026).