Oil & gas wells in Cleveland County, AR
33 catalogued wells in Cleveland County, Arkansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Cleveland County, Arkansas has 33 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 31 plugged & abandoned (94%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 30th of the 33 Arkansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 33,791 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
33
Active
0
Plugged
31
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Cleveland County?
0% of Cleveland County's wells are active, 50 percentage points below the Arkansas share of 50%. 94% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 48% nationally. 1 wells (3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Arkansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 1 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Cleveland County?
By product class, 32 of the county's wells (97%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) 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 Cleveland County well is 8,387 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 Cleveland County compare with other Arkansas counties?
Cleveland County has the 30th-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 19th in Arkansas.
Who operates wells in Cleveland County?
28 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Cleveland 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 Cleveland County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olin 1 | 03-025-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Irwin, J M |
| Studdard, Beulah 1 | 03-025-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Richardson Brothers |
| Olin 1 | 03-025-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Caruthers, John D Jr |
| Merrell, E A 1 | 03-025-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Desha Basin Corp |
| Blankenship 1 | 03-025-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Taylor Operating Company |
| Moore 1 | 03-025-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Coats, W M TR |
| Moore, I E Estate 1 | 03-025-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texas Canadian Oil Corp |
| Moore, V C 1 | 03-025-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Anthony, Garland Sr |
| Moore, Victor Estate 1 | 03-025-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Moore, E E |
| Moore Estate 1 | 03-025-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Alluan, William E Trustee |
| Tice, Andrew 1 | 03-025-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Arkansas Exploration |
| Martin, Paul 1 | 03-025-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Olvey, J M |
| Vandermark, E V 1 | 03-025-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gingsberg, Hyman |
| Holderfield 1 | 03-025-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lion Oil Refining Company |
| McGehee, Tate 1 | 03-025-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Talco Asphalt |
| Reep, J B 1 | 03-025-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lion Oil Refining Company |
| Owens, Chas E 1 | 03-025-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Harrell, H M |
| Lowe, J N 1 | 03-025-00019 | Orphaned | Oil | Pasteur |
| Atwood, C B 1 | 03-025-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gingsberg, Hyman |
| Vance 1 | 03-025-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Markwick-Olds |
| Fordyce Lumber Co 1 | 03-025-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Marine Oil Company |
| Dial 1 | 03-025-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Olvey, J M |
| Wolfe 1 | 03-025-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Olvey, J M |
| Martin 2 | 03-025-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Olvey, J M |
| Calvin Hobson et ux 1 | 03-025-10001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Osborne Oil Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 33 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 Cleveland County, AR?
Cleveland County, Arkansas has 33 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 31 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Cleveland County?
1 wells in Cleveland County, Arkansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 19th-highest count among Arkansas counties.
What share of wells in Cleveland County are plugged?
31 of Cleveland County's 33 catalogued wells (94%) 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); Cleveland County ranks 30th with 33.
How many companies operate wells in Cleveland County?
28 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Cleveland 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 28, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Oil & gas wells in Cleveland County, Arkansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/arkansas/cleveland (data as of October 28, 2026).