Oil & gas wells in Columbia County, AR
2,838 catalogued wells in Columbia County, Arkansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Columbia County, Arkansas has 2,838 catalogued oil & gas wells: 939 active (33%), 1,697 plugged & abandoned (60%) and 54 documented orphans. It ranks 3rd of the 33 Arkansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 8% of the state's 33,791 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,838
Active
939
Plugged
1,697
Documented orphans
54
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Columbia County?
33% of Columbia County's wells are active, 16 percentage points below the Arkansas share of 50%. 60% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 40 wells (1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 54 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Arkansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 108 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Columbia County?
By product class, 2,564 of the county's wells (90%) are oil wells, 1 (0.0%) gas wells and 182 (6%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 51% and the gas share 43%. The deepest total depth published for a Columbia County well is 17,825 ft, the deepest published anywhere in Arkansas. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Columbia County compare with other Arkansas counties?
Columbia County has the 3rd-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 3rd in Arkansas.
Who operates wells in Columbia County?
619 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Columbia 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 Columbia County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McClurkin, J D 1 | 03-027-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | L & N Drilling Co |
| Cline, F V 1 | 03-027-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | McCalman Drilling Co |
| Sherman, John D 1 | 03-027-00010 | Active | Oil | Lamkin Production Company, LLC |
| Warmack, J B et al 1 | 03-027-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Fitzwater, Don Trustee |
| Grayson, P C 3 | 03-027-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lee, T W |
| Weaver - Smart 1 | 03-027-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tiechgraeber, R K |
| Weaver - Smart I-1 | 03-027-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tiechgraeber, R K |
| Weaver - Smart 18-1 | 03-027-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tiechgraeber, R K |
| Weaver - Smart 5 | 03-027-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tiechgraeber, R K |
| McDowell 1 | 03-027-00026 | Active | Oil | Lamkin Production Company, LLC |
| Sherman, J M 1 | 03-027-00027 | Orphaned | Oil | J M S Oil Company |
| Barr Buckrange (Hall) 10-3 | 03-027-00031 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Equinox Oil Company Inc |
| Weaver - Smart 13 | 03-027-00032 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tiechgraeber, R K |
| Green, D M 7 | 03-027-00033 | Active | Oil | Quail Oil, LLC |
| Smart "A" 3 | 03-027-00034 | Active | Oil | Reaves Operator |
| Barr Buckrange (Hall) 11-1 | 03-027-00037 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Equinox Oil Company Inc |
| Barr Buckrange (Hall) 9-1-3 | 03-027-00038 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Equinox Oil Company Inc |
| Barr Buckrange (Hall) 11-2 | 03-027-00039 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Equinox Oil Company Inc |
| Barr Buckrange (Hall) 4-1 | 03-027-00042 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Equinox Oil Company Inc |
| Hall, F A-2 | 03-027-00043 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Witt Oil Production, Inc |
| Hall, C C B-3 | 03-027-00045 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Equinox Oil Co & Hall, Charles C |
| Hall C-3 | 03-027-00046 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Green, Marvin |
| Weaver "D" 1 | 03-027-00047 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Crow Drilling Company |
| Barr Buckrange (Hall) 8-2 | 03-027-00048 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Equinox Oil Company Inc |
| Green, F S 1 | 03-027-00049 | Active | Oil | T & K Oil, Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,838 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 Columbia County, AR?
Columbia County, Arkansas has 2,838 catalogued oil & gas wells: 939 active, 1,697 plugged and 54 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Columbia County?
54 wells in Columbia County, Arkansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 3rd-highest count among Arkansas counties.
What share of wells in Columbia County are plugged?
1,697 of Columbia County's 2,838 catalogued wells (60%) 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); Columbia County ranks 3rd with 2,838.
How many companies operate wells in Columbia County?
619 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Columbia 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 Columbia County, Arkansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/arkansas/columbia (data as of October 10, 2026).