Oil & gas wells in Hempstead County, AR
123 catalogued wells in Hempstead County, Arkansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Hempstead County, Arkansas has 123 catalogued oil & gas wells: 7 active (6%), 113 plugged & abandoned (92%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 23rd of the 33 Arkansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 33,791 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
123
Active
7
Plugged
113
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Hempstead County?
6% of Hempstead County's wells are active, 44 percentage points below the Arkansas share of 50%. 92% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Hempstead County; Arkansas as a whole has 379. The remaining 3 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Hempstead County?
By product class, 120 of the county's wells (98%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 2 (2%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 51% and the gas share 43%. The deepest total depth published for a Hempstead County well is 17,349 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 Hempstead County compare with other Arkansas counties?
Hempstead County has the 23rd-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 Hempstead County?
100 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Hempstead 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 Hempstead County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward, Phillip 1 | 03-057-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kennedy, John A |
| Ward, Ollie 1 | 03-057-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wickcliffe, C L |
| Ozan Lumber 1 | 03-057-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Jones, Raymond A-Poncho Production |
| Byers 1 | 03-057-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Weaver and Johnson Co |
| Walker, J M et al 1 | 03-057-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lange, E H & Phillips SR, B F |
| Royston, G D 1 | 03-057-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Carter Oil Company |
| Lemley, Harry J & W K 1 | 03-057-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Freedman, Aaron |
| Miller, C M 1 | 03-057-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kinsey, M V |
| Evans, Jack 1 | 03-057-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sklar, Sam |
| Harris 1 | 03-057-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ray, Tom |
| Flowers, Ira 1 | 03-057-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Parham, V S |
| Flowers, Ira 1 | 03-057-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Parker, V S & Downs, J B |
| King, H Earl 1 | 03-057-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Buchanan, J H |
| Stroud 1 | 03-057-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Heartwell, H J |
| Ingrams 1 | 03-057-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ray, Tom |
| Avery,A R 1 | 03-057-00019 | Other status | Oil | Bigsby, C H |
| Avery, A R 1 | 03-057-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | El Capitan Oil Company of Arkansas |
| Derryberry 1 | 03-057-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bagley, C M |
| Coffee, A L 1 | 03-057-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Kennedy, John A |
| Thomas, Bessie C et al 1 | 03-057-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Heartwell, H J |
| Etter, W H 1 | 03-057-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Deupree, J M |
| Gunter Land & Timber Co 1 | 03-057-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Murray Petroleum |
| Nelson, W B 1 | 03-057-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Stubblefield, Ralph R et al |
| Dillard, H A 1 | 03-057-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Anderson, R O-Moseley, A T |
| Cox, E L 1 | 03-057-00029 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ray, Tom |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 123 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 Hempstead County, AR?
Hempstead County, Arkansas has 123 catalogued oil & gas wells: 7 active, 113 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Hempstead County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Hempstead County, Arkansas.
What share of wells in Hempstead County are plugged?
113 of Hempstead County's 123 catalogued wells (92%) 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); Hempstead County ranks 23rd with 123.
How many companies operate wells in Hempstead County?
100 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Hempstead 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 Hempstead County, Arkansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/arkansas/hempstead (data as of October 10, 2026).