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Oil & gas wells in Jackson County, AR

34 catalogued wells in Jackson County, Arkansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.

Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.

At a glance

Jackson County, Arkansas has 34 catalogued oil & gas wells: 20 active (59%), 12 plugged & abandoned (35%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 29th of the 33 Arkansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 33,791 catalogued wells.

Catalogued wells

34

Active

20

Plugged

12

Documented orphans

0

What is the status of oil and gas wells in Jackson County?

59% of Jackson County's wells are active, 9 percentage points above the Arkansas share of 50%. 35% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Jackson County; Arkansas as a whole has 379. The remaining 2 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.

What kinds of wells are in Jackson County?

By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 34 (100%) 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 Jackson County well is 7,673 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 Jackson County compare with other Arkansas counties?

Jackson County has the 29th-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 Jackson County?

11 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Jackson 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.

Oil & gas wells in Jackson County, AR
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeOperator
Robinson 1-3503-067-10001Plugged & abandonedGasChesapeake Operating, Inc
Bone 1-3103-067-10002Plugged & abandonedGasJ-W Operating Company
Smith, Oliver 1-24H03-067-10003Plugged & abandonedGasXTO Energy, Inc.
Benny 1-16H03-067-10004ActiveGasVan Buren Energy Production, LLC
Martin 1-32H03-067-10005Plugged & abandonedGasXTO Energy, Inc.
Nicholson 1-1203-067-10006Other statusGasThe Termo Company
Da Farm 1-2603-067-10007Plugged & abandonedGasThe Termo Company
Hare Farms 1-2403-067-10008Other statusGasThe Termo Company
Hickmon 1-17H03-067-10009ActiveGasVan Buren Energy Production, LLC
Sarrels 10-5 1-30H03-067-10010Plugged & abandonedGasMerit Energy Company, LLC
Sarrels 10-5 2-30H03-067-10011ActiveGasRazorback Production, LLC
Lingafelter 10-5 1-29H03-067-10012ActiveGasRazorback Production, LLC
Lingafelter 10-5 2-29H03-067-10013ActiveGasRazorback Production, LLC
Still 10-5 1-18H03-067-10014ActiveGasRazorback Production, LLC
Still 10-5 2-18H03-067-10015ActiveGasRazorback Production, LLC
Royce 10-5 1-20H03-067-10016ActiveGasRazorback Production, LLC
Royce 10-5 2-20H03-067-10017ActiveGasRazorback Production, LLC
Rhew 10-5 1-33H03-067-10018ActiveGasRazorback Production, LLC
Vest 10-5 1-31H03-067-10019ActiveGasRazorback Production, LLC
Rhew 1-22H03-067-10020ActiveGasVan Buren Energy Production, LLC
Harris 1-7H03-067-10021ActiveGasVan Buren Energy Production, LLC
Zuber 10-5 1-10H03-067-10022ActiveGasRazorback Production, LLC
Lyttle 1-5H03-067-10023ActiveGasVan Buren Energy Production, LLC
Cantrell 1-6H03-067-10024ActiveGasVan Buren Energy Production, LLC
Grady 1-3H03-067-10025Plugged & abandonedGasXTO Energy, Inc.

A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 34 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 Jackson County, AR?

Jackson County, Arkansas has 34 catalogued oil & gas wells: 20 active, 12 plugged and 0 documented orphans.

How many orphaned wells are in Jackson County?

No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Jackson County, Arkansas.

What share of wells in Jackson County are plugged?

12 of Jackson County's 34 catalogued wells (35%) 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); Jackson County ranks 29th with 34.

How many companies operate wells in Jackson County?

11 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Jackson 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 Jackson County, Arkansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/arkansas/jackson (data as of October 10, 2026).