Oil & gas wells in Johnson County, AR
907 catalogued wells in Johnson County, Arkansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Johnson County, Arkansas has 907 catalogued oil & gas wells: 208 active (23%), 659 plugged & abandoned (73%) and 2 documented orphans. It ranks 14th of the 33 Arkansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 33,791 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
907
Active
208
Plugged
659
Documented orphans
2
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Johnson County?
23% of Johnson County's wells are active, 27 percentage points below the Arkansas share of 50%. 73% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 8 wells (0.9%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 2 wells (0.2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Arkansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 30 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Johnson County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 877 (97%) gas wells and 10 (1%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 51% and the gas share 43%. The deepest total depth published for a Johnson County well is 9,101 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 Johnson County compare with other Arkansas counties?
Johnson County has the 14th-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 14th in Arkansas.
Who operates wells in Johnson County?
131 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Johnson 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 Johnson County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Gap 4-A | 03-071-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pure Oil Company |
| Hardgrave, Ben 1 | 03-071-00009 | Active | Gas | MMGK Arkoma, LLC |
| Rinke, Otto 1 | 03-071-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Stephens Production Company |
| Hicks, B 1 | 03-071-00012 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Wharton 1 | 03-071-00013 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Carrothers 1 | 03-071-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Gulf Oil Corporation |
| Plugge 1 | 03-071-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Southland Royalty Company |
| Higgs 1 | 03-071-00022 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Crotts, Glenn 1 | 03-071-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Moncrief, W A Jr |
| Snow, Mina Unit 1 | 03-071-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Skelly Oil Company |
| Callahan 1 | 03-071-00025 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Skidgel, Otis 1 | 03-071-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Stephens Production Company |
| Kimes 1 | 03-071-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Freedom Energy Inc |
| Blackburn C 1 | 03-071-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Huber, J M Corp |
| Blackburn "A" 1 | 03-071-00029 | Active | Gas | Oxley Energy, LLC |
| USA-Pan American A-1-1 | 03-071-00030 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pan American Petroleum Co |
| Cater, Baxter 1 | 03-071-00032 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Stephens Production Company |
| McWilliams, Patrick 1 | 03-071-00033 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Stephens Production Company |
| Brown, Alvin C 1 | 03-071-00035 | Active | Gas | MMGK Arkoma, LLC |
| Skod, Miles 1 | 03-071-00036 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Excelsior Coal 1 | 03-071-00037 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Spring Resources INC |
| Vola 1 | 03-071-00038 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Castleberry, D B 1 | 03-071-00039 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Lime Rock Resources III-A, L.P. |
| Greenwood, J A 1 | 03-071-00041 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Stephens Production Company |
| Stratton 1-33 | 03-071-00042 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Foundation Energy Management, LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 907 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 Johnson County, AR?
Johnson County, Arkansas has 907 catalogued oil & gas wells: 208 active, 659 plugged and 2 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Johnson County?
2 wells in Johnson County, Arkansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 14th-highest count among Arkansas counties.
What share of wells in Johnson County are plugged?
659 of Johnson County's 907 catalogued wells (73%) 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); Johnson County ranks 14th with 907.
How many companies operate wells in Johnson County?
131 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Johnson 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 Johnson County, Arkansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/arkansas/johnson (data as of October 10, 2026).