Oil & gas wells in Lafayette County, AR
2,368 catalogued wells in Lafayette County, Arkansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Lafayette County, Arkansas has 2,368 catalogued oil & gas wells: 428 active (18%), 1,814 plugged & abandoned (77%) and 10 documented orphans. It ranks 4th of the 33 Arkansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 7% of the state's 33,791 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,368
Active
428
Plugged
1,814
Documented orphans
10
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Lafayette County?
18% of Lafayette County's wells are active, 31 percentage points below the Arkansas share of 50%. 77% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 37 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 10 wells (0.4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Arkansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 79 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Lafayette County?
By product class, 2,224 of the county's wells (94%) are oil wells, 1 (0.0%) gas wells and 107 (5%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 51% and the gas share 43%. The deepest total depth published for a Lafayette County well is 12,766 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 Lafayette County compare with other Arkansas counties?
Lafayette County has the 4th-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 7th in Arkansas.
Who operates wells in Lafayette County?
616 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Lafayette 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 Lafayette County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitchens 1 | 03-073-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Davis, C G |
| Knight, Arthur 1 | 03-073-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Davis, C G |
| Baucum, B A 1 | 03-073-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hunt, N B |
| Kitchens, Wade 1 | 03-073-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Murphy Corp |
| Kitchens, Wade 1 | 03-073-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wolfe, Ray |
| Pelt 1 | 03-073-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Russell Brothers |
| Bodcaw Lumber Co 1 | 03-073-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Stewart Trustee, Allison |
| Plumley 1 | 03-073-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Russell Brothers |
| Riggins 1 | 03-073-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Farr, A T Jr |
| Magnolia Grocery Co 1 | 03-073-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Reynolds, J D Company |
| Magnolia Grocery Co 1 | 03-073-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Russell, Arthur |
| Pelt Estate C-1 | 03-073-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Davis, C G |
| Pelt 2 | 03-073-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | King, Henry A |
| Pelt, L L 1 | 03-073-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lee, C A Drilling & Production Co |
| CI Cook 1 | 03-073-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Davis, C G |
| Cook, C I 1 | 03-073-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Robbins, John C & Jackson Oil Co |
| Perkinson 1 | 03-073-00029 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wadley, J K |
| Carter, H B et al 1 | 03-073-00031 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Belchic JR, George & Wood, Wm R |
| Nicholas, W 1 | 03-073-00033 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sunray Oil Corp |
| Casen, J W 1 | 03-073-00034 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Neill, Lamar |
| Midway Smackover Unit 4-1 | 03-073-00035 | Active | Oil | C12: Arkansas Oil, LLC |
| Nicholas, G D 1 | 03-073-00037 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wilson, Floyd |
| Neal, E W 1 | 03-073-00039 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Jones-O'Brien Inc |
| Jones, J E 1 | 03-073-00040 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Marlin Exploration |
| Jones, J E 2 | 03-073-00041 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Marlin Exploration |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,368 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 Lafayette County, AR?
Lafayette County, Arkansas has 2,368 catalogued oil & gas wells: 428 active, 1,814 plugged and 10 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Lafayette County?
10 wells in Lafayette County, Arkansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 7th-highest count among Arkansas counties.
What share of wells in Lafayette County are plugged?
1,814 of Lafayette County's 2,368 catalogued wells (77%) 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); Lafayette County ranks 4th with 2,368.
How many companies operate wells in Lafayette County?
616 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Lafayette 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 Lafayette County, Arkansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/arkansas/lafayette (data as of October 10, 2026).