Oil & gas wells in Nevada County, AR
1,049 catalogued wells in Nevada County, Arkansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Nevada County, Arkansas has 1,049 catalogued oil & gas wells: 432 active (41%), 574 plugged & abandoned (55%) and 6 documented orphans. It ranks 13th of the 33 Arkansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 33,791 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,049
Active
432
Plugged
574
Documented orphans
6
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Nevada County?
41% of Nevada County's wells are active, 8 percentage points below the Arkansas share of 50%. 55% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 22 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 6 wells (0.6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Arkansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 15 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Nevada County?
By product class, 970 of the county's wells (92%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 76 (7%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 51% and the gas share 43%. The deepest total depth published for a Nevada County well is 14,025 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 Nevada County compare with other Arkansas counties?
Nevada County has the 13th-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 8th in Arkansas.
Who operates wells in Nevada County?
278 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Nevada 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 Nevada County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale, Jim 1 | 03-099-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wickcliffe, C L |
| Trevillian 1 | 03-099-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | DeVaugh Oil & Gas Co |
| Sandusky, D R L & Grace 1 | 03-099-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Campbell, James Marvin |
| Gurdon Lumber Company 1 | 03-099-00012 | Other status | Oil | Carter Oil Co |
| Christopher, G H 1 | 03-099-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Caddo Oil Company Inc |
| Kizer 1 | 03-099-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Fetzer JR, John H |
| Buchanan, Dr A S A-1 | 03-099-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | McAlester Fuel & Magale, F J |
| Connor, Pearl 1 | 03-099-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wood, Fred |
| Harvey, Olive et al A-1 | 03-099-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | McAlester Fuel Co |
| Kirk, H N 1 | 03-099-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hunt Oil Co |
| Moore, Ida 1 | 03-099-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wadley, J K |
| Blakely, Shell 1 | 03-099-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hunt, Lamar Trust Estate |
| Johnson, Kathleen Grayson A-1 | 03-099-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | McAlester Fuel Co |
| Grove Land & Timber 9 | 03-099-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Continental Oil Co |
| Humphreys, I B et al 1 | 03-099-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Continental Oil Co |
| Groves Land & Timber 3 | 03-099-00027 | Active | Oil | C & R Production, LLC |
| Reynolds, J D Unit 1 | 03-099-00035 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sun Oil Co |
| Reynolds, J D 1 | 03-099-00037 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sun Oil Co |
| Groves Land & Timber 8 | 03-099-00042 | Active | Oil | C & R Production, LLC |
| Grove Land & Timber 17 | 03-099-00045 | Active | Oil | C & R Production, LLC |
| Grove Land & Timber 4 | 03-099-00046 | Active | Oil | C & R Production, LLC |
| Grove Land & Timber 9 | 03-099-00048 | Active | Oil | C & R Production, LLC |
| Grove Land & Timber 1 | 03-099-00051 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | C & R Production Inc |
| Grove Land & Timber 8 | 03-099-00053 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Continental Oil Co |
| Grove Land & Timber 1 | 03-099-00055 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | L & N Drilling Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,049 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 Nevada County, AR?
Nevada County, Arkansas has 1,049 catalogued oil & gas wells: 432 active, 574 plugged and 6 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Nevada County?
6 wells in Nevada County, Arkansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 8th-highest count among Arkansas counties.
What share of wells in Nevada County are plugged?
574 of Nevada County's 1,049 catalogued wells (55%) 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); Nevada County ranks 13th with 1,049.
How many companies operate wells in Nevada County?
278 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Nevada 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 Nevada County, Arkansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/arkansas/nevada (data as of October 10, 2026).