Oil & gas wells in Washington County, AR
388 catalogued wells in Washington County, Arkansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Washington County, Arkansas has 388 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active (0.3%), 240 plugged & abandoned (62%) and 54 documented orphans. It ranks 18th of the 33 Arkansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 33,791 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
388
Active
1
Plugged
240
Documented orphans
54
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Washington County?
0.3% of Washington County's wells are active, 49 percentage points below the Arkansas share of 50%. 62% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 54 wells (14%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Arkansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 93 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Washington County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 360 (93%) 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 Washington County well is 3,693 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 Washington County compare with other Arkansas counties?
Washington County has the 18th-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 4th in Arkansas.
Who operates wells in Washington County?
82 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Washington 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 Washington County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deitrick, Rallph 1 | 03-143-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Arkansas Western Gas Company |
| Laney, Etter 1 | 03-143-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Arkansas Western Gas Company |
| Harmon 1 | 03-143-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Carthage Oil Company Inc |
| Goad, Archie 1 | 03-143-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Arkansas Western Gas Company |
| Mayo, Joseph 1 | 03-143-10001 | Other status | Gas | Mayo, Joseph G |
| Sones 1 | 03-143-10002 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Bi-State Energy Inc |
| Underhill 1 | 03-143-10003 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Bi-State Energy Inc |
| Starr 1 | 03-143-10004 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Carthage Oil Company Inc |
| Watkins 2 | 03-143-10006 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Bi-State Energy Inc |
| Starr 2 | 03-143-10007 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Carthage Oil Company Inc |
| Brown 1 | 03-143-10008 | Other status | Gas | Wilson, Charles R |
| Underhill, Earl 1 | 03-143-10009 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Carthage Oil Company Inc |
| Underhill, Earl 2 | 03-143-10010 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Carthage Oil Company Inc |
| Ramey, P M 1 | 03-143-10011 | Other status | Gas | Ramey, P M |
| Moeller, Walter 1 | 03-143-10012 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Carthage Oil Company Inc |
| Mayo 2 | 03-143-10013 | Other status | Gas | Mayo, Joseph G |
| Ramey, P M 2 | 03-143-10014 | Other status | Gas | Ramey, P M |
| Brown, Fred 2 | 03-143-10015 | Other status | Gas | Wilson, Charles R |
| Cole 1 | 03-143-10016 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Carthage Oil Company Inc |
| Ramey, Marion 1 | 03-143-10019 | Other status | Gas | Edmonds, Clifford & Phyllis L |
| Haley, C R 1 | 03-143-10021 | Other status | Gas | Haley, Glodia |
| Watkins 1 | 03-143-10023 | Other status | Gas | Kimes, Leon |
| Osburn, Leo 1 | 03-143-10027 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Wytex Production Corporation |
| Griffith, Elmer G 1 | 03-143-10029 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Wytex Production Corporation |
| Osburn, Gladys 1 | 03-143-10030 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Wytex Production Corporation |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 388 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 Washington County, AR?
Washington County, Arkansas has 388 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active, 240 plugged and 54 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Washington County?
54 wells in Washington County, Arkansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 4th-highest count among Arkansas counties.
What share of wells in Washington County are plugged?
240 of Washington County's 388 catalogued wells (62%) 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); Washington County ranks 18th with 388.
How many companies operate wells in Washington County?
82 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Washington 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 Washington County, Arkansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/arkansas/washington (data as of October 10, 2026).