Oil & gas wells in Yell County, AR
284 catalogued wells in Yell County, Arkansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Yell County, Arkansas has 284 catalogued oil & gas wells: 186 active (65%), 80 plugged & abandoned (28%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 19th of the 33 Arkansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.8% of the state's 33,791 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
284
Active
186
Plugged
80
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Yell County?
65% of Yell County's wells are active, 16 percentage points above the Arkansas share of 50%. 28% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.7%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Yell County; Arkansas as a whole has 379. The remaining 16 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Yell County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 281 (99%) 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 Yell County well is 12,600 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 Yell County compare with other Arkansas counties?
Yell County has the 19th-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 Yell County?
15 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Yell 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 Yell County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker, Seth 1 | 03-149-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Wheeler & Ryan, Inc |
| Mitchell, John 1 | 03-149-10003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ross Explorations, Inc |
| Duvall 1-9 | 03-149-10007 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Santa Fe Minerals Inc |
| Scott 1-11 | 03-149-10009 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Pearl 1-14 | 03-149-10010 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | IP Petroleum Company Inc |
| USA 1-10 | 03-149-10013 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Davis, Lila 1-15 | 03-149-10014 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | SEECO, Inc. |
| Meyer, Alan 1 | 03-149-10015 | Active | Gas | Ross Explorations, Inc |
| Palmertree 1-12 | 03-149-10016 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Couch 1 | 03-149-10017 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Hanna Oil and Gas Company |
| Yandell 1-7 | 03-149-10018 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Foster, Johnny 2 | 03-149-10019 | Active | Gas | Ross Explorations, Inc |
| Olson 1-17 | 03-149-10020 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Klabzuba Oil & Gas Inc |
| Turner, Carl 1-13 | 03-149-10021 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Standridge 1-15 | 03-149-10022 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | SEECO, Inc. |
| Clear Creek 1 | 03-149-10023 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Hanna Oil and Gas Company |
| Caviness 1-11 | 03-149-10024 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Steward, Billy 1 | 03-149-10025 | Active | Gas | Ross Explorations, Inc |
| Foster, M B 1 | 03-149-10026 | Active | Gas | Ross Explorations, Inc |
| Hunt 1-10 | 03-149-10028 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Catlett 1-13 | 03-149-10029 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Oneida 1-12 | 03-149-10030 | Active | Gas | Merit Energy Company, LLC |
| Mitchell 1-24 | 03-149-10031 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | XTO Energy, Inc. |
| Foster, M B 2 | 03-149-10032 | Active | Gas | Ross Explorations, Inc |
| Steward 1 | 03-149-10033 | Active | Gas | Hanna Oil and Gas Company |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 284 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 Yell County, AR?
Yell County, Arkansas has 284 catalogued oil & gas wells: 186 active, 80 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Yell County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Yell County, Arkansas.
What share of wells in Yell County are plugged?
80 of Yell County's 284 catalogued wells (28%) 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); Yell County ranks 19th with 284.
How many companies operate wells in Yell County?
15 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Yell 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 Yell County, Arkansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/arkansas/yell (data as of October 10, 2026).