Oil & gas wells in Madison Parish, LA
324 catalogued wells in Madison Parish, Louisiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Madison Parish, Louisiana has 324 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 292 plugged & abandoned (90%) and 4 documented orphans. It ranks 54th of the 69 Louisiana parishes WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 225,728 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
324
Active
0
Plugged
292
Documented orphans
4
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Madison Parish?
0% of Madison Parish's wells are active, 13 percentage points below the Louisiana share of 13%. 90% are plugged & abandoned, against 63% statewide and 47% nationally. 4 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 6% across Louisiana and 4% nationally. The remaining 28 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Madison Parish?
By product class, 41 of the parish's wells (13%) are oil wells, 4 (1%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 29% and the gas share 19%. The deepest total depth published for a Madison Parish well is 19,095 ft, against 35,000 ft for Louisiana as a whole. 100% of the parish's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Madison Parish compare with other Louisiana parishes?
Madison Parish has the 54th-most catalogued wells of the 69 Louisiana parishes with at least 25. The median Louisiana parish on WellCensus has 1,502 wells. The largest, Caddo Parish, has 35,892. By documented orphans it ranks 64th in Louisiana.
Who operates wells in Madison Parish?
58 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Madison Parish. 100% of the parish'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 Madison Parish
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greif Brothers 001 | 17-065-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Gilfoil 001 | 17-065-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| W R Gilfoil 001 | 17-065-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Madison Par School Bd 001 | 17-065-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| W R Gilfoil 001 | 17-065-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| E Sondheimer 001 | 17-065-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Fredrick Hooten 001 | 17-065-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Sondheimer 001 | 17-065-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| E Sondheimer 001 | 17-065-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Oil Corp. |
| Kathan-Johnson 001 | 17-065-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Co. |
| E Sondheimer 001 | 17-065-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Montgomery 001 | 17-065-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Montgomery 001 | 17-065-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| E C Montgomery 001 | 17-065-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Inactive Operator |
| Kathan-Johnson 001 | 17-065-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| E L Wilson 001 | 17-065-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Murphy - Sun |
| J H O'Neal Core Test 001 | 17-065-00017 | Other status | Other type | Murphy - Sun |
| J H Oneal 007 | 17-065-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Murphy - Sun |
| J H Oneal 008 | 17-065-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Murphy - Sun |
| J K Mahoney Core Test 001 | 17-065-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Murphy - Sun |
| Ashley Plantation 001 | 17-065-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Murphy - Sun |
| J K Mahoney 001 | 17-065-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Inactive Operator |
| Mckay-Frasier Unit 001 | 17-065-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Murphy - Sun |
| Mrs N E Mckay 001 | 17-065-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Murphy - Sun |
| J M Frazier A 003 | 17-065-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Inactive Operator |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 324 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 Madison Parish, LA?
Madison Parish, Louisiana has 324 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 292 plugged and 4 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Madison Parish?
4 wells in Madison Parish, Louisiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 64th-highest count among Louisiana parishes.
What share of wells in Madison Parish are plugged?
292 of Madison Parish's 324 catalogued wells (90%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 63% across Louisiana.
Which Louisiana parish has the most oil and gas wells?
Caddo Parish has the most catalogued wells of any Louisiana parish on WellCensus (35,892); Madison Parish ranks 54th with 324.
How many companies operate wells in Madison Parish?
58 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Madison Parish, Louisiana.
Nearby in the Louisiana rankings
- Oil & gas wells in Louisiana· 225,728 wells
- Livingston Parish, LA· 426 wells
- Vernon Parish, LA· 404 wells
- West Baton Rouge Parish, LA· 334 wells
- St John The Baptist Parish, LA· 279 wells
- West Carroll Parish, LA· 217 wells
- St Helena Parish, LA· 209 wells
- Orphaned wells by state and county· 164,816 nationally
About this data
Source: Louisiana Office of Conservation (SONRIS) 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 Madison Parish, Louisiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/louisiana/madison (data as of October 10, 2026).