Oil & gas wells in Adams County, MS
5,963 catalogued wells in Adams County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Adams County, Mississippi has 5,963 catalogued oil & gas wells: 339 active (6%), 5,240 plugged & abandoned (88%) and 131 documented orphans. It ranks 1st of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 17% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
5,963
Active
339
Plugged
5,240
Documented orphans
131
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Adams County?
6% of Adams County's wells are active, 11 percentage points below the Mississippi share of 16%. 88% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. 3 wells (0.1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 131 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Mississippi and 4% nationally. The remaining 250 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Adams County?
By product class, 1,785 of the county's wells (30%) are oil wells, 51 (0.9%) gas wells and 315 (5%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 14%. The deepest total depth published for a Adams County well is 25,500 ft, the deepest published anywhere in Mississippi. 93% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Adams County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Adams County has the most catalogued wells of the 57 Mississippi counties with at least 25. The median Mississippi county on WellCensus has 197 wells. By documented orphans it ranks 1st in Mississippi.
Who operates wells in Adams County?
869 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Adams 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 Adams County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBO Unit # 1 | 23-001-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | A & N Producing, Inc. |
| Evans-Stanton # 7 # 7 | 23-001-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | A & N Producing, Inc. |
| Evans-Stanton # B-1 # B-1 | 23-001-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Interstate Producing Ser Inc |
| Evans-Stanton # B-2 # B-2 | 23-001-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | A & N Producing, Inc. |
| Evans Stanton # B-3 # B-3 | 23-001-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | A & N Producing, Inc. |
| H. M. Marks # 9 # 9 | 23-001-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | A & N Producing, Inc. |
| Mt. Vernon # 2-A # 2-A | 23-001-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | T. O. Kimbrell, LLC |
| Mt. Vernon # 8 # 8 | 23-001-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | A & N Producing, Inc. |
| Mt. Vernon # 9 # 9 | 23-001-00009 | Active | Oil | T. O. Kimbrell, LLC |
| Mt. Vernon Swdw 10 | 23-001-00010 | Active | Injection | T. O. Kimbrell, LLC |
| Minter Swdw#1 1 | 23-001-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Alexander Oil Company |
| Evans-Stanton # 6 # 6 | 23-001-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | A & N Producing, Inc. |
| Cotton Valley 2 2 | 23-001-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Adco Producing Co. |
| Annie R Greer Etal 1 1 | 23-001-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R. H. Alagood Et Al |
| Wood Unit 1 1 | 23-001-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Hess Corp. |
| Brandon Hall Farms 1 1 | 23-001-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arkansas Fuel Oil Corp |
| Scheffel Heirs 1 1 | 23-001-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beard Oil Co. |
| U S A 1 1 | 23-001-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Anderson, Bruce |
| Pierce Butler 1 1 | 23-001-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bartlett-Alexander |
| Pierce Butler 3 3 | 23-001-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atlantic Refining Co. |
| Natchez-Newell 1 1 | 23-001-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | B & D Corp. |
| Airport 1 1 | 23-001-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | B & W Drlg. Co. Ltd. |
| Stein 1 1 | 23-001-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Baker, Harold D. |
| Geo W Armstrong 1 1 | 23-001-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dorris Ballew Inc Et Al |
| Laura Butler 1 1 | 23-001-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dorris Ballew Inc Et Al |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 5,963 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 Adams County, MS?
Adams County, Mississippi has 5,963 catalogued oil & gas wells: 339 active, 5,240 plugged and 131 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Adams County?
131 wells in Adams County, Mississippi are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 1st-highest count among Mississippi counties.
What share of wells in Adams County are plugged?
5,240 of Adams County's 5,963 catalogued wells (88%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 70% across Mississippi.
Which Mississippi county has the most oil and gas wells?
Adams County has the most catalogued wells of any Mississippi county on WellCensus, with 5,963.
How many companies operate wells in Adams County?
869 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Adams County, Mississippi.
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About this data
Source: Mississippi State Oil & Gas Board 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 Adams County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/adams (data as of October 10, 2026).