Oil & gas wells in Amite County, MS
1,521 catalogued wells in Amite County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Amite County, Mississippi has 1,521 catalogued oil & gas wells: 118 active (8%), 832 plugged & abandoned (55%) and 8 documented orphans. It ranks 6th of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 4% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,521
Active
118
Plugged
832
Documented orphans
8
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Amite County?
8% of Amite County's wells are active, 9 percentage points below the Mississippi share of 16%. 55% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. 4 wells (0.3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 8 wells (0.5%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Mississippi and 4% nationally. The remaining 559 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Amite County?
By product class, 724 of the county's wells (48%) are oil wells, 89 (6%) gas wells and 72 (5%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 14%. The deepest total depth published for a Amite County well is 22,075 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 42% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Amite County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Amite County has the 6th-most catalogued wells of the 57 Mississippi counties with at least 25. The median Mississippi county on WellCensus has 197 wells. The largest, Adams County, has 5,963. By documented orphans it ranks 15th in Mississippi.
Who operates wells in Amite County?
336 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Amite 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 Amite County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smithdale 28-10 1 1 | 23-005-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| SFU 16-8#1(frmly: BOS #3) 1 1 | 23-005-00002 | Shut-in | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| Branch Heirs 1 1 | 23-005-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Waller Brothers Inc |
| Willie Dickey 1 1 | 23-005-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | ALLEN, H. E. et al |
| Hewitt 1 1 | 23-005-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | ALLEN, H. E. et al |
| N B Roberts 1 # 1 | 23-005-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Obrien Resources, LLC |
| Jimmy Wall 1 1 | 23-005-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Petrofina Co Of Tx |
| SMITHDALE FIELD UNIT 16-16 (frmly BOS#1) 1 1 | 23-005-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| Smithdale Field Unit 16-14 2 2 | 23-005-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| Board Supervisors 1 1 | 23-005-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dorris Ballew Inc Et Al |
| Board Supervisors B-2 B-2 | 23-005-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Barnwell Production Company |
| Flowers 2 2 | 23-005-00012 | Active | Oil | P. O. & G. Operating, LLC |
| T J Parker 1 1 | 23-005-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dorris Ballew Inc Et Al |
| Ratcliff 1 1 | 23-005-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dorris Ballew Inc Et Al |
| R F Butler 1 1 | 23-005-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Barnwell Production Company |
| Central Lumber Co 1 1 | 23-005-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Barnwell Production Company |
| Koppers Co Inc 1 1 | 23-005-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bateman Drilling Co. |
| Esco Whittington 1 1 | 23-005-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Skelton Operating Co. |
| Board Supervisors 1 1 | 23-005-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | D. A. Biglane Operating Co Et Al |
| Carruth Heirs 1 1 | 23-005-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | D. A. Biglane Operating Co Et Al |
| Crosby 21-10 1 1 | 23-005-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Noland Biglane Et Al |
| Gerald Unit 1 1 | 23-005-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | D. A. Biglane Operating Co Et Al |
| Hewitt 1 1 | 23-005-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | D. A. Biglane Operating Co Et Al |
| Koppers 1 1 | 23-005-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Williams, R. E. |
| Mcdonald 1 1 | 23-005-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | D. A. Biglane Operating Co Et Al |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,521 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 Amite County, MS?
Amite County, Mississippi has 1,521 catalogued oil & gas wells: 118 active, 832 plugged and 8 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Amite County?
8 wells in Amite County, Mississippi are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 15th-highest count among Mississippi counties.
What share of wells in Amite County are plugged?
832 of Amite County's 1,521 catalogued wells (55%) 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 (5,963); Amite County ranks 6th with 1,521.
How many companies operate wells in Amite County?
336 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Amite 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 Amite County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/amite (data as of October 10, 2026).