Oil & gas wells in Calhoun County, MS
39 catalogued wells in Calhoun County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Calhoun County, Mississippi has 39 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 26 plugged & abandoned (67%) and 3 documented orphans. It ranks 49th of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
39
Active
0
Plugged
26
Documented orphans
3
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Calhoun County?
0% of Calhoun County's wells are active, 16 percentage points below the Mississippi share of 16%. 67% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. 3 wells (8%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Mississippi and 4% nationally. The remaining 10 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Calhoun County?
By product class, 4 of the county's wells (10%) are oil wells, 7 (18%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 14%. The deepest total depth published for a Calhoun County well is 19,200 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 33% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Calhoun County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Calhoun County has the 49th-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 30th in Mississippi.
Who operates wells in Calhoun County?
29 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Gates Unit 1 1 | 23-013-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pan American Petroleum Corp. |
| Water Well 1 1 | 23-013-00002 | Other status | Other type | Calhoun City |
| J L Ashby 1 1 | 23-013-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pan American Petroleum Corp. |
| D R Davis 1 1 | 23-013-00004 | Orphaned | Other type | Hurst, C. A. |
| Cooner 1 1 | 23-013-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | S. & O. Oil Properties |
| W G Hodges Unit 2 2 | 23-013-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pan American Petroleum Corp. |
| W G Hodges Unit 1 1 | 23-013-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pan American Petroleum Corp. |
| E C Boland 1 1 | 23-013-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | L. C. Lucas |
| D R Davis 2 2 | 23-013-00009 | Other status | Other type | Honolulu Oil Corp. |
| WEYERHAUSER "A" (formerly REID 26-15) 1 1 | 23-013-00010 | Orphaned | Gas | Berry, Howard E. |
| D R Davis 1 1 | 23-013-00011 | Orphaned | Gas | Berry, Howard E. |
| Hughes H G 1 1 | 23-013-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | B. G. Dowell, Et Al |
| Sue Clark Easley 1 1 | 23-013-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cities Service Oil Co. |
| John W Crane 1 1 | 23-013-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carter Oil Co. |
| J L Williams Unit 35-15 1 1 | 23-013-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | J. E. Stack, Jr |
| Durwood Clark 1 1 | 23-013-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Parks & Armour |
| Murphree 1-33 1-33 | 23-013-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cleary Petroleum Corporation |
| Unit # 34-7 # 34-7 | 23-013-20005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stack Land & Exploration Co. |
| Weyerhaeuser 15-13 1 1 | 23-013-20006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Getty Oil Co. |
| E. W. Fleming 11-15 #1 | 23-013-20007 | Other status | Oil | Lewis Energy Corporation |
| Clark 1 | 23-013-20008 | Other status | Oil | Florida Exploration Co. |
| Dye Em Etux 2-10 1 1 | 23-013-20009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texaco Inc. |
| Claremont-Johnson 1 1 | 23-013-20010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ensource, Inc. |
| Hardin 13-1 1 1 | 23-013-20011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pruet Production Co |
| Fleming Edgar 11-1 1 1 | 23-013-20012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Santa Fe Minerals, Inc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 39 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 Calhoun County, MS?
Calhoun County, Mississippi has 39 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 26 plugged and 3 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Calhoun County?
3 wells in Calhoun County, Mississippi are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 30th-highest count among Mississippi counties.
What share of wells in Calhoun County are plugged?
26 of Calhoun County's 39 catalogued wells (67%) 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); Calhoun County ranks 49th with 39.
How many companies operate wells in Calhoun County?
29 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/calhoun (data as of October 10, 2026).