Oil & gas wells in Chickasaw County, MS
202 catalogued wells in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Chickasaw County, Mississippi has 202 catalogued oil & gas wells: 18 active (9%), 162 plugged & abandoned (80%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 28th of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.6% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
202
Active
18
Plugged
162
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Chickasaw County?
9% of Chickasaw County's wells are active, 7 percentage points below the Mississippi share of 16%. 80% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 48% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Chickasaw County; Mississippi as a whole has 525. The remaining 22 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Chickasaw County?
By product class, 17 of the county's wells (8%) are oil wells, 63 (31%) gas wells and 2 (1.0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 14%. The deepest total depth published for a Chickasaw County well is 11,020 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 58% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Chickasaw County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Chickasaw County has the 28th-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.
Who operates wells in Chickasaw County?
75 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Chickasaw 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 Chickasaw County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 33-1 1 1 | 23-017-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Blanco Oil Co. Et Al |
| T. G. ABERNATHY et al 1 | 23-017-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gibraltar Energy Company |
| Clem Baskins Heirs 1 | 23-017-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Hughes Eastern Corporation |
| Fowler-Langley Unit 1 1 | 23-017-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carter Oil Co. |
| Pulliam 24-7 1 | 23-017-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hughes Eastern Corporation |
| H J Young 1 1 | 23-017-00006 | Other status | Other type | Crawford & Shoemaker |
| Flaherty 2 2 | 23-017-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Danner G & O Trust Co. |
| H. B. Carter # 1 # 1 | 23-017-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Davidor And Davidor |
| Gladney 1 1 | 23-017-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Davidor And Davidor |
| USA Unit 28 1 1 | 23-017-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fairchild Oil Co., Inc. |
| Water Well 1 1 | 23-017-00011 | Other status | Other type | Ferguson & Palmer |
| W M Bell 1 1 | 23-017-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Bert Fields |
| Davis # 1 # 1 | 23-017-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gholson, Et Al |
| Flaherty 1 1 | 23-017-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Harley Development Co. |
| W C Stone Jr 1 1 | 23-017-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | A. W. Hutchins Drilling Co. |
| Davis # 1 1 | 23-017-00017 | Other status | Gas | Hyco Oil Co. |
| J W Clark A-1 A-1 | 23-017-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gregg Oil Company |
| Pnrse-Hnlulu Thmpsn 1 1 | 23-017-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kern County Land Company |
| W O Schenault 1 1 | 23-017-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | W. Killam |
| Water Well 1 1 | 23-017-00021 | Other status | Other type | Mobile & Ohio Railroad |
| Henry I Black Unit 1 1 | 23-017-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Smith, Sam F. |
| Doss Unit 1 1 | 23-017-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Howard J. Nason & Sam F. Smith |
| James M Long Unit 1 1 | 23-017-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pan American Petroleum Corp. |
| Crawford-C 1 1 | 23-017-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phillips Petroleum Co |
| McCain et al 1 1 | 23-017-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Tmr Exploration, Inc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 202 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 Chickasaw County, MS?
Chickasaw County, Mississippi has 202 catalogued oil & gas wells: 18 active, 162 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Chickasaw County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Chickasaw County, Mississippi.
What share of wells in Chickasaw County are plugged?
162 of Chickasaw County's 202 catalogued wells (80%) 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); Chickasaw County ranks 28th with 202.
How many companies operate wells in Chickasaw County?
75 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Chickasaw 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 28, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Oil & gas wells in Chickasaw County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/chickasaw (data as of October 28, 2026).