Oil & gas wells in Clay County, MS
93 catalogued wells in Clay County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Clay County, Mississippi has 93 catalogued oil & gas wells: 20 active (22%), 58 plugged & abandoned (62%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 38th of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
93
Active
20
Plugged
58
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Clay County?
22% of Clay County's wells are active, 5 percentage points above the Mississippi share of 16%. 62% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Mississippi and 4% nationally. The remaining 14 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Clay County?
By product class, 6 of the county's wells (6%) are oil wells, 32 (34%) 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 Clay County well is 13,314 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 57% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Clay County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Clay County has the 38th-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 40th in Mississippi.
Who operates wells in Clay County?
50 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Clay 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 Clay County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bessie Brownlee 1 1 | 23-025-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | W. R. Fairchild Prod. Co. |
| M B Mcfadden Etal 1 1 | 23-025-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Chastain, M. B. |
| J R Hawkins # 1 # 1 | 23-025-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Neville G. Penrose |
| Cottrell Etal Unit 1 | 23-025-00005 | Active | Gas | Bruxoil, Inc. |
| Federal Land Bank 1 | 23-025-00006 | Active | Gas | Bruxoil, Inc. |
| 1st Ntl Bnk/Birmghm 1 1 | 23-025-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Co. -Nola |
| Jarrett Etal 1 | 23-025-00008 | Active | Gas | Bruxoil, Inc. |
| Rogers et al 1 | 23-025-00009 | Active | Gas | Bruxoil, Inc. |
| Bessie Browlee 1-A 1-A | 23-025-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | W. R. Fairchild Prod. Co. |
| Water Well 1 1 | 23-025-00013 | Other status | Other type | Calvert R L |
| R G Dunning 1 1 | 23-025-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atlantic Refining Co. |
| Mclemore Etal Unit 1 1 | 23-025-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Samson Resources Co. - Vidalia La |
| Water Well 1 1 | 23-025-00016 | Other status | Other type | Gullett George W |
| Water Well 1 1 | 23-025-00017 | Other status | Other type | Town Of Clearbuff |
| Cantrell 1 1 | 23-025-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ohio Oil Co. |
| Frank Wilcox 1 1 | 23-025-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | L. O. Mcmillian |
| R L Calvert Jr 1 1 | 23-025-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | The Crump, Et Al |
| J N Henderson 1 1 | 23-025-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Browning & Welch, Inc |
| T Wyman Unit 1 1 | 23-025-20001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texaco Inc. |
| A Harmon Robinson 1 1 | 23-025-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Browning & Welch, Inc |
| Henley 1 1 | 23-025-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Crystal Oil & Land Co. Et Al |
| R F Mcfadden 1 | 23-025-20004 | Active | Gas | Bruxoil, Inc. |
| Martin 19 1C & 1T | 23-025-20005 | Active | Gas | Dallas Production Company, LLC |
| Campbell 19 1T | 23-025-20006 | Active | Gas | Dallas Production Company, LLC |
| Martin 19 2T & 2C | 23-025-20007 | Active | Gas | Dallas Production Company, LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 93 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 Clay County, MS?
Clay County, Mississippi has 93 catalogued oil & gas wells: 20 active, 58 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Clay County?
1 wells in Clay County, Mississippi are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 40th-highest count among Mississippi counties.
What share of wells in Clay County are plugged?
58 of Clay County's 93 catalogued wells (62%) 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); Clay County ranks 38th with 93.
How many companies operate wells in Clay County?
50 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Clay 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 Clay County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/clay (data as of October 10, 2026).