Oil & gas wells in Franklin County, MS
2,625 catalogued wells in Franklin County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Franklin County, Mississippi has 2,625 catalogued oil & gas wells: 124 active (5%), 2,326 plugged & abandoned (89%) and 50 documented orphans. It ranks 3rd of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 8% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,625
Active
124
Plugged
2,326
Documented orphans
50
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Franklin County?
5% of Franklin County's wells are active, 12 percentage points below the Mississippi share of 16%. 89% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.0%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 50 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Mississippi and 4% nationally. The remaining 124 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Franklin County?
By product class, 620 of the county's wells (24%) are oil wells, 2 (0.1%) gas wells and 139 (5%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 14%. The deepest total depth published for a Franklin County well is 17,574 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 51% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Franklin County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Franklin County has the 3rd-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 3rd in Mississippi.
Who operates wells in Franklin County?
651 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Franklin 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 Franklin County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA 1 1 | 23-037-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Callon Petroleum Co. |
| USA 35-7 1 1 | 23-037-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alexander & Norman |
| U S A 35-16 1 1 | 23-037-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alexander Oil Company |
| Central Lumber Co 1 1 | 23-037-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Hess Corp. |
| Homochitte Lumber 1 1 | 23-037-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Hess Corp. |
| Gordon Krauss 1 1 | 23-037-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Hess Corp. |
| Mary Crecink 1 1 | 23-037-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Mineral Spirits Co. |
| W J Wright 1 1 | 23-037-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Mineral Spirits Co. |
| Seab-Briggs Unit 1 1 | 23-037-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Baker, Et Al |
| S J Jones 1 1 | 23-037-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dorris Ballew Inc Et Al |
| U S A 1 1 | 23-037-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dorris Ballew Inc Et Al |
| Cobb B-1 B-1 | 23-037-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | M & N Operating Co, Inc. |
| L S Hollinger Etal 1 1 | 23-037-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bateman Et Al |
| USA 38-1 1 1 | 23-037-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beard Oil Co. |
| U.S.A.38-2#1 1 | 23-037-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | C.D. Hollingsworth & Assoc |
| USA Cowart 38-10 1 1 | 23-037-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Beard Oil Co. |
| John F Hollingan 1 1 | 23-037-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | H. Best Oil Company Et Al |
| International Paper 1 1 | 23-037-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | H. Best Oil Company Et Al |
| R R Oliver Etal 1 1 | 23-037-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Homer Best, Jr. Et Al |
| U S A 1-42-4 1-42-4 | 23-037-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Homer Best, Jr. |
| Worthy Unit 1 1 | 23-037-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Homer Best, Jr. Et Al |
| Lehman B-1 B-1 | 23-037-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | D. A. Biglane Operating Co Et Al |
| Mcgehee 1 1 | 23-037-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | D. A. Biglane Operating Co Et Al |
| Thompson Est Unit 1 1 | 23-037-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | D. A. Biglane Operating Co Et Al |
| Board Of Supervisors "B" 3 3 | 23-037-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pan American Petroleum Corp. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,625 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 Franklin County, MS?
Franklin County, Mississippi has 2,625 catalogued oil & gas wells: 124 active, 2,326 plugged and 50 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Franklin County?
50 wells in Franklin County, Mississippi are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 3rd-highest count among Mississippi counties.
What share of wells in Franklin County are plugged?
2,326 of Franklin County's 2,625 catalogued wells (89%) 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); Franklin County ranks 3rd with 2,625.
How many companies operate wells in Franklin County?
651 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Franklin 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 Franklin County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/franklin (data as of October 10, 2026).