Oil & gas wells in Jackson County, MS
48 catalogued wells in Jackson County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Jackson County, Mississippi has 48 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 42 plugged & abandoned (88%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 46th of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
48
Active
0
Plugged
42
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Jackson County?
0% of Jackson County's wells are active, 16 percentage points below the Mississippi share of 16%. 88% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Jackson County; Mississippi as a whole has 525. The remaining 6 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Jackson County?
By product class, 1 of the county's wells (2%) are oil wells, 2 (4%) gas wells and 7 (15%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 14%. The deepest total depth published for a Jackson County well is 18,971 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 90% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Jackson County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Jackson County has the 46th-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 Jackson County?
31 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Jackson 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 Jackson County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodman 1 1 | 23-059-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atlas Oil Company |
| Woodman 2 2 | 23-059-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atlas Oil Company |
| International Paper 1 1 | 23-059-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | J. R. Brown Et Al |
| International Paper 2 2 | 23-059-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | J. R. Brown Et Al |
| Waterman 1 1 | 23-059-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | The Georgia Company |
| Margaret Hyslop 1 1 | 23-059-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Great American Oil Company |
| Martin 1 1 | 23-059-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Great American Oil Company |
| Dantzler Lbr 1 1 | 23-059-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Oil Corp. |
| Dantzler Lbr 4 4 | 23-059-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Oil Corp. |
| Dantzler Lbr 5 5 | 23-059-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Oil Corp. |
| L N Dantzler Lumber 1-B 1-B | 23-059-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Humble Oil & Refining Co. |
| Waterman # 2 # 2 | 23-059-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jackson County Oil Co. |
| Gladys Carter 1 1 | 23-059-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pan American Petroleum Corp. |
| Delmorton 1 1 | 23-059-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pascagoula Development Co. |
| Delamorton 2 2 | 23-059-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pascagoula Development Co. |
| Alco Land & Timber 1 1 | 23-059-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pruet, Chesley Drlg. Co. |
| International Paper 1 1 | 23-059-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pruet, Chesley Drlg. Co. |
| William C Quinn 1 1 | 23-059-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pruet, Chesley Drlg. Co. |
| Hibbler 1 1 | 23-059-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sea Coast Oil Company |
| USA 1 1 | 23-059-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Weston Drilling Co. |
| C L Dees 1 1 | 23-059-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Southeastern Drilling Co. Et Al |
| Fee 1 | 23-059-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Thiokol |
| E H Bacot Etal 1 1 | 23-059-20001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Langdon S. Anderson |
| Fee 2 | 23-059-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Thiokol |
| Cumbest Etal 1 1 | 23-059-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amoco Production Company Et Al |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 48 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 Jackson County, MS?
Jackson County, Mississippi has 48 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 42 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Jackson County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Jackson County, Mississippi.
What share of wells in Jackson County are plugged?
42 of Jackson County's 48 catalogued wells (88%) 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); Jackson County ranks 46th with 48.
How many companies operate wells in Jackson County?
31 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Jackson 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 Jackson County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/jackson (data as of October 10, 2026).