Oil & gas wells in Jefferson County, MS
1,192 catalogued wells in Jefferson County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Jefferson County, Mississippi has 1,192 catalogued oil & gas wells: 64 active (5%), 1,083 plugged & abandoned (91%) and 10 documented orphans. It ranks 9th of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,192
Active
64
Plugged
1,083
Documented orphans
10
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Jefferson County?
5% of Jefferson County's wells are active, 11 percentage points below the Mississippi share of 16%. 91% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. 10 wells (0.8%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Mississippi and 4% nationally. The remaining 35 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Jefferson County?
By product class, 234 of the county's wells (20%) are oil wells, 38 (3%) gas wells and 42 (4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 14%. The deepest total depth published for a Jefferson County well is 22,000 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 45% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Jefferson County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Jefferson County has the 9th-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 13th in Mississippi.
Who operates wells in Jefferson County?
467 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisbony 1-A 1-A | 23-063-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Samson Resources Co. - Vidalia La |
| Frasier-Lehmann-Hirsch 1 1 | 23-063-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R. H. Alagood Et Al |
| Armstrong-Lehman-Hirsch 1 1 | 23-063-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R. H. Alagood Et Al |
| Geo W Armstrong 1 1 | 23-063-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lyle Cashion Co. |
| David Junkin 1 1 | 23-063-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R. H. Alagood Et Al |
| David Junkin A-1 A-1 | 23-063-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R. H. Alagood Et Al |
| David Junkin "B" 1 1 | 23-063-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R. H. Alagood Et Al |
| James Mcclure Etal 1 1 | 23-063-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R. H. Alagood Et Al |
| Jeff Truly 1 1 | 23-063-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R. H. Alagood Et Al |
| J Gordon Et Al 1 1 | 23-063-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alexander & Norman |
| P E Bates 1 1 | 23-063-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ambassador Oil Co. Et Al |
| Dora Brown 1 1 | 23-063-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Hess Corp. |
| Albert Krauss 1 1 | 23-063-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Hess Corp. |
| Wagner 1 1 | 23-063-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Hess Corp. |
| A.E.Noble#1 1 | 23-063-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Ogden Oil Co., Inc. |
| A Noble-C Emanuel 1 1 | 23-063-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Apache Corporation |
| G W Armstrong 1 1 | 23-063-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tex-Star Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Board Supervisors 1 1 | 23-063-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tex-Star Oil & Gas Corp. |
| S.E.Burkley 1 | 23-063-00019 | Active | Injection | Anderson Operating, LLC |
| Burkley Phillips 1 | 23-063-00020 | Active | Oil | Anderson Operating, LLC |
| Burkley Phillips 2 2 | 23-063-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Texas Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Junkins-Burns 1 1 | 23-063-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Atlantic Refining Co. |
| Junkin-Burns 2 2 | 23-063-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atlantic Refining Co. |
| Jumkin-Burns 3 3 | 23-063-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atlantic Refining Co. |
| W.W.Lisbony#1 1 | 23-063-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Texas Oil & Gas Corp. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,192 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 Jefferson County, MS?
Jefferson County, Mississippi has 1,192 catalogued oil & gas wells: 64 active, 1,083 plugged and 10 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Jefferson County?
10 wells in Jefferson County, Mississippi are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 13th-highest count among Mississippi counties.
What share of wells in Jefferson County are plugged?
1,083 of Jefferson County's 1,192 catalogued wells (91%) 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); Jefferson County ranks 9th with 1,192.
How many companies operate wells in Jefferson County?
467 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/jefferson (data as of October 10, 2026).