Oil & gas wells in Jones County, MS
1,199 catalogued wells in Jones County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Jones County, Mississippi has 1,199 catalogued oil & gas wells: 414 active (35%), 601 plugged & abandoned (50%) and 18 documented orphans. It ranks 8th of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,199
Active
414
Plugged
601
Documented orphans
18
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Jones County?
35% of Jones County's wells are active, 18 percentage points above the Mississippi share of 16%. 50% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. 4 wells (0.3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 18 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Mississippi and 4% nationally. The remaining 162 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Jones County?
By product class, 644 of the county's wells (54%) are oil wells, 82 (7%) gas wells and 79 (7%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 14%. The deepest total depth published for a Jones County well is 21,533 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 87% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Jones County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Jones County has the 8th-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 6th in Mississippi.
Who operates wells in Jones County?
272 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Jones 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 Jones County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ainsworth-Nelson 2 2 | 23-067-00001 | Orphaned | Oil | Ainsworth. Otis |
| Otis Ainsworth 1 1 | 23-067-00002 | Orphaned | Oil | Ainsworth. Otis |
| Hickson A 1 A 1 | 23-067-00003 | Active | Oil | Formentera Operations, LLC |
| John D Bonner 1 1 | 23-067-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ainsworth, Otis |
| John D Bonner 2 2 | 23-067-00005 | Active | Oil | Formentera Operations, LLC |
| John D Bonner 3 3 | 23-067-00006 | Active | Oil | Formentera Operations, LLC |
| A J Davis 1 1 | 23-067-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ainsworth. Otis |
| Hickson#1 1 | 23-067-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Fina Oil And Chemical Co |
| Hickson#2 2 | 23-067-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Fina Oil And Chemical Co |
| Hickson Swdw 3 | 23-067-00010 | Active | Injection | Formentera Operations, LLC |
| Masonite 1 1 | 23-067-00011 | Orphaned | Other type | Ainsworth. Otis |
| Masonite 1-A 1-A | 23-067-00012 | Orphaned | Oil | Ainsworth. Otis |
| Masonite 2-A 2-A | 23-067-00013 | Orphaned | Oil | Ainsworth. Otis |
| Masonite 2 2 | 23-067-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ainsworth, Otis |
| T J Neal Etal 1 1 | 23-067-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Alexander & Norman |
| O V Addison 1 1 | 23-067-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Hess Corp. |
| Central Oil 1 1 | 23-067-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arkansas Fuel Oil Corp |
| W C Rasberry 1 1 | 23-067-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arkansas Fuel Oil Corp |
| J H Crafton Estate 1 1 | 23-067-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atlantic Refining Co. |
| Minnie Grafton Etal 1 1 | 23-067-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atlantic Refining Co. |
| G W Murray 1 1 | 23-067-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Austral Oil Co., Inc. Et Al |
| O.H.Shows#1-A #1-A | 23-067-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | R. W. Tyson Producing Co. Inc. |
| Barnett-Snoddy Unit 34-15 #1 1 | 23-067-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Barnett & Snoddy |
| Alton-Mcdaniel 1 1 | 23-067-00024 | Orphaned | Oil | White, Charles R |
| H G Clarke 1 1 | 23-067-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Homer Best, Jr. Et Al |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,199 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 Jones County, MS?
Jones County, Mississippi has 1,199 catalogued oil & gas wells: 414 active, 601 plugged and 18 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Jones County?
18 wells in Jones County, Mississippi are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 6th-highest count among Mississippi counties.
What share of wells in Jones County are plugged?
601 of Jones County's 1,199 catalogued wells (50%) 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); Jones County ranks 8th with 1,199.
How many companies operate wells in Jones County?
272 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Jones 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 Jones County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/jones (data as of October 10, 2026).