Oil & gas wells in Kemper County, MS
34 catalogued wells in Kemper County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Kemper County, Mississippi has 34 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 28 plugged & abandoned (82%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 52nd of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
34
Active
0
Plugged
28
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Kemper County?
0% of Kemper County's wells are active, 16 percentage points below the Mississippi share of 16%. 82% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Mississippi and 4% nationally. The remaining 5 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Kemper County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 1 (3%) 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 Kemper County well is 9,690 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 47% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Kemper County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Kemper County has the 52nd-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 44th in Mississippi.
Who operates wells in Kemper County?
21 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Kemper 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 Kemper County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H W Henry 1 1 | 23-069-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pure Oil Co. |
| W A Land 1 1 | 23-069-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R. J. Dean & Crabb |
| J W Mckelvaine 1 1 | 23-069-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | S. Friedman |
| W. T. Caldwell # 1 # 1 | 23-069-00004 | Other status | Other type | R. M. Crabb Et Al |
| Sallie K Briggs 1 1 | 23-069-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | H. H. Hamilton |
| Phillips Estate 1 1 | 23-069-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Roy A. Lamb Et Al |
| Henry B Smith 1 1 | 23-069-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Roy A. Lamb Et Al |
| Edmonds & Longshore 1 1 | 23-069-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | E. B. Larue |
| Mckelvaine 1 1 | 23-069-00009 | Orphaned | Other type | D. C. Williams |
| W T Caldwell 1 1 | 23-069-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Manning A E |
| J. W. Mckelvaine # 1 # 1 | 23-069-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R. H. Bordeaux |
| B H Clay 1 1 | 23-069-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | E. F. Neely |
| W W Shepard 1 1 | 23-069-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | E. F. Neely |
| J A Stennis 1 1 | 23-069-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | E. F. Neely |
| Caraway 1 1 | 23-069-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | WANETE OIL CO., et al |
| A M Fleming Est 1 1 | 23-069-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Harvey J. Weir & Son |
| The Flintkote Company Inc # 1 # 1 | 23-069-20001 | Other status | Other type | Sabre Exploration Corporation |
| Flintkote Forest 1 1 | 23-069-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fort Bend Oil Company |
| J P Cole 1 1 | 23-069-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Grady & Roppolo |
| Flintkote 1 1 | 23-069-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Clements Energy, Inc. |
| Flintkote 1-A 1-A | 23-069-20005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Clements Energy, Inc. |
| Legette F M Et Al 1 1 | 23-069-20006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amoco Production Co. |
| Weyerhaeuser 27-6 1 1 | 23-069-20007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Medallion Exploration |
| Weyerhaeuser 35-10 1 1 | 23-069-20008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Land And Natural Resource Development, Inc. |
| Weyerhaeuser 35-7 1 1 | 23-069-20009 | Other status | Gas | Land And Natural Resource Development, Inc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 34 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 Kemper County, MS?
Kemper County, Mississippi has 34 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 28 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Kemper County?
1 wells in Kemper County, Mississippi are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 44th-highest count among Mississippi counties.
What share of wells in Kemper County are plugged?
28 of Kemper County's 34 catalogued wells (82%) 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); Kemper County ranks 52nd with 34.
How many companies operate wells in Kemper County?
21 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Kemper 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 Kemper County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/kemper (data as of October 10, 2026).