Oil & gas wells in Madison County, MS
455 catalogued wells in Madison County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Madison County, Mississippi has 455 catalogued oil & gas wells: 64 active (14%), 344 plugged & abandoned (76%) and 14 documented orphans. It ranks 21st of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
455
Active
64
Plugged
344
Documented orphans
14
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Madison County?
14% of Madison County's wells are active, 2 percentage points below the Mississippi share of 16%. 76% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.4%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 14 wells (3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Mississippi and 4% nationally. The remaining 31 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Madison County?
By product class, 110 of the county's wells (24%) are oil wells, 16 (4%) gas wells and 27 (6%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 14%. The deepest total depth published for a Madison County well is 19,780 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 52% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Madison County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Madison County has the 21st-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 9th in Mississippi.
Who operates wells in Madison County?
183 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Madison 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 Madison County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Est 1 1 | 23-089-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Petrofina Co Of Tx |
| W G Howard 1 1 | 23-089-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Petrofina Co Of Tx |
| D W Yandell 1 1 | 23-089-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Petrofina Co Of Tx |
| Crosby 1 1 | 23-089-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Apco Oil Co. |
| Frazer 1 1 | 23-089-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Apco Oil Co. |
| Virgini Cmron Tylor 1 1 | 23-089-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cook Drilling Co. |
| Grady Morgan 1 1 | 23-089-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brame, O. D. |
| I Hesdorffer 1 1 | 23-089-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Broseco Corp. |
| Josie Garrett Etal 1 1 | 23-089-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | California Company |
| F C Larson Etal 1 1 | 23-089-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | California Company |
| Agnes Anderson 1 1 | 23-089-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Humble Oil & Refining Co. |
| Co Anderson 1 1 | 23-089-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Humble Oil & Refining Co. |
| C O Anderson 2 2 | 23-089-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Carter Oil Co. |
| Ethel Anderson 3 3 | 23-089-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Carter Oil Co. |
| Massey 1 1 | 23-089-00015 | Orphaned | Oil | T. J. Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Anderson-Wicker 1 1 | 23-089-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Carter Oil Co. |
| O H Billingslea 1 1 | 23-089-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carter Oil Co. |
| Board Of Supervisors 1 1 | 23-089-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carter Oil Co. |
| Brown Etal C-111-A 1 1 | 23-089-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Petro-Can, Inc. |
| S L Brown 1-B 1-B | 23-089-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carter Oil Co. |
| Hesdorffer 1 1 | 23-089-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carter Oil Co. |
| Jones-Massey SWD system #1 1 | 23-089-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Humble Oil & Refining Co. |
| Jones-Massey 2 | 23-089-00023 | Active | Oil | Formentera Operations, LLC |
| J.Massey Swdw#1 1 | 23-089-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | McGOWAN WORKING PARTNERS INC. |
| J Massey 2 2 | 23-089-00025 | Orphaned | Oil | G & S Oil Co Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 455 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 Madison County, MS?
Madison County, Mississippi has 455 catalogued oil & gas wells: 64 active, 344 plugged and 14 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Madison County?
14 wells in Madison County, Mississippi are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 9th-highest count among Mississippi counties.
What share of wells in Madison County are plugged?
344 of Madison County's 455 catalogued wells (76%) 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); Madison County ranks 21st with 455.
How many companies operate wells in Madison County?
183 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Madison 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 Madison County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/madison (data as of October 10, 2026).