Oil & gas wells in Monroe County, MS
933 catalogued wells in Monroe County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Monroe County, Mississippi has 933 catalogued oil & gas wells: 156 active (17%), 675 plugged & abandoned (72%) and 7 documented orphans. It ranks 14th of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
933
Active
156
Plugged
675
Documented orphans
7
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Monroe County?
17% of Monroe County's wells are active, close to the Mississippi share of 16%. 72% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 7 wells (0.8%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Mississippi and 4% nationally. The remaining 94 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Monroe County?
By product class, 61 of the county's wells (7%) are oil wells, 366 (39%) gas wells and 14 (2%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 14%. The deepest total depth published for a Monroe County well is 14,200 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 65% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Monroe County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Monroe County has the 14th-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 17th in Mississippi.
Who operates wells in Monroe County?
180 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Monroe 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 Monroe County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourland 1 1 | 23-095-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amory Development Co. |
| Carter 1 | 23-095-00002 | Active | Gas | Atmos Energy Corporation |
| Carter 2 2 | 23-095-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Amory Gas Co. |
| Carter 3 | 23-095-00004 | Active | Gas | Atmos Energy Corporation |
| Dill 1 1 | 23-095-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amory Petroleum Co. |
| Hall 1 1 | 23-095-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amory Petroleum Co. |
| Harris 1 1 | 23-095-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Mississippi Valley Gas Co |
| F L Rye 1 1 | 23-095-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nat. Gas & Fuel Corp. |
| Mrs Margaret Myers 1 1 | 23-095-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atlantic Refining Co. |
| Loyd Baggett 1 1 | 23-095-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Barnwell Drilling Company, Inc. |
| Boyd-Hamilton 2 2 | 23-095-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Barnwell Production Company |
| Hamilton et al 4 4 | 23-095-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Barnwell Production Company |
| Hamilton 3-A 3-A | 23-095-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Barnwell Drilling Company, Inc. |
| Rey et al 3 3 | 23-095-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Barnwell Production Company |
| L E Benefield 1 1 | 23-095-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Zach Brooks Drlg, Company Et Al |
| Hall-Inzer Lumber Co 36-15 1 | 23-095-00016 | Active | Gas | Dallas Production Company, LLC |
| J A Cole 1 1 | 23-095-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dalton, Buie & Co. |
| A L Lowery 1 1 | 23-095-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | JACK DANIEL, et al |
| A E Crump Heirs # 1 1 | 23-095-00020 | Orphaned | Gas | Crump, Ralph |
| T F Durrett Estat 1 1 | 23-095-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fairchild Constr Co Inc Ltd |
| W W Head Etl Gs U 1 1 | 23-095-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Fairchild Constr Co Inc Ltd |
| H. J. Marshall 1 1 | 23-095-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Feazel, W. C. |
| Mrs. L. W. Rea 1 1 | 23-095-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Miller Exploration Company |
| C. C. Day et al gas unit 1 1 | 23-095-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gulf Oil Corp. |
| Alice Nason 1 1 | 23-095-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Henry L. Hahn, Jr. & Hyco Oil Co. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 933 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 Monroe County, MS?
Monroe County, Mississippi has 933 catalogued oil & gas wells: 156 active, 675 plugged and 7 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Monroe County?
7 wells in Monroe County, Mississippi are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 17th-highest count among Mississippi counties.
What share of wells in Monroe County are plugged?
675 of Monroe County's 933 catalogued wells (72%) 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); Monroe County ranks 14th with 933.
How many companies operate wells in Monroe County?
180 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Monroe 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 Monroe County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/monroe (data as of October 10, 2026).