Oil & gas wells in Newton County, MS
30 catalogued wells in Newton County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Newton County, Mississippi has 30 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 26 plugged & abandoned (87%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 56th of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
30
Active
0
Plugged
26
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Newton County?
0% of Newton County's wells are active, 16 percentage points below the Mississippi share of 16%. 87% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Newton County; Mississippi as a whole has 525. The remaining 4 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Newton County?
By product class, 4 of the county's wells (13%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) 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 Newton County well is 16,030 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 23% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Newton County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Newton County has the 56th-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.
Who operates wells in Newton County?
22 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Newton 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 Newton County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank Of Newton 1 1 | 23-101-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | J. J. Broadus, Et Al |
| Mississippi State 1 1 | 23-101-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kingwood Oil Co |
| K D Majure 1 1 | 23-101-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dalton Development Co. |
| K D Majure 2 2 | 23-101-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dalton Development Co. |
| Mississippi State 1 1 | 23-101-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Magnolia Petroleum Co. |
| Gordon Holroyd 1 1 | 23-101-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | MELLON, FRED et al |
| J L Nance 1 1 | 23-101-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | MELLON, FRED et al |
| M E Brooks 1 1 | 23-101-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R. Merrill Harris |
| Harvey C Shaw 1 1 | 23-101-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nortex Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Wade 1 1 | 23-101-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | R. R. Reed |
| Flora Johnson 1 1 | 23-101-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | State Exploration Company |
| Citizens Bank 1 1 | 23-101-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Oil Company |
| Hilma Wall 1 1 | 23-101-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Oil Company |
| May Everett 1 1 | 23-101-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texaco Inc. |
| O G Horne 1 1 | 23-101-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | L. A. Wyatt |
| S A Nicholson Etal 1 1 | 23-101-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Louisiana Land & Exploration Co. |
| J A Smith 1 1 | 23-101-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Co. -Nola |
| J V Lackey Trst Etl 1 1 | 23-101-20001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | David K. Brooks |
| International Paper 1 1 | 23-101-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amoco Production Co. |
| Choctaw Indians 1 1 | 23-101-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Southeastern Drilling Co. Et Al |
| Nicholson-Monroe Unit 1 | 23-101-20004 | Other status | Oil | Radzewicz & Associates Et Al |
| Nicholson-Monroe Un 1 1 | 23-101-20005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Radzewicz & Associates Et Al |
| Lucy 7-15 1 1 | 23-101-20006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hunt Energy Corp. |
| Pierce 1 1 | 23-101-20007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cardell-Tlapek Co. |
| Turnage-Williams 1 1 | 23-101-20008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Spooner Petroleum Company |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 30 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 Newton County, MS?
Newton County, Mississippi has 30 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 26 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Newton County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Newton County, Mississippi.
What share of wells in Newton County are plugged?
26 of Newton County's 30 catalogued wells (87%) 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); Newton County ranks 56th with 30.
How many companies operate wells in Newton County?
22 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Newton 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 Newton County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/newton (data as of October 10, 2026).