Oil & gas wells in Pontotoc County, MS
70 catalogued wells in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Pontotoc County, Mississippi has 70 catalogued oil & gas wells: 6 active (9%), 62 plugged & abandoned (89%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 43rd of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.2% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
70
Active
6
Plugged
62
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Pontotoc County?
9% of Pontotoc County's wells are active, 8 percentage points below the Mississippi share of 16%. 89% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Pontotoc County; Mississippi as a whole has 525. The remaining 2 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Pontotoc County?
By product class, 2 of the county's wells (3%) are oil wells, 14 (20%) 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 Pontotoc County well is 4,400 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 33% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Pontotoc County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Pontotoc County has the 43rd-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 Pontotoc County?
32 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Pontotoc 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 Pontotoc County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L J Lyon 1 1 | 23-115-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | S. A. Guiberson, Jr. |
| Mrs M N Clayton 1 1 | 23-115-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Killam, W. |
| Max Warren 1 1 | 23-115-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Magnolia Petroleum Co. |
| C E Andrews 1 1 | 23-115-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | L. E. Salmon |
| S A Graddy Etal 1 1 | 23-115-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | L. E. Salmon |
| J B Henderson 1 1 | 23-115-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | L. E. Salmon |
| J D Naugher 1 1 | 23-115-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | L. E. Salmon |
| Rex Patterson 1 1 | 23-115-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | L. E. Salmon |
| J I Wilson Est 1 1 | 23-115-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | L. E. Salmon |
| Houston 35-8 35-8 | 23-115-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Southern States Oil Co. |
| Arbella High 1 1 | 23-115-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texaco Inc. |
| E G Stokes 1 1 | 23-115-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texaco Inc. |
| David Bray 1 1 | 23-115-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Waldrop, Et Al |
| Dabbs-Mallory Un 1 1 1 | 23-115-20001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | James W. Harris |
| John B Bramlett 1 1 | 23-115-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Glen A. Martin |
| Aron 26-6 1 1 | 23-115-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Moon-Hines, LLC. |
| James W Miller Etal 1 1 | 23-115-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Florida Exploration Co. |
| Unit 20-15 1 1 | 23-115-20005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | T. L. Eakin |
| Morrison Etal 1 1 | 23-115-20006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Florida Exploration Co. |
| J. R. Faulkner 28-3 1T & 1C | 23-115-20007 | Active | Gas | Scorpion Oil & Gas, LLC |
| Morrison 1 1 | 23-115-20008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Terra Resources, Inc. |
| J. R. Faulkner 28-2 2T | 23-115-20009 | Active | Gas | Scorpion Oil & Gas, LLC |
| B. Flaherty 29-2 1 1 | 23-115-20010 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Energy Dev Corp |
| Lacano A V 1 1 | 23-115-20011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Louisiana Land & Exploration Co. |
| D. L. Ward 27-4 1 | 23-115-20012 | Active | Gas | Scorpion Oil & Gas, LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 70 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 Pontotoc County, MS?
Pontotoc County, Mississippi has 70 catalogued oil & gas wells: 6 active, 62 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Pontotoc County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Pontotoc County, Mississippi.
What share of wells in Pontotoc County are plugged?
62 of Pontotoc County's 70 catalogued wells (89%) 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); Pontotoc County ranks 43rd with 70.
How many companies operate wells in Pontotoc County?
32 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Pontotoc 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 Pontotoc County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/pontotoc (data as of October 10, 2026).