Oil & gas wells in Smith County, MS
673 catalogued wells in Smith County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Smith County, Mississippi has 673 catalogued oil & gas wells: 143 active (21%), 420 plugged & abandoned (62%) and 7 documented orphans. It ranks 17th of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
673
Active
143
Plugged
420
Documented orphans
7
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Smith County?
21% of Smith County's wells are active, 5 percentage points above the Mississippi share of 16%. 62% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 7 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Mississippi and 4% nationally. The remaining 101 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Smith County?
By product class, 250 of the county's wells (37%) are oil wells, 71 (11%) gas wells and 29 (4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 14%. The deepest total depth published for a Smith County well is 19,784 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 86% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Smith County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Smith County has the 17th-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 18th in Mississippi.
Who operates wells in Smith County?
221 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Smith 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 Smith County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etha D Johnson 1 1 | 23-129-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ainsworth, Otis |
| USA Klein 1 1 | 23-129-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Petroleum Co. |
| John W Meyer Swd 1 | 23-129-00003 | Active | Injection | Mize Energy Producers, LLC |
| Board Of Supervisors 16-7 1 | 23-129-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | James W. Harris |
| U S A 1-6 1-6 | 23-129-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Petrofina Co Of Tx |
| U S A 1-7 1-7 | 23-129-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Petrofina Co Of Tx |
| W. A. Kennedy 1 1 | 23-129-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arkla Expl. Co. |
| Paul D Thompson 1 1 | 23-129-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Arkansas Fuel Oil Corp |
| Floyd E. Wells D-1 D-1 | 23-129-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pruet Production Co |
| Womack "A" 1 1 | 23-129-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cities Service Oil Co. |
| Womack "B" 1 1 | 23-129-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cities Service Oil Co. |
| W Tillson 1 1 | 23-129-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Austral Oil Co., Inc. |
| Federal Land Ls #019027 1 1 | 23-129-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Coastal Minerals Inc |
| USA-Federal-11 1 1 | 23-129-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Austral Oil Co., Inc. |
| Fed Lease 019027 2 2 | 23-129-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Austral Oil Co., Inc. |
| J J Boykin 1 1 | 23-129-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | T. Carleton Billups |
| S W Dukes 1 1 | 23-129-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carlton Billups, Ambassador Oil Corp., Et Al |
| John S Clark 1 1 | 23-129-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brewster-Bartle Drilling Co., Inc. Et Al |
| Sallie H James 1 1 | 23-129-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | H. L. Brown, Jr. Et Al |
| Board Of Supervisors 1 1 | 23-129-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | W. E. Butler |
| Homer Ainsworth 1 1 | 23-129-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Triad Oil & Gas Co Inc |
| Board Of Supervisors 6 Swdw 1 | 23-129-00025 | Active | Injection | Clarkco Services, Inc. |
| Board Of Supervisors 6 2 2 | 23-129-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | RIDDELL, JOHN F. Jr. |
| Mangum C C 1 1 | 23-129-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Roundtree & Associates, Inc. |
| Love Petroleum Company 1 | 23-129-00028 | Active | Oil | Tellus Operating Group, LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 673 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 Smith County, MS?
Smith County, Mississippi has 673 catalogued oil & gas wells: 143 active, 420 plugged and 7 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Smith County?
7 wells in Smith County, Mississippi are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 18th-highest count among Mississippi counties.
What share of wells in Smith County are plugged?
420 of Smith County's 673 catalogued wells (62%) 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); Smith County ranks 17th with 673.
How many companies operate wells in Smith County?
221 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Smith 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 Smith County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/smith (data as of October 10, 2026).