Oil & gas wells in Walthall County, MS
446 catalogued wells in Walthall County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Walthall County, Mississippi has 446 catalogued oil & gas wells: 30 active (7%), 377 plugged & abandoned (85%) and 12 documented orphans. It ranks 22nd of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
446
Active
30
Plugged
377
Documented orphans
12
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Walthall County?
7% of Walthall County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Mississippi share of 16%. 85% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. 12 wells (3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Mississippi and 4% nationally. The remaining 27 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Walthall County?
By product class, 121 of the county's wells (27%) are oil wells, 98 (22%) gas wells and 8 (2%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 14%. The deepest total depth published for a Walthall County well is 21,700 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 92% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Walthall County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Walthall County has the 22nd-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 12th in Mississippi.
Who operates wells in Walthall County?
158 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Walthall 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 Walthall County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magee 1 1 | 23-147-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | J. R. Pounds, Inc. |
| Magee 2 2 | 23-147-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Superior Oil Co. |
| Magee 3 3 | 23-147-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Austral Oil Co., Inc. |
| Pope 1 1 | 23-147-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Austral Oil Co., Inc. |
| G H Lewis 1 1 | 23-147-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Barnwell Drilling Company, Inc. |
| Marge Cleon 1 1 | 23-147-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | D. A. Biglane Operating Co Et Al |
| BRANDON Unit 34-11 1 1 | 23-147-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brandon Company |
| Cora Collins Etal 1 1 | 23-147-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | California Company |
| Ruth Magee Lee Etal 1 1 | 23-147-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | California Company |
| Ayers 7-6 1 1 | 23-147-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | The Cane Corp. Et Al |
| Byrd Unit 1 1 | 23-147-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | The Cane Corp. Et Al |
| Duncan Etal 1 1 | 23-147-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Cane Corp. Et Al |
| O C Hart 6-8 1 1 | 23-147-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Cane Corp. Et Al |
| Morris 7-5 1 1 | 23-147-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cameron Operating Co. |
| Joe Pittman 7-3 7-3 | 23-147-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | The Cane Corp. Et Al |
| Ella B Stovall 1 1 | 23-147-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lyle Cashion Co. |
| Fernwood Unit 32-10 1 1 | 23-147-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Central Oil Co. Et Al |
| Fernwood Lumber 34-8 1 1 | 23-147-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sohio Petroleum Co. |
| T C Rayborn 1 1 | 23-147-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | City Products Corp. |
| O F Mages Estate 1 1 | 23-147-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Collins Associates Inc |
| P E Magee 1 1 | 23-147-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Collins Associates Inc |
| P E Magee 2 2 | 23-147-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ram Petroleum, LLC |
| W.W.Magee#1 1 | 23-147-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Ora C. Collins Assoc., Inc. |
| Verdis Magee 1 1 | 23-147-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Collins Associates Inc |
| Joe N Pittman 1 1 | 23-147-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pittman, Joe N. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 446 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 Walthall County, MS?
Walthall County, Mississippi has 446 catalogued oil & gas wells: 30 active, 377 plugged and 12 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Walthall County?
12 wells in Walthall County, Mississippi are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 12th-highest count among Mississippi counties.
What share of wells in Walthall County are plugged?
377 of Walthall County's 446 catalogued wells (85%) 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); Walthall County ranks 22nd with 446.
How many companies operate wells in Walthall County?
158 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Walthall 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 Walthall County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/walthall (data as of October 10, 2026).