Oil & gas wells in Washington County, MS
58 catalogued wells in Washington County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Washington County, Mississippi has 58 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 55 plugged & abandoned (95%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 45th of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.2% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
58
Active
0
Plugged
55
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Washington County?
0% of Washington County's wells are active, 16 percentage points below the Mississippi share of 16%. 95% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Mississippi and 4% nationally. The remaining 2 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Washington County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) 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 Washington County well is 4,500 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 36% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Washington County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Washington County has the 45th-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 42nd in Mississippi.
Who operates wells in Washington County?
37 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Washington 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 Washington County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams 2 2 | 23-151-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alhambra O. & G. Co. |
| Williams 3 3 | 23-151-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alhambra O. & G. Co. |
| Q N Quinn 1 1 | 23-151-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jack Anderson, Trustee |
| C C Trotter 1 1 | 23-151-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jack Anderson, Trustee |
| Ingram 1 1 | 23-151-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cities Service Oil Co. |
| Vieh 1 1 | 23-151-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cities Service Oil Co. |
| Q N Quinn 1 1 | 23-151-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Feazel, W. C. |
| S M Neil 1 1 | 23-151-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Grubb & Hawkins |
| Fisher 1 1 | 23-151-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Killam, W. |
| W H Hucker 1 1 | 23-151-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kingwood Oil Co |
| Wynn Etal 1 1 | 23-151-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lisbon Gasoline Co. |
| C C Trotter 1 1 | 23-151-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Marine Production Company |
| Bessie W Bell 1 1 | 23-151-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mississippi Valley Gas Co |
| William Chas Etal 1 1 | 23-151-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mississippi Valley Gas Co |
| Terry-Bell Unit 1 1 | 23-151-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mississippi Valley Gas Co |
| H A Treadway 1 1 | 23-151-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Moses & New Drlg. Co., Inc. |
| Lee 1 1 | 23-151-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid-Continent Oil Co. |
| S A Branton Estate 1 1 | 23-151-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C. H. Murphy |
| J T Brown 1 1 | 23-151-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Sun Oil Company |
| E A Currey 1 1 | 23-151-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Murphy-Sun |
| James Edwards 1 1 | 23-151-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C. H. Murphy |
| E J Ganier 1 1 | 23-151-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Murphy-Sun |
| C V Hunter 1 1 | 23-151-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Murphy-Sun |
| J R Jones Etal 1 1 | 23-151-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Murphy-Sun |
| Sam Kimbrouge 1 1 | 23-151-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C. H. Murphy |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 58 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 Washington County, MS?
Washington County, Mississippi has 58 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 55 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Washington County?
1 wells in Washington County, Mississippi are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 42nd-highest count among Mississippi counties.
What share of wells in Washington County are plugged?
55 of Washington County's 58 catalogued wells (95%) 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); Washington County ranks 45th with 58.
How many companies operate wells in Washington County?
37 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Washington 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 Washington County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/washington (data as of October 10, 2026).