Oil & gas wells in Yazoo County, MS
1,169 catalogued wells in Yazoo County, Mississippi, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Yazoo County, Mississippi has 1,169 catalogued oil & gas wells: 324 active (28%), 640 plugged & abandoned (55%) and 27 documented orphans. It ranks 11th of the 57 Mississippi counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 34,924 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,169
Active
324
Plugged
640
Documented orphans
27
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Yazoo County?
28% of Yazoo County's wells are active, 11 percentage points above the Mississippi share of 16%. 55% are plugged & abandoned, against 70% statewide and 47% nationally. 37 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 27 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Mississippi and 4% nationally. The remaining 141 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Yazoo County?
By product class, 617 of the county's wells (53%) are oil wells, 47 (4%) gas wells and 54 (5%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 30% and the gas share 14%. The deepest total depth published for a Yazoo County well is 15,616 ft, against 25,500 ft for Mississippi as a whole. 77% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Yazoo County compare with other Mississippi counties?
Yazoo County has the 11th-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 4th in Mississippi.
Who operates wells in Yazoo County?
260 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Yazoo 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 Yazoo County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maley & Whitworth 1 1 | 23-163-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Alexander & Norman |
| A J Pickett 1 1 | 23-163-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gholson & Latimer |
| Halford Sutherland 1 1 | 23-163-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ambassador Oil Co. Et Al |
| Campbell 1 1 | 23-163-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Amerada Petroleum Co. |
| T.Stutts#1 1 | 23-163-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Pennzoil Expl & Prod Co. -Ms |
| Tom Stutts 2 2 | 23-163-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pennzoil Expl & Prod Co -Tx |
| Tom Stutts 3 3 | 23-163-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pennzoil Expl & Prod Co -Tx |
| Tom Stutts 1 1 | 23-163-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pennzoil Expl & Prod Co -Tx |
| Pwwf Tract 36-6 (Tom Stutts 5) 1 1 | 23-163-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| Deason Bettie P 1 1 | 23-163-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | James W. Harris |
| Bettie P Deason Etl 2 2 | 23-163-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Petrofina Co Of Tx |
| Bettie P Deason 3 3 | 23-163-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Petrofina Co Of Tx |
| L. F. Twiner #1 1 | 23-163-00013 | Other status | Other type | Highmark Energy Operating, LLC |
| Bettie P Deason 1 1 | 23-163-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atlantic Refining Co. |
| Jones-Dixon 1 1 | 23-163-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atlas Production Services Inc |
| Robertson 1 1 | 23-163-00016 | Other status | Other type | Atlas Production Services Inc |
| R K Whitehead #1 1 | 23-163-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Roger J. Bessett |
| Frankie Stutts Gray 1 1 | 23-163-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pennzoil Expl & Prod Co -Tx |
| Frankie Stutts Gray 2 2 | 23-163-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pennzoil Expl & Prod Co -Tx |
| TFU 36 -2 (frmly MAGGIE HART 3) 1 | 23-163-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| Sanders Heirs 1 1 | 23-163-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | C. F. & H. Oil Co., Inc. |
| Sanders Heirs 2 2 | 23-163-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | C. F. & H. Oil Co., Inc. |
| Sanders Heirs 3 3 | 23-163-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | BECKETT, C. M. et al |
| TFU 2S-1 (Sanders Heirs No. 4) 1 1 | 23-163-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Denbury Onshore, LLC |
| James A Mcgraw Et 1 1 | 23-163-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Broadhead Oil Co. |
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Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Yazoo County, MS?
Yazoo County, Mississippi has 1,169 catalogued oil & gas wells: 324 active, 640 plugged and 27 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Yazoo County?
27 wells in Yazoo County, Mississippi are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 4th-highest count among Mississippi counties.
What share of wells in Yazoo County are plugged?
640 of Yazoo County's 1,169 catalogued wells (55%) 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); Yazoo County ranks 11th with 1,169.
How many companies operate wells in Yazoo County?
260 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Yazoo 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 Yazoo County, Mississippi”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/mississippi/yazoo (data as of October 10, 2026).