Oil & gas wells in Overton County, TN
188 catalogued wells in Overton County, Tennessee, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Overton County, Tennessee has 188 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 0 plugged & abandoned (0%) and 130 documented orphans. It ranks 2nd of the 7 Tennessee counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 19% of the state's 989 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
188
Active
0
Plugged
0
Documented orphans
130
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Overton County?
0% of Overton County's wells are active, close to the Tennessee share of 0%. 0% are plugged & abandoned, against 0% statewide and 47% nationally. 130 wells (69%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 90% across Tennessee and 4% nationally. The remaining 58 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Overton 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 0% and the gas share 0%. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Overton County compare with other Tennessee counties?
Overton County has the 2nd-most catalogued wells of the 7 Tennessee counties with at least 25. The median Tennessee county on WellCensus has 156 wells. The largest, Fentress County, has 200. By documented orphans it ranks 4th in Tennessee.
Who operates wells in Overton County?
Tennessee records currently come only from the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026); the state's own registry of active and plugged wells is not yet ingested, so counts cover documented orphans only.
Wells in Overton County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M & W Development Company #6 | 41-133-10016 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Keith James H #1 | 41-133-10056 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Allred Heirs #1 | 41-133-20036 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Well API 41-133-20050 | 41-133-20050 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-133-20051 | 41-133-20051 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-133-20053 | 41-133-20053 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-133-20054 | 41-133-20054 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-133-20058 | 41-133-20058 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-133-20067 | 41-133-20067 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-133-20078 | 41-133-20078 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-133-20080 | 41-133-20080 | Other status | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-133-20081 | 41-133-20081 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-133-20084 | 41-133-20084 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-133-20088 | 41-133-20088 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Hill Malcolm #1 | 41-133-20095 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Hill Malcolm #2 | 41-133-20096 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Well API 41-133-20101 | 41-133-20101 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-133-20106 | 41-133-20106 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-133-20113 | 41-133-20113 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-133-20114 | 41-133-20114 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-133-20116 | 41-133-20116 | Other status | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-133-20123 | 41-133-20123 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-133-20153 | 41-133-20153 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-133-20156 | 41-133-20156 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Bilbrey Burch #1 | 41-133-20159 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 188 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 Overton County, TN?
Overton County, Tennessee has 188 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 0 plugged and 130 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Overton County?
130 wells in Overton County, Tennessee are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 4th-highest count among Tennessee counties.
What share of wells in Overton County are plugged?
0 of Overton County's 188 catalogued wells (0%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 0% across Tennessee.
Which Tennessee county has the most oil and gas wells?
Fentress County has the most catalogued wells of any Tennessee county on WellCensus (200); Overton County ranks 2nd with 188.
Nearby in the Tennessee rankings
About this data
Source: 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 Overton County, Tennessee”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/tennessee/overton (data as of October 10, 2026).