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Oil & gas wells in Archer County, TX

96 catalogued wells in Archer County, Texas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.

Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.

At a glance

Archer County, Texas has 96 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 0 plugged & abandoned (0%) and 5 documented orphans. It ranks 16th of the 65 Texas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 964,593 catalogued wells. Texas county counts cover only wells whose source record names the county (see below).

Catalogued wells

96

Active

0

Plugged

0

Documented orphans

5

Coverage note: The Railroad Commission's statewide location layer that supplies most Texas records carries no county field, so this county count covers only wells whose source record names the county — chiefly the federal orphaned-well inventory — and is far below the true number of wells in the county. The statewide total is on the Texas page: 964,593 wells in Texas.

What is the status of oil and gas wells in Archer County?

0% of Archer County's wells are active, 35 percentage points below the Texas share of 35%. 0% are plugged & abandoned, against 42% statewide and 47% nationally. 5 wells (5%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.9% across Texas and 4% nationally. The remaining 91 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.

What kinds of wells are in Archer County?

By product class, 82 of the county's wells (85%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 11 (11%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 48% and the gas share 13%. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.

How does Archer County compare with other Texas counties?

Archer County has the 16th-most catalogued wells of the 65 Texas counties with at least 25. The median Texas county on WellCensus has 50 wells. The largest, Pecos County, has 489. By documented orphans it ranks 54th in Texas.

Who operates wells in Archer County?

Texas records come from the Railroad Commission's statewide surface-well layer, which publishes each wellbore's API number, coordinates and map symbol (status) but no well name, operator, county, dates or depth; those fields await the RRC's full-attribute bulk file.

Oil & gas wells in Archer County, TX
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeOperator
Ray 142-009-85689OrphanedOther type—
Jones Ray 142-009-84352OrphanedOther type—
Well API 42-009-8001842-009-80018OrphanedOil—
Well API 42-009-3913242-009-39132Other statusInjection—
Well API 42-009-3946742-009-39467Other statusOil—
Well API 42-009-8625942-009-86259Other statusInjection—
Well API 42-009-8721342-009-87213Other statusOil—
Well API 42-009-8246942-009-82469OrphanedOil—
Well API 42-009-8247042-009-82470OrphanedInjection—
Well API 42-009-3584342-009-35843Other statusInjection—
Well API 42-009-3098542-009-30985Other statusOil—
Well API 42-009-3336542-009-33365Other statusOil—
Well API 42-009-3376642-009-33766Other statusOil—
Well API 42-009-3412242-009-34122Other statusOil—
Well API 42-009-3415042-009-34150Other statusOil—
Well API 42-009-3465242-009-34652Other statusOil—
Well API 42-009-3493042-009-34930Other statusInjection—
Well API 42-009-3521042-009-35210Other statusOil—
Well API 42-009-3576942-009-35769Other statusOil—
Well API 42-009-3584142-009-35841Other statusOil—
Well API 42-009-3644742-009-36447Other statusOil—
Well API 42-009-3730342-009-37303Other statusOil—
Well API 42-009-3825942-009-38259Other statusInjection—
Well API 42-009-3870542-009-38705Other statusOil—
Well API 42-009-3965242-009-39652Other statusOil—

A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 96 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 Archer County, TX?

Archer County, Texas has 96 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 0 plugged and 5 documented orphans. Texas county counts cover only wells whose source record names the county.

How many orphaned wells are in Archer County?

5 wells in Archer County, Texas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 54th-highest count among Texas counties.

What share of wells in Archer County are plugged?

0 of Archer County's 96 catalogued wells (0%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 42% across Texas.

Which Texas county has the most oil and gas wells?

Pecos County has the most catalogued wells of any Texas county on WellCensus (489); Archer County ranks 16th with 96.

Nearby in the Texas rankings

About this data

Source: Texas Railroad Commission statewide surface-well layer (August 2019 snapshot), 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 Archer County, Texas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/texas/archer (data as of October 10, 2026).