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Oil & gas wells in Atascosa County, TX

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

Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.

At a glance

Atascosa County, Texas has 57 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 0 plugged & abandoned (0%) and 15 documented orphans. It ranks 28th 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

57

Active

0

Plugged

0

Documented orphans

15

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 Atascosa County?

0% of Atascosa County's wells are active, 35 percentage points below the Texas share of 35%. 0% are plugged & abandoned, against 42% statewide and 47% nationally. 15 wells (26%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.9% across Texas and 4% nationally. The remaining 42 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.

What kinds of wells are in Atascosa County?

By product class, 48 of the county's wells (84%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 1 (2%) 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 Atascosa County compare with other Texas counties?

Atascosa County has the 28th-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 38th in Texas.

Who operates wells in Atascosa 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 Atascosa County, TX
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeOperator
Fowler San J. 142-013-00361OrphanedOther type—
Oppenheimer Jessie D. 1042-013-03016OrphanedOther type—
Oppenheimer Jessie D. 1142-013-03017OrphanedOther type—
Fowler B. K. Etal -D- 142-013-00123OrphanedOther type—
Oppenheimer Jessie D. 1242-013-03018OrphanedOther type—
Oppenheimer Jessie D. 1342-013-02544OrphanedOther type—
Fowler B. K. Etal -D- 242-013-00124OrphanedOther type—
Mahan T. J. 142-013-00500OrphanedOther type—
Well API 42-013-3264342-013-32643OrphanedOil—
Well API 42-013-0009842-013-00098Other statusOil—
Well API 42-013-0152042-013-01520Other statusInjection—
Well API 42-013-0158042-013-01580Other statusOil—
Well API 42-013-0158142-013-01581Other statusOil—
Well API 42-013-0158342-013-01583Other statusOil—
Well API 42-013-0158542-013-01585Other statusOil—
Well API 42-013-0158642-013-01586Other statusOil—
Well API 42-013-0158842-013-01588Other statusOil—
Well API 42-013-0158942-013-01589Other statusOil—
Well API 42-013-0159042-013-01590Other statusOil—
Well API 42-013-0161042-013-01610Other statusOil—
Well API 42-013-0157942-013-01579Other statusOil—
Well API 42-013-0240542-013-02405Other statusOil—
Well API 42-013-0088942-013-00889OrphanedOil—
Well API 42-013-3272142-013-32721OrphanedOil—
Well API 42-013-3295142-013-32951OrphanedOil—

A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 57 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 Atascosa County, TX?

Atascosa County, Texas has 57 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 0 plugged and 15 documented orphans. Texas county counts cover only wells whose source record names the county.

How many orphaned wells are in Atascosa County?

15 wells in Atascosa County, Texas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 38th-highest count among Texas counties.

What share of wells in Atascosa County are plugged?

0 of Atascosa County's 57 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); Atascosa County ranks 28th with 57.

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 Atascosa County, Texas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/texas/atascosa (data as of October 10, 2026).