Oil & gas wells in Brown County, TX
114 catalogued wells in Brown County, Texas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Brown County, Texas has 114 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 0 plugged & abandoned (0%) and 21 documented orphans. It ranks 11th 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
114
Active
0
Plugged
0
Documented orphans
21
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Brown County?
0% of Brown County's wells are active, 35 percentage points below the Texas share of 35%. 0% are plugged & abandoned, against 42% statewide and 47% nationally. 21 wells (18%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.9% across Texas and 4% nationally. The remaining 93 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Brown County?
By product class, 90 of the county's wells (79%) are oil wells, 1 (0.9%) gas wells and 11 (10%) 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 Brown County compare with other Texas counties?
Brown County has the 11th-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 27th in Texas.
Who operates wells in Brown 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.
Wells in Brown County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. L. Morris 1 | 42-049-80079 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Buckners Orphans Home 2 | 42-049-80045 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Hutchinson B. 1 | 42-049-80077 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Davis M. J. 1 | 42-049-80073 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Garlitz August 2 | 42-049-80447 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Buckners Orphans Home 1 | 42-049-80044 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Buckner B 1 | 42-049-80060 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Garlitz August 1 | 42-049-80446 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Buckners Orphans Home 1 C | 42-049-80059 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Well API 42-049-30161 | 42-049-30161 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-049-30164 | 42-049-30164 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-049-30236 | 42-049-30236 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-049-30323 | 42-049-30323 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-049-30464 | 42-049-30464 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-049-30486 | 42-049-30486 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-049-30722 | 42-049-30722 | Other status | Injection | — |
| Well API 42-049-30773 | 42-049-30773 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-049-34859 | 42-049-34859 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-049-35233 | 42-049-35233 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-049-35255 | 42-049-35255 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-049-35269 | 42-049-35269 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-049-35273 | 42-049-35273 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-049-35000 | 42-049-35000 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-049-30608 | 42-049-30608 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-049-31466 | 42-049-31466 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 114 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 Brown County, TX?
Brown County, Texas has 114 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 0 plugged and 21 documented orphans. Texas county counts cover only wells whose source record names the county.
How many orphaned wells are in Brown County?
21 wells in Brown County, Texas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 27th-highest count among Texas counties.
What share of wells in Brown County are plugged?
0 of Brown County's 114 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); Brown County ranks 11th with 114.
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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 Brown County, Texas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/texas/brown (data as of October 10, 2026).