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Oil & gas wells in Caldwell County, TX

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

Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.

At a glance

Caldwell County, Texas has 211 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 0 plugged & abandoned (0%) and 7 documented orphans. It ranks 3rd 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

211

Active

0

Plugged

0

Documented orphans

7

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 Caldwell County?

0% of Caldwell County's wells are active, 35 percentage points below the Texas share of 35%. 0% are plugged & abandoned, against 42% statewide and 47% nationally. 7 wells (3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.9% across Texas and 4% nationally. The remaining 204 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.

What kinds of wells are in Caldwell County?

By product class, 194 of the county's wells (92%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 4 (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 Caldwell County compare with other Texas counties?

Caldwell County has the 3rd-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 49th in Texas.

Who operates wells in Caldwell 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 Caldwell County, TX
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeOperator
Moore Marlin W. 342-055-80052OrphanedOther type—
Southern Pacific Co. 542-055-04353OrphanedOther type—
Moore Marlin W. 2a42-055-80035OrphanedOther type—
Sheeley John 442-055-80971OrphanedOther type—
Colding Kate 142-055-04185OrphanedOther type—
Well API 42-055-3159742-055-31597Other statusOil—
Well API 42-055-3252542-055-32525Other statusOil—
Well API 42-055-3375142-055-33751Other statusOther type—
Well API 42-055-3061642-055-30616Other statusOil—
Well API 42-055-3116142-055-31161Other statusOil—
Well API 42-055-3190042-055-31900Other statusOil—
Well API 42-055-3262742-055-32627Other statusOil—
Well API 42-055-3375042-055-33750Other statusOil—
Well API 42-055-3121442-055-31214Other statusOil—
Well API 42-055-3189942-055-31899Other statusOil—
Well API 42-055-3190142-055-31901Other statusOil—
Well API 42-055-3191542-055-31915Other statusOil—
Well API 42-055-3225242-055-32252Other statusOil—
Well API 42-055-3243342-055-32433Other statusOil—
Well API 42-055-3243542-055-32435Other statusOil—
Well API 42-055-3243842-055-32438Other statusOil—
Well API 42-055-3253942-055-32539Other statusOil—
Well API 42-055-3258342-055-32583Other statusOil—
Well API 42-055-3259542-055-32595Other statusOil—
Well API 42-055-3262442-055-32624Other statusOil—

A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 211 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 Caldwell County, TX?

Caldwell County, Texas has 211 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 0 plugged and 7 documented orphans. Texas county counts cover only wells whose source record names the county.

How many orphaned wells are in Caldwell County?

7 wells in Caldwell County, Texas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 49th-highest count among Texas counties.

What share of wells in Caldwell County are plugged?

0 of Caldwell County's 211 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); Caldwell County ranks 3rd with 211.

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