Oil & gas wells in Howard County, TX
74 catalogued wells in Howard County, Texas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Howard County, Texas has 74 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 0 plugged & abandoned (0%) and 39 documented orphans. It ranks 22nd 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
74
Active
0
Plugged
0
Documented orphans
39
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Howard County?
0% of Howard County's wells are active, 35 percentage points below the Texas share of 35%. 0% are plugged & abandoned, against 42% statewide and 47% nationally. 39 wells (53%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.9% across Texas and 4% nationally. The remaining 35 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Howard County?
By product class, 68 of the county's wells (92%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 6 (8%) 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 Howard County compare with other Texas counties?
Howard County has the 22nd-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 14th in Texas.
Who operates wells in Howard 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 Howard County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well API 42-227-33660 | 42-227-33660 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-227-33704 | 42-227-33704 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-227-33948 | 42-227-33948 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-227-33698 | 42-227-33698 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-227-00836 | 42-227-00836 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-227-00820 | 42-227-00820 | Other status | Injection | — |
| Well API 42-227-00824 | 42-227-00824 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-227-00832 | 42-227-00832 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-227-01041 | 42-227-01041 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-227-01043 | 42-227-01043 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-227-31670 | 42-227-31670 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-227-32308 | 42-227-32308 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-227-32998 | 42-227-32998 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-227-33639 | 42-227-33639 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-227-33738 | 42-227-33738 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-227-33744 | 42-227-33744 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-227-33916 | 42-227-33916 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-227-33918 | 42-227-33918 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-227-33930 | 42-227-33930 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-227-33939 | 42-227-33939 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-227-33940 | 42-227-33940 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-227-37023 | 42-227-37023 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-227-10918 | 42-227-10918 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-227-33699 | 42-227-33699 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-227-33986 | 42-227-33986 | Other status | Oil | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 74 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 Howard County, TX?
Howard County, Texas has 74 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 0 plugged and 39 documented orphans. Texas county counts cover only wells whose source record names the county.
How many orphaned wells are in Howard County?
39 wells in Howard County, Texas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 14th-highest count among Texas counties.
What share of wells in Howard County are plugged?
0 of Howard County's 74 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); Howard County ranks 22nd with 74.
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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 Howard County, Texas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/texas/howard (data as of October 10, 2026).