Oil & gas wells in Leon County, TX
42 catalogued wells in Leon County, Texas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Leon County, Texas has 42 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 0 plugged & abandoned (0%) and 20 documented orphans. It ranks 42nd 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
42
Active
0
Plugged
0
Documented orphans
20
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Leon County?
0% of Leon County's wells are active, 35 percentage points below the Texas share of 35%. 0% are plugged & abandoned, against 42% statewide and 47% nationally. 20 wells (48%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.9% across Texas and 4% nationally. The remaining 22 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Leon County?
By product class, 30 of the county's wells (71%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 3 (7%) 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 Leon County compare with other Texas counties?
Leon County has the 42nd-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 30th in Texas.
Who operates wells in Leon 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 Leon County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robeson Clyde Est. 1 | 42-289-00562 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Well API 42-289-32000 | 42-289-32000 | Other status | Injection | — |
| Well API 42-289-30013 | 42-289-30013 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-289-30109 | 42-289-30109 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-289-30290 | 42-289-30290 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-289-30374 | 42-289-30374 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-289-30550 | 42-289-30550 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-289-31040 | 42-289-31040 | Other status | Injection | — |
| Well API 42-289-31217 | 42-289-31217 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-289-31450 | 42-289-31450 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-289-32106 | 42-289-32106 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Well API 42-289-32159 | 42-289-32159 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-289-30293 | 42-289-30293 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-289-30505 | 42-289-30505 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-289-30896 | 42-289-30896 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-289-32024 | 42-289-32024 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Well API 42-289-30030 | 42-289-30030 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-289-30521 | 42-289-30521 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-289-31175 | 42-289-31175 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-289-30482 | 42-289-30482 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-289-31398 | 42-289-31398 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Well API 42-289-31346 | 42-289-31346 | Orphaned | Injection | — |
| Well API 42-289-30039 | 42-289-30039 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-289-30310 | 42-289-30310 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
| Well API 42-289-30347 | 42-289-30347 | Orphaned | Oil | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 42 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 Leon County, TX?
Leon County, Texas has 42 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 0 plugged and 20 documented orphans. Texas county counts cover only wells whose source record names the county.
How many orphaned wells are in Leon County?
20 wells in Leon County, Texas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 30th-highest count among Texas counties.
What share of wells in Leon County are plugged?
0 of Leon County's 42 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); Leon County ranks 42nd with 42.
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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 Leon County, Texas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/texas/leon (data as of October 10, 2026).