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Oil & gas wells in Nacogdoches County, TX

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

Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.

At a glance

Nacogdoches County, Texas has 108 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 0 plugged & abandoned (0%) and 40 documented orphans. It ranks 14th 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

108

Active

0

Plugged

0

Documented orphans

40

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 Nacogdoches County?

0% of Nacogdoches County's wells are active, 35 percentage points below the Texas share of 35%. 0% are plugged & abandoned, against 42% statewide and 47% nationally. 40 wells (37%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 0.9% across Texas and 4% nationally. The remaining 68 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.

What kinds of wells are in Nacogdoches County?

By product class, 74 of the county's wells (69%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 1 (0.9%) 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 Nacogdoches County compare with other Texas counties?

Nacogdoches County has the 14th-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 13th in Texas.

Who operates wells in Nacogdoches 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 Nacogdoches County

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Oil & gas wells in Nacogdoches County, TX
WellAPI # / state IDStatusTypeOperator
Well API 42-347-8005442-347-80054Other statusOil—
Well API 42-347-3194342-347-31943OrphanedOther type—
Well API 42-347-8002042-347-80020Other statusOil—
Well API 42-347-8005242-347-80052Other statusOther type—
Well API 42-347-8009642-347-80096Other statusOil—
Well API 42-347-3079442-347-30794Other statusOther type—
Well API 42-347-3080242-347-30802Other statusOil—
Well API 42-347-3080442-347-30804Other statusOil—
Well API 42-347-3080542-347-30805Other statusOil—
Well API 42-347-3086542-347-30865Other statusOther type—
Well API 42-347-3086842-347-30868Other statusOther type—
Well API 42-347-3092642-347-30926Other statusOther type—
Well API 42-347-3092742-347-30927Other statusOil—
Well API 42-347-3144642-347-31446Other statusOil—
Well API 42-347-3246742-347-32467OrphanedOther type—
Well API 42-347-3254042-347-32540OrphanedOther type—
Well API 42-347-3253442-347-32534OrphanedOther type—
Well API 42-347-8001742-347-80017Other statusOil—
Well API 42-347-8005542-347-80055Other statusOil—
Well API 42-347-3240942-347-32409OrphanedOther type—
Well API 42-347-3257342-347-32573OrphanedOther type—
Well API 42-347-8002342-347-80023Other statusOil—
Well API 42-347-8002442-347-80024Other statusOil—
Well API 42-347-3250442-347-32504OrphanedOther type—
Well API 42-347-3252742-347-32527Other statusOther type—

A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 108 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 Nacogdoches County, TX?

Nacogdoches County, Texas has 108 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 0 plugged and 40 documented orphans. Texas county counts cover only wells whose source record names the county.

How many orphaned wells are in Nacogdoches County?

40 wells in Nacogdoches County, Texas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 13th-highest count among Texas counties.

What share of wells in Nacogdoches County are plugged?

0 of Nacogdoches County's 108 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); Nacogdoches County ranks 14th with 108.

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