COUNTIES · BARNETT SHALE AND NORTH TEXAS · DISTRICT 09 · CODE 023
Baylor County
Baylor County permitting is running 2.3 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (7 total, down 42% on the prior quarter).
Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. leads with 34 permits in the past 12 months, one of 2 operators active in the county.
One operator filed a first Baylor County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 6,000 ft; 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 46 active disposal and injection permits, with 3.52M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
1,571 drilling permits have been issued in Baylor County since 1977.
1,571 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Oct 20, 2026
Watch Baylor CountyAlso: every Baylor County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 7
- permits issued, 90d
- -42%
- vs prior 90d (12)
- 2
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 5,621
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 330
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 39 · prior 12 33(+18%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | 34 | 59 |
| Wbi Energy Midstream, LLC | 1 | 0 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Baylor County came in the last year. 1 in total.
- Wbi Energy Midstream, LLC1 permitAug 5, 2026 · active elsewhere first
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Baylor County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Baylor County the Mississippian is reported in 108 wells, median top 5,276 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tannehill | 141 | 14 | 1,311 | 1,070–1,540 |
| Caddo | 123 | 0 | 4,930 | 4,715–5,156 |
| Gunsight | 114 | 47 | 2,008 | 1,324–2,284 |
| Mississippian | 108 | 0 | 5,276 | 5,149–5,452 |
| Palo Pinto | 98 | 3 | 3,099 | 2,978–3,773 |
| Canyon | 96 | 33 | 2,780 | 2,464–3,032 |
| Saddle Creek | 64 | 45 | 1,416 | 1,253–1,583 |
| Strawn | 61 | 2 | 4,030 | 3,600–4,802 |
| Coleman Junction | 53 | 16 | 833 | 538–1,158 |
| Barnett | 31 | 0 | 5,242 | 5,112–5,449 |
| KMA | 18 | 14 | 4,294 | 4,007–4,429 |
| Smithwick | 13 | 0 | 4,926 | 4,697–5,122 |
| Cisco | 11 | 2 | 1,345 | 1,019–2,594 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 46
- active UIC permits of 422
- 142K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 3.52M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Baylor County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 0
- M2+ events in the area
- —
- largest
Monthly counts, magnitudes, and every recent event in the area →
Events are not tagged with a county; this counts M2+ events inside the bounding box of the county’s located permits, padded 0.1°. About TexNet →
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919305 | Oct 22, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | Waggoner Ero #972ER | 9,000 | 02331879 |
| 919431 | Oct 22, 2026 | Oct 20, 2026 | Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | Waggoner Dntl #2646DN | 6,000 | 02331881 |
| 919309 | Oct 18, 2026 | Oct 16, 2026 | Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | Waggoner Erq #1141ER | 6,000 | 02331880 |
| 918699 | Sep 19, 2026 | Sep 17, 2026 | Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | Waggoner Dnty #2651DN | 6,000 | 02331878 |
| 917694 | Aug 13, 2026 | Aug 11, 2026 | Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | Waggoner Dntk #248DN | 6,000 | 02331876 |
| 917695 | Aug 13, 2026 | Aug 11, 2026 | Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | Waggoner Dntk #247DN | 6,000 | 02331877 |
| 916017 | Aug 7, 2026 | Aug 5, 2026 | Wbi Energy Midstream, LLC | HF Sinclair #T006MP | 350 | 02331873 |
| 917172 | Jul 17, 2026 | Jul 17, 2026 | Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | Waggoner Dntt #265B | 6,000 | 02331875 |
| 916763 | Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 29, 2026 | Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | Waggoner Erl #1002ER | 4,000 | 02331874 |
| 916384 | Jun 12, 2026 | Jun 12, 2026 | Waggoner Operating, L.L.C. | Waggoner Swee #1661SW | 6,500 | 02331872 |
About this data
Drilling permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files, rebuilt nightly into per-county figures; windows are on the date issued. Disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports at the last settled month; earthquakes from the TexNet catalog inside the county's located-permit footprint.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/counties/tx/baylor?days=90, documented in the API reference.