COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 06 · CODE 073
Cherokee County, Texas
Cherokee County permitting is running 0.3 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (1 total, versus 3 in the prior quarter).
Faulconer Energy, LLC leads with 2 permits in the past 12 months, one of 5 operators active in the county.
4 operators filed a first Cherokee County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 11,658 ft (prior year: 7,000 ft); 17% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
The county has 20 active disposal and injection permits, with 7.47M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
1 earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the county's permit footprint over the past two years, the largest M3.5.
1,520 drilling permits have been issued in Cherokee County since 1977.
1,520 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Aug 26, 2026
Watch Cherokee CountyAlso: every Cherokee County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 1
- permits issued, 90d
- -67%
- vs prior 90d (3)
- 1
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 11,000
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 296
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 8, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 6 · prior 12 1
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Faulconer Energy, LLC | 2 | 31 |
| Wmo Oil, LLC | 1 | 8 |
| Maximus Operating, Ltd. | 1 | 2 |
| Caturus Energy, LLC | 1 | 0 |
| Neches Bend Resources, LLC | 1 | 0 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Cherokee County came in the last year. 4 in total.
- Faulconer Energy, LLC2 permitsMar 10, 2026 · active elsewhere first
- Neches Bend Resources, LLC1 permitAug 26, 2026 · new to Texas permits
- Wmo Oil, LLC1 permitJun 3, 2026 · new to Texas permits
- Caturus Energy, LLC1 permitApr 21, 2026 · active elsewhere first
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Cherokee County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Cherokee County the Buda is reported in 51 wells, median top 5,730 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pettit | 506 | 6 | 9,406 | 8,209–9,939 |
| James Lime | 456 | 8 | 9,172 | 8,137–9,720 |
| Travis Peak | 452 | 6 | 9,860 | 8,463–10,561 |
| Rodessa | 339 | 7 | 8,627 | 7,580–9,114 |
| Woodbine | 273 | 6 | 4,648 | 4,100–5,310 |
| Glen Rose | 141 | 7 | 6,578 | 5,808–7,914 |
| Austin Chalk | 139 | 0 | 4,463 | 4,134–5,584 |
| Paluxy | 120 | 6 | 5,856 | 5,230–6,920 |
| BMA | 96 | 0 | 8,730 | 7,653–9,029 |
| Nacatoch | 66 | 5 | 2,812 | 2,350–3,594 |
| Pecan Gap | 65 | 0 | 3,351 | 3,174–4,038 |
| Cotton Valley | 63 | 4 | 10,610 | 10,271–11,533 |
| Taylor | 59 | 1 | 11,339 | 3,708–12,244 |
| Massive Anhydrite (marker) | 57 | 2 | 7,970 | 7,264–8,720 |
| Buda | 51 | 0 | 5,730 | 4,740–6,130 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 20
- active UIC permits of 72
- 340K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 7.47M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Cherokee County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
USGS catalog, Texas
Seismicity, last 2 years
- 1
- M2+ events in the area
- M3.5
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 918196 | Aug 28, 2026 | Aug 26, 2026 | Neches Bend Resources, LLC | Blackwell 13 #1 | 11,000 | 07331600 |
| 916574 | Jun 23, 2026 | Jun 23, 2026 | Faulconer Energy, LLC | Barnes 3 #1 | 12,315 | 07331151 |
| 911304 | Jun 12, 2026 | Jun 12, 2026 | Maximus Operating, Ltd. | Vallier-Sessions #1HH | 15,000 | 07331589 |
| 916072 | Jun 3, 2026 | Jun 3, 2026 | Wmo Oil, LLC | Mina #7 | 5,000 | 07331599 |
| 914940Amendment | Oct 1, 2026 | Apr 21, 2026 | Caturus Energy, LLC | Megalodon #1 | 21,750 | 07331598 |
| 914940 | Apr 21, 2026 | Apr 21, 2026 | Caturus Energy, LLC | Megalodon #1 | 17,500 | 07331598 |
| 914940Amendment | Apr 21, 2026 | Apr 21, 2026 | Caturus Energy, LLC | Megalodon #1 | 19,000 | 07331598 |
| 913901 | Mar 10, 2026 | Mar 10, 2026 | Faulconer Energy, LLC | Rucker 1 #1 | 8,572 | 07330527 |
| 911232Amendment | Oct 24, 2025 | Oct 24, 2025 | Jamex, Inc. | Frankston #1HH | 9,000 | 07331597 |
| 911232Amendment | Oct 24, 2025 | Oct 24, 2025 | Jamex, Inc. | Frankston #1HH | 9,000 | 07331597 |
Questions about Cherokee County
How many drilling permits were issued in Cherokee County in the last 12 months?
6 permits were issued in Cherokee County in the last 12 months, up 200% from 2 in the 12 months before. 17% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Aug 26, 2026. 1,520 are on file since 1977.
Every Cherokee County permit →Who is the most active operator in Cherokee County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, Faulconer Energy, LLC is the most active operator in Cherokee County, with 2 of 6, followed by Wmo Oil, LLC (1) and Maximus Operating, Ltd. (1). 1 operator filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Cherokee County →How many oil and gas wells are in Cherokee County?
1,590 wells are on file in Cherokee County, including 511 active, 666 plugged, and 1 permitted and not yet drilled. 83 are horizontal. The active wells are under 39 operators.
Every well in Cherokee County →How much oil and gas does Cherokee County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Cherokee County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Cherokee County →How much water is injected in Cherokee County?
7.5 million barrels of water were injected in Cherokee County in the 12 months through June 2025, reported on form H-10. 20 of the county's 72 disposal and injection permits are active.
Disposal and injection in Cherokee County →What formations are drilled in Cherokee County?
Completion filings for wells in Cherokee County report tops for 15 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Pettit (506 wells, median top 9,406 ft), the James Lime (456 wells, median top 9,172 ft), and the Travis Peak (452 wells, median top 9,860 ft).
Formations in Cherokee County →What basin is Cherokee County in?
Petrora lists Cherokee County in the East Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 06.
The East Texas →Have there been earthquakes in Cherokee County?
1 earthquake of magnitude 2 or more was located in the area of Cherokee County's permitted wells in the last 2 years; the largest was M3.5.
Earthquakes in Cherokee County →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/cherokee?days=90, documented in the API reference.