COUNTIES · TEXAS PANHANDLE · DISTRICT 10 · CODE 117
Deaf Smith County
Deaf Smith County permitting is running 0.7 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (2 total, versus 1 in the prior quarter).
North Texas Carbon, LLC leads with 4 permits in the past 12 months, the only operator active in the county.
One operator filed a first Deaf Smith County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 10,000 ft; 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
26 drilling permits have been issued in Deaf Smith County since 1978.
26 permits on file since 1978 · last issued Aug 11, 2026
Watch Deaf Smith CountyAlso: every Deaf Smith County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 2
- permits issued, 90d
- +100%
- vs prior 90d (1)
- 1
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 10,000
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 16
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 6 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 8
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| North Texas Carbon, LLC | 4 | 0 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Deaf Smith County came in the last year. 1 in total.
- North Texas Carbon, LLC4 permitsDec 16, 2025 · new to Texas permits
Beyond the permit record
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 917514 | Aug 13, 2026 | Aug 11, 2026 | North Texas Carbon, LLC | Bravo #4 | 10,000 | 11730122 |
| 917510 | Jul 31, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 | North Texas Carbon, LLC | Alpha #3 | 10,000 | 11730121 |
| 917225 | Jul 20, 2026 | Jul 20, 2026 | North Texas Carbon, LLC | Ofl #2 | 10,000 | 11730120 |
| 912255 | Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 16, 2025 | North Texas Carbon, LLC | Goldie #1 | 8,000 | 11730119 |
| 893344 | Sep 12, 2023 | Sep 12, 2023 | Atmos Energy,west Texas Division | ATE265 #01 | 530 | 11730117 |
| 893335 | Sep 12, 2023 | Sep 12, 2023 | Atmos Energy,west Texas Division | ATE264 #01 | 530 | 11730118 |
| 889706 | May 2, 2023 | May 2, 2023 | Octane Energy Operating, LLC | Nichols #1 | 10,000 | 11730116 |
| 875546 | Dec 29, 2021 | Dec 29, 2021 | Panhandle Oil and Gas LLC | Hereford Cow #1 | 10,000 | 11730115 |
| 440212 | Sep 28, 1995 | Sep 28, 1995 | Energas Company | Energas #C018HR | 550 | 11730114 |
| 428514 | Oct 14, 1994 | Oct 14, 1994 | Energas Company | City of Hereford R.O.W. #C017HR | 550 | 11730113 |
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/deaf-smith?days=90, documented in the API reference.