COUNTIES · TEXAS PANHANDLE · DISTRICT 10 · CODE 117
Deaf Smith County, Texas
Deaf Smith County permitting is running 0.3 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (1 total, versus 2 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 →
- 4
- permits issued, 365d
- —
- vs prior 365d (0)
- 1
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 9,500
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 16
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 7, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 4 · prior 12 0
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 | 1 |
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
USGS catalog, Texas
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 |
Questions about Deaf Smith County
How many drilling permits were issued in Deaf Smith County in the last 12 months?
4 permits were issued in Deaf Smith County in the last 12 months. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Aug 11, 2026. 26 are on file since 1978.
Every Deaf Smith County permit →Who is the most active operator in Deaf Smith County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, North Texas Carbon, LLC is the most active operator in Deaf Smith County, with 4 of 4. 1 operator filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Deaf Smith County →How many oil and gas wells are in Deaf Smith County?
26 wells are on file in Deaf Smith County, including 1 active, 13 plugged, and 3 permitted and not yet drilled. 0 are horizontal. The active wells are under 1 operator.
Every well in Deaf Smith County →How much oil and gas does Deaf Smith County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Deaf Smith County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Deaf Smith County →What basin is Deaf Smith County in?
Petrora lists Deaf Smith County in the Texas Panhandle. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 10.
The Texas Panhandle →Have there been earthquakes in Deaf Smith County?
No earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more were located in the area of Deaf Smith County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Deaf Smith 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/deaf-smith?days=365, documented in the API reference.