COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 05 · CODE 145
Falls County, Texas
Falls County has had no new drilling permits in the past 90 days; the most recent permit on record was issued April 22, 2026.
C6 Operating, L.L.C. leads with 1 permit in the past 12 months, the only operator active in the county.
One operator filed a first Falls County permit in the past year.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 9,550 ft; 0% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
592 drilling permits have been issued in Falls County since 1977.
592 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Apr 22, 2026
Watch Falls CountyAlso: every Falls County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
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- permits issued, 90d
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- vs prior 90d (0)
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- operators filing
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- horizontal
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- avg permitted depth, ft
- 163
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 5, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 120 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 1 · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| C6 Operating, L.L.C. | 1 | 0 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Falls County came in the last year. 1 in total.
- C6 Operating, L.L.C.1 permitApr 22, 2026 · active elsewhere first
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Falls County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Falls County the Buda is reported in 152 wells, median top 1,160 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
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| Buda | 152 | 0 | 1,160 | 936–1,371 |
| Austin Chalk | 126 | 0 | 733 | 570–988 |
| Eagle Ford | 52 | 0 | 887 | 719–1,122 |
| Georgetown | 14 | 0 | 1,065 | 971–2,801 |
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
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- active UIC permits of 17
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- permitted bbl/day, active
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- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
Every active well, operator, and daily reporter in Falls County →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
TexNet catalog via USGS
Seismicity, last 2 years
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- M2+ events in the area
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- 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 |
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| 915045 | Apr 22, 2026 | Apr 22, 2026 | C6 Operating, L.L.C. | Trinity Royalty #1 | 9,550 | 14530851 |
| 876797 | Feb 11, 2022 | Feb 11, 2022 | Magellan Pipelines Holdings,l.p. | MP 36_5 #1 | 400 | 14530850 |
| 869840 | May 27, 2021 | May 27, 2021 | Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P. | Magellan #1 | 350 | 14530849 |
| 848747 | Jan 29, 2019 | Jan 29, 2019 | Enterprise Products Texas OP LLC | MP 447.8 #1 | 400 | 14530848 |
| 841296 | Jun 27, 2018 | Jun 27, 2018 | Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P. | U546-32.2 #1 | 300 | 14530846 |
| 840892 | Jun 27, 2018 | Jun 27, 2018 | Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P. | U546-00.0 #1 | 300 | 14530847 |
| 833833 | Dec 13, 2017 | Dec 13, 2017 | Exxonmobil Pipeline Company | U530-Falls #U530FA | 480 | 14530845 |
| 824458 | Mar 14, 2017 | Mar 14, 2017 | Walker Operating Company | Baker #1 | 5,000 | 14530844 |
| 824458 | Mar 14, 2017 | Mar 14, 2017 | Walker Operating Company | Baker #1 | 6,000 | 14530844 |
| 824458 | Mar 14, 2017 | Mar 14, 2017 | Walker Operating Company | Baker #1 | 9,000 | 14530844 |
Questions about Falls County
How many drilling permits were issued in Falls County in the last 12 months?
1 permit was issued in Falls County in the last 12 months. 0% were for horizontal wells. The most recent was issued Apr 22, 2026. 592 are on file since 1977.
Every Falls County permit →Who is the most active operator in Falls County?
By drilling permits filed in the last 12 months, C6 Operating, L.L.C. is the most active operator in Falls County, with 1 of 1. 0 operators filed permits here in the last 90 days.
Operators in Falls County →How many oil and gas wells are in Falls County?
668 wells are on file in Falls County: 4 active and 491 plugged. 1 is horizontal, and 2 operators hold them.
Every well in Falls County →How much oil and gas does Falls County produce?
The Railroad Commission files oil and gas production by lease, not by well or by county. Each lease with wells in Falls County is listed with its reported production on the county's Leases tab.
Leases in Falls County →What formations are drilled in Falls County?
Completion filings for wells in Falls County report tops for 4 formations in at least ten wells each. The most reported are the Buda (152 wells, median top 1,160 ft), the Austin Chalk (126 wells, median top 733 ft), and the Eagle Ford (52 wells, median top 887 ft).
Formations in Falls County →What basin is Falls County in?
Petrora lists Falls County in the East Texas. It is in the Railroad Commission's District 05.
The East Texas →Have there been earthquakes in Falls County?
TexNet located no earthquakes of magnitude 2 or more in the area of Falls County's permitted wells in the last 2 years.
Earthquakes in Falls 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/falls?days=90, documented in the API reference.