COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 05 · CODE 145
Falls County
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 →
- 1
- permits issued, 365d
- —
- vs prior 365d (0)
- 1
- operators filing
- 0%
- horizontal
- 9,550
- 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 →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- 0
- active UIC permits of 17
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- 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
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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=365, documented in the API reference.