COUNTIES · EAST TEXAS · DISTRICT 06 · CODE 343
Morris County
Morris County permitting is running 0.3 permits a month over the trailing 90 days (1 total, versus 4 in the prior quarter).
Rose City Resources, LLC leads with 9 permits in the past 12 months, the only operator active in the county.
Median permitted depth over the past year is 13,000 ft; 100% of the past year's permits are horizontal.
59 drilling permits have been issued in Morris County since 1977.
59 permits on file since 1977 · last issued Aug 17, 2026
Watch Morris CountyAlso: every Morris County well in the statewide list, searchable → · a year of permits on the map →
- 1
- permits issued, 90d
- -75%
- vs prior 90d (4)
- 1
- operators filing
- 100%
- horizontal
- 13,000
- avg permitted depth, ft
- 14
- operators, all time
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · WHY ISSUE AND SEEN DATES DIFFER
Permits issued by month
LAST 31 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 19 · prior 12 16(+19%)
Top operators, last 12 months
By permits issued. Wells are the operator’s current inventory here from the RRC wellbore file.
| Operator | Permits | Wells |
|---|---|---|
| Rose City Resources, LLC | 9 | 18 |
New entrants, last 12 months
Operators whose first permit in Morris County came in the last year. None.
Formations in completed wells
RRC WELLBORE FILE · ≥10 WELLS
Tops reported on completion filings for wells in Morris County. A well counts for every formation it reports, so this reads as the county's stratigraphic column. About tops →
In Morris County the Pettit is reported in 10 wells, median top 8,112 ft, highlighted below. Back to the formation →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs | Median top, ft | P10–P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nacatoch | 21 | 7 | 2,082 | 1,940–2,189 |
| Paluxy | 21 | 7 | 5,421 | 5,352–5,580 |
| Sub-Clarksville | 20 | 7 | 4,058 | 3,946–4,128 |
| Woodbine | 18 | 7 | 4,258 | 4,038–4,381 |
| Cotton Valley | 17 | 7 | 10,117 | 9,737–11,987 |
| Travis Peak | 11 | 3 | 8,240 | 8,080–8,334 |
| Pettit | 10 | 6 | 8,112 | 8,079–8,218 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 916906 | Aug 19, 2026 | Aug 17, 2026 | Rose City Resources, LLC | EL Cortez #1HH | 13,000 | 34330142 |
| 915886 | Jul 7, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | Rose City Resources, LLC | Harrahs #1HH | 13,000 | 34330140 |
| 915887 | Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 1, 2026 | Rose City Resources, LLC | Cosmopolitan #1HH | 13,000 | 34330141 |
| 914490 | May 27, 2026 | May 27, 2026 | Rose City Resources, LLC | Excalibur #1HH | 13,000 | 34330139 |
| 910794 | May 5, 2026 | May 5, 2026 | Rose City Resources, LLC | Palazzo #1HH | 13,000 | 34330135 |
| 913553 | Feb 23, 2026 | Feb 23, 2026 | Rose City Resources, LLC | Ballys #1HH | 13,000 | 34330138 |
| 913553 | Feb 23, 2026 | Feb 23, 2026 | Rose City Resources, LLC | Ballys #1HH | 13,000 | 34330138 |
| 912285 | Jan 21, 2026 | Jan 21, 2026 | Rose City Resources, LLC | Venetian #1HH | 13,000 | 34330137 |
| 911341 | Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 16, 2025 | Rose City Resources, LLC | Hollywood #1HH | 13,000 | 34330136 |
| 907612 | May 21, 2025 | May 21, 2025 | Rose City Resources, LLC | Silver Sevens #1HH | 13,000 | 34330133 |
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/morris?days=90, documented in the API reference.