Canyon Formation

Operator-reported tops from 23,836 wells across 72 counties, median tops running 205–10,314 ft by county.

Export All Tops (CSV)
Top depth: 1,265 ft 8,668 ft
1,390 wells shown (sampled from 23,836)

Depth by County

CountyWellsMedian TopTypical RangeCSV
Sutton5,6385,528 ft4,020–6,636
Val Verde3,7806,080 ft4,898–7,478
Irion1,8436,800 ft6,120–7,729
Scurry1,5256,708 ft6,471–6,907
Sterling1,2357,593 ft7,040–8,042
Schleicher9616,436 ft4,268–7,212
Stonewall5794,258 ft4,040–4,992
Kent5626,296 ft5,990–6,623
Tom Green5357,135 ft4,384–7,815
Nolan5185,188 ft4,467–5,625
Edwards5013,146 ft1,947–6,022
Fisher4754,468 ft4,171–5,509
Wilbarger4313,200 ft2,208–4,299
Wichita3682,296 ft1,949–2,833
Howard3678,466 ft7,364–9,146
Glasscock3458,358 ft8,080–8,946
Reagan2758,335 ft7,866–8,841
Ector2498,704 ft8,381–9,143
Andrews2059,140 ft8,962–9,418
Val Verde1844,315 ft3,146–8,900
Coke1834,287 ft3,636–5,735
Archer1692,412 ft1,816–3,559
Runnels1643,550 ft3,102–4,000
King1634,396 ft3,848–5,100
Clay1581,890 ft1,664–2,508
Borden1537,944 ft6,760–8,252
Jones1324,074 ft3,389–4,460
Hardeman1285,079 ft3,992–5,670
Cooke1111,580 ft500–2,390
Taylor1033,928 ft3,203–4,357
Concho1003,015 ft2,181–3,513
Haskell943,185 ft2,511–4,352
Oldham938,634 ft6,320–9,164
Foard923,536 ft1,991–4,562
Dawson899,180 ft8,694–10,311
Baylor892,746 ft2,451–3,033
Hockley869,624 ft9,307–9,989
Montague811,511 ft1,120–2,572
Young781,252 ft654–2,460
Mcculloch671,116 ft655–1,530
Cottle664,515 ft3,883–5,915
Crane647,592 ft7,265–8,249
Martin639,505 ft9,316–10,735
Jack592,710 ft1,608–3,476
Palo Pinto53928 ft570–1,344
Menard502,847 ft1,852–3,543
Throckmorton452,163 ft970–2,915
Coleman422,376 ft757–2,862
Pecos426,954 ft5,316–7,938
Midland4110,148 ft9,765–10,347
Potter387,320 ft6,602–8,978
Mitchell327,064 ft5,527–7,498
Knox293,842 ft3,609–4,323
Terrell287,575 ft5,135–8,130
Wise241,900 ft1,557–2,560
Terry229,950 ft9,300–11,046
Upton229,680 ft7,825–10,116
Hartley216,324 ft5,881–6,516
Kimble201,512 ft962–1,999
Garza197,150 ft6,820–8,228
Motley185,012 ft4,929–5,433
Gaines1710,314 ft8,780–10,901
Shackelford172,302 ft894–3,638
Winkler158,491 ft5,252–11,139
Brown13205 ft178–665
Eastland131,520 ft791–1,578
Stephens121,636 ft574–3,995
Lynn118,441 ft8,414–9,422
Callahan92,200 ft1,142–2,668
Ward98,319 ft5,699–11,173
Childress74,588 ft4,529–4,615
Real61,400 ft1,312–3,218

Counties with fewer than 5 wells omitted. Depths are measured depth as filed; typical range is the 10th–90th percentile of reported tops — raw filings contain occasional typo depths, so extremes are not shown.

Most Active Operators

TRIPLE CROWN RESOURCES, LLC 213 wells · 103 recent
W.T. WAGGONER ESTATE, INC. 142 wells · 74 recent
HIBERNIA RESOURCES IV, LLC 35 wells · 35 recent
IKE OPERATING, LLC 32 wells · 32 recent
PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. 304 wells · 31 recent
OAKRIDGE OIL AND GAS, LP 66 wells · 26 recent
OXY USA WTP LP 187 wells · 22 recent
MUIRFIELD EXPLORATION, LTD. 55 wells · 19 recent
QUAIL RIDGE OPERATING LLC 18 wells · 18 recent
KINDER MORGAN SACROC LP 364 wells · 17 recent
EOG RESOURCES, INC. 145 wells · 17 recent
WFW PRODUCTION COMPANY, INC. 74 wells · 16 recent

Ranked by wells permitted in the last 3 years with this formation on file.