FORMATIONS · RRC WELLBORE FILE
Cotton Valley
Reported as a top in 15,036 wells across 38 counties, at a median depth of 8,988 ft (8,120 to 11,408 ft in most wells). 508 of those wells were permitted in the last three years.
A well counts if any of its completion filings report this formation, whether it produces from it or drilled through it. Depths are measured depth as filed; typo depths exist, which is why ranges are percentiles, not extremes. About completion reports →
- 15K
- wells reporting a top
- 508
- permitted in last 3 years
- 38
- counties
- 8,988
- median top, ft
COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026 · REBUILT DAILY
Depth by county
Counties with at least five wells reporting the top. Bars are well counts.
| County | Wells | Median, ft | P10–P90 | Last 3 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panola | 4,736 | 8,308 | 8,050–8,738 | 98 |
| Harrison | 2,301 | 8,480 | 7,929–9,069 | 151 |
| Freestone | 2,113 | 10,870 | 10,150–12,196 | 39 |
| Rusk | 1,661 | 9,250 | 8,766–9,948 | 26 |
| Limestone | 831 | 10,038 | 8,994–11,148 | 8 |
| Robertson | 590 | 10,649 | 9,841–13,391 | 12 |
| Gregg | 512 | 9,150 | 8,850–10,468 | 13 |
| Upshur | 430 | 9,728 | 9,200–11,614 | 8 |
| Smith | 293 | 10,305 | 9,716–11,070 | 16 |
| Leon | 258 | 12,500 | 11,897–14,873 | 38 |
| Nacogdoches | 232 | 11,192 | 9,904–12,022 | 21 |
| Shelby | 214 | 9,740 | 8,627–10,864 | 0 |
| Cass | 185 | 9,175 | 8,479–10,088 | 43 |
| Henderson | 114 | 10,305 | 9,051–10,702 | 2 |
| Marion | 82 | 9,150 | 8,160–11,890 | 0 |
| Red River | 80 | 4,700 | 4,598–4,901 | 0 |
| San Augustine | 76 | 11,641 | 11,242–12,732 | 17 |
| Cherokee | 63 | 10,610 | 10,271–11,533 | 4 |
| Angelina | 39 | 13,879 | 13,523–14,384 | 0 |
| Navarro | 39 | 9,085 | 8,280–10,507 | 0 |
| Franklin | 38 | 9,605 | 9,222–11,125 | 1 |
| Wood | 29 | 10,562 | 9,483–12,693 | 3 |
| Anderson | 21 | 10,038 | 9,795–13,281 | 0 |
| Van Zandt | 19 | 9,890 | 9,645–12,000 | 0 |
| Morris | 17 | 10,117 | 9,737–11,987 | 7 |
| Rains | 15 | 9,984 | 9,551–11,934 | 0 |
| Bowie | 11 | 6,252 | 6,142–7,158 | 0 |
| Sabine | 11 | 11,006 | 10,812–11,202 | 0 |
| Hopkins | 8 | 8,194 | 7,092–11,689 | 0 |
| Camp | 5 | 11,381 | 10,546–11,549 | 1 |
Operators
Current operator of record for wells reporting the top, ranked by wells permitted in the last three years.
Recently permitted wells reporting the Cotton Valley
BY LAST PERMIT ISSUED
About this data
Formation tops, elevations, perforations, and casing from the RRC dbf900 wellbore file, refreshed weekly, with reported names normalized to Petrora's formation registry. County and operator breakdowns are rebuilt nightly.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/formations/cotton-valley, documented in the API reference.