Ellenburger Formation
Operator-reported tops from 7,470 wells across 83 counties, median tops running 1,282–21,000 ft by county.
Top depth: 3,744 ft 13,328 ft
420 wells shown (sampled from 7,470)Depth by County
| County | Wells | Median Top | Typical Range | CSV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nolan | 384 | 6,500 ft | 5,888–7,116 | ↓ |
| Andrews | 342 | 12,156 ft | 8,551–13,490 | ↓ |
| Crockett | 333 | 8,190 ft | 6,831–11,291 | ↓ |
| Jack | 286 | 5,924 ft | 5,457–6,370 | ↓ |
| Callahan | 272 | 4,173 ft | 3,968–4,522 | ↓ |
| Ector | 253 | 9,670 ft | 8,192–13,076 | ↓ |
| Garza | 252 | 8,297 ft | 7,780–8,749 | ↓ |
| Pecos | 209 | 9,614 ft | 4,600–20,988 | ↓ |
| Eastland | 189 | 3,962 ft | 3,435–4,142 | ↓ |
| Runnels | 179 | 4,522 ft | 4,302–4,720 | ↓ |
| Shackelford | 176 | 4,350 ft | 4,072–5,104 | ↓ |
| Stephens | 175 | 4,631 ft | 4,086–5,167 | ↓ |
| Brown | 173 | 2,642 ft | 2,300–3,349 | ↓ |
| Coleman | 173 | 4,250 ft | 3,010–4,459 | ↓ |
| Stephens | 167 | 4,260 ft | 4,102–4,474 | ↓ |
| Upton | 161 | 11,901 ft | 9,682–12,989 | ↓ |
| Cooke | 157 | 1,975 ft | 1,320–7,105 | ↓ |
| Winkler | 156 | 10,410 ft | 9,042–12,493 | ↓ |
| Clay | 153 | 6,265 ft | 5,912–6,528 | ↓ |
| Borden | 139 | 8,610 ft | 8,310–9,743 | ↓ |
| Reagan | 132 | 9,919 ft | 8,579–11,583 | ↓ |
| Edwards | 128 | 6,939 ft | 5,700–10,801 | ↓ |
| Schleicher | 127 | 7,845 ft | 6,651–8,418 | ↓ |
| Johnson | 123 | 7,302 ft | 6,619–8,574 | ↓ |
| Crane | 117 | 6,560 ft | 5,675–11,808 | ↓ |
| Wilbarger | 116 | 4,400 ft | 2,899–6,606 | ↓ |
| Archer | 114 | 5,370 ft | 5,028–5,912 | ↓ |
| Montague | 106 | 6,834 ft | 2,800–8,084 | ↓ |
| Parker | 101 | 6,260 ft | 5,352–6,837 | ↓ |
| Coke | 97 | 6,422 ft | 5,681–7,107 | ↓ |
| Glasscock | 93 | 10,348 ft | 9,637–11,138 | ↓ |
| Midland | 93 | 13,052 ft | 12,493–13,319 | ↓ |
| Fisher | 92 | 6,054 ft | 5,810–6,943 | ↓ |
| Wichita | 88 | 4,208 ft | 3,126–4,941 | ↓ |
| Mitchell | 88 | 7,210 ft | 7,118–8,162 | ↓ |
| Taylor | 84 | 5,054 ft | 4,557–5,780 | ↓ |
| Wise | 78 | 7,090 ft | 6,774–8,090 | ↓ |
| Scurry | 75 | 7,680 ft | 7,303–8,278 | ↓ |
| Irion | 72 | 8,680 ft | 7,561–9,346 | ↓ |
| Jones | 71 | 5,322 ft | 5,140–5,437 | ↓ |
| Tarrant | 71 | 7,374 ft | 6,970–8,213 | ↓ |
| Sutton | 69 | 7,868 ft | 5,718–8,476 | ↓ |
| Erath | 66 | 4,250 ft | 3,766–4,776 | ↓ |
| Stonewall | 62 | 6,216 ft | 5,842–6,473 | ↓ |
| Concho | 59 | 3,625 ft | 2,870–3,992 | ↓ |
| Sterling | 56 | 8,200 ft | 7,735–8,950 | ↓ |
| Terrell | 53 | 13,718 ft | 11,213–15,446 | ↓ |
| Tom Green | 50 | 6,900 ft | 5,239–7,344 | ↓ |
| Ward | 47 | 16,085 ft | 10,027–19,404 | ↓ |
| Hardeman | 44 | 8,270 ft | 8,067–8,808 | ↓ |
| Kent | 41 | 7,632 ft | 7,532–7,802 | ↓ |
| Grayson | 37 | 7,465 ft | 4,260–10,676 | ↓ |
| Hood | 36 | 5,984 ft | 5,268–6,672 | ↓ |
| Comanche | 33 | 3,164 ft | 2,764–3,523 | ↓ |
| Hutchinson | 32 | 8,081 ft | 6,391–9,664 | ↓ |
| Martin | 29 | 12,961 ft | 11,471–13,339 | ↓ |
| Menard | 29 | 2,940 ft | 2,762–3,918 | ↓ |
| Howard | 27 | 10,007 ft | 8,721–10,522 | ↓ |
| Reeves | 27 | 16,949 ft | 15,000–20,670 | ↓ |
| Val Verde | 26 | 13,640 ft | 12,538–14,102 | ↓ |
| Throckmorton | 20 | 5,069 ft | 4,779–5,571 | ↓ |
| Ochiltree | 18 | 10,879 ft | 10,758–11,870 | ↓ |
| Young | 18 | 4,764 ft | 4,543–5,737 | ↓ |
| Denton | 15 | 8,600 ft | 5,338–9,099 | ↓ |
| Moore | 14 | 3,018 ft | 2,545–5,127 | ↓ |
| Lynn | 14 | 9,386 ft | 9,238–9,837 | ↓ |
| Hill | 13 | 7,984 ft | 7,381–8,642 | ↓ |
| Wheeler | 13 | 11,788 ft | 2,064–14,617 | ↓ |
| Haskell | 12 | 5,688 ft | 5,177–5,961 | ↓ |
| Hockley | 11 | 12,155 ft | 11,375–12,352 | ↓ |
| Potter | 10 | 3,200 ft | 2,488–9,360 | ↓ |
| Gray | 10 | 8,985 ft | 8,881–9,104 | ↓ |
| Mcculloch | 10 | 1,282 ft | 797–2,100 | ↓ |
| Gaines | 10 | 13,712 ft | 12,189–13,822 | ↓ |
| Loving | 9 | 21,000 ft | 20,879–21,757 | ↓ |
| Dawson | 9 | 10,811 ft | 10,376–12,256 | ↓ |
| Hamilton | 9 | 3,774 ft | 2,854–4,572 | ↓ |
| Roberts | 8 | 10,475 ft | 10,221–11,634 | ↓ |
| Bosque | 7 | 5,786 ft | 5,244–6,722 | ↓ |
| King | 7 | 6,040 ft | 5,920–6,223 | ↓ |
| Hartley | 5 | 7,346 ft | 7,200–7,983 | ↓ |
| Somervell | 5 | 5,644 ft | 5,118–6,346 | ↓ |
| Hansford | 5 | 8,295 ft | 8,198–9,529 | ↓ |
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.
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