Mississippian Formation

Operator-reported tops from 8,767 wells across 75 counties, median tops running 2,352–18,048 ft by county.

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Top depth: 4,680 ft 12,068 ft
566 wells shown (sampled from 8,767)

Depth by County

CountyWellsMedian TopTypical RangeCSV
Martin1,22110,404 ft10,004–11,204
Howard7939,802 ft9,284–10,113
Young7384,610 ft4,300–5,007
Throckmorton6214,710 ft4,512–5,059
Stephens3524,340 ft4,064–4,506
Archer3255,188 ft4,996–5,350
Shackelford2764,510 ft4,094–4,967
Glasscock25310,298 ft9,493–10,708
Borden2328,595 ft8,170–9,298
Garza2298,062 ft7,533–8,600
Dawson19111,016 ft10,146–11,580
Jack1835,228 ft4,720–5,651
Andrews18310,040 ft9,029–12,080
Eastland1613,642 ft3,198–3,952
Ochiltree1578,598 ft7,964–9,860
Hardeman1527,820 ft7,558–8,370
King1485,887 ft5,749–6,031
Gaines14410,400 ft10,032–12,031
Midland14111,250 ft10,859–11,687
Yoakum11111,122 ft10,650–11,998
Baylor1085,280 ft5,146–5,449
Hansford1067,740 ft7,053–8,136
Reeves9912,180 ft9,862–15,940
Pecos9712,898 ft10,215–17,518
Lipscomb9010,075 ft9,107–11,435
Culberson828,900 ft5,894–13,690
Winkler798,445 ft7,818–17,878
Clay775,972 ft5,643–6,249
Ward7112,770 ft8,088–16,116
Scurry667,758 ft7,462–8,178
Crane648,140 ft7,762–8,971
Haskell595,746 ft4,990–5,916
Stonewall596,072 ft5,867–6,232
Ector5610,960 ft8,739–11,515
Mitchell557,736 ft7,098–8,027
Kent557,400 ft7,227–7,593
Roberts539,880 ft8,608–12,111
Sherman526,381 ft5,275–6,926
Nolan506,752 ft6,005–7,077
Brown502,352 ft2,010–2,944
Hutchinson506,723 ft6,540–8,490
Sterling438,034 ft7,601–8,434
Wilbarger416,886 ft4,729–7,868
Coleman403,525 ft2,596–4,293
Terry4011,313 ft10,955–12,248
Lynn379,007 ft8,893–10,496
Upton3410,211 ft9,734–11,265
Runnels324,488 ft4,055–4,659
Callahan314,074 ft3,909–4,479
Palo Pinto304,495 ft4,034–4,874
Denton277,770 ft7,322–8,141
Erath262,750 ft2,487–2,986
Hemphill2613,949 ft12,127–16,466
Taylor244,850 ft4,489–5,701
Fisher246,554 ft5,878–6,851
Loving2018,048 ft17,681–18,820
Wheeler1714,164 ft12,859–16,360
Wise166,633 ft5,737–7,834
Cottle166,554 ft6,147–8,041
Cochran1411,055 ft10,549–11,268
Johnson147,053 ft6,354–8,060
Hockley1311,286 ft11,063–11,431
Knox136,084 ft5,061–6,307
Sutton136,465 ft6,441–9,040
Montague126,449 ft4,670–7,581
Reagan129,717 ft9,360–11,249
Foard115,905 ft5,273–6,610
Terrell912,326 ft11,750–15,054
Crockett89,557 ft9,042–9,949
Jones75,028 ft4,735–5,348
Hudspeth63,710 ft1,898–6,827
Moore63,270 ft2,728–5,901
Parker65,022 ft4,926–5,419
Coke57,196 ft7,123–7,271
Floyd59,944 ft9,335–10,471

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

PIONEER NATURAL RES. USA, INC. 337 wells · 32 recent
IKE OPERATING, LLC 32 wells · 32 recent
HIBERNIA RESOURCES IV, LLC 31 wells · 31 recent
EOG RESOURCES, INC. 62 wells · 18 recent
SM ENERGY COMPANY 62 wells · 16 recent
BIRCH OPERATIONS, INC. 36 wells · 15 recent
DIAMONDBACK E&P LLC 88 wells · 13 recent
ENDEAVOR ENERGY RESOURCES L.P. 664 wells · 11 recent
XTO ENERGY INC. 168 wells · 8 recent
HIGHPEAK ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC 24 wells · 8 recent
CHEVRON U. S. A. INC. 288 wells · 7 recent
BPX OPERATING COMPANY 18 wells · 7 recent

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