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Cherokee County, Texas oil and gas

  • 13,393,216mcf gas in the last 12 months
  • 436producing leases
  • 765wells on the map
  • 8drilling locations in two years

Oil wells and drilling locations in Cherokee County

Map of Cherokee County, Texas, with 765 oil and gas wells and 8 recent drilling locations as dots.
  • Drilling locations8Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells475On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing177Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged113The state's wellbore record says plugged

Sources: Railroad Commission of Texas well layers and permit files, US Census Bureau county outline, town points from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), base map from USGS The National Map. A dot is a surface location; a horizontal well runs a mile or more from it.

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765 wells with a location on the state's map (475 producing, 177 not producing, 113 plugged) and 8 drilling locations permitted in the last 24 months, each where the Railroad Commission puts it.

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Wells near a town: Alto · Jacksonville · New Summerfield · Rusk · Newest drilling permits in Cherokee County · Wells by ZIP code

Cherokee County reported 13 million mcf of gas and 264,349 barrels of oil in the last 12 months. That ranks 70th of 197 Texas counties by gas.

County dossier

13,393,216mcf gas, last 12 months−21% vs prior year

August 2026 is still coming in. About 89% of Texas leases have reported it so far, so this page counts through July 2026 until it is fully reported.

Producing leases
436of 658 on record
Operators
32
Fields
52
Top operator
Sabine Energy Inc.

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This county

Cherokee CountyCherokeeAndersonNacogdochesSmithRuskHendersonCherokee County
Cherokee County · RRC district 06
Oil, last 12 months
264,349 bbl
Share of Texas gas
<0.1%
Wells on record
765on leases with production reports
Data through
Jul 2026

Five years of output in Cherokee County

Gas output in Cherokee County fell 21% over the last 12 months

13M mcf through Jul 2026, against 17M mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 2.1M mcf.

Gas output in Cherokee County fell 21% over the last 12 months13M mcf through Jul 2026, against 17M mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 2.1M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2M2.5MPeak 2.1M (Mar 22)1M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Cherokee County fell 21% over the last 12 months13M mcf through Jul 2026, against 17M mcf a year earlier. Peak Mar 2022: 2.1M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2M2.5MPeak 2.1M (Mar 22)1M'22'23'24'25'26

Oil output in Cherokee County fell 19% over the last 12 months

264k bbl through Jul 2026, against 328k bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2024: 50k bbl.

Oil output in Cherokee County fell 19% over the last 12 months264k bbl through Jul 2026, against 328k bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2024: 50k bbl.Oil, bbl per month020k40k60kPeak 50k (Dec 24)23.7k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Cherokee County fell 19% over the last 12 months264k bbl through Jul 2026, against 328k bbl a year earlier. Peak Dec 2024: 50k bbl.Oil, bbl per month020k40k60kPeak 50k (Dec 24)23.7k'22'23'24'25'26

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query, county totals, through Jul 2026, file dated Oct 20, 2026.

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Cherokee County oil and gas production by year, 1993 to 2025

Every full year we hold, 1993 to 2025. The highest year for oil since 1993 was 2016, at 762,658 bbl. The highest year for gas was 2009, at 31,210,458 mcf.

Cherokee County, Texas: oil and gas produced each year, 1993 to 2025
YearOilbblGasmcf
2025322,19215,842,082
2024264,89716,849,802
2023232,92916,025,260
2022301,70220,524,274
2021270,47416,609,600
2020320,02319,004,336
2019420,00422,959,391
2018558,32225,826,477
2017716,73126,443,487
2016762,65824,317,896
2015626,83218,098,380
2014502,11720,395,967
2013415,08318,085,146
2012334,84720,258,847
2011293,80522,966,034
2010290,92525,615,727
2009292,61831,210,458
2008269,04328,312,991
2007279,57220,529,576
2006283,21015,922,465
2005321,47114,840,730
2004304,19314,677,905
2003287,66015,014,789
2002286,88413,925,396
2001285,47514,720,520
2000301,51016,627,374
1999316,60715,655,059
1998346,11016,062,634
1997439,21214,995,736
1996462,74815,339,379
1995479,82113,355,391
1994534,08613,078,640
1993591,7938,080,827

SourceTexas Railroad Commission production records, added up by county and calendar year. Oil includes condensate; gas includes casinghead gas. The year in progress is left out until it is complete.

The biggest leases in Cherokee County

Under each volume: change on the year before.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 436), ranked by output value.

Every lease in Cherokee County, A to Z →

SourceTexas Railroad Commission Production Data Query.

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Operators in Cherokee County, by gas

Sabine Energy leads

  1. Sabine Energy Inc.6 leases4.2Mmcf
  2. Valence Operating Company21 leases1.8Mmcf
  3. Diversified Production LLC53 leases1.6Mmcf
  4. Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC77 leases1.3Mmcf
  5. Jamex, Inc.9 leases1Mmcf
  6. Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.39 leases602kmcf
  7. Fortune Resources LLC23 leases557kmcf
  8. Atlas Operating LLC30 leases510kmcf

Fields in Cherokee County, by gas

Overton (Cotton Valley Sand) leads

  1. Overton (Cotton Valley Sand)79 leases · District 06 · Field 678491508.8Mmcf
  2. Doyle Creek (Travis Peak)63 leases · District 06 · Field 259985001.2Mmcf
  3. White Oak Creek (Travis Peak)73 leases · District 06 · Field 96970600830kmcf
  4. Decker Switch (Travis Peak)12 leases · District 06 · Field 23857500328kmcf
  5. Southern Pine (Travis Peak)25 leases · District 06 · Field 84742500262kmcf
  6. Overton (Travis Peak)5 leases · District 06 · Field 67849500172kmcf
  7. Rusk, Se. (Pettit)3 leases · District 06 · Field 78959300171kmcf
  8. Neches (Woodbine)15 leases · District 06 · Field 6476366666.9kmcf

More operators here

OperatorBurk Royalty Co., Ltd.39OperatorBuffco Production Inc.12OperatorAtlas Operating LLC30OperatorMerit Energy Company14
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Recent drilling permits in Cherokee County

Counties near Cherokee County (number = producing leases)

CountyAnderson194CountyRusk2,176CountyNacogdoches983CountyHouston128CountySmith659CountyHenderson277CountyGregg1,120CountyAngelina139CountyTrinity7CountyPanola4,581