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Texas county · RRC district 05

Leon County

Leon County reported 107 million mcf of gas and 276,027 barrels of oil in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 29th of 197 Texas counties by gas.

County dossier · #29 of 197 for gas

107,482,764mcf gas, last 12 months+23% vs prior year
Producing leases
593of 872 on record
Operators
36
Fields
54

Own minerals in Leon County?

Upload a royalty check stub or a phone photo. We compare each month with the Jul 2026 state numbers for the leases below.

Where it sits

This county

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Leon County · RRC district 05
Oil, last 12 months
276,027 bbl
Share of Texas gas
0.8%
Leases on record
872
Data through
Jul 2026

Production

Five years of output in Leon County

Monthly totals for every lease the Railroad Commission places in this county. Oil is in barrels (bbl), gas in thousand cubic feet (mcf).

Gas output in Leon County rose 23% over the last 12 months

107M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 87M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2026, 11M mcf.

Gas output in Leon County rose 23% over the last 12 months107M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 87M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2026, 11M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02.5M5M7.5M10M13M11M20222023202420252026
Gas output in Leon County rose 23% over the last 12 months107M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 87M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Jul 2026, 11M mcf.Gas, mcf per month02.5M5M7.5M10M13M11M'22'23'24'25'26

Oil output in Leon County fell 8% over the last 12 months

276k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 301k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2021, 36.4k bbl.

Oil output in Leon County fell 8% over the last 12 months276k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 301k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2021, 36.4k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40kPeak 36.4k (Oct 21)20k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Leon County fell 8% over the last 12 months276k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 301k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Oct 2021, 36.4k bbl.Oil, bbl per month010k20k30k40kPeak 36.4k (Oct 21)20k'22'23'24'25'26

SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query, county totals of every lease. Reported through Jul 2026, file dated Sep 18, 2026. The newest month is often revised as operators file late.

Leases

The biggest leases in Leon County

Ranked by what they produced in the last 12 months. Sort, filter by operator or field, and open any lease for its month-by-month ledger.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 593 producing leases).

SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query. Ranked by an approximate value of last-12-month output, so oil and gas wells sort together.

In Leon County

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Your royalty check comes from the operator. These are the ones with the most output here.

Recent drilling permits in Leon County

For owners

Minerals in Leon County, in plain terms

Rank by oil
120 of 224
Share of Texas oil
0.0%
Producing leases
593
Operators
36

If you inherited mineral rights in Leon County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Comstock Oil & Gas, LLC, among 36 operators with producing leases.

Each lease has a name, a Railroad Commission district and a lease number. Your check stub prints them, or a version of them. Search the name on your stub, open the lease, and compare the “oil sold” and “gas sold” volumes for the month with the barrels and mcf on your stub.

We hold 872 leases in Leon County, of which 593 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.