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Freestone County, Texas

Oil wells and drilling locations near Fairfield

  • 1,619wells
  • 21drilling locations in two years
  • 1,342producing leases

Within 10 miles

Wells and drilling locations around Fairfield

Map of Fairfield, Texas: 1,619 wells and 21 recent drilling locations within 10 miles, inside a dashed circle.
  • Drilling locations21Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells1,348On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing253Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged18The state's wellbore record says plugged

The dashed circle is 10 miles from the town's point (31.72461, -96.16525); the counts are for wells inside it. Sources: Railroad Commission of Texas well layers and permit files, US Census Bureau county outlines, town points from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), base map from USGS The National Map.

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Drilling permits near Fairfield are holding steady: 11 permits in the last 12 months, 10 in the 12 months before. They are spread around town, with no side clearly ahead. The nearest is 2.6 miles south-west of the town's point. 1,619 wells and 21 drilling locations permitted in the last two years lie within 10 miles of Fairfield, each where the state puts it. 1,342 producing leases have a well in the circle.
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Which way it is heading

Where the new drilling is around Fairfield

The 21 drilling permits of the last two years within 10 miles, by direction from the town's point, and what became of each one.
N NE E SE S 2SW 16W NW 3
Each wedge is the permits on that side of town. The centre is the town's point.

What became of the 21 permits

  • 7finished, no production reported yetA completion is on file. The first production report follows weeks or months later.
  • 14still only a permitNothing after the permit is on file. Many permits wait a year or more, and some are never drilled.

A permit is permission to drill, not a well, and a well nearby says nothing about who owns the minerals under it. Direction is taken from the well's surface location. Source: Railroad Commission of Texas drilling permits and wellbore records.

When a new well starts paying

First checks coming due near Fairfield

1 first check falls due on leases with a well near Fairfield from today on. Texas law gives the payor 120 days after the end of the month of first sale.

The date is the earliest the law allows a first payment to be late (Texas Natural Resources Code 91.402), worked out from the first month of production on file. It is not a promise of a check: title questions and unsigned division orders can hold one back. Work out a first-check date · What to do before the first check

In numbers

Oil and gas within 10 miles of Fairfield

wells with a location on the state's map
1,619
drilling permits in the last 24 months
21
producing leases with a well in the circle
1,342
operators running them
19
oil and condensate those leases reported in their latest 12 months
19,967 bbl
gas those leases reported in their latest 12 months
26,313,112 mcf

A lease counts when at least one of its wells is inside the circle; its whole production is counted, so a lease reaching beyond the circle counts in full.

In dollars

What the oil and gas near Fairfield sold for

The 1,342 producing leases with a well near Fairfield sold about $93 million of oil and gas from September 2025 to August 2026, at the public monthly prices.
sale value of 12 months, before taxes and costs
$93 million
oil and condensate sold
18,749 bbl
gas sold
25,292,433 mcf
the middle lease: half sold more, half less
$48,555

A 0.01 share (1%) of the middle producing lease near Fairfield comes to about $486 for the 12 months.

Sold volumes at the public monthly prices, before severance tax and any costs. A guide to the size, not what any owner was paid.

Sold volumes from each lease's monthly report to the Railroad Commission, times the month's West Texas Intermediate oil price and Henry Hub gas price (EIA). Real prices at the lease differ. A lease counts in full when one of its wells is near the town. Check a statement against what the lease sold

Drilling locations

The newest drilling permits near Fairfield

The 23 newest permits with a well location within 10 miles, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits within 10 miles of Fairfield
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-11-13CURRY GAS UNIT 8vertical · API 42-161-33065 · permit 0919985Hilcorp Energy Company6.3 mi SW31.64308, -96.21406 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-11-09ROPER GAS UNIT 7vertical · API 42-161-34581 · permit 0919972Hilcorp Energy Company9.0 mi SW31.62829, -96.26814 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-10-05WETTERMARK GAS UNIT 8vertical · API 42-161-34503 · permit 0919012Hilcorp Energy Company6.3 mi SW31.65968, -96.24027 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-09-24HALE UNIT 4vertical · API 42-161-34295 · permit 0918851Hilcorp Energy Company6.2 mi SW31.66462, -96.24421 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-09-21HALE UNIT 3vertical · API 42-161-33142 · permit 0918775Hilcorp Energy Company6.5 mi SW31.66281, -96.24918 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-08-21COLEMAN GAS UNIT 3vertical · API 42-161-32912 · permit 0917985Hilcorp Energy Company8.8 mi NW31.81884, -96.26641 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-07-29C. N. WILLIFORD 4vertical · API 42-161-31985 · permit 0917361Hilcorp Energy Company2.6 mi SW31.70827, -96.20490 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-07-27NORTHEN GAS UNIT 11vertical · API 42-161-33221 · permit 0917360Hilcorp Energy Company2.6 mi SW31.70094, -96.20018 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-07-07NORTHEN GAS UNIT 14vertical · API 42-161-34063 · permit 0916904Hilcorp Energy Company2.8 mi SW31.69723, -96.20033 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2026-03-06COLEMAN GAS UNIT 4vertical · API 42-161-33928 · permit 0913851Hilcorp Energy Company9.3 mi NW31.82139, -96.27576 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-12-05LOPER GAS UNIT 1vertical · API 42-161-32874 · permit 0912045Hilcorp Energy Company9.7 mi NW31.82645, -96.27899 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-09-09HAM GAS UNIT 31vertical · API 42-161-34545 · permit 0910275Hilcorp Energy Company7.8 mi SW31.62194, -96.22256 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-05-29IRVIN GAS UNIT 3vertical · API 42-161-31444 · permit 0908214Hilcorp Energy Company8.7 mi SW31.60969, -96.22584 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-05-20IRVIN GAS UNIT 9vertical · API 42-161-33460 · permit 0908024Hilcorp Energy Company8.9 mi SW31.60598, -96.22410 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-04-11JOHN HENDERSON GAS UNIT 6vertical · API 42-161-33584 · permit 0907332Hilcorp Energy Company7.3 mi SW31.62962, -96.21855 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-02-28IRVIN GAS UNIT 10vertical · API 42-161-34072 · permit 0906272Hilcorp Energy Company9.0 mi SW31.60678, -96.23210 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-02-28HAM GAS UNIT 19vertical · API 42-161-34011 · permit 0906271Hilcorp Energy Company7.7 mi S31.62171, -96.21498 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-02-28COSSON GAS UNIT 21vertical · API 42-161-34408 · permit 0906249Hilcorp Energy Company8.8 mi S31.60611, -96.22002 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-01-09SNEED GAS UNIT 5vertical · API 42-161-31448 · permit 0904965Hilcorp Energy Company3.4 mi SW31.70266, -96.21684 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-09RUBY MIDDLETON GU 5vertical · API 42-161-31443 · permit 0904506Hilcorp Energy Company3.8 mi SW31.68830, -96.21422 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-11-15NORTHEN GAS UNIT 7vertical · API 42-161-31447 · permit 0903974Hilcorp Energy Company3.4 mi SW31.69625, -96.21226 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-11-01NORTHEN GAS UNIT 4vertical · API 42-161-31342 · permit 0903729Hilcorp Energy Company2.9 mi SW31.70052, -96.20604 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-11-01NORTHEN GAS UNIT 6vertical · API 42-161-31353 · permit 0903713Hilcorp Energy Company3.2 mi SW31.69962, -96.21053 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)

A permit is permission to drill, not a well. Distances are from the town's point to the well's surface location. Source: Railroad Commission of Texas drilling permits.

Find your land

The surveys under the new drilling near Fairfield

Your deed or county tax notice names a survey and an abstract number. These are the ones with the most drilling permits in the last two years. Each has its own page with its wells and permits.
  • A-115 CARTER, W3 permits, newest August 21, 2026
  • A-23 REED, I H3 permits, newest July 29, 2026
  • A-551 STRICKLAND, J3 permits, newest May 29, 2025
  • A-375 LAWSON, R2 permits, newest September 9, 2025
  • A-351 KELLY, R P1 permit, newest November 13, 2026
  • A-130 CANNON, D C1 permit, newest November 9, 2026
  • A-556 SANCHEZ, J1 permit, newest October 5, 2026
  • A-294 HALE, J1 permit, newest September 24, 2026

Not in the list? Search every survey in the county by name or abstract number.

Who is on the county roll

672 mineral accounts near Fairfield are still in the name of an estate

The 2026 county mineral roll lists 59,243 accounts under 6,801 owner names on 1,474 leases with a well near Fairfield.
mineral accounts on the roll
59,243
owner names
6,801
appraised value of those accounts
$68 million
the middle account's appraised value
$50
the middle account in all of Freestone County
$60
accounts titled to an estate
672

An account in the name of an estate usually means the owner died and the title was never moved to the heirs. The account stays on the roll, and these are appraised at $133,320 together. If a parent or grandparent owned minerals near Fairfield, their name may be one of them.

Counted the other way: 7,578 royalty-interest records on Texas county mineral rolls (rolls of 2024 to 2026) carry Fairfield as their mailing city, wherever in Texas the minerals lie. See the count for every city

Totals from the county appraisal district's mineral roll, matched to leases by the state lease number. No owner is named here, and a count under 10 accounts or 5 owner names is left out. How Freestone County values minerals, and how to protest · Inherited minerals: where to start

Producing leases

Top producing leases near Fairfield

The 20 producing leases with a well inside the circle, most oil and gas first. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993, free.
  1. 1McMichael "B" Gas Unit49 bbl · 307,200 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Freestone County · 1 well in the circle
  2. 2Dunlap II-McGee Allocation268 bbl · 283,813 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Freestone County · 1 well in the circle
  3. 3Ivy B Gu112 bbl · 254,095 mcf a yearDiversified Production LLC · Freestone County · 1 well in the circle
  4. 4Willard Gas Unit No. 2407 bbl · 206,930 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Freestone County · 1 well in the circle
  5. 5Stark Gas Unit26 bbl · 157,255 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Freestone County · 1 well in the circle
  6. 6Moody Estates Gas Unit 10 bbl · 151,653 mcf a yearDiversified Production LLC · Freestone County · 1 well in the circle
  7. 7Pyramid Land1,402 bbl · 139,493 mcf a yearDiversified Production LLC · Freestone County · 1 well in the circle
  8. 8M.t. Peyton (Neal) B (Sa)22 bbl · 140,020 mcf a yearDiversified Production LLC · Freestone County · 1 well in the circle
  9. 9Neal, C. E. Gas Unit B-10 bbl · 120,953 mcf a yearDiversified Production LLC · Freestone County · 1 well in the circle
  10. 10Mt Peyton-Fe Hill (Sa)40 bbl · 117,952 mcf a yearDiversified Production LLC · Freestone County · 1 well in the circle
  11. 11W. H. Day, Et Al Gas Unit #1249 bbl · 111,484 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Freestone County · 1 well in the circle
  12. 12Neal, C. E. Gas Unit B-10 bbl · 106,023 mcf a yearDiversified Production LLC · Freestone County · 1 well in the circle
  13. 13Capps No. 1 Gas Unit18 bbl · 104,994 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Freestone County · 1 well in the circle
  14. 14Moody Estate Gas Unit 20 bbl · 104,501 mcf a yearDiversified Production LLC · Freestone County · 1 well in the circle
  15. 15Turner, C. E.15 bbl · 100,146 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Freestone County · 1 well in the circle
  16. 16Reed, Hugh D. No. 1 Gas Unit12 bbl · 98,714 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Freestone County · 1 well in the circle
  17. 17Ham Gas Unit0 bbl · 97,082 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Freestone County · 1 well in the circle
  18. 18Williford "E"0 bbl · 95,065 mcf a yearValence Operating Company · Freestone County · 1 well in the circle
  19. 19Roper Gas Unit0 bbl · 94,181 mcf a yearHilcorp Energy Company · Freestone County · 1 well in the circle
  20. 20Peyton, Mt Gu10 bbl · 89,705 mcf a yearDiversified Production LLC · Freestone County · 1 well in the circle

Whose name is on the check

Who buys the oil and gas near Fairfield

The companies named most often on the current state filings of the 1,342 producing leases near Fairfield. A royalty check can come from the buyer or from the operator.

Oil and condensate

  • EASTEX CRUDE COMPANY, LLC944 leases
  • ENERGY TRANSFER MARKETING & TERM309 leases
  • ENERGY TRANS CRUDE MARKETING LLC288 leases
  • PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.42 leases
  • DK TRADING & SUPPLY, LLC33 leases

Gas

  • DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTION LLC603 leases
  • XTO ENERGY INC.531 leases
  • MIDCOAST G & P (EAST TEXAS) L.P.143 leases
  • KINDER MORGAN TEJAS PIPELINE LLC43 leases
  • ORION PIPELINE, LLC20 leases

From each lease's newest Form P-4 filing with the Railroad Commission, which names its gatherers and purchasers. One lease can name several.

If your checks stopped

Leases near Fairfield that went quiet or changed hands

The two most common reasons a royalty check stops: the lease stopped reporting production, or a new company took it over and the paperwork is catching up.

34 leases reported nothing for a year or more

Leases that reported within the last four years and then stopped. The newest to stop first; 10 shown.

Is my lease still active?

52 leases got a new operator in two years

Checks often pause after a change while the new company sets up its owner records. The newest first; 10 shown.

My royalty checks stopped: what to do

From the monthly production reports operators file with the Railroad Commission. The newest months fill in late, so a lease is listed only after 12 months with no report.

Year by year

Production of the leases near Fairfield, by year

Of the last 6 full years, these leases produced the most in 2020: 39,296,903 mcf of gas. 2025 was 26,812,661, 32% lower.
Oil and gas reported by the leases with a well within 10 miles of Fairfield, by year
YearOil, bblGas, mcf
2026 so far13,76417,408,700
202519,58626,812,661
202421,77327,512,651
202317,60329,185,614
202216,74232,444,358
202118,95935,164,968
202020,02039,296,903

Every lease with a well in the circle, producing now or not, as reported to the Railroad Commission. The newest months fill in as operators report.

The long view: in the state's records from January 1993 on, 1,605 of these leases reported 2,247,865 bbl of oil and condensate and 2,065,875,402 mcf of gas. Each lease page carries that lease's history back to January 1993.

Good to know

The wells near Fairfield, and what a lease has gone for

For a lease offer: the State of Texas leased 4 of its own tracts in Freestone County in the last ten years. The middle bonus was $750 an acre, the usual royalty 11.75%, the usual term 5 years; the newest is dated November 8, 2024. Private leases are not public, so these are the nearest figures on record. Is my lease offer fair in Freestone County?

Depth and well type from the Railroad Commission's well records, where the record has them. State lease figures from the Texas General Land Office.

Around it

Towns near Fairfield

Fairfield has more wells than 7 of the 8 nearest towns. Each count is for that town's own 10-mile circle.

Fairfield is in ZIP code 75840: its wells and permits

All of Freestone County: leases, operators and production · Freestone County well map

Press and community kit

Writing about Fairfield? Take what you need

For a local paper, a county office, a school or a community group: the figures, the map and the words, free to use with the credit line. Data as of November 15, 2026.
Fact sheet · one page · PDFFairfield, Texas1,619wells within 10 miles1,348on producing leases271not producing or plugged11permits, 12 monthsDownload the fact sheet

Three facts to quote

  • 1,619 oil and gas wells on the state's map lie within 10 miles of Fairfield: 1,348 on producing leases, 253 not producing and 18 plugged.
  • The Railroad Commission of Texas issued 11 drilling permits within 10 miles of Fairfield in the last 12 months, the newest dated November 13, 2026.
  • The 1,342 producing leases with a well in that circle, run by 19 operators, reported 19,967 barrels of oil and 26,313,112 thousand cubic feet of gas over their latest 12 months.

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How to cite

Railroad Commission of Texas records of the wells and drilling permits within 10 miles of Fairfield, mapped by Royalty Clerk (https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/towns/fairfield-tx), data as of November 15, 2026.

Under a map or a chart: Source: Railroad Commission of Texas · Map: Royalty Clerk, with a link to this page.

The figures say where the state's records put wells and permits, not who owns the land or the minerals. Kits for other Texas towns

Follow it

Watch the 10 miles around Fairfield

One email a week at most, and only when something is filed: a new drilling permit, a finished well, or first production with a well location inside this circle.

Watching a place says nothing about who owns the land or the minerals there. For the whole county, or one survey, use the Freestone County well watch.

FAQ

Questions people ask

How many oil and gas wells are near Fairfield?

1,619 wells with a location on the Railroad Commission's map lie within 10 miles of Fairfield: 1,348 on leases that are producing, 253 not producing and 18 plugged. The state also issued 21 drilling permits with a well location in that circle in the last 24 months.

What are the coordinates on this page?

Latitude and longitude of the well's surface location in NAD83, the coordinates map apps use. They come from the Railroad Commission's well layers as published, and from its drilling permit files, which are published in the older NAD27 and converted here. Paste them into any map app. A horizontal well's bottom hole can be a mile or two away from its surface location.

Do I own minerals under a well near Fairfield?

A well nearby says nothing about who owns the minerals under it. The county's mineral roll lists who is paid on each producing lease. Search a name to see whether the Freestone County roll lists it.

Search a name

Is drilling near Fairfield picking up or slowing down?

Drilling permits near Fairfield are holding steady: 11 permits in the last 12 months, 10 in the 12 months before. They are spread around town, with no side clearly ahead. The nearest is 2.6 miles south-west of the town's point. A permit is permission to drill, not a well.

When does a new well near Fairfield start paying royalties?

Texas law gives the payor 120 days after the end of the month of first sale to send the first payment (Natural Resources Code 91.402). The next date on file for a lease near Fairfield is November 28, 2026. The date is the earliest a first payment becomes late, not a promise: a title question or an unsigned division order can hold a check back.

Work out a first-check date

How much are the oil and gas near Fairfield worth?

The 1,342 producing leases with a well within 10 miles sold about $93 million of oil and gas in their newest 12 months on file, at the public monthly prices and before taxes and costs. That is what the leases sold, not what a tract of land or a mineral interest is worth: an owner is paid a share of one lease.

A relative owned minerals near Fairfield and has died. What now?

The county mineral roll still lists 672 accounts in the name of an estate on leases near Fairfield. Search the family name first. If an account turns up, the title usually has to be moved to the heirs before the operator will pay them.

Inherited minerals: where to start

My checks from a lease here stopped. Why?

The usual reasons: the lease stopped producing, a new operator took it over, or the operator put the payments in suspense over a title or address question. Near Fairfield, 34 leases went quiet and 52 changed operator; both lists are on this page.

What to do when royalty checks stop

Own land or minerals near Fairfield?

The next first check near Fairfield falls due by November 28, 2026. See whether a county roll lists your name, and get an email when a permit or a new well is filed near you.

Search a family nameWatch Freestone County

Sources

Primary sources, opened on 29 September 2026. Statute text is the current version on statutes.capitol.texas.gov.