Cherokee County, Texas
Oil and gas wells in and near ZIP code 75976
- 47wells inside the ZIP
- 149within 3 miles of it
- 1drilling location in two years
- 27square miles of land
The ZIP code and 3 miles around it
Wells and drilling locations in and around 75976
- Drilling locations1Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells126On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing20Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged3The state's wellbore record says plugged
The solid line is ZIP code 75976 as the US Census Bureau draws it; the dashed line is 3 miles out. The counts are for everything inside the dashed line: 47 of the wells are inside the ZIP itself. Sources: Railroad Commission of Texas well layers and permit files, US Census Bureau ZIP Code Tabulation Areas and county outlines, town points from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), base map from USGS The National Map.
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<a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/zip/75976"><img src="https://royaltyclerk.com/maps/zip/75976.svg" alt="Map of ZIP code 75976, Texas, outlined, with 47 oil and gas wells inside it and 149 within 3 miles of its edge as dots, and 1 drilling location permitted in two years." width="1000" height="945" loading="lazy" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border:0"></a>
<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:14px">Map: <a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/zip/75976">Oil and gas wells in ZIP code 75976, Texas</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>In numbers
Wells in 75976 and within 3 miles
| What | Inside 75976 | Within 3 miles |
|---|---|---|
| Producing wells | 37 | 126 |
| Not producing wells | 10 | 20 |
| Plugged wells | 0 | 3 |
| Drilling permits, last 24 months | 1 | 1 |
| All wells | 47 | 149 |
ZIP code 75976 covers 27 square miles of land: about 1.7 wells to the square mile.
Drilling locations
The newest drilling permits in and near 75976
| Issued | Lease and well | Where | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | MEGALODON 1vertical · API 42-073-31598 · permit 0914940Caturus Energy, LLC | in 7597631.50705, -95.00526 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Caturus Energy, LLC |
A permit is permission to drill, not a well. Source: Railroad Commission of Texas drilling permits. This week's permits, statewide
Nearest wells
The wells nearest the middle of 75976
- 1Shelton 1A0.1 mi SENot producing · API 42-073-30078 · SM Operating Company LLC · inside 75976
- 2Shelton 30.3 mi WProducing · API 42-073-31257 · Merit Energy Company · inside 75976
- 3Shelton 60.3 mi WProducing · API 42-073-31263 · Merit Energy Company · inside 75976
- 4Shelton 80.3 mi WNot producing · API 42-073-31266 · Merit Energy Company · inside 75976
- 5Shelton 20.4 mi SNot producing · API 42-073-31215 · Merit Energy Company · inside 75976
- 6Warner 20.5 mi SEProducing · API 42-073-31256 · Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC · inside 75976
Who runs them
Operators of the wells in 75976
- 1Merit Energy Company21 wells13 on producing leases
- 2Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC15 wells14 on producing leases
- 3Atlas Operating LLC8 wells8 on producing leases
- 4Culver & Cain Production LLC1 well1 on producing leases
- 5SM Operating Company LLC1 wellnone on a producing lease
- 6TTK Energy LLC1 well1 on producing leases
Around it
Towns and ZIP codes around 75976
FAQ
Questions people ask
Are there oil or gas wells near 75976?
Yes. 47 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 75976, 37 of them on producing leases, and 149 within 3 miles of its edge. The state issued 1 drilling permit with a well location within 3 miles in the last 24 months, the newest on April 21, 2026.
Is this the same area as the Postal Service's ZIP code?
Nearly. The Postal Service does not publish ZIP code boundaries, so we use the US Census Bureau's ZIP Code Tabulation Area for 75976, built from census blocks where most addresses use that ZIP. The edges can differ from mail delivery by a street or two, and a few ZIP codes (post office boxes, single buildings) have no area of their own.
Do I own minerals under a well in 75976?
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 Cherokee County roll lists it.
Where do the numbers come from?
Every dot is a well location from the Railroad Commission of Texas well layers, or a drilling permit's surface location from its permit files, issued in the last 24 months. A well counts as producing when its lease reported oil or gas in its newest months, and as plugged when the state's wellbore record says so. Nothing on this page comes from owners or from addresses.
Own land or minerals near 75976?
See whether a county roll lists your name, and get an email when a permit or a new well is filed near you.
Sources
- US Census Bureau, 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, cartographic boundary file at 1:500,000 (cb_2020_us_zcta520_500k)www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2020/shp/cb_2020_us_zcta520_500k.zip · file of May 19, 2023, read November 14, 2026
- Railroad Commission of Texas, well layers and drilling permit fileswww.rrc.texas.gov/resource-center/research/data-sets-available-for-download/ · loaded as the state publishes them; figures kept six hours
- US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary files (county lines), through the us-atlas package 3.0.1www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/cartographic-boundary.html · built into the site with its well maps
- GeoNames, towns and their points (CC BY 4.0)www.geonames.org/ · built into the site with its town pages
- USGS The National Map, basemap services (topo and imagery map under the wells), public domainapps.nationalmap.gov/services/ · tiles drawn under the map when it is made