Montague County, Texas
Oil and gas wells in and near ZIP code 76261
- 26wells inside the ZIP
- 89within 3 miles of it
- 2drilling locations in two years
- 74square miles of land
The ZIP code and 3 miles around it
Wells and drilling locations in and around 76261
- Drilling locations2Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells39On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing13Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged37The state's wellbore record says plugged
The solid line is ZIP code 76261 as the US Census Bureau draws it; the dashed line is 3 miles out. The counts are for everything inside the dashed line: 26 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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<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:14px">Map: <a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/zip/76261">Oil and gas wells in ZIP code 76261, Texas</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>In numbers
Wells in 76261 and within 3 miles
| What | Inside 76261 | Within 3 miles |
|---|---|---|
| Producing wells | 2 | 39 |
| Not producing wells | 2 | 13 |
| Plugged wells | 22 | 37 |
| Drilling permits, last 24 months | 0 | 2 |
| All wells | 26 | 89 |
ZIP code 76261 covers 74 square miles of land and 0.1 of water: about 0.4 wells to the square mile.
Drilling locations
The newest drilling permits in and near 76261
| Issued | Lease and well | Where | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | JOHNNY RINGGOLD 1vertical · API 42-077-35428 · permit 0918532Extech Operating, LLC | 0.5 mi outside33.76636, -98.04296 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Extech Operating, LLC |
| 2025-03-19 | TEXAKOMA COMANCHE 3vertical · API 42-077-35401 · permit 0906731Great American Resources Inc. | 2.2 mi outside33.73927, -98.03676 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Great American Resources Inc. |
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 76261
- 1Spring, Earl 852.9 mi SPlugged · API 42-077-30486 · O'Neal Oil Company
- 2Spring, Earl 732.9 mi SPlugged · API 42-077-01894 · O'Neal Oil Company
- 3Spring, Earl 112.9 mi SWProducing · API 42-077-00969 · O'Neal Oil Company
- 4Spring, Earl 743.0 mi SProducing · API 42-077-01893 · O'Neal Oil Company
- 5Spring, Earl 933.0 mi SProducing · API 42-077-30666 · O'Neal Oil Company
- 6Spring, Earl 893.1 mi SWProducing · API 42-077-30487 · O'Neal Oil Company
Who runs them
Operators of the wells in 76261
- 1Great American Resources Inc.12 wells2 on producing leases
- 2Lamar Energy5 wells1 on producing leases
- 3Walsh & Watts, Inc.5 wellsnone on a producing lease
- 43-T Exploration, Inc.2 wellsnone on a producing lease
- 5R2q Operating LLC1 wellnone on a producing lease
- 6Stelucan Energy, LLC1 wellnone on a producing lease
Around it
Towns and ZIP codes around 76261
FAQ
Questions people ask
Are there oil or gas wells near 76261?
Yes. 26 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 76261, 2 of them on producing leases, and 89 within 3 miles of its edge. The state issued 2 drilling permits with a well location within 3 miles in the last 24 months, the newest on September 14, 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 76261, 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 76261?
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 Montague 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 76261?
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