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Markham · Matagorda County, Texas

Oil and gas wells in and near ZIP code 77456

  • 40wells inside the ZIP
  • 175within 3 miles of it
  • 3drilling locations in two years
  • 40square miles of land

The ZIP code and 3 miles around it

Wells and drilling locations in and around 77456

Map of ZIP code 77456, Texas, outlined, with 40 oil and gas wells inside it and 175 within 3 miles of its edge as dots, and 3 drilling locations permitted in two years.
  • Drilling locations3Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells88On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing51Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged36The state's wellbore record says plugged

The solid line is ZIP code 77456 as the US Census Bureau draws it; the dashed line is 3 miles out. The counts are for everything inside the dashed line: 40 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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Yes. 40 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 77456, 14 of them on producing leases, and 175 within 3 miles of its edge. The state issued 3 drilling permits with a well location within 3 miles in the last 24 months, the newest on March 9, 2026.
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In numbers

Wells in 77456 and within 3 miles

Every well with a location on the state's map, by what it is now. The second column takes in the ZIP and the 3 miles around it.
Oil and gas wells and drilling permits in ZIP code 77456 and within 3 miles of it
WhatInside 77456Within 3 miles
Producing wells1488
Not producing wells1351
Plugged wells1336
Drilling permits, last 24 months03
All wells40175

ZIP code 77456 covers 40 square miles of land and 0.2 of water: about 1.0 wells to the square mile.

Drilling locations

The newest drilling permits in and near 77456

The 3 newest permits with a well location inside the ZIP or within 3 miles of its edge, with the coordinates of the surface location.
Newest drilling permits in and within 3 miles of ZIP code 77456
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-03-09SMITH, LEWIS EDWIN ET AL 4vertical · API 42-321-32464 · permit 0913910Underground Services Markham,llc0.6 mi outside28.98646, -96.14548 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-10-30H. SMITH 1vertical · API 42-321-32463 · permit 0911471Underground Services Markham,llc0.9 mi outside28.99449, -96.15014 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-09-23ANDERSON 1vertical · API 42-321-32361 · permit 0910613Magnum Producing, LP3.0 mi outside28.96532, -96.00027 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)

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 77456

Measured from a point inside the ZIP (28.96143, -96.17865) to each well's surface location, at any distance.
  1. 1Smith, Howard, Fee 152.7 mi NEProducing · API 42-321-01231 · Qri Industries, Inc.
  2. 2Smith, Howard, Fee 16W2.7 mi NEProducing · API 42-321-01253 · Qri Industries, Inc.
  3. 3Smith, Howard, Fee 192.7 mi NEProducing · API 42-321-80655 · Qri Industries, Inc.
  4. 4Smith, Howard, Fee 182.8 mi NEProducing · API 42-321-80654 · Qri Industries, Inc.
  5. 5Smith, Howard, Fee 282.8 mi NEPlugged · API 42-321-01226 · Qri Industries, Inc.
  6. 6Smith, Howard, Fee 32.8 mi NEPlugged · API 42-321-01202 · Qri Industries, Inc.

Who runs them

Operators of the wells in 77456

The companies on record for the wells inside the ZIP, most wells first. A plugged well keeps the last operator the state has for it.
  1. 1Goldking Minerals Mgmt, L.L.C.37 wells17 on producing leases
  2. 2Kebo Oil & Gas, Inc.2 wellsnone on a producing lease
  3. 3Orx Resources, L.L.C.1 well1 on producing leases

Around it

Towns and ZIP codes around 77456

Towns

ZIP codes that touch 77456

All of Matagorda County: leases, operators and production · Matagorda County well map · Every Texas ZIP code

FAQ

Questions people ask

Are there oil or gas wells near 77456?

Yes. 40 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 77456, 14 of them on producing leases, and 175 within 3 miles of its edge. The state issued 3 drilling permits with a well location within 3 miles in the last 24 months, the newest on March 9, 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 77456, 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 77456?

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 Matagorda County roll lists it.

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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.

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