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Alamo and North Alamo · Hidalgo County, Texas

Oil and gas wells in and near ZIP code 78516

  • 24wells inside the ZIP
  • 72within 3 miles of it
  • 1drilling location in two years
  • 38square miles of land

The ZIP code and 3 miles around it

Wells and drilling locations in and around 78516

Map of ZIP code 78516, Texas, outlined, with 24 oil and gas wells inside it and 72 within 3 miles of its edge as dots, and 1 drilling location permitted in two years.
  • Drilling locations1Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells40On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing22Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged10The state's wellbore record says plugged

The solid line is ZIP code 78516 as the US Census Bureau draws it; the dashed line is 3 miles out. The counts are for everything inside the dashed line: 24 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. 24 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 78516, 13 of them on producing leases, and 72 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 July 16, 2025.
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In numbers

Wells in 78516 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 78516 and within 3 miles of it
WhatInside 78516Within 3 miles
Producing wells1340
Not producing wells522
Plugged wells610
Drilling permits, last 24 months01
All wells2472

ZIP code 78516 covers 38 square miles of land and 0.3 of water: about 0.6 wells to the square mile.

Drilling locations

The newest drilling permits in and near 78516

The newest permit 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 78516
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2025-07-16MARY BELL DOFFING GAS UNIT 2vertical · API 42-215-34171 · permit 0909254Midas Resources, Inc.0.9 mi outside26.08553, -98.17926 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 78516

Measured from a point inside the ZIP (26.14310, -98.12156) to each well's surface location, at any distance.
  1. 1Rice Gas Unit 3 U0.9 mi SProducing · API 42-215-31003 · Remora Operating, LLC · inside 78516
  2. 2Moore 11.0 mi WNot producing · API 42-215-33232 · Wagner Oil Company · inside 78516
  3. 3Buchanan Gas Unit 41.2 mi SPlugged · API 42-215-33053 · Wagner Oil Company · inside 78516
  4. 4Buchanan Gas Unit 71.3 mi SProducing · API 42-215-33429 · Wagner Oil Company · inside 78516
  5. 5Houston Gas Unit 71.4 mi SWProducing · API 42-215-33350 · Wagner Oil Company · inside 78516
  6. 6Buchanan Gas Unit 61.5 mi SProducing · API 42-215-33072 · Wagner Oil Company · inside 78516

Who runs them

Operators of the wells in 78516

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. 1Wagner Oil Company21 wells12 on producing leases
  2. 2Anderson Oil Ltd.1 wellnone on a producing lease
  3. 3Marwell Petroleum LTD Partnrship1 wellnone on a producing lease
  4. 4Remora Operating, LLC1 well1 on producing leases

Around it

Towns and ZIP codes around 78516

Towns

ZIP codes that touch 78516

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

FAQ

Questions people ask

Are there oil or gas wells near 78516?

Yes. 24 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 78516, 13 of them on producing leases, and 72 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 July 16, 2025.

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 78516, 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 78516?

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 Hidalgo 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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