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César Chávez and Doolittle · Hidalgo County, Texas

Oil and gas wells in and near ZIP code 78542

  • 21wells inside the ZIP
  • 81within 3 miles of it
  • 3drilling locations in two years
  • 176square miles of land

The ZIP code and 3 miles around it

Wells and drilling locations in and around 78542

Map of ZIP code 78542, Texas, outlined, with 21 oil and gas wells inside it and 81 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 wells31On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing42Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged8The state's wellbore record says plugged

The solid line is ZIP code 78542 as the US Census Bureau draws it; the dashed line is 3 miles out. The counts are for everything inside the dashed line: 21 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. 21 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 78542, 5 of them on producing leases, and 81 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 September 3, 2026.
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In numbers

Wells in 78542 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 78542 and within 3 miles of it
WhatInside 78542Within 3 miles
Producing wells531
Not producing wells1442
Plugged wells28
Drilling permits, last 24 months03
All wells2181

ZIP code 78542 covers 176 square miles of land and 0.1 of water: about 0.1 wells to the square mile.

Drilling locations

The newest drilling permits in and near 78542

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 78542
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-09-03EDINBURG UNIT 10vertical · API 42-215-31846 · permit 0918203Royal Production Company, Inc.2.0 mi outside26.28083, -98.18839 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-06-05EDINBURG UNIT 7vertical · API 42-215-34144 · permit 0908132Royal Production Company, Inc.1.1 mi outside26.27219, -98.17767 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-12-31EDINBURG GAS UNIT 12vertical · API 42-215-33271 · permit 0904887Royal Production Company, Inc.2.1 mi outside26.28040, -98.18947 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 78542

Measured from a point inside the ZIP (26.46492, -98.09422) to each well's surface location, at any distance.
  1. 1Wilcox, H. E. 14.2 mi SENot producing · API 42-215-00907 · Lucky Lad Energy, LLC · inside 78542
  2. 2Youngblood Gas Unit 14.7 mi SProducing · API 42-215-00863 · Lucky Lad Energy, LLC · inside 78542
  3. 3Cardenas, Josefa 55.3 mi SNot producing · API 42-215-00903 · Lucky Lad Energy, LLC · inside 78542
  4. 4Engleman, J. C., JR. 45.9 mi SProducing · API 42-215-00915 · Lucky Lad Energy, LLC · inside 78542
  5. 5Hargill Gas Unit "A" 16.8 mi EProducing · API 42-489-31253 · Dallas Petroleum Group, LLC
  6. 6Hargill Gas Unit 'A' 27.1 mi EProducing · API 42-489-31258 · Dallas Petroleum Group, LLC

Who runs them

Operators of the wells in 78542

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. 1Proline Energy Resources Inc9 wells3 on producing leases
  2. 2D90 Energy, LLC4 wellsnone on a producing lease
  3. 3Lucky Lad Energy, LLC4 wells2 on producing leases
  4. 4Deguello Operating LLC2 wellsnone on a producing lease
  5. 5Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC1 wellnone on a producing lease
  6. 6Valley Grand Energy LLC1 wellnone on a producing lease

Around it

Towns and ZIP codes around 78542

Towns

ZIP codes that touch 78542

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FAQ

Questions people ask

Are there oil or gas wells near 78542?

Yes. 21 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 78542, 5 of them on producing leases, and 81 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 September 3, 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 78542, 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 78542?

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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