Gruver · Hansford County, Texas
Oil and gas wells in and near ZIP code 79040
- 583wells inside the ZIP
- 903within 3 miles of it
- 1drilling location in two years
- 604square miles of land
The ZIP code and 3 miles around it
Wells and drilling locations in and around 79040
- Drilling locations1Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells578On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing253Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged72The state's wellbore record says plugged
The solid line is ZIP code 79040 as the US Census Bureau draws it; the dashed line is 3 miles out. The counts are for everything inside the dashed line: 583 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/79040">Oil and gas wells in ZIP code 79040, Texas</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>In numbers
Wells in 79040 and within 3 miles
| What | Inside 79040 | Within 3 miles |
|---|---|---|
| Producing wells | 421 | 578 |
| Not producing wells | 122 | 253 |
| Plugged wells | 40 | 72 |
| Drilling permits, last 24 months | 0 | 1 |
| All wells | 583 | 903 |
ZIP code 79040 covers 604 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 79040
| Issued | Lease and well | Where | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | IVENS 3vertical · API 42-421-30320 · permit 0916530Travelers Oil Company | 1.6 mi outside36.26478, -101.81749 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Travelers Oil Company |
| 2024-10-02 | COLDWATER RANCH UNIT C 1vertical · API 42-421-30328 · permit 0902832Scout Energy Management LLC | in 7904036.25720, -101.74425 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Scout Energy Management 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 79040
- 1Gruver Beck 11581.1 mi NENot producing · API 42-195-31840 · Bracken Operating, L.L.C. · inside 79040
- 2Gruver Shapley 11791.4 mi EProducing · API 42-195-31833 · Bracken Operating, L.L.C. · inside 79040
- 3Charles "A" 21.9 mi NEProducing · API 42-195-31341 · Mewbourne Oil Company · inside 79040
- 4T.m. Shapley 11781.9 mi EProducing · API 42-195-31805 · Bracken Operating, L.L.C. · inside 79040
- 5Star, Tony 11792.0 mi ENot producing · API 42-195-31507 · TC Oil and Gas, LLC · inside 79040
- 6Allar-Clawson 12072.3 mi EProducing · API 42-195-31633 · Bracken Operating, L.L.C. · inside 79040
Who runs them
Operators of the wells in 79040
- 1Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.304 wells262 on producing leases
- 2Bracken Operating, L.L.C.38 wells35 on producing leases
- 3Mewbourne Oil Company37 wells29 on producing leases
- 4Travelers Oil Company25 wells24 on producing leases
- 5Pantera Energy Company21 wells14 on producing leases
- 6Scout Energy Management LLC21 wellsnone on a producing lease
- 7Latigo Petroleum, LLC18 wells7 on producing leases
- 8J. W. Resources Inc.14 wells7 on producing leases
Around it
Towns and ZIP codes around 79040
FAQ
Questions people ask
Are there oil or gas wells near 79040?
Yes. 583 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 79040, 421 of them on producing leases, and 903 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 June 19, 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 79040, 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 79040?
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 Hansford 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 79040?
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