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Wheeler County, Texas

Oil and gas wells in and near ZIP code 79061

  • 49wells inside the ZIP
  • 914within 3 miles of it
  • 2drilling locations in two years
  • 167square miles of land

The ZIP code and 3 miles around it

Wells and drilling locations in and around 79061

Map of ZIP code 79061, Texas, outlined, with 49 oil and gas wells inside it and 914 within 3 miles of its edge as dots, and 2 drilling locations permitted in two years.
  • Drilling locations2Permits issued in the last two years
  • Producing wells492On a lease reporting production now
  • Not producing290Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
  • Plugged132The state's wellbore record says plugged

The solid line is ZIP code 79061 as the US Census Bureau draws it; the dashed line is 3 miles out. The counts are for everything inside the dashed line: 49 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. 49 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 79061, 26 of them on producing leases, and 914 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 February 23, 2026.

Wheeler County is one of the 26 counties of the Granite Wash

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In numbers

Wells in 79061 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 79061 and within 3 miles of it
WhatInside 79061Within 3 miles
Producing wells26492
Not producing wells14290
Plugged wells9132
Drilling permits, last 24 months12
All wells49914

ZIP code 79061 covers 167 square miles of land and 0.2 of water: about 0.3 wells to the square mile.

Drilling locations

The newest drilling permits in and near 79061

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 79061
IssuedLease and wellWhere
2026-02-23MOBEETIE OP UNIT R/A -A- 1vertical · API 42-483-80402 · permit 0913543Sandlot Oil & Gas LLCin 7906135.51568, -100.45719 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2025-05-02MATHERS 9014vertical · API 42-211-32308 · permit 0906116Mmgl Txph, LLC1.7 mi outside35.64384, -100.54007 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
2024-08-21HEFLEY 47 1047vertical · API 42-483-30553 · permit 0900823Mmgl Txph, LLC2.5 mi outside35.60998, -100.29602 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 79061

Measured from a point inside the ZIP (35.50473, -100.45682) to each well's surface location, at any distance.
  1. 1Mobeetie Operating Unit 110.7 mi NProducing · API 42-483-31128 · Sandlot Oil & Gas LLC · inside 79061
  2. 2Mobeetie Op Unit R/A -A- 10.8 mi NProducing · API 42-483-80402 · Sandlot Oil & Gas LLC · inside 79061
  3. 3Patterson 60.9 mi NEProducing · API 42-483-31496 · Sandlot Oil & Gas LLC · inside 79061
  4. 4Patterson 45080.9 mi NENot producing · API 42-483-31619 · Sandlot Oil & Gas LLC · inside 79061
  5. 5Patterson Unit 21.0 mi NEPlugged · API 42-483-00104 · Sandlot Oil & Gas LLC · inside 79061
  6. 6Fort Elliot "55" 11.1 mi NProducing · API 42-483-31614 · Sandlot Oil & Gas LLC · inside 79061

Who runs them

Operators of the wells in 79061

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. 1Makar Production Company11 wells9 on producing leases
  2. 2Sandlot Oil & Gas LLC10 wells7 on producing leases
  3. 3Residual Flow Operating, LLC6 wellsnone on a producing lease
  4. 4Eagle Oil & Gas Co.3 wellsnone on a producing lease
  5. 5Mmgl Txph, LLC3 wells2 on producing leases
  6. 6Mobeetie Resource Dev LLC2 wellsnone on a producing lease
  7. 7Rio Petroleum, Inc.2 wells1 on producing leases
  8. 8BC Operating, Inc.1 wellnone on a producing lease

Around it

Towns and ZIP codes around 79061

Towns

ZIP codes that touch 79061

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FAQ

Questions people ask

Are there oil or gas wells near 79061?

Yes. 49 oil and gas wells with a location on the state's map lie inside ZIP code 79061, 26 of them on producing leases, and 914 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 February 23, 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 79061, 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 79061?

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 Wheeler 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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