Matador · Motley County, Texas
Oil and gas wells in and near ZIP code 79244
- 1well inside the ZIP
- 25within 3 miles of it
- 2drilling locations in two years
- 224square miles of land
The ZIP code and 3 miles around it
Wells and drilling locations in and around 79244
- Drilling locations2Permits issued in the last two years
- Producing wells15On a lease reporting production now
- Not producing2Shut in, inactive or no lease on record
- Plugged8The state's wellbore record says plugged
The solid line is ZIP code 79244 as the US Census Bureau draws it; the dashed line is 3 miles out. The counts are for everything inside the dashed line: 1 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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<a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/zip/79244"><img src="https://royaltyclerk.com/maps/zip/79244.svg" alt="Map of ZIP code 79244, Texas, outlined, with 1 oil and gas well inside it and 25 within 3 miles of its edge as dots, and 2 drilling locations permitted in two years." width="1000" height="814" loading="lazy" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border:0"></a>
<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:14px">Map: <a href="https://royaltyclerk.com/texas/zip/79244">Oil and gas wells in ZIP code 79244, Texas</a> by Royalty Clerk, from Railroad Commission of Texas records</p>In numbers
Wells in 79244 and within 3 miles
| What | Inside 79244 | Within 3 miles |
|---|---|---|
| Producing wells | 1 | 15 |
| Not producing wells | 0 | 2 |
| Plugged wells | 0 | 8 |
| Drilling permits, last 24 months | 0 | 2 |
| All wells | 1 | 25 |
ZIP code 79244 covers 224 square miles of land and 0.1 of water: about 0.0 wells to the square mile.
Drilling locations
The newest drilling permits in and near 79244
| Issued | Lease and well | Where | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-22 | BLACK 4 3vertical · API 42-345-30366 · permit 0915757Yost Exploration and Production | 2.1 mi outside34.05133, -100.98562 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Yost Exploration and Production |
| 2026-05-22 | BLACK 4 2vertical · API 42-345-30365 · permit 0915755Yost Exploration and Production | 2.1 mi outside34.05150, -100.98560 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Yost Exploration and Production |
| 2024-09-20 | MOORE 1vertical · API 42-345-30362 · permit 0902788Gunn Oil Company | 0.5 mi outside33.95403, -100.80275 on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab) | Gunn Oil Company |
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 79244
- 1Payne, A. W. "B" 110 mi SProducing · API 42-345-00205 · Rogers, S. K. Oil, Inc.
- 2Payne, Avery 110 mi SProducing · API 42-345-00210 · Rogers, S. K. Oil, Inc.
- 3Payne, Avery 210 mi SPlugged · API 42-345-00211 · Rogers, S. K. Oil, Inc.
- 4Payne, A. W. "A" 110 mi SPlugged · API 42-345-00209 · Rogers, S. K. Oil, Inc.
- 5Payne, A. W. "A" 210 mi SNot producing · API 42-345-30256 · Rogers, S. K. Oil, Inc.
- 6Stephens, R. G. 110 mi WProducing · API 42-345-30310 · Tyner Texas Operating Company · inside 79244
Who runs them
Operators of the wells in 79244
- 1Tyner Texas Operating Company1 well1 on producing leases
Around it
Towns and ZIP codes around 79244
FAQ
Questions people ask
Are there oil or gas wells near 79244?
Yes. 1 oil and gas well with a location on the state's map lies inside ZIP code 79244, 1 of them on producing leases, and 25 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 May 22, 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 79244, 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 79244?
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 Motley 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 79244?
See whether a county roll lists your name, and get an email when a permit or a new well is filed near you.
Sources
This page is left out of search engines until 10 or more wells lie inside the ZIP.
- 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