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Texas county · RRC district 06

Cherokee County

Cherokee County reported 13 million mcf of gas and 263,334 barrels of oil in the 12 months through Jul 2026. That ranks 69th of 197 Texas counties by gas.

County dossier · #69 of 197 for gas

13,290,919mcf gas, last 12 months−22% vs prior year
Producing leases
434of 657 on record
Operators
32
Fields
52
Top operator
Sabine Energy Inc.

Own minerals in Cherokee County?

Upload a royalty check stub or a phone photo. We compare each month with the Jul 2026 state numbers for the leases below.

Where it sits

This county

Cherokee CountyCherokeeAndersonNacogdochesSmithRuskHendersonCherokee County
Cherokee County · RRC district 06
Oil, last 12 months
263,334 bbl
Share of Texas gas
<0.1%
Leases on record
657
Data through
Jul 2026

Production

Five years of output in Cherokee County

Monthly totals for every lease the Railroad Commission places in this county. Oil is in barrels (bbl), gas in thousand cubic feet (mcf).

Gas output in Cherokee County fell 22% over the last 12 months

13M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 17M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2022, 2.1M mcf.

Gas output in Cherokee County fell 22% over the last 12 months13M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 17M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2022, 2.1M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2M2.5MPeak 2.1M (Mar 22)948k20222023202420252026
Gas output in Cherokee County fell 22% over the last 12 months13M mcf in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 17M mcf in the 12 months before. Peak month: Mar 2022, 2.1M mcf.Gas, mcf per month0500k1M1.5M2M2.5MPeak 2.1M (Mar 22)948k'22'23'24'25'26

Oil output in Cherokee County fell 20% over the last 12 months

263k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 328k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2024, 50k bbl.

Oil output in Cherokee County fell 20% over the last 12 months263k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 328k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2024, 50k bbl.Oil, bbl per month020k40k60kPeak 50k (Dec 24)22.8k20222023202420252026
Oil output in Cherokee County fell 20% over the last 12 months263k bbl in the 12 months through Jul 2026, against 328k bbl in the 12 months before. Peak month: Dec 2024, 50k bbl.Oil, bbl per month020k40k60kPeak 50k (Dec 24)22.8k'22'23'24'25'26

SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query, county totals of every lease. Reported through Jul 2026, file dated Sep 18, 2026. The newest month is often revised as operators file late.

Leases

The biggest leases in Cherokee County

Ranked by what they produced in the last 12 months. Sort, filter by operator or field, and open any lease for its month-by-month ledger.

Showing 25 of 150 (the 150 largest of 434 producing leases).

SourceTexas Railroad Commission, Production Data Query. Ranked by an approximate value of last-12-month output, so oil and gas wells sort together.

In Cherokee County

Who runs the leases, and what they produce

Your royalty check comes from the operator. These are the ones with the most output here.

Recent drilling permits in Cherokee County

For owners

Minerals in Cherokee County, in plain terms

Rank by oil
128 of 224
Share of Texas oil
0.0%
Producing leases
434
Operators
32

If you inherited mineral rights in Cherokee County, the money comes from an operator: the company that drills and runs the wells. Here, the largest is Sabine Energy Inc., among 32 operators with producing leases.

Each lease has a name, a Railroad Commission district and a lease number. Your check stub prints them, or a version of them. Search the name on your stub, open the lease, and compare the “oil sold” and “gas sold” volumes for the month with the barrels and mcf on your stub.

We hold 657 leases in Cherokee County, of which 434 reported production recently. The state publishes county totals two to three months late, so Jul 2026 is the newest month.