Follow the links to pages focused on individual states. Organized by the number of fracking disclosures in FracFocus.
Texas
Summary: Texas is the most fracked state in the nation and represents about half of all FracFocus data. There were more than 6,500 wells fracked in 2023 alone. While the number of individual fracking jobs…
Colorado
Summary: Colorado is among the most-fracked states in the US. Weld County, CO has more fracking disclosures in FracFocus than any other county in the nation. While the number of individual fracking jobs has decreased…
Oklahoma
Summary: Oklahoma is in the top fracked states in the nation with over 700 FracFocus disclosures in 2023 alone. While the number of individual fracking jobs has decreased since 2011, the size of individual fracking…
North Dakota
Summary: North Dakota is among the most fracked states in the nation with over 1,000 fracking jobs in 2023 alone. While the number of individual fracking jobs has decreased since 2011, the size of individual…
New Mexico
Summary: New Mexico is among the most fracked states in the nation. We find more than 1,500 FracFocus disclosures in 2023 alone, mostly in the Southeast corner of the state. Both the number and size…
Pennsylvania
Summary: Pennsylvania is among the most fracked states in the nation. Of the almost 500 wells in FracFocus reported for 2023, the typical water use was over 18,000,000 gallons. While the number of individual fracking…
Wyoming
Summary: Wyoming has been heavily fracked since at least the beginning of the FracFocus data. While the number of individual fracking jobs has decreased since 2011, the size of individual fracking jobs has increased dramatically;…
Utah
Summary: While the number of individual fracking jobs in Utah was highest between 2011 and 2016, the size of individual fracking jobs has continued to increase. In 2023, a typical job in Utah used over…
Louisiana
Summary: Operators in Louisiana report more than 300 FracFocus disclosures a year. Louisiana fracking jobs often use 30,000,000 gallons of water or more, and water use continues to increase. On this page we provide summaries…
California
Summary: California fracking jobs peaked around 2015 and no disclosures report after 2020. Further, California fracking jobs are distinct from other major FracFocus states: operators used much smaller water volumes and made no trade secret…
Ohio
Summary: While the number of individual fracking jobs in Ohio was highest around 2015, the size of individual fracking jobs has continued to increase. In 2023, a typical job in Ohio used 22,800,000 gallons of…
West Virginia
Summary: In 2023, a typical job in West Virginia used 23,800,000 gallons of water. Recently, operators report about 200 FracFocus disclosures per year. These large fracking jobs are concentrated in the north of the state.…
Arkansas
Summary: The last active year in FracFocus data for Arkansas was 2015. No data has been published since 2019. But fracking data is substantial between 2011 and 2016 and is dominated by two operating companies.…
Montana
Summary: Compared to other states in FracFocus, Montana had moderate fracking activity until about 2015 and then tapered down. Since 2021, activity has increased, often with much larger fracking jobs than earlier years. On this…
Kansas
Summary: Kansas fracking activity in FracFocus data peaked in 2015, although some disclosures continue to be added. That activity was focused in the South and West of the state. On this page we provide summaries…
Virginia
Summary: FracFocus records a total of about 600 disclosures for Virginia. Water use per well is relatively small (~50,000 gallons) and remarkable stable. All record fracking jobs are in the southwest corner. On this page…
Alaska
Summary: FracFocus data have over 250 Alaska disclosures of relatively moderate size. Most are in Harrison Bay (including offshore) and Beechey Point. On this page we provide summaries of data, links to resources and a…
Alabama
Summary: FracFocus data have over 160 Alabama disclosures of relatively small size. Most are in Tuscaloosa, Pickens and Jefferson counties. On this page we provide summaries of data, links to resources and a collection of…
Mississippi
Summary: Mississippi fracking activity in FracFocus data peaked in 2014-2015, although some disclosures continue to be added. There are about 160 Mississippi disclosures in FracFocus. On this page we provide summaries of data, links to…
Kentucky
Summary: Kentucky has about 50 disclosures in FracFocus, from 2016 to the present. Most fracking jobs are in Lawrence County and are mostly moderate in size. On this page we provide summaries of data, links…
Michigan
Summary: Michigan has about 28 disclosures in FracFocus, from 2012 to the 2018 in 10 counties. Earlier fracking jobs were larger than later ones. Because many disclosures are in the Version 1.0 of FracFocus, chemical…
Nevada
Summary: Nevada has only a few disclosures in FracFocus, all from 2014. They were in Elko, Eureka and Nye counties and were relatively small fracking jobs. If more of fracking jobs for Nevada are added…
Illinois
Summary: Illinois has only a few disclosures in FracFocus, all from 2013-15. They were in Edwards, Wayne and White counties and were relatively small fracking jobs. If more of fracking jobs for Illinois are added…
Indiana
Summary: Indiana has only a few disclosures in FracFocus, all from 2015. They were in Posey county and were relatively small fracking jobs. This page is not representative of fracking in Indiana. See the Indiana…
Idaho
Summary: Idaho has only a few disclosures in FracFocus, all from 2018. They were in Payette county. The data are questionable. If more of fracking jobs for Idaho are added to FracFocus, this page will…
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