Texas Pack: RRC and GLO Data Layers on the Texas Abstract Grid

Texas never adopted PLSS. Land is described by abstract, block, section and survey (the Texas Survey System, or TXSS), and the records that matter for a Texas tract sit with two state agencies: the Railroad Commission (RRC) for wells, permits, pipelines and production, and the General Land Office (GLO) for state leases and state lands. The Texas pack puts both on the same abstract grid you use to look up the tract.

Free Texas grid vs the Texas pack

Every plan can already resolve Texas descriptions. The pack adds the data on top.

If all you need is to turn A-1301 Reeves County into coordinates, you do not need the pack. See converting a Texas abstract to coordinates.

The pack is an add-on for Pro or Business. It does not require the Energy pack. The Energy pack covers wells in Colorado, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Wyoming and New Mexico; Texas wells are in this pack.

The 22 map overlays

Open Layers on the map and expand the Texas group. In display order:

Survey grid and state ownership

• Texas Land Surveys (abstract polygons)
• TX Permanent School Fund Lands
• TX State-Agency Lands (TPWD, TxDOT and university inventory)
• TX GLO Land Types (School Land, Relinquishment Act, Patented Minerals, PUF, Free Royalty, Asylum Lands)

GLO leases and pooling

• Texas GLO Leases (oil and gas on state land)
• TX Hard-Mineral Leases (sulphur, salt, coal, lignite)
• TX GLO Pooled Units
• TX GLO Voluntary Pooling
• TX Upland Surface-Use Leases (grazing, hunting, timber, recreation)

Coast

• Texas Bay Tracts
• TX Coastal Leases
• TX Oyster Mariculture Leases (TPWD)
• TX Non-Mineral Submerged Leases
• TX Critical Coastal Erosion
• TX Shoreline Change Rates
• TX Coastal Flood Hazard (FEMA NFHL)

RRC operations

• Texas UIC (Disposal) Wells
• Texas RRC Wells (surface)
• Texas RRC Wells (bottom-hole)
• Texas RRC Drilling Permits (approved W-1)
• Pipelines (TX RRC), which also opens with the Energy pack
• RRC Production (BOE), a production heatmap

Click any feature for its record: a lease number, lessee and royalty; a well's API number, operator and field; a pipeline's commodity and operator. The wells, permits and production layers are covered in the Texas wells, production and permits guide. The GLO, PSF and coastal layers are covered in the Texas state lands guide.

Texas dataset search

Open the gear icon beside the search box and turn on sources in the Texas group. These sources do not autocomplete. Type the value and press Enter. You can search by:

• Abstract number, survey, block or county FIPS code (abstract polygons)
• Lease number, lessee or county (GLO leases), and the other GLO lease classes by their own numbers
• API number, lease name, operator or well number (RRC wells)
• Permit number, API number, operator or well name (approved drilling permits)
• Pipeline ID, operator or T-4 permit (pipelines)
• Operator name or number (RRC P-5 operators), field name or code (RRC fields)

The Texas Land Report

Look up an abstract, open the parcel report and choose the Texas tab. It appears only for Texas abstracts. The tab shows:

• An abstract banner: abstract number, county FIPS code, acreage, survey and block
• GLO state oil and gas leases and GLO pooled units on the abstract
• PSF lands, state-agency surface and upland surface leases
• RRC active wells, each one clickable to show it on the map
• RRC production history for the leases with wells on the abstract
• RRC T-4 pipelines crossing the abstract
• Coastal erosion, shown only for coastal abstracts
• A federal overlay summary: dominant FEMA flood zone and dominant soil

The Land Report workbench at /app/report lists every layer for the abstract record by record, including wetlands, critical habitat, wildfire, orphaned wells and an elevation summary.

Worked example

You are checking Abstract 1301 Reeves County in the Delaware Basin.

1. Paste it into search. Every plan gets the coordinates and the match: Public School Land (PSL) survey, Block C3, Section 24.
2. With the pack, open the report and the Texas tab. Read the banner, then the GLO leases card. Any state lease on the abstract is listed with its lease number, lessee, status and royalty.
3. In the RRC active wells card, click a well to center it on the map, then open the production card for lease-level volumes.
4. Turn on TX GLO Land Types to see how the state classifies the land around the abstract.

If an abstract number matches more than one block in a county, the report asks you to add the block, for example Abstract 1301 Block C3 Reeves County.

What the pack does not include

• Pending drilling permits on the map. The RRC pending W-1 file has no coordinates, so the layer list shows that row as unavailable. Use the RRC's own query for pending applications. Approved permits are on the map.
• GLO easements. The GLO source does not allow queries, so easements are not in the pack.
• Patent acreage. Abstract acreage comes from the RRC survey layer, not the land grant file.

The pack reports official RRC, GLO and TPWD records. It is not a title opinion, a survey or a Phase I ESA, and RRC production is reported by lease, not by tract. Plan and pack prices are on the pricing page. The Texas hub has county, operator, field, lease and permit directories built from the same data.

FAQ

Do I need the Texas pack to convert Texas abstracts?

No. Abstract, block and section, and survey-name lookups work on every plan. The pack adds the RRC and GLO data layers and the report.

Does the Texas pack include the Energy pack's wells?

No. The Energy pack covers five other producing states. The two packs share one layer: RRC pipelines open with either.

Can I see RRC wells without running a report?

Yes. Turn on Texas RRC Wells (surface) on the map, or search the RRC wells source by API number. Map browsing and dataset search do not count against your monthly parcel reports.

Why is the coastal card missing from my report?

It only appears when the abstract falls in a GLO coastal erosion area. Inland abstracts skip it.