Texas · roll year 2025, inferred from filing history

Mineral owners in Gonzales County, Texas

Gonzales County holds the 13th most valuable mineral roll of the 53 Texas counties we cover — $1.45B in appraised mineral value across 72,419 interests held by 9,403 owners.

9,403mineral owners
72,419appraised interests
$1.45Bappraised value
90%royalty interests

Top operators, by owners paid

EOG Resources 5,613 ownersBaytex Energy 3,129 ownersMarathon Oil EF 449 ownersAuterra Operating 441 ownersBurlington Resources 313 ownersTidal Petroleum 247 ownersWarwick Artemis 212 ownersGulftex Energy 173 owners

Operators appearing on the most owners’ appraisal-roll interests in this county.

Largest mineral owners in Gonzales County

#Owner (as recorded)InterestsAppraised value
1BARNHART RANCH MINERALS LP53$82,989,920
2BAR INVERTED TI LTD47$20,001,220
3SIKES ASHLEY HEWIT IRRVCBL TR35$12,547,150
4HUISACHE PATCH INTEREST LP43$12,124,890
5SITIO EAGLE FORD LLC212$11,885,830
6DOR LOU PROPERTIES LLC MINERAL50$11,473,950
7RED CREST TRUST61$11,301,640
8BORCHERS HENRY & ANNIE TRUST45$11,105,450
9SANCHEZ OIL & GAS EMPLOYEE25$10,663,140
10KELLY MINERAL LTD27$10,350,770
11ELDER FAMILY PARTNERSHIP LTD2$10,317,380
12DICKSON-ALLEN FOUNDATION38$10,257,630
13GCT INTERESTS LP28$8,241,690
14ROCK CREEK RANCH I LTD12$7,928,790
15TINSLEY/LAWLEY PARTNERSHIP LTD11$6,877,770
16LESSOR HOLDINGS LIMITED28$6,683,730
17ROCKY MOUND ENTERPRISES LTD21$6,681,240
18TURNING CROSS LTD2$6,640,590
19GONZALES CO HEALTH FNDTN INC23$5,899,750
20SMITH ERNEST E III31$5,821,400
21WEBB CHRISTIE LYNN ORTMAN TR37$5,671,070
22VENABLE ROYALTY LTD223$5,370,300
23SPRADLIN FAMILY PROPERTIES LTD6$5,234,030
24TINSLEY-LAWLEY PARTNERSHIP LTD22$5,028,640
25MAPFCB13-NET120$5,024,130
26MERRITT MARK ALLEN TRUST10$4,894,310
27MERRITT 1992 TRUST10$4,894,310
28SPECKMAN FAMILY LTD10$4,894,310
29STEEN FAMILY LTD19$4,735,150
30CME RANCH LTD9$4,712,300

Ranked by total appraised value on the county roll. Appraised values are CAD tax assessments — not market value and not a forward valuation.

583 new owners vs the prior 2024 roll · 707 owners no longer on the roll. Named new/dropped lists are available on request — the free county watch below reports the counts each reload.

Linked wells

1,025 appraisal-roll leases in Gonzales County matched to RRC well records · 99% with a mapped surface location · median lateral 6,332 ft across 949 leases with horizontal wellbores · 154 with a completion filed since 2021 (our “recent completion” window).

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