---
title: "County-level drilling activity rankings (top 25)"
method: GET
path: "/state/{state}/counties"
tags: ["state"]
---

# County-level drilling activity rankings (top 25)

`GET /state/{state}/counties`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://www.buckheadenergy.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://www.buckheadenergy.com/api/v1/state/{state}/counties`
- Auth: none declared

## Path parameters

- `state` 'TX' | 'OK' | 'NM' | 'ND' | 'CO' | 'WY' | 'CA' | 'KS' | 'MS' | 'UT' | 'IL' | 'MT' | 'AL' | 'AR' | 'IN' | 'KY' | 'LA' | 'MI' | 'NE' | 'OH' | 'PA' | 'SD' | 'TN' | 'WV', required

## Query parameters

- `limit` integer

## Response `200`

County rankings

- CountyListEnvelope
  - `data` object[]
    - `recentPermitCount` integer, nullable: Absent while the state's drilling counts are held.
    - `recentSpudCount` integer, nullable: Absent while the state's drilling counts are held.
    - `drillingHeld` object, nullable: Held marker (held, reason, note, since, regulator) on each row of a held state.
      - `held` Held (unresolved $ref)
      - `reason` Reason (unresolved $ref)
      - `note` Note (unresolved $ref)
      - `since` string
      - `regulator` object
  - `meta` Meta
    - `apiVersion` string
    - `dataAsOf` string, date, nullable: Date the underlying metrics were last refreshed
    - `source` string: Attribution

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