Details for Crater Hill
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5339007871
Data
| Marker Number | 7871 |
| Atlas Number | 5339007871 |
| Marker Title | Crater Hill |
| Index Entry | Crater Hill |
| Address | FM 1785 |
| City | Conroe |
| County | Montgomery |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 273698 |
| UTM Northing | 3353906 |
| Subject Codes | oil/petroleum topics |
| Marker Year | 1995 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | FM 1485, W side of Crystal Creek, 0.3 mi. W of Waukegan Rd. Original 1967 inscription revised in 1995. Marker reported missing Jan. 2006. Map dot approximate. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | Missing |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Oil wells known as Madeley No. 1 and No. 2, drilled in 1933 by Standard Oil Company of Kansas, came in on fire and threatened the entire Conroe oil field. The flames reached as high as 150 feet as firefighters struggled for three months to control the inferno with water, mud, and explosives. Finally Humble Oil Company, using a method never before tested on the Texas Gulf Coast, drilled a directional well, pumped mud into the crater caused by the blowouts, and extinguished the fires. Crater Lake, created by the explosions, remains on the site. (1967, 1995) |