Oil & gas wells in Adams County, IN
1,671 catalogued wells in Adams County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Adams County, Indiana has 1,671 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 1,668 plugged & abandoned (100%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 12th of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,671
Active
0
Plugged
1,668
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Adams County?
0% of Adams County's wells are active, 11 percentage points below the Indiana share of 11%. 100% are plugged & abandoned, against 84% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Indiana and 4% nationally. The remaining 2 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Adams County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 0% and the gas share 0%. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Adams County compare with other Indiana counties?
Adams County has the 12th-most catalogued wells of the 83 Indiana counties with at least 25. The median Indiana county on WellCensus has 194 wells. The largest, Gibson County, has 9,927. By documented orphans it ranks 32nd in Indiana.
Who operates wells in Adams County?
Indiana records come from the Indiana DNR Division of Oil & Gas registry, merged with the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory. Indiana doesn't use API numbers — wells are identified by their IGS ID.
Wells in Adams County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wanner | IGS ID 153041 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| K. O. Reiff | IGS ID 153042 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 153043 | IGS ID 153043 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| W.H. Taylor | IGS ID 153044 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| J.A. Pusey | IGS ID 153045 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| A. Zeigler | IGS ID 153046 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Frank & Eva Moser | IGS ID 153047 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Ken & Lorene Wanner | IGS ID 153048 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| D. Portius | IGS ID 153049 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 153050 | IGS ID 153050 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| C. Hirshie | IGS ID 153051 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| C. Hirshie | IGS ID 153052 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hirschie | IGS ID 153053 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| C. Hirshie | IGS ID 153054 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| C. Hirshie | IGS ID 153055 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| C. Hirshie | IGS ID 153056 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| C. Hirshie | IGS ID 153057 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| C. Hirshie | IGS ID 153058 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| C. Hirshie | IGS ID 153059 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| C. Hirshie | IGS ID 153060 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| C. Hirshie | IGS ID 153061 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| C. Hirshie | IGS ID 153062 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| C. Hirshie | IGS ID 153063 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| C. Hirshie | IGS ID 153064 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| C. Hirshie | IGS ID 153065 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,671 in search → (filter by operator, status and type, then export), or find a specific well on the live map.
Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Adams County, IN?
Adams County, Indiana has 1,671 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 1,668 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Adams County?
1 wells in Adams County, Indiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 32nd-highest count among Indiana counties.
What share of wells in Adams County are plugged?
1,668 of Adams County's 1,671 catalogued wells (100%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 84% across Indiana.
Which Indiana county has the most oil and gas wells?
Gibson County has the most catalogued wells of any Indiana county on WellCensus (9,927); Adams County ranks 12th with 1,671.
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About this data
Source: Indiana DNR Division of Oil & Gas well registry, plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026, doi 10.5066/P13FHBYG), as published October 10, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Oil & gas wells in Adams County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/adams (data as of October 10, 2026).