Oil & gas wells in Bartholomew County, IN
27 catalogued wells in Bartholomew County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Bartholomew County, Indiana has 27 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 27 plugged & abandoned (100%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 82nd of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
27
Active
0
Plugged
27
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Bartholomew County?
0% of Bartholomew County's wells are active, 11 percentage points below the Indiana share of 11%. 100% are plugged & abandoned, against 84% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Bartholomew County; Indiana as a whole has 946.
What kinds of wells are in Bartholomew 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 Bartholomew County compare with other Indiana counties?
Bartholomew County has the 82nd-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.
Who operates wells in Bartholomew 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 Bartholomew County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meshberger Stone Co. | IGS ID 125276 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Fred Armuth | IGS ID 125277 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Frank Fishel | IGS ID 125280 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Spagh, J.A. | IGS ID 125281 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 125282 | IGS ID 125282 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Darlage | IGS ID 125429 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Speaker | IGS ID 125430 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kreinop | IGS ID 125431 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Jennie C. Rich | IGS ID 125449 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 125450 | IGS ID 125450 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Carmichael, S. | IGS ID 125451 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Lee Grandville W. H. | IGS ID 125452 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Lee | IGS ID 125453 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Piercefield | IGS ID 125454 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Lohr, Gottlieb | IGS ID 125455 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Meshberger Stone Co. | IGS ID 125456 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 125547 | IGS ID 125547 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Meek, Lewis F. | IGS ID 125554 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 125555 | IGS ID 125555 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Columbus Sanatorium | IGS ID 125556 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hoene | IGS ID 160762 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Peters | IGS ID 160763 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Amos Birdwell | IGS ID 160764 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Day | IGS ID 160765 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rogers | IGS ID 160766 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 27 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 Bartholomew County, IN?
Bartholomew County, Indiana has 27 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 27 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Bartholomew County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Bartholomew County, Indiana.
What share of wells in Bartholomew County are plugged?
27 of Bartholomew County's 27 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); Bartholomew County ranks 82nd with 27.
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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 Bartholomew County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/bartholomew (data as of October 10, 2026).