Oil & gas wells in Clark County, IN
115 catalogued wells in Clark County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Clark County, Indiana has 115 catalogued oil & gas wells: 19 active (17%), 90 plugged & abandoned (78%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 53rd of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
115
Active
19
Plugged
90
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Clark County?
17% of Clark County's wells are active, 6 percentage points above the Indiana share of 11%. 78% are plugged & abandoned, against 84% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Clark County; Indiana as a whole has 946. The remaining 6 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Clark 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 Clark County compare with other Indiana counties?
Clark County has the 53rd-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 Clark 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 Clark County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayfield | IGS ID 124300 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Staples | IGS ID 124301 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Staples | IGS ID 124302 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hogue | IGS ID 124303 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Roach | IGS ID 124304 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Ross | IGS ID 124305 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Lyman McClellan | IGS ID 124306 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Waters | IGS ID 124307 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Stewart | IGS ID 124308 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Haywood | IGS ID 124316 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Heywood | IGS ID 124317 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Martain | IGS ID 124318 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| McKinley | IGS ID 124320 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Louiville Cement Co. | IGS ID 124327 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Schubnell | IGS ID 124328 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 124329 | IGS ID 124329 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Burns | IGS ID 124330 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Couch #2 | IGS ID 124331 | Active | Other type | — |
| Couch #6 | IGS ID 124332 | Active | Other type | — |
| Couch #7 | IGS ID 124333 | Active | Other type | — |
| Couch #8 | IGS ID 124334 | Active | Other type | — |
| Couch #5 | IGS ID 124335 | Active | Other type | — |
| Couch #1 | IGS ID 124336 | Active | Other type | — |
| Friend #3 | IGS ID 124337 | Active | Other type | — |
| Garriott | IGS ID 124338 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 115 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 Clark County, IN?
Clark County, Indiana has 115 catalogued oil & gas wells: 19 active, 90 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Clark County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Clark County, Indiana.
What share of wells in Clark County are plugged?
90 of Clark County's 115 catalogued wells (78%) 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); Clark County ranks 53rd with 115.
Nearby in the Indiana rankings
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 Clark County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/clark (data as of October 10, 2026).