Oil & gas wells in Clay County, IN
732 catalogued wells in Clay County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Clay County, Indiana has 732 catalogued oil & gas wells: 58 active (8%), 567 plugged & abandoned (77%) and 42 documented orphans. It ranks 25th of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.9% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
732
Active
58
Plugged
567
Documented orphans
42
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Clay County?
8% of Clay County's wells are active, 3 percentage points below the Indiana share of 11%. 77% are plugged & abandoned, against 84% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 42 wells (6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Indiana and 4% nationally. The remaining 63 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Clay 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 Clay County compare with other Indiana counties?
Clay County has the 25th-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 10th in Indiana.
Who operates wells in Clay 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 Clay County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yegerlehner | IGS ID 117377 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rhodes - Yegerlehner | IGS ID 117378 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Yegerlehner | IGS ID 117379 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| M. Rhodes & E. Yegerlehner | IGS ID 117380 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rhodes-Yegerlehner | IGS ID 117381 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rhodes & Yegerlehner | IGS ID 117382 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Yegerlehner Farms Inc. | IGS ID 117383 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Krauchi | IGS ID 117384 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Clay City Northeast | IGS ID 117386 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Clay City Northeast | IGS ID 117387 | Active | Other type | — |
| Harrison Harden | IGS ID 117388 | Active | Other type | — |
| Clay City North East Unit | IGS ID 117389 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Clay City North East Unit | IGS ID 117390 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Clay City North East Unit | IGS ID 117391 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Clay City North East | IGS ID 117392 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Clay City North East Unit | IGS ID 117393 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dennis Megenhardt | IGS ID 117394 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| John & Alta Edwards | IGS ID 117396 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Clay City North East Unit | IGS ID 117397 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Clay City North East Unit | IGS ID 117398 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Clay City North East Unit | IGS ID 117399 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Zurcher | IGS ID 117400 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Everwine | IGS ID 117401 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Luther | IGS ID 117402 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Walker | IGS ID 117403 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 732 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 Clay County, IN?
Clay County, Indiana has 732 catalogued oil & gas wells: 58 active, 567 plugged and 42 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Clay County?
42 wells in Clay County, Indiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 10th-highest count among Indiana counties.
What share of wells in Clay County are plugged?
567 of Clay County's 732 catalogued wells (77%) 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); Clay County ranks 25th with 732.
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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 Clay County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/clay (data as of October 10, 2026).