Oil & gas wells in Decatur County, IN
945 catalogued wells in Decatur County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Decatur County, Indiana has 945 catalogued oil & gas wells: 466 active (49%), 418 plugged & abandoned (44%) and 52 documented orphans. It ranks 20th of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
945
Active
466
Plugged
418
Documented orphans
52
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Decatur County?
49% of Decatur County's wells are active, 39 percentage points above the Indiana share of 11%. 44% are plugged & abandoned, against 84% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 52 wells (6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Indiana and 4% nationally. The remaining 8 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Decatur 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%. 99% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Decatur County compare with other Indiana counties?
Decatur County has the 20th-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 6th in Indiana.
Who operates wells in Decatur 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 Decatur County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cann | IGS ID 134631 | Active | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 134632 | IGS ID 134632 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Spears | IGS ID 134633 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Spears | IGS ID 134634 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Deniston | IGS ID 134635 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Hern | IGS ID 134636 | Active | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 134637 | IGS ID 134637 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 134638 | IGS ID 134638 | Active | Other type | — |
| Rogers | IGS ID 134639 | Active | Other type | — |
| Gaston | IGS ID 134640 | Active | Other type | — |
| Clara & Clyde and Cara Pearcy | IGS ID 134641 | Active | Other type | — |
| Baldwin | IGS ID 134642 | Active | Other type | — |
| Leslie Blauvelt | IGS ID 134643 | Active | Other type | — |
| Blauvelt | IGS ID 134644 | Active | Other type | — |
| Alvin & Susie Hull | IGS ID 134646 | Active | Other type | — |
| J Oldham | IGS ID 134647 | Active | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 134648 | IGS ID 134648 | Active | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 134649 | IGS ID 134649 | Active | Other type | — |
| Giddings | IGS ID 134650 | Active | Other type | — |
| Layton | IGS ID 134651 | Active | Other type | — |
| Ponsler | IGS ID 134652 | Active | Other type | — |
| Sanders-Pyles | IGS ID 134653 | Active | Other type | — |
| Hause-Taylor | IGS ID 134654 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Frodge | IGS ID 134655 | Active | Other type | — |
| Robert Porter | IGS ID 134656 | Active | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 945 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 Decatur County, IN?
Decatur County, Indiana has 945 catalogued oil & gas wells: 466 active, 418 plugged and 52 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Decatur County?
52 wells in Decatur County, Indiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 6th-highest count among Indiana counties.
What share of wells in Decatur County are plugged?
418 of Decatur County's 945 catalogued wells (44%) 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); Decatur County ranks 20th with 945.
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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 Decatur County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/decatur (data as of October 10, 2026).