Oil & gas wells in Delaware County, IN
653 catalogued wells in Delaware County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Delaware County, Indiana has 653 catalogued oil & gas wells: 92 active (14%), 546 plugged & abandoned (84%) and 3 documented orphans. It ranks 29th of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.8% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
653
Active
92
Plugged
546
Documented orphans
3
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Delaware County?
14% of Delaware County's wells are active, 4 percentage points above the Indiana share of 11%. 84% are plugged & abandoned, against 84% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 3 wells (0.5%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Indiana and 4% nationally. The remaining 11 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Delaware 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 Delaware County compare with other Indiana counties?
Delaware County has the 29th-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 24th in Indiana.
Who operates wells in Delaware 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 Delaware County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronnenberg | IGS ID 135507 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hurley | IGS ID 135510 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| C. Anderson | IGS ID 135511 | Active | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 135512 | IGS ID 135512 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 135513 | IGS ID 135513 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Stautamoyer | IGS ID 135514 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 135515 | IGS ID 135515 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 135516 | IGS ID 135516 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Spray | IGS ID 135517 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 135518 | IGS ID 135518 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| W. O Huffman | IGS ID 135519 | Active | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 135520 | IGS ID 135520 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 135521 | IGS ID 135521 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kear | IGS ID 135522 | Active | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 135523 | IGS ID 135523 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Fleming | IGS ID 135525 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Fleming | IGS ID 135526 | Active | Other type | — |
| Jones | IGS ID 135530 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Jones | IGS ID 135531 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Drum | IGS ID 135533 | Active | Other type | — |
| Drum | IGS ID 135534 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 135536 | IGS ID 135536 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Metzker | IGS ID 135538 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rutherford | IGS ID 135539 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Swain | IGS ID 135542 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 653 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 Delaware County, IN?
Delaware County, Indiana has 653 catalogued oil & gas wells: 92 active, 546 plugged and 3 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Delaware County?
3 wells in Delaware County, Indiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 24th-highest count among Indiana counties.
What share of wells in Delaware County are plugged?
546 of Delaware County's 653 catalogued wells (84%) 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); Delaware County ranks 29th with 653.
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 Delaware County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/delaware (data as of October 10, 2026).