Oil & gas wells in Elkhart County, IN
65 catalogued wells in Elkhart County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Elkhart County, Indiana has 65 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 65 plugged & abandoned (100%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 66th of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
65
Active
0
Plugged
65
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Elkhart County?
0% of Elkhart 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 Elkhart County; Indiana as a whole has 946.
What kinds of wells are in Elkhart 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 Elkhart County compare with other Indiana counties?
Elkhart County has the 66th-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 Elkhart 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 Elkhart County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Pippenger | IGS ID 135891 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Frederick | IGS ID 135892 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Vern Stahly | IGS ID 135893 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Brenneman | IGS ID 135894 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hoskin | IGS ID 135895 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Weybright | IGS ID 135896 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Orville Lutes | IGS ID 135897 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Virgil & Hazel Feaster | IGS ID 135898 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Carl D Redman | IGS ID 135899 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bernice Mauzy | IGS ID 135900 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Showalter | IGS ID 135901 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Ott | IGS ID 135902 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Leatherman | IGS ID 135903 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hire | IGS ID 135904 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Martin | IGS ID 135905 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Sam Ramer | IGS ID 135906 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Eldridge | IGS ID 135907 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| City of Goshen | IGS ID 135908 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Fidler Sand & Gravel Co. | IGS ID 135909 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| City of Goshen | IGS ID 135910 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Yoder | IGS ID 135911 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bailey | IGS ID 135912 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Anna Neu | IGS ID 135913 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| City of Elkhart | IGS ID 135914 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| George Lambert | IGS ID 135915 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 65 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 Elkhart County, IN?
Elkhart County, Indiana has 65 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 65 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Elkhart County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Elkhart County, Indiana.
What share of wells in Elkhart County are plugged?
65 of Elkhart County's 65 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); Elkhart County ranks 66th with 65.
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 Elkhart County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/elkhart (data as of October 10, 2026).