Oil & gas wells in Gibson County, IN
9,927 catalogued wells in Gibson County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Gibson County, Indiana has 9,927 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,489 active (15%), 7,589 plugged & abandoned (76%) and 43 documented orphans. It ranks 1st of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 13% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
9,927
Active
1,489
Plugged
7,589
Documented orphans
43
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Gibson County?
15% of Gibson County's wells are active, 4 percentage points above the Indiana share of 11%. 76% are plugged & abandoned, against 84% statewide and 47% nationally. 80 wells (0.8%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 43 wells (0.4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Indiana and 4% nationally. The remaining 726 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Gibson 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%. 97% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Gibson County compare with other Indiana counties?
Gibson County has the most catalogued wells of the 83 Indiana counties with at least 25. The median Indiana county on WellCensus has 194 wells. By documented orphans it ranks 9th in Indiana.
Who operates wells in Gibson 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 Gibson County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nannie M. Quiggins | IGS ID 1029 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Nannie E. Quiggins | IGS ID 114 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Minnie A. Crawford | IGS ID 11477 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Armstrong, Joe M. | IGS ID 127207 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| D. A. Asbury | IGS ID 127208 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Briner, P. | IGS ID 127209 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bryant Etal Unit | IGS ID 127210 | Active | Other type | — |
| Bryant-Ice | IGS ID 127211 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Paul A. Carnahan | IGS ID 127212 | Active | Other type | — |
| Colins & Horrall | IGS ID 127213 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mark Collins | IGS ID 127214 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Collins, Collins & Sissons | IGS ID 127215 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Cunningham, Rosetta & Samuel | IGS ID 127216 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Daniel Davidson | IGS ID 127217 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| John Davidson | IGS ID 127218 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Davidson, John | IGS ID 127219 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| John T. Davidson | IGS ID 127220 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Davidson, Walter | IGS ID 127221 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Davis Etal Unit | IGS ID 127222 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Davis Etal Unit | IGS ID 127223 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Thomas C. Day Co., Inc. | IGS ID 127224 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mary Decker | IGS ID 127225 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| William Decker | IGS ID 127226 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Albert & Mary Dixon | IGS ID 127227 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dunn-Potts | IGS ID 127228 | Active | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 9,927 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 Gibson County, IN?
Gibson County, Indiana has 9,927 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,489 active, 7,589 plugged and 43 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Gibson County?
43 wells in Gibson County, Indiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 9th-highest count among Indiana counties.
What share of wells in Gibson County are plugged?
7,589 of Gibson County's 9,927 catalogued wells (76%) 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, with 9,927.
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 Gibson County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/gibson (data as of October 10, 2026).