Oil & gas wells in Grant County, IN
5,560 catalogued wells in Grant County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Grant County, Indiana has 5,560 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active (0.0%), 5,553 plugged & abandoned (100%) and 3 documented orphans. It ranks 3rd of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 7% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
5,560
Active
1
Plugged
5,553
Documented orphans
3
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Grant County?
0.0% of Grant County's wells are active, 11 percentage points below the Indiana share of 11%. 100% are plugged & abandoned, against 84% statewide and 47% nationally. 3 wells (0.1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Indiana and 4% nationally. The remaining 3 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Grant 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 Grant County compare with other Indiana counties?
Grant County has the 3rd-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 23rd in Indiana.
Who operates wells in Grant 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 Grant County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well IGS ID 136076 | IGS ID 136076 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 136077 | IGS ID 136077 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 136078 | IGS ID 136078 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 136079 | IGS ID 136079 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Fleener and Seward | IGS ID 136080 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 136082 | IGS ID 136082 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 136083 | IGS ID 136083 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 136084 | IGS ID 136084 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 136085 | IGS ID 136085 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 136086 | IGS ID 136086 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Fleenor | IGS ID 136087 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Fleenor | IGS ID 136088 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Snook | IGS ID 136091 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bitner | IGS ID 136092 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Cotton and Plough | IGS ID 136093 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 136095 | IGS ID 136095 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 136096 | IGS ID 136096 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Jarvis | IGS ID 136097 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Jarvis | IGS ID 136099 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Akers | IGS ID 136101 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Akers, David, and Leisure | IGS ID 136103 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 136105 | IGS ID 136105 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 136106 | IGS ID 136106 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 136107 | IGS ID 136107 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 136108 | IGS ID 136108 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 5,560 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 Grant County, IN?
Grant County, Indiana has 5,560 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active, 5,553 plugged and 3 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Grant County?
3 wells in Grant County, Indiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 23rd-highest count among Indiana counties.
What share of wells in Grant County are plugged?
5,553 of Grant County's 5,560 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); Grant County ranks 3rd with 5,560.
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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 Grant County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/grant (data as of October 10, 2026).