Oil & gas wells in Hancock County, IN
775 catalogued wells in Hancock County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Hancock County, Indiana has 775 catalogued oil & gas wells: 29 active (4%), 705 plugged & abandoned (91%) and 40 documented orphans. It ranks 24th of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1.0% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
775
Active
29
Plugged
705
Documented orphans
40
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Hancock County?
4% of Hancock County's wells are active, 7 percentage points below the Indiana share of 11%. 91% are plugged & abandoned, against 84% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 40 wells (5%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Indiana and 4% nationally.
What kinds of wells are in Hancock 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 Hancock County compare with other Indiana counties?
Hancock County has the 24th-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 11th in Indiana.
Who operates wells in Hancock 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 Hancock County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monjar | IGS ID 139298 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| John H. & Marvin G. Ortel | IGS ID 139299 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Herrlick | IGS ID 139300 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Rule | IGS ID 139301 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Scott | IGS ID 139302 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Ogg | IGS ID 139303 | Active | Other type | — |
| Coffman | IGS ID 139304 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Boots | IGS ID 139305 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mitchell Printing Co. | IGS ID 139306 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hutchison | IGS ID 139307 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Souder | IGS ID 139308 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Thayer | IGS ID 139309 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Weber | IGS ID 139310 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Elsbury | IGS ID 139311 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kauble | IGS ID 139312 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| McIntyre | IGS ID 139313 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| McIntyre | IGS ID 139314 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| McIntyre | IGS ID 139315 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Moorehead | IGS ID 139316 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Morehead | IGS ID 139317 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Morehead | IGS ID 139318 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Steele | IGS ID 139319 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Coffield | IGS ID 139320 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Coffield | IGS ID 139321 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Coffield | IGS ID 139322 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 775 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 Hancock County, IN?
Hancock County, Indiana has 775 catalogued oil & gas wells: 29 active, 705 plugged and 40 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Hancock County?
40 wells in Hancock County, Indiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 11th-highest count among Indiana counties.
What share of wells in Hancock County are plugged?
705 of Hancock County's 775 catalogued wells (91%) 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); Hancock County ranks 24th with 775.
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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 Hancock County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/hancock (data as of October 10, 2026).