Oil & gas wells in Harrison County, IN
793 catalogued wells in Harrison County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Harrison County, Indiana has 793 catalogued oil & gas wells: 201 active (25%), 509 plugged & abandoned (64%) and 4 documented orphans. It ranks 23rd of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
793
Active
201
Plugged
509
Documented orphans
4
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Harrison County?
25% of Harrison County's wells are active, 15 percentage points above the Indiana share of 11%. 64% are plugged & abandoned, against 84% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 4 wells (0.5%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Indiana and 4% nationally. The remaining 77 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Harrison 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 Harrison County compare with other Indiana counties?
Harrison County has the 23rd-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 22nd in Indiana.
Who operates wells in Harrison 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 Harrison County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaton | IGS ID 124310 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Jackson | IGS ID 124314 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Clarence & Hazel Petrey | IGS ID 124315 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Milltown Quarry | IGS ID 124374 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Stierstedter | IGS ID 124375 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Davis | IGS ID 124424 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Burkhart | IGS ID 124425 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Leonhardt | IGS ID 124426 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Miller Estate | IGS ID 124427 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Snider | IGS ID 124428 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wenning | IGS ID 124429 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hayes | IGS ID 124465 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| McClaren | IGS ID 124466 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| McGrain | IGS ID 124467 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Meech | IGS ID 124468 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rothrock | IGS ID 124469 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Slemmons | IGS ID 124471 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Slemmons | IGS ID 124472 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hy-Rock Products | IGS ID 124473 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Anderson | IGS ID 124474 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Brown | IGS ID 124475 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Brown | IGS ID 124476 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Brown | IGS ID 124477 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Brown | IGS ID 124478 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Conrad | IGS ID 124479 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 793 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 Harrison County, IN?
Harrison County, Indiana has 793 catalogued oil & gas wells: 201 active, 509 plugged and 4 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Harrison County?
4 wells in Harrison County, Indiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 22nd-highest count among Indiana counties.
What share of wells in Harrison County are plugged?
509 of Harrison County's 793 catalogued wells (64%) 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); Harrison County ranks 23rd with 793.
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 Harrison County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/harrison (data as of October 10, 2026).