Oil & gas wells in Henry County, IN
681 catalogued wells in Henry County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Henry County, Indiana has 681 catalogued oil & gas wells: 41 active (6%), 615 plugged & abandoned (90%) and 23 documented orphans. It ranks 27th of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.9% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
681
Active
41
Plugged
615
Documented orphans
23
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Henry County?
6% of Henry County's wells are active, 5 percentage points below the Indiana share of 11%. 90% are plugged & abandoned, against 84% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 23 wells (3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Indiana and 4% nationally.
What kinds of wells are in Henry 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 Henry County compare with other Indiana counties?
Henry County has the 27th-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 14th in Indiana.
Who operates wells in Henry 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 Henry County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris, Tom B. | IGS ID 158215 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Morris | IGS ID 158216 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Morris | IGS ID 158217 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Jackson | IGS ID 158218 | Active | Other type | — |
| Morris | IGS ID 158219 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Morris | IGS ID 158220 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Morris | IGS ID 158221 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Morris | IGS ID 158222 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Reed | IGS ID 158223 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Reed | IGS ID 158224 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Reed | IGS ID 158225 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Smith | IGS ID 158226 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Thomas | IGS ID 158227 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wales | IGS ID 158229 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wood | IGS ID 158230 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Woods | IGS ID 158231 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Carroll | IGS ID 158232 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Carroll | IGS ID 158233 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Furr | IGS ID 158234 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Lewis | IGS ID 158235 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Lewis | IGS ID 158236 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Lewis | IGS ID 158237 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Maxwell | IGS ID 158238 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Scott | IGS ID 158239 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Wilson | IGS ID 158240 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 681 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 Henry County, IN?
Henry County, Indiana has 681 catalogued oil & gas wells: 41 active, 615 plugged and 23 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Henry County?
23 wells in Henry County, Indiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 14th-highest count among Indiana counties.
What share of wells in Henry County are plugged?
615 of Henry County's 681 catalogued wells (90%) 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); Henry County ranks 27th with 681.
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 Henry County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/henry (data as of October 10, 2026).