Oil & gas wells in Jay County, IN
1,908 catalogued wells in Jay County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Jay County, Indiana has 1,908 catalogued oil & gas wells: 55 active (3%), 1,809 plugged & abandoned (95%) and 16 documented orphans. It ranks 11th of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,908
Active
55
Plugged
1,809
Documented orphans
16
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Jay County?
3% of Jay County's wells are active, 8 percentage points below the Indiana share of 11%. 95% are plugged & abandoned, against 84% statewide and 47% nationally. 5 wells (0.3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 16 wells (0.8%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Indiana and 4% nationally. The remaining 23 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Jay 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 Jay County compare with other Indiana counties?
Jay County has the 11th-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 18th in Indiana.
Who operates wells in Jay 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 Jay County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orr | IGS ID 140914 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Champ | IGS ID 140915 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Fudge | IGS ID 140916 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wright | IGS ID 140917 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dunkirk Town Lot | IGS ID 140918 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dunkirk Town Lot | IGS ID 140919 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dunkirk Town Lot | IGS ID 140920 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dunkirk Town Lot | IGS ID 140921 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dunkirk Land Co. | IGS ID 140922 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dunkirk Town Lot | IGS ID 140923 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dunkirk Town Lot | IGS ID 140924 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wood | IGS ID 140925 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wood | IGS ID 140926 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hinkle | IGS ID 140927 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Holley | IGS ID 140928 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Harold W. Knote | IGS ID 140929 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Aukerman | IGS ID 140930 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Aukerman | IGS ID 140931 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Boyce | IGS ID 140932 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dailey | IGS ID 140933 | Active | Other type | — |
| H. H. Dailey | IGS ID 140934 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Cultice | IGS ID 140935 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| McKinney | IGS ID 140936 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Whetsel | IGS ID 140937 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wilbur Sodders | IGS ID 140938 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,908 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 Jay County, IN?
Jay County, Indiana has 1,908 catalogued oil & gas wells: 55 active, 1,809 plugged and 16 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Jay County?
16 wells in Jay County, Indiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 18th-highest count among Indiana counties.
What share of wells in Jay County are plugged?
1,809 of Jay County's 1,908 catalogued wells (95%) 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); Jay County ranks 11th with 1,908.
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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 Jay County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/jay (data as of October 10, 2026).