Oil & gas wells in Jefferson County, IN
42 catalogued wells in Jefferson County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Jefferson County, Indiana has 42 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3 active (7%), 38 plugged & abandoned (90%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 76th of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
42
Active
3
Plugged
38
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Jefferson County?
7% of Jefferson County's wells are active, 3 percentage points below the Indiana share of 11%. 90% are plugged & abandoned, against 84% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Jefferson County; Indiana as a whole has 946. The remaining 1 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Jefferson 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%. 95% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Jefferson County compare with other Indiana counties?
Jefferson County has the 76th-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.
Who operates wells in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huttsell | IGS ID 126870 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Station L13E | IGS ID 126914 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| County Farm | IGS ID 126915 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Polly Hall | IGS ID 126916 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rutledge | IGS ID 126918 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rutledge | IGS ID 126919 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Coppes | IGS ID 126942 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Schneider | IGS ID 126943 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Sipe | IGS ID 126944 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Austin | IGS ID 126945 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Geyman | IGS ID 126946 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hill | IGS ID 126947 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Charles Martin | IGS ID 126948 | Active | Other type | — |
| Patterson | IGS ID 126949 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wolf | IGS ID 126950 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Clark | IGS ID 126951 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wm. Copeland | IGS ID 126952 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 126953 | IGS ID 126953 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| May | IGS ID 126990 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Nay | IGS ID 126991 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Sedam & Phillips | IGS ID 126992 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Cheatham | IGS ID 126993 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Copeland | IGS ID 126994 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Copeland | IGS ID 126995 | Active | Other type | — |
| Joyce | IGS ID 126996 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 42 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 Jefferson County, IN?
Jefferson County, Indiana has 42 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3 active, 38 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Jefferson County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Jefferson County, Indiana.
What share of wells in Jefferson County are plugged?
38 of Jefferson County's 42 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); Jefferson County ranks 76th with 42.
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 Jefferson County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/jefferson (data as of October 10, 2026).