Oil & gas wells in Knox County, IN
2,794 catalogued wells in Knox County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Knox County, Indiana has 2,794 catalogued oil & gas wells: 383 active (14%), 2,102 plugged & abandoned (75%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 8th of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 4% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,794
Active
383
Plugged
2,102
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Knox County?
14% of Knox County's wells are active, 3 percentage points above the Indiana share of 11%. 75% are plugged & abandoned, against 84% statewide and 47% nationally. 32 wells (1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 1 wells (0.0%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Indiana and 4% nationally. The remaining 276 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Knox 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%. 94% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Knox County compare with other Indiana counties?
Knox County has the 8th-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 31st in Indiana.
Who operates wells in Knox 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 Knox County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Farms | IGS ID 164843 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Don W. Davis etal | IGS ID 121385 | Active | Other type | — |
| Bloebaum, Dexter | IGS ID 121386 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Daugherty, Hubert | IGS ID 121387 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Don W. Davis | IGS ID 121388 | Active | Other type | — |
| Don W. Davis et al | IGS ID 121389 | Active | Other type | — |
| John Emison | IGS ID 121390 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| J.W. Emison | IGS ID 121391 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| John W. Emison | IGS ID 121392 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Field, Corban | IGS ID 121393 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Orlando B. Jackson | IGS ID 121394 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Johnson et al | IGS ID 121395 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Johnson, Ralph | IGS ID 121396 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Johnson, Ralph et al | IGS ID 121397 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Jordan | IGS ID 121398 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Gale Jordon | IGS ID 121399 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| S. McDowell"A" Lease | IGS ID 121400 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Osborne | IGS ID 121401 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Clarence Seibel | IGS ID 121402 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Clarence Seibel | IGS ID 121403 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Clarence Seibel etal | IGS ID 121404 | Active | Other type | — |
| Sisson, Olive | IGS ID 121405 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Stanbro, Susan | IGS ID 121406 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Martha Yochum | IGS ID 121407 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bringwald | IGS ID 121408 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,794 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 Knox County, IN?
Knox County, Indiana has 2,794 catalogued oil & gas wells: 383 active, 2,102 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Knox County?
1 wells in Knox County, Indiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 31st-highest count among Indiana counties.
What share of wells in Knox County are plugged?
2,102 of Knox County's 2,794 catalogued wells (75%) 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); Knox County ranks 8th with 2,794.
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 Knox County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/knox (data as of October 10, 2026).