Oil & gas wells in Marion County, IN
194 catalogued wells in Marion County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Marion County, Indiana has 194 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 193 plugged & abandoned (99%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 42nd of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.2% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
194
Active
0
Plugged
193
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Marion County?
0% of Marion County's wells are active, 11 percentage points below the Indiana share of 11%. 99% are plugged & abandoned, against 84% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.5%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Indiana and 4% nationally.
What kinds of wells are in Marion 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 Marion County compare with other Indiana counties?
Marion County has the 42nd-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 37th in Indiana.
Who operates wells in Marion 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 Marion County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mills | IGS ID 126472 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| County Road Right-of-Way | IGS ID 126473 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| County Road Right-of-Way | IGS ID 126474 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| County Road Right | IGS ID 126475 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| County Road Right-of-Way | IGS ID 126476 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Pierce | IGS ID 126488 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| County Road Right-of-Way | IGS ID 126528 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Pennsylvania Railroad Co. | IGS ID 126529 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| County Road Right-of-Way | IGS ID 126530 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| County Road Right-of-Way | IGS ID 126531 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| County Road Right-of-Way | IGS ID 126532 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| County Road Right-of-Way | IGS ID 126533 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hobbs Nurseries | IGS ID 126534 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| County Road Right-of-Way | IGS ID 126544 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Albertson & Hobbs | IGS ID 126546 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Indianapolis International Airport | IGS ID 126547 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Indianapolis International Airport | IGS ID 126548 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| County Road Right-of-Way | IGS ID 126549 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| County Road Right-of-Way | IGS ID 126550 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Indianapolis International Airport | IGS ID 126551 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| County Road Right-of-Way | IGS ID 126552 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| County Road Right-of-Way | IGS ID 126553 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| County Road Right-of-Way | IGS ID 126556 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| County Road Right-of-Way | IGS ID 126561 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Cowell | IGS ID 126562 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 194 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 Marion County, IN?
Marion County, Indiana has 194 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 193 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Marion County?
1 wells in Marion County, Indiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 37th-highest count among Indiana counties.
What share of wells in Marion County are plugged?
193 of Marion County's 194 catalogued wells (99%) 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); Marion County ranks 42nd with 194.
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 Marion County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/marion (data as of October 10, 2026).