Oil & gas wells in Montgomery County, IN
48 catalogued wells in Montgomery County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Montgomery County, Indiana has 48 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 48 plugged & abandoned (100%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 71st of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
48
Active
0
Plugged
48
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Montgomery County?
0% of Montgomery County's wells are active, 11 percentage points below the Indiana share of 11%. 100% are plugged & abandoned, against 84% statewide and 47% nationally. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Montgomery County; Indiana as a whole has 946.
What kinds of wells are in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County compare with other Indiana counties?
Montgomery County has the 71st-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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higbie | IGS ID 126671 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kimmel | IGS ID 126672 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| McClaine | IGS ID 126673 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Laymon | IGS ID 126674 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Woodrum | IGS ID 126675 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Woodrum | IGS ID 126676 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Jordan | IGS ID 126677 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kessler | IGS ID 126678 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kessler | IGS ID 126679 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Sam H. Kessler | IGS ID 126680 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kessler | IGS ID 126681 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kessler | IGS ID 126682 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Stoner | IGS ID 126683 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Sherman Kessler | IGS ID 126684 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mitcheltree Heirs | IGS ID 126685 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Sidener | IGS ID 126686 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Stark | IGS ID 126687 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Ray | IGS ID 126688 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Roberts | IGS ID 126689 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Sparks | IGS ID 126690 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dean | IGS ID 126691 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dean | IGS ID 126692 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Miller | IGS ID 126693 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Baker | IGS ID 126694 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Orwig | IGS ID 126695 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 48 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 Montgomery County, IN?
Montgomery County, Indiana has 48 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 48 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Montgomery County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Montgomery County, Indiana.
What share of wells in Montgomery County are plugged?
48 of Montgomery County's 48 catalogued wells (100%) 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); Montgomery County ranks 71st with 48.
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 Montgomery County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/montgomery (data as of October 10, 2026).