Oil & gas wells in Newton County, IN
218 catalogued wells in Newton County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Newton County, Indiana has 218 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 218 plugged & abandoned (100%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 41st of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
218
Active
0
Plugged
218
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Newton County?
0% of Newton 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 Newton County; Indiana as a whole has 946.
What kinds of wells are in Newton 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 Newton County compare with other Indiana counties?
Newton County has the 41st-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 Newton 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 Newton County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bokma | IGS ID 144346 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Henkle | IGS ID 144347 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rohmoeller | IGS ID 144348 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| De Fries | IGS ID 144349 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rose | IGS ID 144350 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Boyle | IGS ID 144351 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Denham | IGS ID 144352 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bacon | IGS ID 144353 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Juergensen | IGS ID 144354 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Knapp | IGS ID 144355 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bozeman | IGS ID 144356 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Tanis | IGS ID 144357 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Christy | IGS ID 161336 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Studeman | IGS ID 161337 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kentland | IGS ID 161338 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kentland | IGS ID 161339 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kentland | IGS ID 161340 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kentland | IGS ID 161341 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kentland | IGS ID 161342 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kentland | IGS ID 161343 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kentland | IGS ID 161344 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kentland | IGS ID 161345 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kentland | IGS ID 161346 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kentland | IGS ID 161347 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kentland | IGS ID 161348 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 218 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 Newton County, IN?
Newton County, Indiana has 218 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 218 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Newton County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Newton County, Indiana.
What share of wells in Newton County are plugged?
218 of Newton County's 218 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); Newton County ranks 41st with 218.
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 Newton County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/newton (data as of October 10, 2026).