Oil & gas wells in Pike County, IN
5,299 catalogued wells in Pike County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Pike County, Indiana has 5,299 catalogued oil & gas wells: 737 active (14%), 4,315 plugged & abandoned (81%) and 97 documented orphans. It ranks 4th of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 7% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
5,299
Active
737
Plugged
4,315
Documented orphans
97
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Pike County?
14% of Pike County's wells are active, 3 percentage points above the Indiana share of 11%. 81% are plugged & abandoned, against 84% statewide and 47% nationally. 17 wells (0.3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 97 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Indiana and 4% nationally. The remaining 133 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Pike 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%. 98% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Pike County compare with other Indiana counties?
Pike County has the 4th-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 2nd in Indiana.
Who operates wells in Pike 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 Pike County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulkey | IGS ID 113627 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Gray | IGS ID 113628 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Schrolucke | IGS ID 113629 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Schrolucke | IGS ID 113630 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Schrolucke | IGS ID 113631 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Schrolucke | IGS ID 113632 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Franklin A. Schrolucke | IGS ID 113633 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Franklin Schrolucke | IGS ID 113634 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Schrolucke | IGS ID 113635 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Traylor | IGS ID 113636 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Abbott | IGS ID 113637 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Gertrude Carpenter | IGS ID 113638 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Carpenter | IGS ID 113639 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Carpenter | IGS ID 113640 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Denham | IGS ID 113641 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Harley Doades & Clyde Steen | IGS ID 113642 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Doades | IGS ID 113643 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Harley Doades | IGS ID 113644 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Doades | IGS ID 113645 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Johnson | IGS ID 113646 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Peach | IGS ID 113647 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Traylor | IGS ID 113648 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Weber | IGS ID 113649 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Gray | IGS ID 113650 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Popp | IGS ID 113651 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 5,299 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 Pike County, IN?
Pike County, Indiana has 5,299 catalogued oil & gas wells: 737 active, 4,315 plugged and 97 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Pike County?
97 wells in Pike County, Indiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 2nd-highest count among Indiana counties.
What share of wells in Pike County are plugged?
4,315 of Pike County's 5,299 catalogued wells (81%) 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); Pike County ranks 4th with 5,299.
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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 Pike County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/pike (data as of October 10, 2026).