Oil & gas wells in Posey County, IN
8,072 catalogued wells in Posey County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Posey County, Indiana has 8,072 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,675 active (21%), 5,968 plugged & abandoned (74%) and 48 documented orphans. It ranks 2nd of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 10% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
8,072
Active
1,675
Plugged
5,968
Documented orphans
48
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Posey County?
21% of Posey County's wells are active, 10 percentage points above the Indiana share of 11%. 74% are plugged & abandoned, against 84% statewide and 47% nationally. 90 wells (1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 48 wells (0.6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Indiana and 4% nationally. The remaining 291 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Posey 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%. 99% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Posey County compare with other Indiana counties?
Posey County has the 2nd-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 8th in Indiana.
Who operates wells in Posey 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 Posey County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford | IGS ID 108411 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Ford | IGS ID 108412 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| William Ford | IGS ID 108413 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Freeman & Ford | IGS ID 108414 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| E.S. Holman | IGS ID 108415 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mumford Farms | IGS ID 108416 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mumford | IGS ID 108417 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mumford Realty Corp. | IGS ID 108418 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mumford | IGS ID 108419 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mumford | IGS ID 108420 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mumford | IGS ID 108421 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mumford Realty | IGS ID 108422 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mumford | IGS ID 108423 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| T.F. Mumford et al | IGS ID 108424 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| E.B. Mumford | IGS ID 108425 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mumford | IGS ID 108426 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mumford | IGS ID 108427 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Thomas Mumford et al | IGS ID 108428 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mumford | IGS ID 108429 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Thomas Mumford et al | IGS ID 108430 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Thomas Mumford et al | IGS ID 108431 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mumford | IGS ID 108432 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Thomas Mumford | IGS ID 108433 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mumford | IGS ID 108434 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mumford | IGS ID 108435 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 8,072 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 Posey County, IN?
Posey County, Indiana has 8,072 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,675 active, 5,968 plugged and 48 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Posey County?
48 wells in Posey County, Indiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 8th-highest count among Indiana counties.
What share of wells in Posey County are plugged?
5,968 of Posey County's 8,072 catalogued wells (74%) 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); Posey County ranks 2nd with 8,072.
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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 Posey County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/posey (data as of October 10, 2026).