Oil & gas wells in Rush County, IN
1,169 catalogued wells in Rush County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Rush County, Indiana has 1,169 catalogued oil & gas wells: 200 active (17%), 872 plugged & abandoned (75%) and 91 documented orphans. It ranks 17th of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,169
Active
200
Plugged
872
Documented orphans
91
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Rush County?
17% of Rush County's wells are active, 7 percentage points above the Indiana share of 11%. 75% are plugged & abandoned, against 84% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 91 wells (8%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Indiana and 4% nationally. The remaining 4 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Rush 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%. 97% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Rush County compare with other Indiana counties?
Rush County has the 17th-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 3rd in Indiana.
Who operates wells in Rush 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 Rush County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harding & Willey | IGS ID 145135 | Active | Other type | — |
| L & I Stiers | IGS ID 145136 | Active | Other type | — |
| Thrall | IGS ID 145137 | Active | Other type | — |
| Tinsley | IGS ID 145138 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wagoner | IGS ID 145139 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Fisher | IGS ID 145140 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Kney | IGS ID 145141 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Tinsley | IGS ID 145142 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Fesler | IGS ID 145143 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Gahimer | IGS ID 145144 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Henderson | IGS ID 145145 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Neeb | IGS ID 145146 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Thompson | IGS ID 145147 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wendling | IGS ID 145148 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wendling | IGS ID 145149 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Thompson | IGS ID 145150 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Peck | IGS ID 145151 | Active | Other type | — |
| B.J.Mcdaniels | IGS ID 145152 | Active | Other type | — |
| Apple | IGS ID 145153 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hungerford | IGS ID 145154 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hungerford | IGS ID 145155 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Peck | IGS ID 145156 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Stewart | IGS ID 145157 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Aurthur & Mabel Hensley | IGS ID 145158 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Meal | IGS ID 145159 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,169 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 Rush County, IN?
Rush County, Indiana has 1,169 catalogued oil & gas wells: 200 active, 872 plugged and 91 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Rush County?
91 wells in Rush County, Indiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 3rd-highest count among Indiana counties.
What share of wells in Rush County are plugged?
872 of Rush County's 1,169 catalogued wells (75%) 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); Rush County ranks 17th with 1,169.
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 Rush County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/rush (data as of October 10, 2026).