Oil & gas wells in Shelby County, IN
622 catalogued wells in Shelby County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Shelby County, Indiana has 622 catalogued oil & gas wells: 182 active (29%), 367 plugged & abandoned (59%) and 69 documented orphans. It ranks 32nd of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.8% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
622
Active
182
Plugged
367
Documented orphans
69
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Shelby County?
29% of Shelby County's wells are active, 19 percentage points above the Indiana share of 11%. 59% are plugged & abandoned, against 84% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 69 wells (11%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Indiana and 4% nationally. The remaining 2 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Shelby 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 Shelby County compare with other Indiana counties?
Shelby County has the 32nd-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 5th in Indiana.
Who operates wells in Shelby 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 Shelby County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambers | IGS ID 146266 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Eberhardt | IGS ID 146267 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Shipp | IGS ID 146268 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Shipp | IGS ID 146269 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Howe | IGS ID 146270 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Speagle | IGS ID 146271 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Douglas | IGS ID 146272 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Geneva Town Lot | IGS ID 146273 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Cave Stone Co. | IGS ID 146274 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Meshberger Stone Co. | IGS ID 146275 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Alter | IGS ID 146276 | Active | Other type | — |
| Dr. W. Alter | IGS ID 146277 | Active | Other type | — |
| Well IGS ID 146278 | IGS ID 146278 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Garrigan | IGS ID 146279 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hungerford | IGS ID 146280 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hungerford | IGS ID 146281 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Phillips | IGS ID 146282 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| St. Paul Town Lot | IGS ID 146283 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| St. Paul Town Lot | IGS ID 146284 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| St. Paul Town Lot | IGS ID 146285 | Active | Other type | — |
| Wadkins | IGS ID 146286 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Avery | IGS ID 146287 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Berauer | IGS ID 146288 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Clem Sever | IGS ID 146289 | Active | Other type | — |
| Clem Sever | IGS ID 146290 | Active | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 622 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 Shelby County, IN?
Shelby County, Indiana has 622 catalogued oil & gas wells: 182 active, 367 plugged and 69 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Shelby County?
69 wells in Shelby County, Indiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 5th-highest count among Indiana counties.
What share of wells in Shelby County are plugged?
367 of Shelby County's 622 catalogued wells (59%) 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); Shelby County ranks 32nd with 622.
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 Shelby County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/shelby (data as of October 10, 2026).