Oil & gas wells in Vanderburgh County, IN
2,210 catalogued wells in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Vanderburgh County, Indiana has 2,210 catalogued oil & gas wells: 166 active (8%), 1,970 plugged & abandoned (89%) and 25 documented orphans. It ranks 10th of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,210
Active
166
Plugged
1,970
Documented orphans
25
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Vanderburgh County?
8% of Vanderburgh County's wells are active, 3 percentage points below the Indiana share of 11%. 89% are plugged & abandoned, against 84% statewide and 47% nationally. 3 wells (0.1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 25 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Indiana and 4% nationally. The remaining 46 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Vanderburgh 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 Vanderburgh County compare with other Indiana counties?
Vanderburgh County has the 10th-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 13th in Indiana.
Who operates wells in Vanderburgh 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 Vanderburgh County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin | IGS ID 101810 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rexing | IGS ID 101811 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Sensmeier | IGS ID 101812 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Sipp | IGS ID 101813 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Anthony & Magdalen Schmit | IGS ID 101814 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Elpers | IGS ID 101815 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Martin | IGS ID 101816 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Martin | IGS ID 101817 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rexing | IGS ID 101818 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| James R. Elpers | IGS ID 101819 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| James R. Elpers | IGS ID 101820 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Humphrey etal comm. | IGS ID 101821 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| E.J. Niederhaus | IGS ID 101822 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| E.J. Niederhaus | IGS ID 101823 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| E.J. Niederhaus | IGS ID 101824 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Nierderhaus | IGS ID 101825 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Paul Rossi | IGS ID 101826 | Active | Other type | — |
| Paul Rossi | IGS ID 101828 | Active | Other type | — |
| Paul Rossi | IGS ID 101829 | Shut-in | Other type | — |
| Rossi Fee | IGS ID 101830 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Paul Rossi | IGS ID 101831 | Active | Other type | — |
| Paul Rossi | IGS ID 101832 | Active | Other type | — |
| Bisig | IGS ID 101833 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Duetsch | IGS ID 101834 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Neiderhaus | IGS ID 101835 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,210 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 Vanderburgh County, IN?
Vanderburgh County, Indiana has 2,210 catalogued oil & gas wells: 166 active, 1,970 plugged and 25 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Vanderburgh County?
25 wells in Vanderburgh County, Indiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 13th-highest count among Indiana counties.
What share of wells in Vanderburgh County are plugged?
1,970 of Vanderburgh County's 2,210 catalogued wells (89%) 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); Vanderburgh County ranks 10th with 2,210.
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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 Vanderburgh County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/vanderburgh (data as of October 10, 2026).