Oil & gas wells in Vigo County, IN
1,143 catalogued wells in Vigo County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Vigo County, Indiana has 1,143 catalogued oil & gas wells: 110 active (10%), 964 plugged & abandoned (84%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 18th of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,143
Active
110
Plugged
964
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Vigo County?
10% of Vigo County's wells are active, close to the Indiana share of 11%. 84% are plugged & abandoned, against 84% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Vigo County; Indiana as a whole has 946. The remaining 67 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Vigo 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%. 96% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Vigo County compare with other Indiana counties?
Vigo County has the 18th-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.
Who operates wells in Vigo 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 Vigo County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson | IGS ID 123428 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Farmer | IGS ID 123429 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| W.W. Harlan et al | IGS ID 123430 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Harlan | IGS ID 123431 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Harlan | IGS ID 123432 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rynerson | IGS ID 123433 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Piety | IGS ID 123434 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Reed | IGS ID 123435 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| R. L. Drake | IGS ID 123436 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| R.L. Drake | IGS ID 123437 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Drake | IGS ID 123438 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Drake | IGS ID 123439 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Harlan | IGS ID 123440 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Harlan & Strain | IGS ID 123441 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hilbrant | IGS ID 123442 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Willard Jones | IGS ID 123443 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Morgan | IGS ID 123444 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Allen & Wilson | IGS ID 123445 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dickson & McLaughlan | IGS ID 123446 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dilg | IGS ID 123447 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dilg | IGS ID 123448 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Drake & Shattuck | IGS ID 123449 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Virgil Drake | IGS ID 123450 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Drake | IGS ID 123451 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Merle Evans | IGS ID 123452 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,143 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 Vigo County, IN?
Vigo County, Indiana has 1,143 catalogued oil & gas wells: 110 active, 964 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Vigo County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Vigo County, Indiana.
What share of wells in Vigo County are plugged?
964 of Vigo County's 1,143 catalogued wells (84%) 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); Vigo County ranks 18th with 1,143.
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 Vigo County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/vigo (data as of October 10, 2026).