Oil & gas wells in Warrick County, IN
948 catalogued wells in Warrick County, Indiana, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Warrick County, Indiana has 948 catalogued oil & gas wells: 73 active (8%), 770 plugged & abandoned (81%) and 13 documented orphans. It ranks 19th of the 83 Indiana counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 78,257 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
948
Active
73
Plugged
770
Documented orphans
13
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Warrick County?
8% of Warrick County's wells are active, 3 percentage points below the Indiana share of 11%. 81% are plugged & abandoned, against 84% statewide and 47% nationally. 9 wells (0.9%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 13 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Indiana and 4% nationally. The remaining 83 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Warrick 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%. 93% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Warrick County compare with other Indiana counties?
Warrick County has the 19th-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 19th in Indiana.
Who operates wells in Warrick 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 Warrick County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barr | IGS ID 116798 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Taylor | IGS ID 116799 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Spradlin | IGS ID 116800 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Gieselman | IGS ID 116801 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Interlake Steel Corp. | IGS ID 116802 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Malotte et al | IGS ID 116803 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Enos Coal Mining Co. ("F" Lease) | IGS ID 116804 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Interlake Iron Corp. | IGS ID 116805 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| McGlothin | IGS ID 116806 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wilson et al | IGS ID 116807 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Whittinghill | IGS ID 116808 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Scales | IGS ID 116809 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Beckley | IGS ID 116810 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Henry Schumacher | IGS ID 116811 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Schumacher & Schmidt | IGS ID 116812 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| McWilliams | IGS ID 116813 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Deneke | IGS ID 116814 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mr. & Mrs. Richard Elliott | IGS ID 116815 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Schmidt | IGS ID 116816 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Sentry Royalty Co. | IGS ID 116817 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Elmer Schumacher | IGS ID 116818 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Murl Abel | IGS ID 116819 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Schmidt | IGS ID 116820 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Buse et al | IGS ID 116821 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hilderbrand | IGS ID 116822 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 948 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 Warrick County, IN?
Warrick County, Indiana has 948 catalogued oil & gas wells: 73 active, 770 plugged and 13 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Warrick County?
13 wells in Warrick County, Indiana are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 19th-highest count among Indiana counties.
What share of wells in Warrick County are plugged?
770 of Warrick County's 948 catalogued wells (81%) 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); Warrick County ranks 19th with 948.
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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 Warrick County, Indiana”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/indiana/warrick (data as of October 10, 2026).