Oil & gas wells in Adair County, KY
4,815 catalogued wells in Adair County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Adair County, Kentucky has 4,815 catalogued oil & gas wells: 362 active (8%), 3,075 plugged & abandoned (64%) and 295 documented orphans. It ranks 12th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
4,815
Active
362
Plugged
3,075
Documented orphans
295
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Adair County?
8% of Adair County's wells are active, 19 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 64% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 295 wells (6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,083 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Adair County?
By product class, 1,162 of the county's wells (24%) are oil wells, 40 (0.8%) gas wells and 31 (0.6%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Adair County well is 6,677 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 97% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Adair County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Adair County has the 12th-most catalogued wells of the 90 Kentucky counties with at least 25. The median Kentucky county on WellCensus has 941 wells. The largest, Ohio County, has 11,631. By documented orphans it ranks 19th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Adair County?
686 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Adair County. 99% of the county's wells carry a link to a canonical operator profile; the rest list no operator or a name not yet resolved. Each well's page names its operator where the state publishes one.
Wells in Adair County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loy, Gilliam 1 | 16-001-00001 | Active | Gas | Promontory Oil Co |
| Hill, Albert 1 | 16-001-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Moss, C R & Sons & Lloyd Burton |
| Sneed, Harve 1 | 16-001-00003 | Active | Oil | Chappell, James F Jr |
| Coomer Brothers 1 | 16-001-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Viking Petroleum Properties |
| Miller, Burt 1 | 16-001-00005 | Orphaned | Oil | Moss, C R & Sons & Lloyd Burton |
| Nell, Willie Lyle 1 | 16-001-00006 | Active | Oil | Walsdorf, August W |
| Neat, Billy & Madge 1c | 16-001-00007 | Active | Oil | Chappell, James F Jr |
| Corbin, Charlie 1 | 16-001-00008 | Active | Oil | Monitor Petroleum Corp |
| Blades, Hazel 1 | 16-001-00009 | Orphaned | Oil | Monitor Petroleum Corp |
| Sneed, Dale 1 | 16-001-00010 | Active | Oil | Smith, Darrell |
| Sneed, Harve 1 | 16-001-00011 | Active | Oil | Smith, Darrell |
| Burris, Garnett 1 | 16-001-00012 | Active | Oil | Hopkins, R E |
| Corbin, Charlie 2 | 16-001-00013 | Active | Oil | Monitor Petroleum Corp |
| Wooten, Verner 1 | 16-001-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Dyer, Robert W |
| Baker, Willie 1 | 16-001-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Chappell, James F Jr |
| Sneed, Vernus 2 | 16-001-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Walsdorf, August W |
| Burris, Garnett 3 | 16-001-00017 | Orphaned | Oil | Love, John H |
| Sneed, Duel 1c | 16-001-00018 | Orphaned | Oil | Christenson, R Wayne |
| Parnell, J O & Dellie 1 | 16-001-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Carolis Wooden Well & Supply Co |
| Neat, Billy 1 | 16-001-00020 | Active | Oil | Chappell, James F Jr |
| Coomer, Brack 1 | 16-001-00021 | Active | Oil | Smith, James E |
| Neat, Clyde 1 | 16-001-00022 | Orphaned | Oil | Chappell, James F Jr |
| Hill, Albert 2 | 16-001-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Moss, C R & Sons |
| Parnell, J O 2 | 16-001-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Carolis Wooden Well & Supply Co |
| Sneed, Duel 1w | 16-001-00025 | Active | Oil | Carolis Wooden Well & Supply Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 4,815 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 Adair County, KY?
Adair County, Kentucky has 4,815 catalogued oil & gas wells: 362 active, 3,075 plugged and 295 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Adair County?
295 wells in Adair County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 19th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Adair County are plugged?
3,075 of Adair County's 4,815 catalogued wells (64%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 39% across Kentucky.
Which Kentucky county has the most oil and gas wells?
Ohio County has the most catalogued wells of any Kentucky county on WellCensus (11,631); Adair County ranks 12th with 4,815.
How many companies operate wells in Adair County?
686 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Adair County, Kentucky.
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About this data
Source: Kentucky Geological Survey 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 Adair County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/adair (data as of October 10, 2026).