Oil & gas wells in Caldwell County, KY
299 catalogued wells in Caldwell County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Caldwell County, Kentucky has 299 catalogued oil & gas wells: 24 active (8%), 201 plugged & abandoned (67%) and 21 documented orphans. It ranks 66th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
299
Active
24
Plugged
201
Documented orphans
21
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Caldwell County?
8% of Caldwell County's wells are active, 19 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 67% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 21 wells (7%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 53 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Caldwell County?
By product class, 19 of the county's wells (6%) are oil wells, 36 (12%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Caldwell County well is 12,965 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 93% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Caldwell County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Caldwell County has the 66th-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 54th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Caldwell County?
109 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Caldwell County. 97% 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 Caldwell County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Oil Co (Fowler) 6 | 16-033-00001 | Other status | Gas | Ryan Oil Co |
| Stone, T C 1 | 16-033-00002 | Other status | Other type | Stanley, S R |
| Watson, Jim L 1 | 16-033-00003 | Other status | Other type | Franklin, Woodrow |
| Watson, Byron 1 | 16-033-00004 | Orphaned | Other type | Ruzzano, Anthony |
| Rogers, Roy Gene 1 | 16-033-00005 | Orphaned | Other type | Ruzzano, Anthony |
| Watson, Byron 1 | 16-033-00006 | Other status | Other type | Caldwell Energy Resources, Inc |
| Murray, W B 1 | 16-033-00008 | Other status | Other type | Holman, D C |
| Watson, Virgil 1 | 16-033-00009 | Orphaned | Other type | Liberty National Corp |
| Watson, Virgil 2 | 16-033-00010 | Orphaned | Gas | Liberty National Corp |
| Baker, Noah 1 | 16-033-00011 | Orphaned | Gas | Liberty National Corp |
| Watson, Jim 1 | 16-033-00012 | Orphaned | Other type | Harned & Lacy |
| Cannon, Norman 3 | 16-033-00013 | Orphaned | Gas | Collins-Shrewsbury |
| Watson, Virgil 1 | 16-033-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Royal American Oil Co Of Mich |
| Ryan Oil Co 5 | 16-033-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ryan Oil Co |
| Sherrill, Ragel 1 | 16-033-00017 | Orphaned | Other type | Sherrill, Ragel |
| Chandler, Melvin 1 | 16-033-00018 | Active | Gas | Tiger Air Rotary, Inc |
| Stallins, Hurb 1 | 16-033-00019 | Other status | Other type | Slagter Producing Corp |
| Stallins, A C 1 | 16-033-00020 | Other status | Other type | Southard, R W |
| Collins-Shrewsbury ? | 16-033-00021 | Other status | Other type | United States Geological Survey |
| Fletcher 1 | 16-033-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tuley, W R |
| Creasey, D N 1 | 16-033-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Willet, R D |
| Mason, J M 1 | 16-033-00027 | Orphaned | Other type | Mason Oil Co |
| Mcneely, Ted 1 | 16-033-00028 | Orphaned | Gas | Mason, James H |
| Slaton, James W 1 | 16-033-00030 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Natural Gas Services, Inc |
| Clift, Mary M 1 | 16-033-00031 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Natural Gas Services, Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 299 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 Caldwell County, KY?
Caldwell County, Kentucky has 299 catalogued oil & gas wells: 24 active, 201 plugged and 21 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Caldwell County?
21 wells in Caldwell County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 54th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Caldwell County are plugged?
201 of Caldwell County's 299 catalogued wells (67%) 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); Caldwell County ranks 66th with 299.
How many companies operate wells in Caldwell County?
109 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Caldwell 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 Caldwell County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/caldwell (data as of October 10, 2026).