Oil & gas wells in Clark County, KY
61 catalogued wells in Clark County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Clark County, Kentucky has 61 catalogued oil & gas wells: 4 active (7%), 40 plugged & abandoned (66%) and 8 documented orphans. It ranks 82nd of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
61
Active
4
Plugged
40
Documented orphans
8
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Clark County?
7% of Clark County's wells are active, 20 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 66% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 8 wells (13%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 9 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Clark County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 16 (26%) 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 Clark County well is 5,271 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 95% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Clark County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Clark County has the 82nd-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 68th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Clark County?
25 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Clark County. 100% 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 Clark County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Kentucky Power Coop 2 | 16-049-00001 | Orphaned | Gas | Kit Development Corp |
| Quisenberry, Pearl 1 | 16-049-00012 | Orphaned | Gas | Melcher, Martin |
| Williams, Joe 1 | 16-049-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texaco, Inc |
| Adams, P & C Long 1 | 16-049-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kentucky Drilling & Operating Co |
| Riggs, Henry 1 | 16-049-00025 | Active | Gas | Melcher, Martin |
| Gravett, Carl 1 | 16-049-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tracmark, Inc |
| Gayheart, Richard 1 | 16-049-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tracmark, Inc |
| Allen, James B Jr 825470 | 16-049-00027 | Other status | Other type | Columbia Natural Resources |
| Allen, James B 1 | 16-049-00030 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rome Oil & Gas Co |
| Thomas, Eugene 1 | 16-049-00033 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Triana Energy, LLC |
| Stafford, Erich 1 | 16-049-00034 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Triana Energy, LLC |
| Gravett, Carl 1 | 16-049-00035 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Triana Energy, LLC |
| Graham, Joe 1 | 16-049-00031 | Other status | Other type | Petrox Inc |
| Thomas, Elmer Eugene 1 | 16-049-00032 | Other status | Other type | Petrox Inc |
| Richardson, M 1 | 16-049-00024 | Active | Gas | Melcher, Martin |
| Eastin, John L 1 | 16-049-00037 | Other status | Other type | Bombshell Oil |
| Stafford Farm LLC 1 | 16-049-00038 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shelby Exploration LLC |
| Turner, Peggy 1 | 16-049-00039 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shelby Exploration LLC |
| Eastin, Linden 1 | 16-049-00028 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Eastin, Linden 2 | 16-049-00029 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Eastin, John 1 | 16-049-00036 | Other status | Other type | Hancock, Elizabeth |
| Elkins, W H & A C Ca36 | KGS record 32830 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cominco American, Inc |
| Wells, Dean 1 | 16-049-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Melcher, Martin |
| Haggard, Ora 1 | 16-049-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Winmar Oil Co |
| Barrett, Dewey & Elwood Devary 1 | 16-049-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Scholl, Wayne H |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 61 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 Clark County, KY?
Clark County, Kentucky has 61 catalogued oil & gas wells: 4 active, 40 plugged and 8 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Clark County?
8 wells in Clark County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 68th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Clark County are plugged?
40 of Clark County's 61 catalogued wells (66%) 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); Clark County ranks 82nd with 61.
How many companies operate wells in Clark County?
25 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Clark 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 Clark County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/clark (data as of October 10, 2026).