Oil & gas wells in Clay County, KY
2,166 catalogued wells in Clay County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Clay County, Kentucky has 2,166 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,285 active (59%), 406 plugged & abandoned (19%) and 89 documented orphans. It ranks 30th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,166
Active
1,285
Plugged
406
Documented orphans
89
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Clay County?
59% of Clay County's wells are active, 33 percentage points above the Kentucky share of 27%. 19% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 89 wells (4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 386 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Clay County?
By product class, 155 of the county's wells (7%) are oil wells, 1,361 (63%) 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 Clay County well is 6,718 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 98% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Clay County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Clay County has the 30th-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 37th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Clay County?
261 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Clay 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 Clay County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well API 16-051-01886 | 16-051-01886 | Other status | Other type | Equitable Resources Expl, Inc |
| Well API 16-051-02055 | 16-051-02055 | Other status | Other type | Ky-Tenn Expl Co, Inc |
| Hensley, Frank 1 | 16-051-00789 | Orphaned | Gas | Alexander, Leroy |
| Raisch, June 1 | 16-051-00323 | Orphaned | Gas | Ky-Ten Exploration Co |
| Howard, Oliver 1 | 16-051-00655 | Orphaned | Gas | Pete Clepper Drilling Co |
| Grubb, Edward 1 | 16-051-00198 | Orphaned | Other type | Oneida Oil & Gas Co |
| Herd, Bill 1a | 16-051-00481 | Orphaned | Gas | Independence Gas & Oil Co |
| Allen, Delbert 1 | 16-051-00486 | Orphaned | Oil | Isaacs, Max |
| Walker, Sophia B 1b | 16-051-00546 | Orphaned | Gas | Faith Oil Corp, Inc |
| Walker, Sophia B 2b | 16-051-00577 | Orphaned | Gas | Faith Oil Corp, Inc |
| Langdon, Levi 1 | 16-051-00189 | Orphaned | Other type | Ram Enterprises |
| Burchell-Fields 1 | 16-051-00111 | Other status | Other type | Stewart-Franklin & Assoc, Inc |
| Caudill, William 1 | 16-051-00711 | Other status | Other type | Loretta Oil & Gas, Inc |
| Well API 16-051-01918 | 16-051-01918 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Howard, Carl 1 | 16-051-00027 | Orphaned | Gas | Loretta Oil & Gas Co, Inc |
| Burns, Ralph 1 | 16-051-00294 | Orphaned | Gas | Brown, James A |
| Adams-Bowman-Mcdaniel Unit 1 | 16-051-00777 | Orphaned | Oil | Republic Mineral Corp |
| Clarkston-Lee Unit 1 | 16-051-00780 | Orphaned | Gas | Republic Mineral Corp |
| Craft, Gilbert Heirs 1 | 16-051-00783 | Orphaned | Gas | Republic Mineral Corp |
| Campbell, Bob 1 | 16-051-00729 | Orphaned | Gas | Lucky Leasing & Drilling Co, Inc |
| Powell, John L & Dan Hacker 1 | 16-051-00719 | Orphaned | Gas | Loretta Oil & Gas Co, Inc |
| Harris, Sylvania 2 | 16-051-01283 | Orphaned | Other type | Fritz Oil Co |
| Rawlings, H & H 1 | 16-051-00680 | Orphaned | Gas | Cundari Oil Co, Inc |
| Craft, Herbert-Hobart Woods 1 | 16-051-00668 | Orphaned | Gas | Cundari Oil Co, Inc |
| Jarvis, Orville 1 | 16-051-01907 | Orphaned | Other type | Ram Oil & Gas Corporation |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,166 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 Clay County, KY?
Clay County, Kentucky has 2,166 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,285 active, 406 plugged and 89 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Clay County?
89 wells in Clay County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 37th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Clay County are plugged?
406 of Clay County's 2,166 catalogued wells (19%) 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); Clay County ranks 30th with 2,166.
How many companies operate wells in Clay County?
261 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Clay 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 Clay County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/clay (data as of October 10, 2026).