Oil & gas wells in Crittenden County, KY
127 catalogued wells in Crittenden County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Crittenden County, Kentucky has 127 catalogued oil & gas wells: 4 active (3%), 97 plugged & abandoned (76%) and 7 documented orphans. It ranks 73rd of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
127
Active
4
Plugged
97
Documented orphans
7
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Crittenden County?
3% of Crittenden County's wells are active, 23 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 76% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 7 wells (6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 19 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Crittenden County?
By product class, 7 of the county's wells (6%) are oil wells, 2 (2%) 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 Crittenden County well is 8,821 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 94% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Crittenden County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Crittenden County has the 73rd-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 69th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Crittenden County?
50 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Crittenden County. 96% 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 Crittenden County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, Raymond 1 | 16-055-00001 | Other status | Other type | Gould, Martin J |
| Hunt, Jamie 1 | 16-055-00002 | Other status | Other type | Gould, Martin J |
| Hurst, R E 1 | 16-055-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gould, Martin J |
| Orr, Charles 1 | 16-055-00005 | Orphaned | Other type | Harper, R W Jr |
| Mast, Andrew K10002 | 16-055-00006 | Active | Gas | Equitable Resources Expl, Inc |
| Patmor, Earl 1 | 16-055-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Koon, James W |
| Orr, Charles 1 | 16-055-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Poe, R E |
| Davis, Mildred 1 | 16-055-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Co |
| Drury, Orville & Ruth J 1 | 16-055-00011 | Orphaned | Other type | Myers, Martin |
| Shaffer, Harry A 1 | 16-055-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ecus Corp (An Indiana Corp) |
| Wood Heirs 2 | 16-055-00016 | Other status | Other type | Quasar, Inc |
| Belt, Norman 1 | 16-055-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Belt, Norman L |
| Simpson, H F 1 | 16-055-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Belt, Norman L |
| Simpson, H F 2 | 16-055-00019 | Other status | Other type | Belt, Norman L |
| Little, Leman & Ina Mae 1 | 16-055-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texas-Rebel Oil Producers, Inc |
| Fowler, Lanny G 1 | 16-055-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texas-Rebel Oil Producers, Inc |
| May, J T 1 | 16-055-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texas-Rebel Oil Producers, Inc |
| Frazer, William Kcr2 | 16-055-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Asarco, Inc |
| Frazer, William Kcr3 | 16-055-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Asarco, Inc |
| Frazer, William Kcr9 | 16-055-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Asarco, Inc |
| Frazer, William Kcr5 | 16-055-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Asarco, Inc |
| Frazer, William Kcr4 | 16-055-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Asarco, Inc |
| Frazer, William Kcr6 | 16-055-00029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Asarco, Inc |
| Frazer, William Kcr7 | 16-055-00030 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Asarco, Inc |
| Frazer, William Kcr8 | 16-055-00031 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Asarco, Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 127 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 Crittenden County, KY?
Crittenden County, Kentucky has 127 catalogued oil & gas wells: 4 active, 97 plugged and 7 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Crittenden County?
7 wells in Crittenden County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 69th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Crittenden County are plugged?
97 of Crittenden County's 127 catalogued wells (76%) 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); Crittenden County ranks 73rd with 127.
How many companies operate wells in Crittenden County?
50 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Crittenden 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 Crittenden County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/crittenden (data as of October 10, 2026).