Oil & gas wells in Cumberland County, KY
8,758 catalogued wells in Cumberland County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Cumberland County, Kentucky has 8,758 catalogued oil & gas wells: 886 active (10%), 4,840 plugged & abandoned (55%) and 880 documented orphans. It ranks 5th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 4% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
8,758
Active
886
Plugged
4,840
Documented orphans
880
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Cumberland County?
10% of Cumberland County's wells are active, 16 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 55% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.0%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 880 wells (10%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 2,150 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Cumberland County?
By product class, 2,256 of the county's wells (26%) are oil wells, 141 (2%) gas wells and 17 (0.2%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Cumberland County well is 6,360 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 96% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Cumberland County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Cumberland County has the 5th-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 3rd in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Cumberland County?
1,145 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker, C B 1 | 16-057-07060 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ison, Rosemary B |
| Anderson, Ed 1 | 16-057-04978 | Active | Oil | Duncan, James E |
| Scott, Tom 2 | 16-057-06548 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Nichols, O L |
| Short, Tessie 3 | 16-057-06590 | Active | Oil | 4 Carters & Welch |
| Watson, Homer 2 | 16-057-01197 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Collins Resources |
| Waston, Ida 1 | 16-057-02080 | Active | Oil | Turner, Floyd |
| Flowers, Oplis 3 | 16-057-05589 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Resources Management Corp |
| Garner, I L 3 | 16-057-05617 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pittman, R O |
| Smith, Randolph-Elizabeth House 1 | 16-057-05769 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wetzel, Eluira E |
| Byers, Annabelle 1 | 16-057-05217 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mclaughlin, Inc |
| Rush, Leslie 2 | 16-057-04097 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Finley, Willie |
| Daniels, E L 1 | 16-057-05470 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Goff, J B |
| Gardner, Freeman & Douglas 1 | 16-057-02704 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Aldo Enterprises, Inc |
| Gardner, Freeman & Douglas 2 | 16-057-02703 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Aldo Enterprises, Inc |
| Gardner, Freeman & Douglas 3 | 16-057-02712 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Aldo Enterprises, Inc |
| Gardner, Freeman & Douglas 5 | 16-057-02714 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Aldo Enterprises, Inc |
| Watson, Hill 2 | 16-057-06835 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Midwest Oil & Gas Co, Inc |
| Guthrie, Mrs V B 1 | 16-057-01995 | Active | Oil | Roach, Howard |
| Skipworth Brothers 6-G | 16-057-03787 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gator Oil Co |
| Skipworth, Ivo & Etchel 1 | 16-057-06598 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kirkconnell, Dale |
| Skipworth, Ivo & Ecthel 2 | 16-057-06599 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kirkconnell, Dale |
| Skipworth, Ivo & Ecthel 3 | 16-057-06600 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kirkconnell, Dale |
| Skipworth, Ivo & Ecthel 7-G | 16-057-03789 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gator Oil Co |
| Skipworth, Ivo 8 | 16-057-06602 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Gator Oil Co |
| Williams, E D 1-A | 16-057-06925 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Person Oilfield Equipment, Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 8,758 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 Cumberland County, KY?
Cumberland County, Kentucky has 8,758 catalogued oil & gas wells: 886 active, 4,840 plugged and 880 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Cumberland County?
880 wells in Cumberland County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 3rd-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Cumberland County are plugged?
4,840 of Cumberland County's 8,758 catalogued wells (55%) 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); Cumberland County ranks 5th with 8,758.
How many companies operate wells in Cumberland County?
1,145 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/cumberland (data as of October 10, 2026).