Oil & gas wells in Daviess County, KY
10,766 catalogued wells in Daviess County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Daviess County, Kentucky has 10,766 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,793 active (17%), 5,417 plugged & abandoned (50%) and 786 documented orphans. It ranks 2nd of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 5% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
10,766
Active
1,793
Plugged
5,417
Documented orphans
786
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Daviess County?
17% of Daviess County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 50% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 9 wells (0.1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 786 wells (7%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 2,761 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Daviess County?
By product class, 3,360 of the county's wells (31%) are oil wells, 159 (1%) gas wells and 430 (4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Daviess County well is 4,690 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 73% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Daviess County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Daviess County has the 2nd-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 5th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Daviess County?
2,133 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Daviess 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 Daviess County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vertress, J G 1 | 16-059-06810 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Berry & Hartz |
| Vertress, J G 2 | 16-059-06251 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shoudy, E L |
| Vertress, J G 3 | 16-059-06250 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shoudy, E L |
| Austin, W L 2 | 16-059-04310 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hi Pay Oil Co, Inc |
| Akin, Luke 2 | 16-059-07278 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cameron, H B |
| Iglehart, J L 1 | 16-059-05176 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morgan, Christine |
| Riney, James L 1 | 16-059-05831 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tuttle & Heltsley |
| Hagerman, C T Heirs 1 | 16-059-04962 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | J L Drilling Co |
| Woodward, R A 1 | 16-059-06392 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Marcell, A |
| Hagerman, Genaviee J 2 | 16-059-06555 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hagerman, Genaviee J |
| Hagerman, Genaviee J 3 | 16-059-04964 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hagerman, Genaviee J |
| Hagerman, Genaviee 1 | 16-059-04963 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | J L Drilling Co |
| Arnold Estate 1 | 16-059-06478 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | O'Neal & Buchman |
| Morris, J O 1 | 16-059-05562 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Twosome Oil Co |
| Shivley, J C 3 | 16-059-02657 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Great Western Drilling Co |
| Shivley, J C 4 | 16-059-02658 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Great Western Drilling Co |
| Shivley, J C 5 | 16-059-02659 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Great Western Drilling Co |
| Cossler, Homer 19-S | 16-059-01740 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Farmer, H C |
| Cossler, Homer 17-S | 16-059-04599 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Farmer, H C |
| Nally, Elmer 3 | 16-059-05624 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Farmer, H C |
| Stevens, W T 1 | 16-059-06057 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rogers, Porter |
| Tinsley, John D 1 | 16-059-06174 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Farmer, H C |
| Gardner, C S 1 | 16-059-03360 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shamrock Oil & Gas Co |
| Brite, Leonard 1 | 16-059-01570 | Active | Oil | D & R Oil Account |
| Brite, Leonard 3 | 16-059-02073 | Active | Oil | Roszel, James P |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 10,766 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 Daviess County, KY?
Daviess County, Kentucky has 10,766 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,793 active, 5,417 plugged and 786 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Daviess County?
786 wells in Daviess County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 5th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Daviess County are plugged?
5,417 of Daviess County's 10,766 catalogued wells (50%) 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); Daviess County ranks 2nd with 10,766.
How many companies operate wells in Daviess County?
2,133 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Daviess 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 Daviess County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/daviess (data as of October 10, 2026).