Oil & gas wells in Fayette County, KY
35 catalogued wells in Fayette County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Fayette County, Kentucky has 35 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2 active (6%), 20 plugged & abandoned (57%) and 1 documented orphans. It ranks 87th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
35
Active
2
Plugged
20
Documented orphans
1
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Fayette County?
6% of Fayette County's wells are active, 21 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 57% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 12 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Fayette County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 3 (9%) 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 Fayette County well is 1,100 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 89% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Fayette County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Fayette County has the 87th-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 85th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Fayette County?
8 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Fayette County. 97% 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 Fayette County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foley, Jacob & Sandford 1ww | 16-067-00036 | Active | Gas | Unknown |
| Speed, Charles 1ww | 16-067-00037 | Active | Gas | Unknown |
| Commonwealth Of Ky 518-10-08 | 16-067-00038 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vulcan Construction Materials, LP |
| Commonwealth Of Ky 518-11-08 | 16-067-00039 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vulcan Construction Materials, LP |
| Vulcan Lands, Inc 518-12-08 | 16-067-00040 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vulcan Construction Materials, LP |
| Vulcan Lands, Inc 518-13-08 | 16-067-00041 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vulcan Construction Materials, LP |
| Vulcan Lands, Inc. 518-14-08 | 16-067-00042 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vulcan Construction Materials, LP |
| Barnhill & Thompson Ck16 | KGS record 32865 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Minerva Oil Co |
| Thompson, B J & B J Barnhill Eta Ck17 | KGS record 32872 | Other status | Other type | Minerva Oil Co |
| Speed, Charles 2ww | KGS record 62382 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Darnaby, Susan A Ww | KGS record 8629 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Coons, E 1 | KGS record 8631 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kgs-Usgs Mapping Program |
| Combs, L B 2 | KGS record 8632 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kgs-Usgs Mapping Program |
| Lynch, J W Ct1 | KGS record 8633 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kgs-Usgs Mapping Program |
| Keeneland Race Track 1 | KGS record 8635 | Other status | Other type | Keeneland Race Track |
| Lyne, W S Lexe5 | KGS record 8636 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kgs-Usgs Mapping Program |
| Unknown Lexe4 | KGS record 8637 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kgs-Usgs Mapping Program |
| French Bauer Ice Cream Co 1ww | KGS record 8638 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Honey Crust Bakery 1ww | KGS record 8639 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Young, George Lexe2 | KGS record 8640 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kgs-Usgs Mapping Program |
| Avon Signal Corps Depot 8 | KGS record 8641 | Other status | Other type | U S Government (Army) |
| Weil, Herschel Lexe3 | KGS record 8642 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kgs-Usgs Mapping Program |
| Asbury, B 1 | KGS record 8643 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ferguson & Bosworth |
| Avon Signal Corps Depot 3 | KGS record 8644 | Other status | Other type | U S Government (Army) |
| Avon Signal Corps Depot 4 | KGS record 8645 | Other status | Other type | U S Government (Army) |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 35 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 Fayette County, KY?
Fayette County, Kentucky has 35 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2 active, 20 plugged and 1 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Fayette County?
1 wells in Fayette County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 85th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Fayette County are plugged?
20 of Fayette County's 35 catalogued wells (57%) 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); Fayette County ranks 87th with 35.
How many companies operate wells in Fayette County?
8 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Fayette 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 Fayette County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/fayette (data as of October 10, 2026).