Oil & gas wells in Fleming County, KY
30 catalogued wells in Fleming County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Fleming County, Kentucky has 30 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 27 plugged & abandoned (90%) and 2 documented orphans. It ranks 89th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
30
Active
0
Plugged
27
Documented orphans
2
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Fleming County?
0% of Fleming County's wells are active, 27 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 90% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (7%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 1 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Fleming County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 1 (3%) 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 Fleming County well is 2,469 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 43% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Fleming County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Fleming County has the 89th-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 82nd in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Fleming County?
15 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Fleming 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 Fleming County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephens & Barber 1 | 16-069-00001 | Orphaned | Other type | Johnson, C & O Parker |
| Spencer, Leonard 1 | 16-069-00002 | Orphaned | Gas | Spencer, Leonard |
| Spencer, Leonard 1 | 16-069-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Spencer, Leonard |
| Cox, Elbert 1 | 16-069-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bright & Schiff |
| Fitzpatrick, H H 6 | 16-069-00006 | Other status | Other type | Eqt Production Company |
| Barker, Ernest & Nadine Ca56 | KGS record 32832 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cominco American, Inc |
| Cox, Walter 3 | KGS record 46916 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mayhew, R B |
| Cox, Stirl 1 | KGS record 46917 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hetrick Drilling Co |
| Well KGS record 46919 | KGS record 46919 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well KGS record 46920 | KGS record 46920 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well KGS record 46921 | KGS record 46921 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well KGS record 46922 | KGS record 46922 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well KGS record 46923 | KGS record 46923 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well KGS record 46924 | KGS record 46924 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well KGS record 46925 | KGS record 46925 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well KGS record 46926 | KGS record 46926 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well KGS record 46927 | KGS record 46927 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well KGS record 46928 | KGS record 46928 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well KGS record 46929 | KGS record 46929 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well KGS record 46930 | KGS record 46930 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well KGS record 46931 | KGS record 46931 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well KGS record 46932 | KGS record 46932 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well KGS record 46933 | KGS record 46933 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Pierce, Colfax 7 | KGS record 47171 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hillis, F B |
| Mcdonald, S P 1 | KGS record 8656 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Locust Oil Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 30 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 Fleming County, KY?
Fleming County, Kentucky has 30 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 27 plugged and 2 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Fleming County?
2 wells in Fleming County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 82nd-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Fleming County are plugged?
27 of Fleming County's 30 catalogued wells (90%) 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); Fleming County ranks 89th with 30.
How many companies operate wells in Fleming County?
15 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Fleming 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 Fleming County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/fleming (data as of October 10, 2026).