Oil & gas wells in Floyd County, KY
4,216 catalogued wells in Floyd County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Floyd County, Kentucky has 4,216 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,487 active (59%), 958 plugged & abandoned (23%) and 64 documented orphans. It ranks 18th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
4,216
Active
2,487
Plugged
958
Documented orphans
64
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Floyd County?
59% of Floyd County's wells are active, 32 percentage points above the Kentucky share of 27%. 23% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 64 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 707 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Floyd County?
By product class, 141 of the county's wells (3%) are oil wells, 2,950 (70%) gas wells and 1 (0.0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Floyd County well is 13,000 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 98% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Floyd County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Floyd County has the 18th-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 43rd in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Floyd County?
273 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Floyd 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 Floyd County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, Emma 1 | 16-071-00001 | Active | Gas | Roberts, Oliver M |
| Fitzpatrick, Cynthia Heirs 3 | 16-071-00002 | Active | Gas | Noxxe Co |
| Hunter, W J 1773 | 16-071-00003 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| James, John W 1 | 16-071-00004 | Active | Gas | Bradley, Charles R Dba Basin Energy Co |
| Davidson, M A 1777 | 16-071-00005 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Hopkins, J C & Valentine 1781 | 16-071-00006 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Davidson, M A Et Al 1783 | 16-071-00007 | Active | Gas | Kepco, Inc |
| Martin, Spencer Kl309 | 16-071-00008 | Active | Gas | Kepco, Inc |
| Turner, Adam Kl310 | 16-071-00009 | Active | Gas | Kepco, Inc |
| Martin, Helen Kl315 | 16-071-00010 | Active | Gas | Kepco, Inc |
| Martin, M F Kl362 | 16-071-00011 | Active | Gas | Kepco, Inc |
| Moore, H L Kl363 | 16-071-00012 | Active | Gas | Kepco, Inc |
| Martin, D D Kf359 | 16-071-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Kepco, Inc |
| Martin, D D Df374 | 16-071-00014 | Active | Gas | Kepco, Inc |
| Dingus, Phillip Kf379 | 16-071-00015 | Active | Gas | Kepco, Inc |
| Burchett, Robert L Kl390 | 16-071-00017 | Active | Gas | Kepco, Inc |
| May, Alice Webb 1 | 16-071-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Fox, James L |
| Big Sandy Coal & Coke Co 1 | 16-071-00019 | Active | Gas | Friestad, Francis |
| Fitzpatrick, Cynthia 1 | 16-071-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Friestad, Francis |
| Osborne Heirs 1 | 16-071-00021 | Orphaned | Gas | Friestad, Francis |
| Wallen, Elijah Kl394 | 16-071-00022 | Active | Gas | Kepco, Inc |
| Vance, G W Kl401 | 16-071-00023 | Active | Gas | Kepco, Inc |
| Webb, A C Kl386 | 16-071-00024 | Active | Gas | Kepco, Inc |
| Prestonsburg Industrial Corp 1 | 16-071-00025 | Active | Gas | Prestonsburg City Utilities Com |
| Hackworth, Bobby Lee K423 | 16-071-00026 | Active | Gas | Kepco, Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 4,216 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 Floyd County, KY?
Floyd County, Kentucky has 4,216 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,487 active, 958 plugged and 64 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Floyd County?
64 wells in Floyd County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 43rd-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Floyd County are plugged?
958 of Floyd County's 4,216 catalogued wells (23%) 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); Floyd County ranks 18th with 4,216.
How many companies operate wells in Floyd County?
273 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Floyd 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 Floyd County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/floyd (data as of October 10, 2026).