Oil & gas wells in Gallatin County, KY
55 catalogued wells in Gallatin County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Gallatin County, Kentucky has 55 catalogued oil & gas wells: 11 active (20%), 30 plugged & abandoned (55%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 83rd of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
55
Active
11
Plugged
30
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Gallatin County?
20% of Gallatin County's wells are active, 7 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 55% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Gallatin County; Kentucky as a whole has 15,977. The remaining 13 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Gallatin County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 12 (22%) gas wells and 1 (2%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Gallatin County well is 1,666 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 93% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Gallatin County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Gallatin County has the 83rd-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.
Who operates wells in Gallatin County?
20 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Gallatin 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 Gallatin County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carpenter, Charles & Juanita 1 | 16-077-00002 | Shut-in | Other type | Carpenter, Charles & Juanita |
| Eckler, William 1 | 16-077-00003 | Other status | Other type | Apex Drilling Co |
| Arrasmith, Thomas C 1 | 16-077-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Apex Drilling Co |
| Chapman, Paul 1 | 16-077-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hager & Plauche |
| Chapman, Paul 2 | 16-077-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hager & Plauche |
| Chapman, Paul 3 | 16-077-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hager & Plauche |
| Fornash, Donald 22 | 16-077-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Light Heat & Power Co |
| Kinman, Alfred S 40 | 16-077-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Light Heat & Power Co |
| Lee, Alice 44 | 16-077-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Light Heat & Power Co |
| Ryder, Warren 21 | 16-077-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Light Heat & Power Co |
| Thomason, Owen 2 | 16-077-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Light Heat & Power Co |
| Turner, Luther 20 | 16-077-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Light Heat & Power Co |
| Wallace, John 5 | 16-077-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Light Heat & Power Co |
| Hon 6 | 16-077-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Union Light Heat & Power Co |
| Thomas, Katherine 50 | KGS record 80326 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Union Light Heat & Power Co |
| Clark, W J 1 | KGS record 83673 | Active | Gas | Gibson, W J |
| Ross, Charles 1 | KGS record 83674 | Other status | Other type | Licking Valley Oil & Gas Co |
| Well KGS record 83675 | KGS record 83675 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Lucas, Joe 2 | KGS record 83676 | Other status | Other type | Licking Valley Oil & Gas Co |
| Debout, O D 1 | KGS record 83677 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | O'Brian Brothers |
| Grubbs, C C 1 | KGS record 83678 | Other status | Other type | Glencoe Oil & Gas Co |
| Hall, John 1 | KGS record 83679 | Other status | Other type | Glencoe Oil & Gas Co |
| Higgins, C C 1 | KGS record 83680 | Other status | Other type | Higgins, C C |
| Moore, Rebecca 1 | KGS record 83681 | Other status | Other type | Glencoe Oil & Gas Co |
| Lucas, John 1 | KGS record 83682 | Active | Gas | Licking Valley Oil & Gas Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 55 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 Gallatin County, KY?
Gallatin County, Kentucky has 55 catalogued oil & gas wells: 11 active, 30 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Gallatin County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Gallatin County, Kentucky.
What share of wells in Gallatin County are plugged?
30 of Gallatin County's 55 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); Gallatin County ranks 83rd with 55.
How many companies operate wells in Gallatin County?
20 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Gallatin 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 Gallatin County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/gallatin (data as of October 10, 2026).