Oil & gas wells in Hart County, KY
2,095 catalogued wells in Hart County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Hart County, Kentucky has 2,095 catalogued oil & gas wells: 476 active (23%), 684 plugged & abandoned (33%) and 127 documented orphans. It ranks 33rd of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,095
Active
476
Plugged
684
Documented orphans
127
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Hart County?
23% of Hart County's wells are active, 4 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 33% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 127 wells (6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 808 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Hart County?
By product class, 542 of the county's wells (26%) are oil wells, 102 (5%) gas wells and 142 (7%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Hart County well is 8,213 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 59% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Hart County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Hart County has the 33rd-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 31st in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Hart County?
559 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Hart County. 98% 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 Hart County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor, Henry 1 | 16-009-01039 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Laird Exploration Co, Inc |
| Elzy, A I & W M & Hagan, J B 1a | 16-099-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Carpenter, A H |
| Pohl, Mrs Ruth T 1 | 16-099-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carpenter, A H |
| Jewell, Hubert 1 | 16-099-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Edwards, Otis & Gordon Collins |
| Jewell, Hubert 2 | 16-099-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Edwards, Otis & Gordon Collins |
| Caswell, Clint 1 | 16-099-00005 | Orphaned | Gas | Logsdon, Vurles |
| Pottinger, Louise L2 | 16-099-00006 | Orphaned | Gas | Lindy Creek Energy Corp |
| Logsdon, Clyde & Mardith, David 3 | 16-099-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bonner, Basil & Shirley |
| Williams 2 | 16-099-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lund, Werner |
| Omer, Vincent & Thomas 1 | 16-099-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Edwards, Otis & Delaney Stinson |
| Meredith, Renzo 1 | 16-099-00010 | Orphaned | Oil | Pioneer Petroleum Co |
| Logsdon Valley Oil Co, Inc 1 | 16-099-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Logsdon Valley Oil Co, Inc |
| Veluzat, James & Phillip 1 | 16-099-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lund, Werner |
| Turner, Lora 2 | 16-099-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Stinson, Ernest |
| Trent, Phillip 1 | 16-099-00014 | Orphaned | Oil | Stinson, Ernest |
| Trent, Phillip 3 | 16-099-00015 | Active | Oil | Stinson, Ernest |
| Fulkerson, David 3 | 16-099-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petroleum Search, Inc |
| Veluzat, James 2 | 16-099-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lund, Werner |
| Trent, W R 1 | 16-099-00018 | Active | Oil | Stinson, Charles L |
| Trent, W R 2 | 16-099-00019 | Active | Oil | Stinson, Charles L |
| Turner, Lora 5 | 16-099-00020 | Active | Oil | Stinson, Ernest |
| Perkins, W B 2r | 16-099-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Logsdon Valley Oil Co, Inc |
| Taylor, Henry 1r | 16-099-00022 | Active | Oil | Logsdon Valley Oil Co, Inc |
| Carter 1 | 16-099-00023 | Orphaned | Oil | Grubbs, Walter |
| Farris, Henry 2 | 16-099-00024 | Orphaned | Oil | Grubbs, Walter |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,095 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 Hart County, KY?
Hart County, Kentucky has 2,095 catalogued oil & gas wells: 476 active, 684 plugged and 127 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Hart County?
127 wells in Hart County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 31st-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Hart County are plugged?
684 of Hart County's 2,095 catalogued wells (33%) 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); Hart County ranks 33rd with 2,095.
How many companies operate wells in Hart County?
559 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Hart 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 Hart County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/hart (data as of October 10, 2026).