Oil & gas wells in Jefferson County, KY
71 catalogued wells in Jefferson County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Jefferson County, Kentucky has 71 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 16 plugged & abandoned (23%) and 3 documented orphans. It ranks 79th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
71
Active
0
Plugged
16
Documented orphans
3
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Jefferson County?
0% of Jefferson County's wells are active, 27 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 23% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 3 wells (4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 52 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Jefferson County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 2 (3%) gas wells and 2 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Jefferson County well is 6,011 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 75% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Jefferson County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Jefferson County has the 79th-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 79th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Jefferson County?
20 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Jefferson County. 96% 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 Jefferson County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Trucking ? | 16-111-00005 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Ritchie, Gordon & Bonnie Lee Un | 16-111-00011 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Aubrey/Bland 1 | 16-111-00019 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Nazareth Literary & Benev Inst 1 | 16-111-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mansfield Producers, Inc |
| Mcdonough, Thomas Rev 1 | 16-111-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mansfield Producers, Inc |
| E I Dupont De Nemours & Co, Inc 1 | 16-111-00004 | Other status | Other type | E I Dupont De Nemours & Co, Inc |
| Dent | 16-111-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| English Station Road Tract Cpengl | 16-111-00007 | Other status | Other type | Texas Gas Transmission Corp |
| Texas Gas Transmission Corp. Met CPBARDSTOW | 16-111-00008 | Other status | Other type | Texas Gas Transmission Corp |
| Newcomb Tract 1 | 16-111-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Louisville Gas & Electric Co |
| Ritchie, Gordon M & Bonnie Lee 1 | 16-111-00012 | Other status | Other type | Ritchie, Gordon M & Bonnie Lee |
| Well KGS record 83550 | KGS record 83550 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Mccallum, Gabe | KGS record 83556 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Senninger, Theodore 1 | KGS record 11167 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stoll Oil & Refining Co |
| Turpin, Alex | KGS record 83524 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Erhler | KGS record 83540 | Other status | Other type | Shacklette & Mccurty |
| Winter | KGS record 83520 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Aydelotte, George | KGS record 83546 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Fox, Louis | KGS record 83561 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Upton, Elmo 1 | KGS record 83522 | Other status | Other type | Hetrick Drilling Co |
| Wurtelle, G A 1 | KGS record 83518 | Other status | Other type | Jefferson Oil & Gas Co |
| Proctor | KGS record 83554 | Other status | Other type | Shacklette & Mccurty |
| Jockell, Henry | KGS record 83560 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Armstrong Sam R 1 | KGS record 11168 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Caldwell Et Al |
| Kahlert, A | KGS record 83536 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 71 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 Jefferson County, KY?
Jefferson County, Kentucky has 71 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 16 plugged and 3 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Jefferson County?
3 wells in Jefferson County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 79th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Jefferson County are plugged?
16 of Jefferson County's 71 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); Jefferson County ranks 79th with 71.
How many companies operate wells in Jefferson County?
20 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/jefferson (data as of October 10, 2026).