Oil & gas wells in Johnson County, KY
4,125 catalogued wells in Johnson County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Johnson County, Kentucky has 4,125 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,764 active (43%), 1,471 plugged & abandoned (36%) and 261 documented orphans. It ranks 19th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
4,125
Active
1,764
Plugged
1,471
Documented orphans
261
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Johnson County?
43% of Johnson County's wells are active, 16 percentage points above the Kentucky share of 27%. 36% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 261 wells (6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 629 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Johnson County?
By product class, 1,709 of the county's wells (41%) are oil wells, 914 (22%) gas wells and 491 (12%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Johnson County well is 14,566 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 97% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Johnson County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Johnson County has the 19th-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 22nd in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Johnson County?
277 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Johnson County. 94% 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 Johnson County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ware, E C W-4 | 16-115-00436 | Active | Oil | Ware-Tedik Oil Company |
| Williams, L O 1 | 16-115-00452 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ware Drilling Co |
| Well API 16-115-02025 | 16-115-02025 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-115-02026 | 16-115-02026 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-115-02033 | 16-115-02033 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-115-00763 | 16-115-00763 | Active | Oil | Ashland Oil & Refining Co, Inc |
| Well API 16-115-02129 | 16-115-02129 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-115-02125 | 16-115-02125 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-115-01922 | 16-115-01922 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-115-02189 | 16-115-02189 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-115-02074 | 16-115-02074 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-115-01929 | 16-115-01929 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-115-02175 | 16-115-02175 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-115-02188 | 16-115-02188 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-115-01956 | 16-115-01956 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-115-02176 | 16-115-02176 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-115-02190 | 16-115-02190 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-115-02075 | 16-115-02075 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-115-02177 | 16-115-02177 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-115-02178 | 16-115-02178 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-115-02119 | 16-115-02119 | Other status | Other type | 4 Daughters Oil Co LLC |
| Well API 16-115-00761 | 16-115-00761 | Active | Oil | Constantine, E Jr |
| Well KGS record 47650 | KGS record 47650 | Active | Oil | Unknown |
| Collins, John 2 | 16-153-01513 | Other status | Other type | Springs Oil & Gas Syndicate |
| Lemaster, Procter & Meade, Frank 4 | 16-153-01239 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ashland Oil Company |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 4,125 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 Johnson County, KY?
Johnson County, Kentucky has 4,125 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,764 active, 1,471 plugged and 261 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Johnson County?
261 wells in Johnson County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 22nd-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Johnson County are plugged?
1,471 of Johnson County's 4,125 catalogued wells (36%) 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); Johnson County ranks 19th with 4,125.
How many companies operate wells in Johnson County?
277 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Johnson 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 Johnson County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/johnson (data as of October 10, 2026).