Oil & gas wells in Leslie County, KY
1,352 catalogued wells in Leslie County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Leslie County, Kentucky has 1,352 catalogued oil & gas wells: 784 active (58%), 261 plugged & abandoned (19%) and 3 documented orphans. It ranks 44th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.7% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,352
Active
784
Plugged
261
Documented orphans
3
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Leslie County?
58% of Leslie County's wells are active, 31 percentage points above the Kentucky share of 27%. 19% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 3 wells (0.2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 302 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Leslie County?
By product class, 237 of the county's wells (18%) are oil wells, 630 (47%) gas wells and 4 (0.3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Leslie County well is 9,882 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Leslie County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Leslie County has the 44th-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 78th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Leslie County?
72 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Leslie 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 Leslie County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice, C R 1 | 16-131-00001 | Active | Gas | Apex Drilling Co |
| Boone, Vernon Heirs 1 | 16-131-00002 | Active | Oil | Jimmy Hamilton Gas & Oil Co |
| Wells, Dewey Heirs 1024 | 16-131-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Jimmy Hamilton Gas & Oil Co |
| Rice, C R 108h | 16-131-00004 | Active | Gas | Jimmy Hamilton Gas & Oil Co |
| Day, Dillard Et Al 125 | 16-131-00005 | Active | Gas | Jimmy Hamilton Gas & Oil Co |
| Wells, Floyd 135 | 16-131-00006 | Active | Gas | Jimmy Hamilton Gas & Oil Co |
| Fordson Coal Co 30 | 16-131-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Petroleum Corp Of Texas |
| Fordson Coal Co 31 | 16-131-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petroleum Corp Of Texas |
| Fordson Coal Co 34 | 16-131-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Petroleum Corp Of Texas |
| Fordson Coal Co 33 | 16-131-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Petroleum Corp Of Texas |
| Vernon, James A 141 | 16-131-00011 | Active | Oil | Jimmy Hamilton Gas & Oil Co |
| Hazzard, R N Mrs 1 | 16-131-00012 | Active | Gas | Apex Drilling Co |
| Baker, Hannah 134-01 | 16-131-00013 | Active | Gas | Jimmy Hamilton Gas & Oil Co |
| Lewis, Bige 1771 | 16-131-00014 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Fordson Coal Co 35 | 16-131-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Petroleum Corp Of Texas |
| Baker, Ross & George Lewis Comm T20 | 16-131-00016 | Active | Gas | Talbott, J Scott Jr |
| Kycoga Land Co 1758 | 16-131-00017 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Cook Heirs 1766 | 16-131-00018 | Active | Oil | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Kycoga Land Co 1721 | 16-131-00019 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Turner, Felix G Kf355 | 16-131-00020 | Active | Oil | Kepco, Inc |
| Turner, Felix G Kf357 | 16-131-00021 | Active | Oil | Kepco, Inc |
| Turner, Felix G Kf356 | 16-131-00022 | Active | Oil | Kepco, Inc |
| Joseph, Phillip Kf54 | 16-131-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Kepco, Inc |
| Cook Heirs Kl656 | 16-131-00024 | Active | Oil | Eastern Kentucky Production Co |
| Fordson Coal Co Kl703 | 16-131-00025 | Active | Oil | Eastern Kentucky Production Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,352 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 Leslie County, KY?
Leslie County, Kentucky has 1,352 catalogued oil & gas wells: 784 active, 261 plugged and 3 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Leslie County?
3 wells in Leslie County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 78th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Leslie County are plugged?
261 of Leslie County's 1,352 catalogued wells (19%) 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); Leslie County ranks 44th with 1,352.
How many companies operate wells in Leslie County?
72 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Leslie 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 Leslie County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/leslie (data as of October 10, 2026).