Oil & gas wells in Letcher County, KY
1,995 catalogued wells in Letcher County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Letcher County, Kentucky has 1,995 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,504 active (75%), 154 plugged & abandoned (8%) and 8 documented orphans. It ranks 35th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1.0% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,995
Active
1,504
Plugged
154
Documented orphans
8
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Letcher County?
75% of Letcher County's wells are active, 49 percentage points above the Kentucky share of 27%. 8% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 8 wells (0.4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 329 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Letcher County?
By product class, 104 of the county's wells (5%) are oil wells, 1,461 (73%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Letcher County well is 12,489 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 Letcher County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Letcher County has the 35th-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 67th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Letcher County?
54 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Letcher 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 Letcher County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collier, Samuel P 6943 | 16-133-00001 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Potter, Reuban 6944 | 16-133-00002 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Lusk, John W 6947 | 16-133-00003 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Bentley, W F 6958 | 16-133-00004 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Collins & Whittaker 6961 | 16-133-00005 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Brashear, John 6963 | 16-133-00006 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Lusk, W H Et Ux 1331 | 16-133-00007 | Active | Oil | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Fields, David S 6964 | 16-133-00008 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Hall, Thomas 6966 | 16-133-00009 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Cornett, John B 6968 | 16-133-00010 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Montgomery Coal Corp B1gw1 | 16-133-00011 | Active | Gas | Cities Service Oil Co |
| Kycoga Land Co 1339 | 16-133-00012 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Letcher Co Coal & Improvement Co 1 | 16-133-00013 | Active | Gas | Lindsey & Elliott |
| Lusk, F C 1342 | 16-133-00014 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Fields, George W 6977 | 16-133-00015 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Cornett, John B 6980 | 16-133-00016 | Active | Oil | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Fields, David S 6983 | 16-133-00017 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Potter, James 6982 | 16-133-00018 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Mcintyre, William 6985 | 16-133-00019 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Fields, George W 6990 | 16-133-00020 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Lusk, J R 1354 | 16-133-00021 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Lusk, Harvey Et Al 1355 | 16-133-00022 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Lusk, John W 6997 | 16-133-00023 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
| Holcomb, John 1 | 16-133-00024 | Active | Gas | Lindsey & Elliott |
| Lusk, J R 1361 | 16-133-00025 | Active | Gas | Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,995 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 Letcher County, KY?
Letcher County, Kentucky has 1,995 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,504 active, 154 plugged and 8 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Letcher County?
8 wells in Letcher County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 67th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Letcher County are plugged?
154 of Letcher County's 1,995 catalogued wells (8%) 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); Letcher County ranks 35th with 1,995.
How many companies operate wells in Letcher County?
54 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Letcher 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 Letcher County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/letcher (data as of October 10, 2026).