Oil & gas wells in Lewis County, KY
84 catalogued wells in Lewis County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Lewis County, Kentucky has 84 catalogued oil & gas wells: 14 active (17%), 53 plugged & abandoned (63%) and 6 documented orphans. It ranks 75th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
84
Active
14
Plugged
53
Documented orphans
6
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Lewis County?
17% of Lewis County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 63% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 6 wells (7%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 11 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Lewis County?
By product class, 8 of the county's wells (10%) are oil wells, 17 (20%) 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 Lewis County well is 5,082 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 98% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Lewis County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Lewis County has the 75th-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 73rd in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Lewis County?
24 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Lewis 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 Lewis County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mccleese, Jesse 1 | 16-135-00001 | Orphaned | Gas | Young, L C |
| Stacy, Hazel 1 | 16-135-00002 | Active | Gas | Hurtt, W C |
| Adams, Daisy 1 | 16-135-00004 | Other status | Other type | Thomas, Ralph N |
| Adams, Daisy 1 | 16-135-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Greer, Elmo |
| Rand, J W & C N Creech 1 | 16-135-00006 | Other status | Other type | Ohio Kentucky Oil Corporation |
| Bryant, Ted 1 | 16-135-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pyramid Minerals |
| Mcadams, Lanny G & Connie Kay 1 | 16-135-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tri-Gas Technology, Inc |
| Shephard, Alice 9060 | 16-135-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | United Fuel Gas Co |
| Wolfe, Dewey Et Ux 1 | 16-135-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ashland Oil & Refining Co, Inc |
| Mustard, Ellis 1 | 16-135-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Thomas, Ralph N |
| Thacker, Mary 1 | 16-135-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Thomas, Ralph N |
| Gilliam, George A 1 | 16-135-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Howes, Richard G |
| Enix, Clyde 1 | 16-135-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Howes, Richard G |
| Curtis, J H 1 | 16-135-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hurtt, W C |
| Conway, William 1 | 16-135-00017 | Other status | Other type | Carpenter, G C & Associates |
| Burton, Ike 1 | 16-135-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Thomas, Ralph N |
| Burton, Ike 1 | 16-135-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Thomas, Ralph N |
| Addington, Robert 2 | 16-135-00020 | Other status | Other type | Highland Energy Corp |
| Addington, Robert 1 | 16-135-00021 | Other status | Other type | Highland Energy Corp |
| Buckner, James Clayton 1 | 16-135-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Midterra Associates, Inc |
| Curtis, J H 1 | 16-135-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Midterra Associates, Inc |
| Hester, Claude 1 | 16-135-00024 | Other status | Other type | Bright & Schiff |
| Mead Corp 1 | 16-135-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Har-Ken Oil Co |
| Jordon, William 1 | 16-135-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Howes, Richard G |
| Mccleese, Jesse 2 | 16-135-00027 | Other status | Other type | Young, L C |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 84 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 Lewis County, KY?
Lewis County, Kentucky has 84 catalogued oil & gas wells: 14 active, 53 plugged and 6 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Lewis County?
6 wells in Lewis County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 73rd-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Lewis County are plugged?
53 of Lewis County's 84 catalogued wells (63%) 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); Lewis County ranks 75th with 84.
How many companies operate wells in Lewis County?
24 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Lewis 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 Lewis County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/lewis (data as of October 10, 2026).