Oil & gas wells in Lincoln County, KY
941 catalogued wells in Lincoln County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Lincoln County, Kentucky has 941 catalogued oil & gas wells: 18 active (2%), 306 plugged & abandoned (33%) and 124 documented orphans. It ranks 46th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.5% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
941
Active
18
Plugged
306
Documented orphans
124
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Lincoln County?
2% of Lincoln County's wells are active, 25 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 33% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 124 wells (13%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 493 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Lincoln County?
By product class, 158 of the county's wells (17%) are oil wells, 5 (0.5%) gas wells and 2 (0.2%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Lincoln County well is 6,117 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 90% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Lincoln County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Lincoln County has the 46th-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 32nd in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Lincoln County?
187 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Lincoln County. 91% 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 Lincoln County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson, Mack 1 | 16-137-00170 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sharrock, M L |
| Campbell, David 1-Y | 16-137-00152 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pineur, Louis |
| Caroebter, John 1 | 16-137-00154 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pyle, Earl & Sons, Inc |
| Padgett, Donald 1 | 16-137-00185 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cable, M & Trusty, Ed |
| Bowling, Joe & Fred 1 | 16-137-00150 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cable Producing Co |
| Greer, Victor 1 | 16-137-00167 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Huffaker, George |
| Hacker, Samuel 1 | 16-137-00168 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sharrock, M L |
| Nunnley, Mildred 1 | 16-137-00184 | Active | Oil | Cable, M & Trusty, Ed |
| Ganes, Raymond 1 | 16-137-00165 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hopkins, Earl P |
| Dozier, Andrew 1 | 16-137-00163 | Other status | Other type | Pyle, Earl & Sons |
| Dozier, Andrew 2 | 16-137-00162 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Cuthbertson, Frank |
| Miracle, Dan 1 | 16-137-00321 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cameron, Mrs |
| Denham 1 | 16-137-00271 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pyle & Dishman |
| Floyd, Trumon 5 | 16-137-00305 | Other status | Other type | Pyle & Dishman |
| Baugh, Ivan 4 | 16-137-00148 | Other status | Other type | Duncan, H C |
| Baugh, Ivan 2 | 16-137-00146 | Other status | Other type | Duncan, H C |
| Young, Sterling & Wilma 1 | 16-137-00201 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peniston, R M |
| Williams, W B 1 | 16-137-00197 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Williams, W B |
| Smith Heirs 5 | 16-137-00281 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Duffy & Willbanks |
| Reed, Les 1r | 16-137-00187 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Reed, W C |
| Williams, W B & Emily 3 | 16-137-00198 | Other status | Other type | Peniston, R M |
| Miracle, Lloyd 2 | 16-137-00036 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Duncan, H C |
| Baughman, John (Brown) 1 | 16-137-00322 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Colling, Ralph P |
| Denham, Walter 5 | 16-137-00161 | Other status | Other type | Cuthbertson, Frank |
| Scott, Gobel 2 | 16-137-00190 | Other status | Other type | Pyle, Earl |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 941 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 Lincoln County, KY?
Lincoln County, Kentucky has 941 catalogued oil & gas wells: 18 active, 306 plugged and 124 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Lincoln County?
124 wells in Lincoln County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 32nd-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Lincoln County are plugged?
306 of Lincoln County's 941 catalogued wells (33%) 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); Lincoln County ranks 46th with 941.
How many companies operate wells in Lincoln County?
187 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/lincoln (data as of October 10, 2026).