Oil & gas wells in Madison County, KY
104 catalogued wells in Madison County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Madison County, Kentucky has 104 catalogued oil & gas wells: 4 active (4%), 61 plugged & abandoned (59%) and 16 documented orphans. It ranks 74th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
104
Active
4
Plugged
61
Documented orphans
16
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Madison County?
4% of Madison County's wells are active, 23 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 59% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 16 wells (15%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 23 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Madison County?
By product class, 10 of the county's wells (10%) are oil wells, 3 (3%) 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 Madison County well is 7,004 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 66% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Madison County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Madison County has the 74th-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 60th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Madison County?
26 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Madison County. 93% 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 Madison County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones, Johnny 1 | 16-151-00001 | Orphaned | Other type | Bonanza Oil Co, Inc |
| Lambert, J H 1 | 16-151-00002 | Orphaned | Oil | Lambert, W Wesley |
| Lambert, J H 2 | 16-151-00003 | Active | Oil | Lambert, W Wesley |
| Webb, Gene 1 | 16-151-00004 | Orphaned | Other type | Wildcat Minerals, Inc |
| Abrams, Willie 1 | 16-151-00005 | Orphaned | Other type | Abrams, Willie |
| Crane, J 1 | 16-151-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tartan Oil Co |
| Abrams, Willie & Elizabeth 3 | 16-151-00007 | Orphaned | Other type | Lynel Corp |
| Knapp, Lawana (Sec B) 1 | 16-151-00008 | Orphaned | Other type | Lynel Corp |
| Wilson, Raymond 1 | 16-151-00009 | Orphaned | Other type | Lynel Corp |
| Knapp, Lawana (Sec B) 1b | 16-151-00010 | Orphaned | Other type | Lynel Corp |
| Himer, U S 10 | 16-151-00011 | Orphaned | Oil | Smith, J P |
| Floyd & Engle 2 | 16-151-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Coffield Petroleum, Inc |
| Hamilton, W J 1 | 16-151-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texas West Bay Co |
| Perkins, B E 1 | 16-151-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Texaco, Inc |
| Abrams, Willie & Elizabeth 1 | 16-151-00015 | Other status | Other type | Lynel Corp |
| Abrams, Willie & Elizabeth 2 | 16-151-00016 | Other status | Other type | Lynel Corp |
| Abrams, Willie & Elizabeth 4 | 16-151-00017 | Other status | Other type | Lynel Corp |
| Cornelison, Ernest 1 | 16-151-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Glenn, Homer & Rex |
| Floyd & Engle 1 | 16-151-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Coffield Petroleum, Inc |
| Fowler, June 1 | 16-151-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Faulkner, Monroe |
| Knapp, Lawana (Sec A) 1a | 16-151-00021 | Other status | Other type | Lynel Corp |
| Knapp, Lawana (Sec D) 1d | 16-151-00022 | Other status | Other type | Lynel Corp |
| Knapp, Lawana (Sec E) 1e | 16-151-00023 | Other status | Other type | Lynel Corp |
| Knapp, Lawana (Sec D) 2 | 16-151-00024 | Other status | Other type | Lynel Corp |
| Knapp, Lawana (Sec A) 2a | 16-151-00025 | Other status | Other type | Lynel Corp |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 104 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 Madison County, KY?
Madison County, Kentucky has 104 catalogued oil & gas wells: 4 active, 61 plugged and 16 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Madison County?
16 wells in Madison County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 60th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Madison County are plugged?
61 of Madison County's 104 catalogued wells (59%) 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); Madison County ranks 74th with 104.
How many companies operate wells in Madison County?
26 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Madison 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 Madison County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/madison (data as of October 10, 2026).