Oil & gas wells in Magoffin County, KY
6,649 catalogued wells in Magoffin County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Magoffin County, Kentucky has 6,649 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3,202 active (48%), 1,002 plugged & abandoned (15%) and 587 documented orphans. It ranks 9th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
6,649
Active
3,202
Plugged
1,002
Documented orphans
587
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Magoffin County?
48% of Magoffin County's wells are active, 22 percentage points above the Kentucky share of 27%. 15% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 587 wells (9%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,858 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Magoffin County?
By product class, 2,176 of the county's wells (33%) are oil wells, 988 (15%) gas wells and 1,055 (16%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Magoffin County well is 5,980 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 86% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Magoffin County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Magoffin County has the 9th-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 8th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Magoffin County?
475 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Magoffin 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 Magoffin County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phipps, John M 78 | 16-063-00578 | Other status | Other type | Kentucky National Oil Co, Inc |
| Collins, Kelly 187w | 16-071-00677 | Active | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co & Petroleum Exp |
| Adams, Ida W7 | 16-071-00706 | Active | Injection | Blackwell Zinc Company, Inc |
| Conley, Tolly W2 | 16-115-00256 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ashland Oil, Inc |
| Nordman, Earlene 1 | 16-115-01355 | Active | Gas | Bradley, Charles R Dba Basin Energy Co |
| Hammonds, Ellen O2 | 16-153-00001 | Orphaned | Oil | R C Davoust Co |
| Mine Fork Unit 24w | 16-153-00002 | Orphaned | Injection | Kentucky National Oil Co, Inc |
| Howard, Tom 3p | 16-153-00003 | Active | Oil | Kentucky National Oil Co, Inc |
| Howard, Tom-Almy, A A Unit 7w | 16-153-00004 | Orphaned | Injection | Kentucky National Oil Co, Inc |
| Howard, Tom-Almy, A A Unit 8w | 16-153-00005 | Orphaned | Injection | Kentucky National Oil Co, Inc |
| Borders, Laura O2 | 16-153-00006 | Orphaned | Oil | R C Davoust Co |
| Hunley, Jack Heirs 26 | 16-153-00007 | Active | Oil | Midwest Well Service Co, Inc |
| Humley, Jack Heirs I1 | 16-153-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Midwest Well Service Co, Inc |
| Wheeler, Carter 2 | 16-153-00009 | Active | Oil | Higrade Petroleum |
| Lemaster, Sola 3 | 16-153-00010 | Active | Oil | Higrade Petroleum |
| Wheeler, Charles 3 | 16-153-00011 | Active | Oil | Higrade Petroleum |
| Howard, Charley 1 | 16-153-00012 | Active | Oil | Mountain Resources |
| Caudill, R B 8 | 16-153-00013 | Active | Oil | Sabine Production Co |
| Vanderpool, Jim W2 | 16-153-00014 | Other status | Other type | Cumberland Valley Resources, LLC |
| Lykins, Allen 2 | 16-153-00015 | Active | Oil | Lauffer Oil Co Of Kentucky |
| Slusher, Robert 1 | 16-153-00016 | Orphaned | Oil | Kentucky Alpine Coal & Bagging |
| Perkins, John 15p | 16-153-00017 | Active | Oil | Kentucky National Oil Co, Inc |
| Mortimer, Douglas 2 | 16-153-00018 | Orphaned | Oil | D C Petroleum Co, Inc |
| Cole, Warren 2 | 16-153-00019 | Orphaned | Other type | Midwest Well Service Co, Inc |
| Brown, Charles & Gertrude 1 | 16-153-00020 | Orphaned | Other type | C F & R Energy Management Co |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 6,649 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 Magoffin County, KY?
Magoffin County, Kentucky has 6,649 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3,202 active, 1,002 plugged and 587 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Magoffin County?
587 wells in Magoffin County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 8th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Magoffin County are plugged?
1,002 of Magoffin County's 6,649 catalogued wells (15%) 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); Magoffin County ranks 9th with 6,649.
How many companies operate wells in Magoffin County?
475 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Magoffin 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 Magoffin County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/magoffin (data as of October 10, 2026).