Oil & gas wells in Mccracken County, KY
33 catalogued wells in Mccracken County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Mccracken County, Kentucky has 33 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active (3%), 24 plugged & abandoned (73%) and 5 documented orphans. It ranks 88th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
33
Active
1
Plugged
24
Documented orphans
5
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Mccracken County?
3% of Mccracken County's wells are active, 24 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 73% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 5 wells (15%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 3 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Mccracken County?
By product class, 1 of the county's wells (3%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) 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 Mccracken County well is 3,260 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 48% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Mccracken County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Mccracken County has the 88th-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 77th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Mccracken County?
13 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Mccracken 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 Mccracken County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudolph, Ted 1 | 16-145-00001 | Active | Oil | Buchanan, Art |
| Gibbs, David 2 | 16-145-00002 | Orphaned | Other type | Mccracken Exploration Co, Inc |
| Gibbs, David Et Al 1 | 16-145-00003 | Orphaned | Other type | Mccracken Exploration Co, Inc |
| Gibbs, David 2 | 16-145-00004 | Other status | Other type | Mccracken Exploration Co, Inc |
| Warford, Emily 1 | 16-145-00005 | Orphaned | Other type | Warford, Robert |
| Lynn, Odis 1 | 16-145-00006 | Orphaned | Other type | Lynn, Robert Oil Co |
| Gibbs, David 1 | 16-145-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Buchanan, Art |
| Rudolph, Ted 2 | 16-145-00008 | Orphaned | Other type | Buchanan, Art |
| Jackson, William B 1 | 16-145-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | White, Charles C |
| Gentry, G H 1 | KGS record 28600 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Burger Oil Interests |
| Sheppard 1 | KGS record 28601 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Seip, John Et Al |
| Allen, George 1 | KGS record 28602 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Taylor Drilling Co |
| Reid, Tom Mrs 1 | KGS record 28603 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dale, M K Et Al |
| Roof 1 | KGS record 3001923 | Other status | Other type | Don Taylor |
| Shawnee Steam Plant | KGS record 3001972 | Other status | Other type | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Shawnee Steam Plant C26-50 | KGS record 56456 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Shawnee Steam Plant C21-65 | KGS record 56457 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Shawnee Steam Plant C24-50 | KGS record 56458 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Shawnee Steam Plant B22-00 | KGS record 56459 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Shawnee Steam Plant 24-50 | KGS record 56460 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Shawnee Steam Plant C23-25 | KGS record 56461 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Shawnee Steam Plant B24-50 | KGS record 56462 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Shawnee Steam Plant D25-00 | KGS record 56463 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Shawnee Steam Plant C24-50 | KGS record 56464 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Shawnee Steam Plant | KGS record 56465 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Tennessee Valley Authority |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 33 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 Mccracken County, KY?
Mccracken County, Kentucky has 33 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1 active, 24 plugged and 5 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Mccracken County?
5 wells in Mccracken County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 77th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Mccracken County are plugged?
24 of Mccracken County's 33 catalogued wells (73%) 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); Mccracken County ranks 88th with 33.
How many companies operate wells in Mccracken County?
13 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Mccracken 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 Mccracken County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/mccracken (data as of October 10, 2026).