Oil & gas wells in Mclean County, KY
5,464 catalogued wells in Mclean County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Mclean County, Kentucky has 5,464 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,168 active (21%), 2,580 plugged & abandoned (47%) and 429 documented orphans. It ranks 11th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
5,464
Active
1,168
Plugged
2,580
Documented orphans
429
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Mclean County?
21% of Mclean County's wells are active, 5 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 47% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.0%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 429 wells (8%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,286 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Mclean County?
By product class, 1,881 of the county's wells (34%) are oil wells, 68 (1%) gas wells and 145 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Mclean County well is 14,202 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 80% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Mclean County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Mclean County has the 11th-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 14th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Mclean County?
1,103 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Mclean County. 96% 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 Mclean County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton, Mrs Lc 1 | 16-059-00060 | Active | Oil | Bobo, James M |
| Roberston, J E 2 | 16-059-01141 | Active | Oil | Miller-Shiarella & Ashland |
| Miller, T P 2-W | 16-059-02540 | Active | Injection | Miller & Shiarella |
| Poole, Paule 1 | 16-059-02557 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Miller, J C Oil Co, Inc |
| Sandefur 2 | 16-059-02559 | Active | Oil | J C Miller Oil & Ashland |
| Wilson, B V 1 | 16-059-02671 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Moser, William |
| Ball, Alonzo 4 | 16-059-02866 | Other status | Other type | Ellis, J C Et Al |
| Mitchell, J W 1 | 16-059-05894 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Morgan, Gus |
| Crabtree, T A 1 | 16-059-06840 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bridgeman, Henry |
| Hayden, Bessie May 1 | 16-059-06978 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Slagter Prod Co |
| Duncan, Roy 5 | 16-101-00391 | Active | Oil | Universal Operating |
| Duncan, Roy 4 | 16-101-00392 | Active | Oil | Universal Operating, Inc |
| Duncan, Roy 3 | 16-101-00393 | Active | Oil | Universal Operating, Inc |
| Hayden, K T 3 | 16-101-01315 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Miller, J C Etal |
| Porter, Anna Lee 4 | 16-101-01566 | Other status | Other type | Brubeck, William |
| Porter, Anna Lee 5 | 16-101-01567 | Other status | Other type | Brubeck, William |
| Porter, Anna Lee 6 | 16-101-01568 | Other status | Other type | Brubeck, William |
| Duncan, R E 1 | 16-101-02350 | Active | Oil | Portis, Richard W |
| Denton 1 | 16-101-07071 | Other status | Other type | Slagter Prod Co |
| Welburn, Wiley 2 | 16-149-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tamarack Petroleum Co, Inc |
| Welburn, Wiley 5 | 16-149-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Tamarack Petroleum Co, Inc |
| Wood, Narvel 1 | 16-149-00003 | Active | Oil | Hoffman, George A |
| Ashland-Yunker-Narvel Wood 2 | 16-149-00004 | Active | Oil | Wood-Ashland-Yunker |
| Ashland-Yunker-Narvel Wood 3 | 16-149-00005 | Active | Oil | Wood-Ashland-Yunker |
| Ashland-Yunker-Narvel Wood 4 | 16-149-00006 | Active | Oil | Wood-Ashland-Yunker |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 5,464 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 Mclean County, KY?
Mclean County, Kentucky has 5,464 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,168 active, 2,580 plugged and 429 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Mclean County?
429 wells in Mclean County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 14th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Mclean County are plugged?
2,580 of Mclean County's 5,464 catalogued wells (47%) 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); Mclean County ranks 11th with 5,464.
How many companies operate wells in Mclean County?
1,103 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Mclean 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 Mclean County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/mclean (data as of October 10, 2026).