Oil & gas wells in Monroe County, KY
2,707 catalogued wells in Monroe County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Monroe County, Kentucky has 2,707 catalogued oil & gas wells: 202 active (7%), 1,784 plugged & abandoned (66%) and 152 documented orphans. It ranks 28th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,707
Active
202
Plugged
1,784
Documented orphans
152
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Monroe County?
7% of Monroe County's wells are active, 19 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 66% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 152 wells (6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 569 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Monroe County?
By product class, 538 of the county's wells (20%) are oil wells, 37 (1%) gas wells and 9 (0.3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Monroe County well is 3,791 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 96% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Monroe County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Monroe County has the 28th-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 30th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Monroe County?
565 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Monroe 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 Monroe County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capps, O 1 | 16-171-00895 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kirkconnell, Dale |
| Crowe, Ottis 1 | 16-171-01177 | Active | Oil | Crowe, Ottis |
| Dotson, W R 1 | 16-171-01197 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Isaacs, E B |
| Stinson, Delson 1 | 16-171-01751 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Crowe, Ottis |
| Briney, Robert 2 | 16-171-00141 | Other status | Other type | Briney, Robert |
| Briney, Robert 2 | 16-171-00142 | Other status | Other type | Briney, Robert |
| Gass, Dema & Shelby 1 | 16-171-01294 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ryan Oil Co |
| Jenkins, Tom 1 | 16-171-01478 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rhoads, A J |
| Holder Brothers 1 | 16-171-01422 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Lankford, Donald R |
| Howard, Tom & Gladys 1 | 16-171-01442 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bell, Billy James |
| Pitcock, Sam 1 | 16-171-01624 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bell, Billy James |
| Reagan, Leonard 1 | 16-171-01647 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Love, John H |
| Russell, Eugene 1b | 16-171-00583 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vaughn, Jesse |
| Taylor, James 1 | 16-171-01752 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Myers, Theo |
| Combs, Henry 1 | 16-171-01147 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rutherford, L S |
| Clark, Silas 1 | 16-171-01127 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bailey, J E |
| Mcpherson, Wallace 1 | 16-171-01555 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wilbaco Oil Co |
| Proffitt, Lynn 1 | 16-171-01632 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hestand, Nebert |
| Thompson, Crowe 1 | 16-171-01760 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hestand, Nebert |
| Thompson, Clurie 1 | 16-171-01759 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hestand, Nebert |
| Wood, Smithie 1 | 16-171-01830 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Theriot, Van O |
| Stephens, Ona 1 | 16-171-01748 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Daniel, Leon |
| Hammer, Russell & Radford 1 | 16-171-01371 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Fulkerson, Earl |
| Thompson, Charles 1 | 16-171-01757 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fulkerson, Earl |
| Thompson, Charles 2 | 16-171-01758 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fulkerson, Earl |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,707 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 Monroe County, KY?
Monroe County, Kentucky has 2,707 catalogued oil & gas wells: 202 active, 1,784 plugged and 152 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Monroe County?
152 wells in Monroe County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 30th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Monroe County are plugged?
1,784 of Monroe County's 2,707 catalogued wells (66%) 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); Monroe County ranks 28th with 2,707.
How many companies operate wells in Monroe County?
565 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Monroe 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 Monroe County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/monroe (data as of October 10, 2026).