Oil & gas wells in Muhlenberg County, KY
6,844 catalogued wells in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky has 6,844 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,453 active (21%), 3,191 plugged & abandoned (47%) and 498 documented orphans. It ranks 8th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
6,844
Active
1,453
Plugged
3,191
Documented orphans
498
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Muhlenberg County?
21% of Muhlenberg County's wells are active, 5 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 47% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (0.0%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 498 wells (7%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,700 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Muhlenberg County?
By product class, 1,928 of the county's wells (28%) are oil wells, 368 (5%) gas wells and 304 (4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Muhlenberg County well is 6,700 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 76% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Muhlenberg County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Muhlenberg County has the 8th-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 13th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Muhlenberg County?
1,255 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Muhlenberg 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 Muhlenberg County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold, Jess 24 | 16-031-00331 | Active | Oil | Neubert, Noble |
| Arnold, Jesse 28 | 16-031-00333 | Active | Oil | Neubert & Williams |
| Porter, Ethel 29 | 16-177-03313 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Slagter Producing Co |
| Arnold, Jess 29 | 16-031-00334 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Neubert, Cox, Williams |
| Putty, W H 1 | 16-047-00500 | Other status | Other type | Drake, Truman W |
| Bass, J H 6 | 16-047-00034 | Active | Oil | Marhill Oil & Gas Co |
| Bass, J H 28 | 16-047-00425 | Active | Oil | Ky-Tenn Oil Co |
| Mccain 1 | 16-059-02139 | Active | Oil | George & Wrather Oil Co |
| Christian Co Board Of Education 1 | 16-047-00556 | Other status | Other type | Perry, R H |
| Lemons, John W 1 | 16-047-00447 | Other status | Other type | Basin Drilling Co |
| Well API 16-177-04665 | 16-177-04665 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-177-04666 | 16-177-04666 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-177-04689 | 16-177-04689 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-177-04690 | 16-177-04690 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-177-04706 | 16-177-04706 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-177-04733 | 16-177-04733 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-177-04750 | 16-177-04750 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-177-04735 | 16-177-04735 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-177-05078 | 16-177-05078 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-177-04844 | 16-177-04844 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-177-04648 | 16-177-04648 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-177-05091 | 16-177-05091 | Other status | Other type | Stewart, Jonathon H |
| Well API 16-177-04708 | 16-177-04708 | Other status | Other type | Ford, Joe L |
| Well API 16-177-04703 | 16-177-04703 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-177-04717 | 16-177-04717 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 6,844 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 Muhlenberg County, KY?
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky has 6,844 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,453 active, 3,191 plugged and 498 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Muhlenberg County?
498 wells in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 13th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Muhlenberg County are plugged?
3,191 of Muhlenberg County's 6,844 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); Muhlenberg County ranks 8th with 6,844.
How many companies operate wells in Muhlenberg County?
1,255 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Muhlenberg 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 Muhlenberg County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/muhlenberg (data as of October 10, 2026).