Oil & gas wells in Wayne County, KY
1,944 catalogued wells in Wayne County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Wayne County, Kentucky has 1,944 catalogued oil & gas wells: 114 active (6%), 973 plugged & abandoned (50%) and 217 documented orphans. It ranks 36th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1.0% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,944
Active
114
Plugged
973
Documented orphans
217
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Wayne County?
6% of Wayne County's wells are active, 21 percentage points below the Kentucky share of 27%. 50% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 217 wells (11%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 640 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Wayne County?
By product class, 390 of the county's wells (20%) are oil wells, 38 (2%) gas wells and 2 (0.1%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Wayne County well is 3,703 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 Wayne County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Wayne County has the 36th-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 24th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Wayne County?
434 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Wayne 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 Wayne County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well API 16-231-00739 | 16-231-00739 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-231-01451 | 16-231-01451 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-231-01453 | 16-231-01453 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-231-01610 | 16-231-01610 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-231-01623 | 16-231-01623 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-231-01611 | 16-231-01611 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Gibbs, Charles 5 | 16-231-01476 | Orphaned | Oil | T&c Exploration, LLC |
| Bell, Edwin 1 | 16-231-01497 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Piercy 1 | 16-231-01498 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Denney, Tom 7r | 16-231-01520 | Orphaned | Other type | Rick-Rod Oil Company, Inc |
| Rector, Donald 10 | 16-231-01527 | Other status | Other type | Conner, Micha |
| Miranda, Eric Un1 | 16-231-01579 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Cumberland Forestland M1 | 16-231-01582 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Rector, O M M1 | 16-231-01583 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Well API 16-231-01604 | 16-231-01604 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Koger, Hallis 3 | 16-231-01487 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Koger, Hallis 1 | 16-231-01485 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Koger, Hallis 2 | 16-231-01486 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Foster, Gleason Fj3 # 2 | 16-231-01561 | Orphaned | Other type | J3 Natural Resources, LLC |
| Recotr, O M M2 | 16-231-01584 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Unknown Unm1 | 16-231-01590 | Other status | Other type | Unknown |
| Bulvanker, Melvin & Laura 1 | 16-231-00184 | Orphaned | Oil | R A Simmons Well Drilling Co Inc |
| Mcginnis, Griley 1 | 16-231-00037 | Orphaned | Oil | Redbird Petroleum Corp |
| Neal, Larry 4 | 16-231-00046 | Orphaned | Oil | Gossett, William A |
| Neal, Larry 2 | 16-231-00047 | Orphaned | Other type | Gossett, William A |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,944 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 Wayne County, KY?
Wayne County, Kentucky has 1,944 catalogued oil & gas wells: 114 active, 973 plugged and 217 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Wayne County?
217 wells in Wayne County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 24th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Wayne County are plugged?
973 of Wayne County's 1,944 catalogued wells (50%) 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); Wayne County ranks 36th with 1,944.
How many companies operate wells in Wayne County?
434 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Wayne 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 Wayne County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/wayne (data as of October 10, 2026).