Oil & gas wells in Whitley County, KY
2,163 catalogued wells in Whitley County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Whitley County, Kentucky has 2,163 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,143 active (53%), 433 plugged & abandoned (20%) and 162 documented orphans. It ranks 31st of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,163
Active
1,143
Plugged
433
Documented orphans
162
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Whitley County?
53% of Whitley County's wells are active, 26 percentage points above the Kentucky share of 27%. 20% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 162 wells (7%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 425 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Whitley County?
By product class, 136 of the county's wells (6%) are oil wells, 1,297 (60%) gas wells and 1 (0.0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Whitley County well is 6,497 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 Whitley County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Whitley County has the 31st-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 29th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Whitley County?
197 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Whitley County. 99% 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 Whitley County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collins, Charles L 1 | 16-057-07112 | Other status | Other type | Whitley County Oil, Ltd |
| Crawford, Larry 2 | 16-121-00347 | Active | Gas | Signal Reserve Corp |
| Bunch, M & E Mcfadden 1 | 16-235-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Graham-Michaelis Drilling Co Inc |
| Shupe, Mitchell D 1 | 16-235-00002 | Active | Gas | Delta Pet Dba Wm Helm Enterprise |
| Mountjoy, Jake 4a | 16-235-00003 | Orphaned | Gas | Sutton, Elmer H |
| Parks, Raymond Et Al 4a | 16-235-00004 | Orphaned | Gas | Sutton, Elmer H |
| Wilson, Calvin Et Al 2 | 16-235-00005 | Active | Gas | Alpha Gas Development, Inc |
| Powers, Albert Et Al 1 | 16-235-00006 | Active | Gas | Alpha Gas Development, Inc |
| Gambrel, Otto 1 | 16-235-00007 | Active | Gas | Alpha Gas Development, Inc |
| Byrd, Robert D 1 | 16-235-00008 | Active | Gas | Delta Pet Dba Wm Helm Enterprise |
| Conley, W P Et Al 1 | 16-235-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Hendrickson, G B Et Al 1 | 16-235-00010 | Active | Gas | Alpha Gas Development, Inc |
| Hill, Louisa Et Al 1 | 16-235-00011 | Active | Gas | Alpha Gas Development, Inc |
| Sharp, Clifford 1 | 16-235-00012 | Active | Gas | Delta Pet Dba Wm Helm Enterprise |
| Jasper, Edwin 2jfe | 16-235-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Sutton, Elmer H |
| Williams, Ralph Et Al 4 | 16-235-00016 | Active | Gas | Delta Pet Dba Wm Helm Enterprise |
| Johnson, Russell 1 | 16-235-00017 | Active | Gas | Delta Pet Dba Wm Helm Enterprise |
| Perkins, Geneva Buhl 1 | 16-235-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ideal Drilling Co, Inc |
| Jasper, Edwin 3jfe | 16-235-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Sutton, Elmer H |
| Worley, Everette Heirs 1 | 16-235-00020 | Active | Gas | Delta Pet Dba Wm Helm Enterprise |
| Rains, Henderson & Ruth 1 | 16-235-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pantex Energy, Inc |
| Rains, Henderson & Ruth 3 | 16-235-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Pantex Energy, Inc |
| Douglas, Earl 1 | 16-235-00023 | Active | Oil | Whitley County Oil, Ltd |
| Davenport, Smith 1 | 16-235-00024 | Active | Gas | Roach, Freida |
| Davenport, T & E Payne 1 | 16-235-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Goff, Terry W |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,163 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 Whitley County, KY?
Whitley County, Kentucky has 2,163 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,143 active, 433 plugged and 162 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Whitley County?
162 wells in Whitley County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 29th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Whitley County are plugged?
433 of Whitley County's 2,163 catalogued wells (20%) 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); Whitley County ranks 31st with 2,163.
How many companies operate wells in Whitley County?
197 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Whitley 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 Whitley County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/whitley (data as of October 10, 2026).