Oil & gas wells in Wolfe County, KY
1,910 catalogued wells in Wolfe County, Kentucky, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Wolfe County, Kentucky has 1,910 catalogued oil & gas wells: 556 active (29%), 441 plugged & abandoned (23%) and 186 documented orphans. It ranks 37th of the 90 Kentucky counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1.0% of the state's 201,022 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,910
Active
556
Plugged
441
Documented orphans
186
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Wolfe County?
29% of Wolfe County's wells are active, 3 percentage points above the Kentucky share of 27%. 23% are plugged & abandoned, against 39% statewide and 47% nationally. 186 wells (10%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 8% across Kentucky and 4% nationally. The remaining 727 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Wolfe County?
By product class, 661 of the county's wells (35%) are oil wells, 106 (6%) gas wells and 127 (7%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 25% and the gas share 15%. The deepest total depth published for a Wolfe County well is 12,288 ft, against 16,108 ft for Kentucky as a whole. 69% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Wolfe County compare with other Kentucky counties?
Wolfe County has the 37th-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 25th in Kentucky.
Who operates wells in Wolfe County?
215 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Wolfe County. 97% 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 Wolfe County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cable, Dorsey 3 | 16-129-02181 | Active | Oil | Bertram & Thacker |
| Cable, Dorsey 4 | 16-129-02182 | Other status | Other type | Bertram & Thacker |
| Prewitt-Miller-Goff & Wells 481 | 16-129-02201 | Active | Injection | Petroleum Exploration Co |
| Seaboard "A" S-3 | 16-129-03078 | Active | Oil | Climax Molybdenum Co |
| Fish & Willliams 1 | 16-129-03353 | Other status | Other type | Johnson, Clayton & Bruce King |
| Spencer, Joe 1 | 16-129-03714 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| Spencer, Frank 1-K | 16-129-03916 | Other status | Other type | Proffitt, Taylor |
| Day Lumber Co Dw-1 | 16-129-04061 | Other status | Other type | Climax Molybdenum Co |
| Day Lumber Co Dw-2 | 16-129-04062 | Active | Oil | Climax Molybdenum Co |
| Day Lumber Co Dw-3 | 16-129-04063 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Climax Molybdenum Co |
| Day Lumber Co Dw-4 | 16-129-04064 | Other status | Other type | Climax Molybdenum Co |
| Day Lumber Co Dw-6 | 16-129-04066 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Climax Molybdenum Co |
| Ledford-White (Koplin) 11w | 16-237-00001 | Orphaned | Injection | Melcher-Atkins Oil Co, Ltd |
| Ledford-White (Koplin) 12w | 16-237-00002 | Orphaned | Injection | Melcher-Atkins Oil Co, Ltd |
| Ledford-White (Koplin) 19w | 16-237-00003 | Orphaned | Injection | Melcher-Atkins Oil Co, Ltd |
| Ledford-White (Koplin) 20w | 16-237-00004 | Orphaned | Injection | Melcher-Atkins Oil Co, Ltd |
| Ledford-White (Koplin) 13w | 16-237-00005 | Orphaned | Injection | Melcher-Atkins Oil Co, Ltd |
| Ledford-White (Koplin) 14w | 16-237-00006 | Orphaned | Injection | Melcher-Atkins Oil Co, Ltd |
| Ledford-White (Koplin) 18w | 16-237-00007 | Orphaned | Injection | Melcher-Atkins Oil Co, Ltd |
| Ledford-White (Koplin) W17 | 16-237-00008 | Orphaned | Injection | Melcher-Atkins Oil Co, Ltd |
| Adams, A J Heirs 5w | 16-237-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Petroleum Exploration Co, Inc |
| Spencer Heirs 1w | 16-237-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Petroleum Exploration Co, Inc |
| Adams, A J Heirs 7w | 16-237-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Adams, A J Heirs 8w | 16-237-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
| Adams, A J Heirs 10w | 16-237-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | The Wiser Oil Co |
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Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Wolfe County, KY?
Wolfe County, Kentucky has 1,910 catalogued oil & gas wells: 556 active, 441 plugged and 186 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Wolfe County?
186 wells in Wolfe County, Kentucky are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 25th-highest count among Kentucky counties.
What share of wells in Wolfe County are plugged?
441 of Wolfe County's 1,910 catalogued wells (23%) 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); Wolfe County ranks 37th with 1,910.
How many companies operate wells in Wolfe County?
215 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Wolfe 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 Wolfe County, Kentucky”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kentucky/wolfe (data as of October 10, 2026).