Oil & gas wells in Clay County, MO
189 catalogued wells in Clay County, Missouri, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Clay County, Missouri has 189 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 0 plugged & abandoned (0%) and 185 documented orphans. It ranks 5th of the 18 Missouri counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 4% of the state's 4,892 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
189
Active
0
Plugged
0
Documented orphans
185
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Clay County?
0% of Clay County's wells are active, close to the Missouri share of 0%. 0% are plugged & abandoned, against 0% statewide and 47% nationally. 185 wells (98%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 98% across Missouri and 4% nationally. The remaining 4 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Clay County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 0% and the gas share 0%. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Clay County compare with other Missouri counties?
Clay County has the 5th-most catalogued wells of the 18 Missouri counties with at least 25. The median Missouri county on WellCensus has 114 wells. The largest, Jackson County, has 1,711. By documented orphans it ranks 5th in Missouri.
Who operates wells in Clay County?
Missouri records currently come only from the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026); the state's own registry of active and plugged wells is not yet ingested, so counts cover documented orphans only.
Wells in Clay County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well API 24-047-00001 | 24-047-00001 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00002 | 24-047-00002 | Other status | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00003 | 24-047-00003 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00004 | 24-047-00004 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00005 | 24-047-00005 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00006 | 24-047-00006 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00007 | 24-047-00007 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00008 | 24-047-00008 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00009 | 24-047-00009 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00010 | 24-047-00010 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00011 | 24-047-00011 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00012 | 24-047-00012 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00013 | 24-047-00013 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00014 | 24-047-00014 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00015 | 24-047-00015 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00016 | 24-047-00016 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00017 | 24-047-00017 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00018 | 24-047-00018 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00019 | 24-047-00019 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00020 | 24-047-00020 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00021 | 24-047-00021 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00022 | 24-047-00022 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00023 | 24-047-00023 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00024 | 24-047-00024 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 24-047-00025 | 24-047-00025 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 189 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 Clay County, MO?
Clay County, Missouri has 189 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 0 plugged and 185 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Clay County?
185 wells in Clay County, Missouri are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 5th-highest count among Missouri counties.
What share of wells in Clay County are plugged?
0 of Clay County's 189 catalogued wells (0%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 0% across Missouri.
Which Missouri county has the most oil and gas wells?
Jackson County has the most catalogued wells of any Missouri county on WellCensus (1,711); Clay County ranks 5th with 189.
Nearby in the Missouri rankings
About this data
Source: 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 Clay County, Missouri”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/missouri/clay (data as of October 10, 2026).