Oil & gas wells in Cattaraugus County, NY
11,678 catalogued wells in Cattaraugus County, New York, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Cattaraugus County, New York has 11,678 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,633 active (23%), 5,795 plugged & abandoned (50%) and 1,649 documented orphans. It ranks 2nd of the 29 New York counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 25% of the state's 46,514 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
11,678
Active
2,633
Plugged
5,795
Documented orphans
1,649
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Cattaraugus County?
23% of Cattaraugus County's wells are active, 2 percentage points below the New York share of 25%. 50% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 331 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 1,649 wells (14%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 16% across New York and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,270 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Cattaraugus County?
By product class, 6,386 of the county's wells (55%) are oil wells, 957 (8%) gas wells and 1,522 (13%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 39% and the gas share 23%. The deepest total depth published for a Cattaraugus County well is 11,680 ft, against 15,921 ft for New York as a whole. 99% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Cattaraugus County compare with other New York counties?
Cattaraugus County has the 2nd-most catalogued wells of the 29 New York counties with at least 25. The median New York county on WellCensus has 212 wells. The largest, Allegany County, has 16,110. By documented orphans it ranks 2nd in New York.
Who operates wells in Cattaraugus County?
460 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Cattaraugus County. 89% 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 Cattaraugus County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fee | 31-003-04656 | Other status | Other type | McDivitt Oil Co. |
| Hotchkiss 3 | 31-009-00231 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Trio Drilling Co |
| Steffenhagen Lloyd 1 | 31-009-00279 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Iroquois Gas Corp. |
| Reed, J 1 | 31-009-00415 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ontario Gas |
| Aultman Hale 1 | 31-009-00416 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Voided Permit | 31-009-00614 | Other status | Other type | Not Applicable |
| Hotchkiss Horace 1 | 31-009-00675 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Arkansas Fuel Oil |
| Bowers-Moran IGC-1691 | 31-009-00676 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation |
| Sutter C J 1 | 31-009-00846 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hanley & Bird |
| Hills William 1 | 31-009-00847 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hanley & Bird |
| Little Charles | 31-009-00849 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Iroquois Gas Corp. |
| Rideout Mabel 1 | 31-009-00852 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Mosher F H 1 | 31-009-00853 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Standard Oil Co. |
| Marsh William 1 | 31-009-00854 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Greely Clyde 1 | 31-009-00855 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| General Ice Cream Co | 31-009-00856 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Garvey John 1 | 31-009-00857 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Franklin G M 1 | 31-009-00858 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Curtiss P H 1 | 31-009-00859 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Brown A J 1 | 31-009-00860 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | J. J. Bucher Producing Corporation |
| Richey C H 1 | 31-009-00862 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Griffith et al |
| Strickland John P 3 | 31-009-00863 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | New Penn Develop |
| Weils Harry | 31-009-00864 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Iroquois Gas Corp. |
| Mosher I-1735 | 31-009-00865 | Active | Other type | National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation |
| Arnold I-1640 | 31-009-00866 | Active | Other type | National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 11,678 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 Cattaraugus County, NY?
Cattaraugus County, New York has 11,678 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,633 active, 5,795 plugged and 1,649 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Cattaraugus County?
1,649 wells in Cattaraugus County, New York are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 2nd-highest count among New York counties.
What share of wells in Cattaraugus County are plugged?
5,795 of Cattaraugus County's 11,678 catalogued wells (50%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 44% across New York.
Which New York county has the most oil and gas wells?
Allegany County has the most catalogued wells of any New York county on WellCensus (16,110); Cattaraugus County ranks 2nd with 11,678.
How many companies operate wells in Cattaraugus County?
460 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Cattaraugus County, New York.
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About this data
Source: New York DEC Division of Mineral Resources 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 Cattaraugus County, New York”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/new-york/cattaraugus (data as of October 10, 2026).