Oil & gas wells in Cayuga County, NY
483 catalogued wells in Cayuga County, New York, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Cayuga County, New York has 483 catalogued oil & gas wells: 284 active (59%), 64 plugged & abandoned (13%) and 24 documented orphans. It ranks 9th of the 29 New York counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 46,514 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
483
Active
284
Plugged
64
Documented orphans
24
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Cayuga County?
59% of Cayuga County's wells are active, 34 percentage points above the New York share of 25%. 13% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 29 wells (6%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 24 wells (5%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 16% across New York and 4% nationally. The remaining 82 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Cayuga County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 355 (73%) gas wells and 2 (0.4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 39% and the gas share 23%. The deepest total depth published for a Cayuga County well is 9,166 ft, against 15,921 ft for New York as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Cayuga County compare with other New York counties?
Cayuga County has the 9th-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 18th in New York.
Who operates wells in Cayuga County?
65 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Cayuga County. 100% 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 Cayuga County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahaney J C | 31-011-00478 | Orphaned | Other type | Reserve Oil Co. |
| Bradley H H 1 | 31-011-00479 | Orphaned | Other type | Reserve Oil Co. |
| Well API 31-011-00506 | 31-011-00506 | Orphaned | Other type | Corona Typewriter |
| Whitford Silas | 31-011-00590 | Orphaned | Other type | Hadley & Rogers |
| Lasher W B | 31-011-00741 | Orphaned | Other type | Trumble M.C. et al |
| Hoffman Walter 1 | 31-011-00871 | Orphaned | Other type | Hadley & Rogers |
| Slayton F H 1 | 31-011-00872 | Other status | Gas | Saben Sherry R. |
| Brooks 1 | 31-011-00873 | Orphaned | Other type | Boyce et al |
| Cato Bank Tinker Lot | 31-011-00874 | Orphaned | Other type | Hadley & Rogers |
| Slayton H 2 | 31-011-01003 | Orphaned | Other type | Hadley & Rogers |
| Aurora 1 | 31-011-01050 | Orphaned | Injection | Alvord E. B. |
| Montgomery Gordon 1 | 31-011-01051 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Mitchell Estate 1 | 31-011-01052 | Orphaned | Other type | Keiver |
| Baker and Riford 1 | 31-011-01162 | Orphaned | Gas | Trumble M.C. et al |
| Baker William 1 | 31-011-01163 | Orphaned | Other type | Trumble M.C. et al |
| Old Auburn 1 | 31-011-01301 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Stearns J.W. |
| Huffman | 31-011-01878 | Other status | Other type | Hadley & Rogers |
| Mitchell Estate 2 | 31-011-02607 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Ford 1 (789-1) | 31-011-04038 | Active | Gas | Clark Daniel J. |
| Leubner Don W 1 | 31-011-04043 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Willard A. et al |
| Shoemaker 1 (768-1) | 31-011-04068 | Active | Gas | Greenway Energy LLC |
| Klock 1 (767-1) | 31-011-04112 | Shut-in | Gas | Klock Carol H. |
| O'Hara 1 (786-1) | 31-011-04142 | Active | Gas | Greenway Energy LLC |
| O'Hara 2 (787-2) | 31-011-04216 | Active | Gas | Greenway Energy LLC |
| Burtless 1 (791-1) | 31-011-04241 | Active | Gas | Greenway Energy LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 483 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 Cayuga County, NY?
Cayuga County, New York has 483 catalogued oil & gas wells: 284 active, 64 plugged and 24 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Cayuga County?
24 wells in Cayuga County, New York are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 18th-highest count among New York counties.
What share of wells in Cayuga County are plugged?
64 of Cayuga County's 483 catalogued wells (13%) 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); Cayuga County ranks 9th with 483.
How many companies operate wells in Cayuga County?
65 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Cayuga 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 Cayuga County, New York”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/new-york/cayuga (data as of October 10, 2026).