Oil & gas wells in Monroe County, NY
32 catalogued wells in Monroe County, New York, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Monroe County, New York has 32 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 18 plugged & abandoned (56%) and 12 documented orphans. It ranks 28th of the 29 New York counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 46,514 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
32
Active
0
Plugged
18
Documented orphans
12
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Monroe County?
0% of Monroe County's wells are active, 25 percentage points below the New York share of 25%. 56% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 12 wells (38%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 16% across New York and 4% nationally. The remaining 2 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Monroe County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 22 (69%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 39% and the gas share 23%. The deepest total depth published for a Monroe County well is 3,915 ft, against 15,921 ft for New York as a whole. 97% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Monroe County compare with other New York counties?
Monroe County has the 28th-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 22nd in New York.
Who operates wells in Monroe County?
7 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Monroe County. 66% 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 Monroe County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrohn | 31-055-00669 | Other status | Other type | Ontario Gas |
| Honeoye Falls Well | 31-055-00670 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Brockport Well | 31-055-00671 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rochester Deep Well | 31-055-00672 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Moffit | 31-055-00673 | Other status | Gas | — |
| Miller 1 | 31-055-00674 | Orphaned | Other type | Springstein |
| Keck 3 | 31-055-01822 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation |
| Giglio 1 | 31-055-01823 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | — |
| Embling 1 | 31-055-01824 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation |
| Ehrentraut 3 | 31-055-01825 | Orphaned | Gas | Churchville Oil & Gas |
| Reber 2 | 31-055-01826 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation |
| Reber 2 | 31-055-01827 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation |
| Woolston 1 | 31-055-01828 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | — |
| Ehrentraut 2 | 31-055-01829 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation |
| Fee 0 | 31-055-03879 | Orphaned | Other type | Sargent & Greenleaf |
| Hazen 1 | 31-055-04502 | Orphaned | Gas | Colonial Oil & Gas Corp. |
| Yantz 1 | 31-055-04724 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Duchscherer William J. |
| Gruendike 1 | 31-055-05292 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation |
| Keck 1 | 31-055-06721 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation |
| Royston 2 | 31-055-06915 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation |
| Royston 1 | 31-055-06917 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation |
| Embling 2 | 31-055-07242 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation |
| Schnieder | 31-055-07246 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation |
| Keck 4 | 31-055-07248 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation |
| Ehmentraut 1 | 31-055-07275 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 32 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 Monroe County, NY?
Monroe County, New York has 32 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 18 plugged and 12 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Monroe County?
12 wells in Monroe County, New York are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 22nd-highest count among New York counties.
What share of wells in Monroe County are plugged?
18 of Monroe County's 32 catalogued wells (56%) 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); Monroe County ranks 28th with 32.
How many companies operate wells in Monroe County?
7 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Monroe 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 Monroe County, New York”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/new-york/monroe (data as of October 10, 2026).