Oil & gas wells in Oneida County, NY
72 catalogued wells in Oneida County, New York, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Oneida County, New York has 72 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2 active (3%), 16 plugged & abandoned (22%) and 47 documented orphans. It ranks 23rd of the 29 New York counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.2% of the state's 46,514 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
72
Active
2
Plugged
16
Documented orphans
47
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Oneida County?
3% of Oneida County's wells are active, 22 percentage points below the New York share of 25%. 22% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 47 wells (65%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 16% across New York and 4% nationally. The remaining 7 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Oneida County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 38 (53%) 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 Oneida County well is 4,366 ft, against 15,921 ft for New York as a whole. 94% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Oneida County compare with other New York counties?
Oneida County has the 23rd-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 11th in New York.
Who operates wells in Oneida County?
27 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Oneida County. 69% 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 Oneida County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams Elmer 1 | 31-065-00680 | Orphaned | Other type | Property Shares Inc. |
| De LA Roche | 31-065-00681 | Orphaned | Gas | Property Shares Inc. |
| Rinkle Leigh 1 | 31-065-00682 | Orphaned | Other type | Cabot G.L. |
| Owens W T 2 | 31-065-00683 | Orphaned | Gas | Property Shares Inc. |
| Owens 1 | 31-065-00684 | Orphaned | Gas | Property Shares Inc. |
| Meeker Ezra | 31-065-00685 | Orphaned | Other type | Cabot G.L. |
| Meeker Estates | 31-065-00686 | Orphaned | Gas | Knese N.R. |
| Griffin Joseph | 31-065-00687 | Orphaned | Gas | Oneida County Producing Co. |
| Walter Elden | 31-065-00688 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Dunn 2 | 31-065-00689 | Orphaned | Gas | Oneida County Producing Co. |
| Roy Dunn | 31-065-00690 | Orphaned | Gas | Perry et al |
| Donlon Ed | 31-065-00691 | Orphaned | Gas | Cabot G.L. |
| Davies J C 1 | 31-065-00692 | Orphaned | Gas | — |
| Homer Dale | 31-065-00693 | Orphaned | Gas | Oneida County Producing Co. |
| Brewster A 2 | 31-065-00694 | Orphaned | Gas | Property Shares Inc. |
| Standard Harvester | 31-065-00695 | Orphaned | Other type | Standard Harvester |
| Globe Woolen Works 1 | 31-065-00696 | Orphaned | Other type | Globe Woolen Works |
| New York Mills Well 1 | 31-065-00697 | Orphaned | Other type | Campbell |
| Ainsworth Oneida Valley 1 | 31-065-00698 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Fee 1 | 31-065-00699 | Other status | Gas | — |
| Ft Stanwick Mfg Co | 31-065-00700 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | — |
| Murphy Silas | 31-065-00701 | Orphaned | Gas | Ontario Syndicate |
| Kingsley, Dr. J. W. | 31-065-00702 | Other status | Gas | — |
| Humprey, C. M. | 31-065-00703 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Hathaway H H | 31-065-00704 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Natural Gas Property |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 72 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 Oneida County, NY?
Oneida County, New York has 72 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2 active, 16 plugged and 47 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Oneida County?
47 wells in Oneida County, New York are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 11th-highest count among New York counties.
What share of wells in Oneida County are plugged?
16 of Oneida County's 72 catalogued wells (22%) 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); Oneida County ranks 23rd with 72.
How many companies operate wells in Oneida County?
27 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Oneida 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 Oneida County, New York”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/new-york/oneida (data as of October 10, 2026).