Oil & gas wells in Steuben County, NY
1,996 catalogued wells in Steuben County, New York, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Steuben County, New York has 1,996 catalogued oil & gas wells: 412 active (21%), 789 plugged & abandoned (40%) and 603 documented orphans. It ranks 5th of the 29 New York counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 4% of the state's 46,514 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,996
Active
412
Plugged
789
Documented orphans
603
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Steuben County?
21% of Steuben County's wells are active, 4 percentage points below the New York share of 25%. 40% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 17 wells (0.9%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 603 wells (30%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 16% across New York and 4% nationally. The remaining 175 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Steuben County?
By product class, 878 of the county's wells (44%) are oil wells, 220 (11%) gas wells and 156 (8%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 39% and the gas share 23%. The deepest total depth published for a Steuben County well is 15,079 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 Steuben County compare with other New York counties?
Steuben County has the 5th-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 3rd in New York.
Who operates wells in Steuben County?
195 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Steuben County. 95% 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 Steuben County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pease 0198 | 31-003-08336 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bradley Producing Corp. |
| Burger 1 | 31-101-00024 | Other status | Other type | Hanley & Bird |
| New York State [h2] | 31-101-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Columbia Gas Transmission LLC |
| New York State 2 [h114] | 31-101-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Columbia Gas Transmission LLC |
| Bettinger 1 | 31-101-00028 | Orphaned | Other type | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Ashbaugh | 31-101-00030 | Orphaned | Other type | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Ackley 1 | 31-101-00032 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Columbia Gas Transmission LLC |
| Webber 2 (H229) | 31-101-00033 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Columbia Gas Transmission LLC |
| Highland [h235] | 31-101-00034 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Columbia Gas Transmission LLC |
| Wing 234 | 31-101-00035 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Columbia Gas Transmission LLC |
| Clark [h124] | 31-101-00036 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Columbia Gas Transmission LLC |
| Warringer [h243] | 31-101-00037 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Columbia Gas Transmission LLC |
| Quick 1 | 31-101-00040 | Orphaned | Other type | Appalachian Development Corporation |
| Wells Jerome B | 31-101-00041 | Orphaned | Other type | Appalachian Development Corporation |
| Falzarano 1 | 31-101-00042 | Orphaned | Other type | Appalachian Development Corporation |
| Cartwright 1 | 31-101-00043 | Orphaned | Other type | Iroquois Gas Corp. |
| Faucett 1 | 31-101-00045 | Orphaned | Other type | Appalachian Development Corporation |
| Grist [n158] | 31-101-00047 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dominion Energy Transmission Inc. |
| House 1 | 31-101-00048 | Other status | Other type | NYS Natural Gas Corp. |
| Keegan 1 | 31-101-00049 | Orphaned | Other type | NYS Natural Gas Corp. |
| Pock 1 | 31-101-00050 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Ames 1 | 31-101-00053 | Orphaned | Other type | Empire Gas & Fuel |
| Knowles 1 | 31-101-00054 | Orphaned | Other type | Knute Evjen et al |
| Losey 1 | 31-101-00056 | Orphaned | Other type | Witmer Oil & Gas |
| Eichorn | 31-101-00057 | Orphaned | Other type | Eastern States Gas |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,996 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 Steuben County, NY?
Steuben County, New York has 1,996 catalogued oil & gas wells: 412 active, 789 plugged and 603 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Steuben County?
603 wells in Steuben County, New York are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 3rd-highest count among New York counties.
What share of wells in Steuben County are plugged?
789 of Steuben County's 1,996 catalogued wells (40%) 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); Steuben County ranks 5th with 1,996.
How many companies operate wells in Steuben County?
195 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Steuben 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 Steuben County, New York”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/new-york/steuben (data as of October 10, 2026).