Oil & gas wells in Tompkins County, NY
100 catalogued wells in Tompkins County, New York, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Tompkins County, New York has 100 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2 active (2%), 39 plugged & abandoned (39%) and 42 documented orphans. It ranks 22nd 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
100
Active
2
Plugged
39
Documented orphans
42
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Tompkins County?
2% of Tompkins County's wells are active, 23 percentage points below the New York share of 25%. 39% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 42 wells (42%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 16% across New York and 4% nationally. The remaining 15 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Tompkins County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 10 (10%) gas wells and 30 (30%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 39% and the gas share 23%. The deepest total depth published for a Tompkins County well is 10,438 ft, against 15,921 ft for New York as a whole. 98% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Tompkins County compare with other New York counties?
Tompkins County has the 22nd-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 12th in New York.
Who operates wells in Tompkins County?
28 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Tompkins County. 98% 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 Tompkins County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossmore E Y 1 | 31-109-00038 | Orphaned | Other type | Crossmore |
| Fouts F O 1 | 31-109-00263 | Orphaned | Other type | NYS Natural Gas Corp. |
| Buchanan F E 1 | 31-109-00367 | Orphaned | Other type | NYS Natural Gas Corp. |
| Farkas, Joe 1 | 31-109-00481 | Orphaned | Other type | Reserve Oil Co. |
| Taubman Mary 1 | 31-109-00482 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | CNG Transmission Corp. |
| Taubman Mary 2 | 31-109-00483 | Orphaned | Other type | Fralick C.W. & Assoc. |
| McCord Andrew 1 | 31-109-00484 | Orphaned | Other type | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Ithaca Deep Well | 31-109-00485 | Orphaned | Other type | Ithaca Salt Works |
| Vankirk E S 1 | 31-109-00486 | Orphaned | Other type | Leiderbach-French |
| Knuutila Henery 1 | 31-109-00487 | Orphaned | Other type | NYS Natural Gas Corp. |
| Knapp Frank 1 | 31-109-00489 | Orphaned | Other type | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Miller Brothers 1 | 31-109-00490 | Orphaned | Other type | NYS Natural Gas Corp. |
| Thomas John H 1 | 31-109-00491 | Orphaned | Other type | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Head Deforest 1 | 31-109-00493 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Leiderbach-French |
| West Fall C 1 | 31-109-00494 | Orphaned | Other type | NYS Natural Gas Corp. |
| Noble Bert | 31-109-00495 | Orphaned | Gas | NYS Natural Gas Corp. |
| Hildreth George | 31-109-00496 | Orphaned | Other type | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Mount Cora 1 | 31-109-00497 | Orphaned | Gas | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Armstrong George 0 | 31-109-00498 | Orphaned | Gas | Leiderbach-French |
| Ronan Mary | 31-109-00499 | Orphaned | Gas | Leiderbach-French |
| Stoddard Frank 1 | 31-109-00500 | Orphaned | Other type | NYS Natural Gas Corp. |
| Teeter Elva T 1 | 31-109-00501 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Robertson Jas O 1 | 31-109-00502 | Orphaned | Gas | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Gagnon Archie 1 | 31-109-00503 | Orphaned | Other type | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Gagnon Archie 2 | 31-109-00504 | Orphaned | Other type | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 100 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 Tompkins County, NY?
Tompkins County, New York has 100 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2 active, 39 plugged and 42 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Tompkins County?
42 wells in Tompkins County, New York are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 12th-highest count among New York counties.
What share of wells in Tompkins County are plugged?
39 of Tompkins County's 100 catalogued wells (39%) 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); Tompkins County ranks 22nd with 100.
How many companies operate wells in Tompkins County?
28 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Tompkins 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 Tompkins County, New York”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/new-york/tompkins (data as of October 10, 2026).