Oil & gas wells in Yates County, NY
140 catalogued wells in Yates County, New York, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Yates County, New York has 140 catalogued oil & gas wells: 27 active (19%), 51 plugged & abandoned (36%) and 33 documented orphans. It ranks 19th of the 29 New York counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 46,514 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
140
Active
27
Plugged
51
Documented orphans
33
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Yates County?
19% of Yates County's wells are active, 6 percentage points below the New York share of 25%. 36% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 5 wells (4%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 33 wells (24%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 16% across New York and 4% nationally. The remaining 24 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Yates County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 29 (21%) gas wells and 4 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 39% and the gas share 23%. The deepest total depth published for a Yates County well is 10,027 ft, against 15,921 ft for New York as a whole. 99% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Yates County compare with other New York counties?
Yates County has the 19th-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 17th in New York.
Who operates wells in Yates County?
48 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Yates County. 91% 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 Yates County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanderson 1 | 31-123-00417 | Orphaned | Other type | Sanderson et al |
| Sanderson 2 | 31-123-00418 | Orphaned | Gas | Sanderson et al |
| Cook 1 | 31-123-00419 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Carpenter J. |
| Kipp 1 | 31-123-00420 | Orphaned | Other type | Finger Carl et al |
| Bloss 1 | 31-123-00421 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Vangelder 1 | 31-123-00422 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| McDowell 1 | 31-123-00423 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Williamsport Natural Gas E.Q.D |
| Thayer 1 | 31-123-00424 | Active | Other type | Weaver David H. |
| Stoutenberg 1 | 31-123-00425 | Orphaned | Other type | Pentaga Oil & Gas |
| Hodges 1 | 31-123-00426 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hodges et al |
| Ward 1 | 31-123-00427 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cunningham Natural Gas Corp. |
| Smith C | 31-123-00428 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Millard 1 | 31-123-00429 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eastern States Gas |
| Beyea 1 | 31-123-00430 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Oriskany Drilling |
| Russell | 31-123-00431 | Orphaned | Other type | Belmont Quadrangle Drilling |
| Hall 1 | 31-123-00535 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bradford Pipe & Supply Co. |
| Peele 1 | 31-123-00536 | Orphaned | Other type | Peele J.W. |
| Seneca Farms 1 | 31-123-00545 | Orphaned | Other type | Huff Nelson |
| Seneca Farms 2 | 31-123-00546 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Huff Nelson |
| Norris 1 | 31-123-00547 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Anderson Martin Gordon |
| Isco 1 | 31-123-00550 | Orphaned | Injection | — |
| Isco 2 | 31-123-00551 | Orphaned | Injection | — |
| Isco 3 | 31-123-00552 | Orphaned | Injection | — |
| Andrus 1 | 31-123-00553 | Orphaned | Other type | Stanton et al |
| Lyman [h144] | 31-123-00567 | Active | Other type | Columbia Gas Transmission LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 140 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 Yates County, NY?
Yates County, New York has 140 catalogued oil & gas wells: 27 active, 51 plugged and 33 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Yates County?
33 wells in Yates County, New York are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 17th-highest count among New York counties.
What share of wells in Yates County are plugged?
51 of Yates County's 140 catalogued wells (36%) 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); Yates County ranks 19th with 140.
How many companies operate wells in Yates County?
48 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Yates 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 Yates County, New York”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/new-york/yates (data as of October 10, 2026).