Oil & gas wells in Columbiana County, OH
4,880 catalogued wells in Columbiana County, Ohio, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Columbiana County, Ohio has 4,880 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,217 active (25%), 2,301 plugged & abandoned (47%) and 916 documented orphans. It ranks 21st of the 81 Ohio counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 242,052 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
4,880
Active
1,217
Plugged
2,301
Documented orphans
916
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Columbiana County?
25% of Columbiana County's wells are active, 9 percentage points below the Ohio share of 34%. 47% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 916 wells (19%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 10% across Ohio and 4% nationally. The remaining 446 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Columbiana County?
By product class, 4,348 of the county's wells (89%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 154 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 84% and the gas share 0%. The deepest total depth published for a Columbiana County well is 26,848 ft, against 34,403 ft for Ohio as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Columbiana County compare with other Ohio counties?
Columbiana County has the 21st-most catalogued wells of the 81 Ohio counties with at least 25. The median Ohio county on WellCensus has 1,595 wells. The largest, Washington County, has 15,557. By documented orphans it ranks 5th in Ohio.
Who operates wells in Columbiana County?
158 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Columbiana County. 100% 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 Columbiana County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grafton Ws 1 | 34-029-20004 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Witter M C & I M 4 | 34-029-20008 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Weingart Edward 1 | 34-029-20017 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Charlton Ec 1 | 34-029-20018 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Gruber Jos M 1 | 34-029-20019 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Witter Mc & Im 5 | 34-029-20032 | Other status | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Workman Emma J & Jc 1 | 34-029-20037 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Holland Henry 1 | 34-029-20039 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Johnson R E & E M 6 | 34-029-20045 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Patterson Emma & Frank 1 | 34-029-20046 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Mcintyre Nila M 3 | 34-029-20051 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Gaston H L & Florence M 1 | 34-029-20061 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Birkett Hazel H 1 | 34-029-20077 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Till W & E | 34-029-20082 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Vodrey Wm 1 | 34-029-20096 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Thompson Or Beaverkettle 1 | 34-029-20098 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Weaver Elmer G 1 | 34-029-20110 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Stump Benj Heirs 1 | 34-029-20111 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Barnett Paul 1 | 34-029-20113 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Bricker Clyde R 1 | 34-029-20122 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Hickman Laura M 2 | 34-029-20124 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Boyles Wm H 1 | 34-029-20126 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Yant Theo David & Wife 1 | 34-029-20130 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Stanley Ches & Maude 1 | 34-029-20135 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| The Patterson Foundry & Machine Co 2 | 34-029-20137 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 4,880 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 Columbiana County, OH?
Columbiana County, Ohio has 4,880 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,217 active, 2,301 plugged and 916 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Columbiana County?
916 wells in Columbiana County, Ohio are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 5th-highest count among Ohio counties.
What share of wells in Columbiana County are plugged?
2,301 of Columbiana County's 4,880 catalogued wells (47%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 44% across Ohio.
Which Ohio county has the most oil and gas wells?
Washington County has the most catalogued wells of any Ohio county on WellCensus (15,557); Columbiana County ranks 21st with 4,880.
How many companies operate wells in Columbiana County?
158 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Columbiana County, Ohio.
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About this data
Source: Ohio DNR Division of Oil & Gas 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 Columbiana County, Ohio”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/ohio/columbiana (data as of October 10, 2026).