Oil & gas wells in Erie County, OH
223 catalogued wells in Erie County, Ohio, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Erie County, Ohio has 223 catalogued oil & gas wells: 24 active (11%), 156 plugged & abandoned (70%) and 9 documented orphans. It ranks 57th of the 81 Ohio counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 242,052 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
223
Active
24
Plugged
156
Documented orphans
9
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Erie County?
11% of Erie County's wells are active, 23 percentage points below the Ohio share of 34%. 70% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 9 wells (4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 10% across Ohio and 4% nationally. The remaining 34 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Erie County?
By product class, 198 of the county's wells (89%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 5 (2%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 84% and the gas share 0%. The deepest total depth published for a Erie County well is 4,466 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 Erie County compare with other Ohio counties?
Erie County has the 57th-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 62nd in Ohio.
Who operates wells in Erie County?
50 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Erie County. 99% 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 Erie County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well API 34-043-20006 | 34-043-20006 | Orphaned | Other type | Historic Owner |
| Fee Gene & June 1 | 34-043-20050 | Orphaned | Oil | Sun Exploration & Prod Co |
| Davis Eugene 1 | 34-043-20074 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Hale P 1 | 34-043-20106 | Orphaned | Oil | Peninsula Group Inc |
| Brunow 1 | 34-043-60018 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Well API 34-043-90002 | 34-043-90002 | Other status | Unknown | — |
| Well API 34-043-90003 | 34-043-90003 | Other status | Unknown | — |
| Mack William 1 | 34-043-20001 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Miller Lawrence 1 | 34-043-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Demuth Martin 1 | 34-043-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Demuth Martin 2 | 34-043-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Ny Chicago & St Louis Rr 1 | 34-043-20005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Sayler Melvin P Etal 1 | 34-043-20007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Mccreedy (Hanko) 1 | 34-043-20008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Landowner Grant Program 2005 |
| Willis Zendon & Davilee 1 | 34-043-20009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Wensink F & A 1 | 34-043-20010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Krysik-Wakefield Et Al Unit 1 | 34-043-20011 | Active | Oil | Franklin Gas & Oil Co LLC |
| Schlechter Harland G 1 | 34-043-20012 | Active | Oil | Franklin Gas & Oil Co LLC |
| Hodges Rt & Hills Nf & Ll 1 | 34-043-20013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Erie Unit(Erp #1) 1 | 34-043-20014 | Active | Injection | Franklin Gas & Oil Co LLC |
| Latteman Bertha Unit 1 | 34-043-20015 | Active | Injection | Franklin Gas & Oil Co LLC |
| Hume Et Al Unit 1 | 34-043-20016 | Active | Oil | Franklin Gas & Oil Co LLC |
| Wickens Em & V 1 | 34-043-20017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Ortner Andrew Et Al 1 | 34-043-20018 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Herman A Et Al Unit 1 | 34-043-20019 | Other status | Other type | Franklin Gas & Oil Co LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 223 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 Erie County, OH?
Erie County, Ohio has 223 catalogued oil & gas wells: 24 active, 156 plugged and 9 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Erie County?
9 wells in Erie County, Ohio are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 62nd-highest count among Ohio counties.
What share of wells in Erie County are plugged?
156 of Erie County's 223 catalogued wells (70%) 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); Erie County ranks 57th with 223.
How many companies operate wells in Erie County?
50 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Erie 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 Erie County, Ohio”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/ohio/erie (data as of October 10, 2026).