Oil & gas wells in Muskingum County, OH
10,445 catalogued wells in Muskingum County, Ohio, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Muskingum County, Ohio has 10,445 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,902 active (28%), 5,869 plugged & abandoned (56%) and 352 documented orphans. It ranks 4th of the 81 Ohio counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 4% of the state's 242,052 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
10,445
Active
2,902
Plugged
5,869
Documented orphans
352
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Muskingum County?
28% of Muskingum County's wells are active, 6 percentage points below the Ohio share of 34%. 56% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 352 wells (3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 10% across Ohio and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,322 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Muskingum County?
By product class, 10,155 of the county's wells (97%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 46 (0.4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 84% and the gas share 0%. The deepest total depth published for a Muskingum County well is 20,120 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 Muskingum County compare with other Ohio counties?
Muskingum County has the 4th-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 20th in Ohio.
Who operates wells in Muskingum County?
794 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Muskingum 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 Muskingum County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harron Ora 1 | 34-119-20008 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| 3 | 34-119-20040 | Orphaned | Other type | Historic Owner |
| Pletcher Waver 1 | 34-119-20045 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Heodlay Walton 1 | 34-119-20089 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Waters Fred & Snoots Sam 1 | 34-119-20098 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Bessemer Geo W 1 | 34-119-20100 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Dailey Dn 3-A | 34-119-20115 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Armentrout & Wilson 1 | 34-119-20132 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Stakercarl Etal 4 | 34-119-20193 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Meyer E R 2 | 34-119-20201 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Jenkins Frank 1 | 34-119-20242 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Taylor C L 1 | 34-119-20299 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Mitchell Frank 2 | 34-119-20303 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Sowers & Fisher-Joint Well 1 | 34-119-20347 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Woerner Adolph 1 | 34-119-20357 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Lewis Anna T Wittmer Oil & G Coup 1 | 34-119-20378 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| White Hugh 1 | 34-119-20381 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Sowers J W 1 | 34-119-20401 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Sowers Jw 2 | 34-119-20426 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Dilley Ba 1 | 34-119-20436 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Sowers Leo 1 | 34-119-20450 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Warne Madge 1 | 34-119-20552 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Stearns Ida Et Al 1 | 34-119-20564 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Clewer Nora 1 | 34-119-20629 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
| Roberts Daisy 1 | 34-119-20672 | Orphaned | Oil | Historic Owner |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 10,445 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 Muskingum County, OH?
Muskingum County, Ohio has 10,445 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,902 active, 5,869 plugged and 352 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Muskingum County?
352 wells in Muskingum County, Ohio are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 20th-highest count among Ohio counties.
What share of wells in Muskingum County are plugged?
5,869 of Muskingum County's 10,445 catalogued wells (56%) 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); Muskingum County ranks 4th with 10,445.
How many companies operate wells in Muskingum County?
794 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Muskingum 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 Muskingum County, Ohio”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/ohio/muskingum (data as of October 10, 2026).