Oil & gas wells in Cherokee County, OK
53 catalogued wells in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Cherokee County, Oklahoma has 53 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 48 plugged & abandoned (91%) and 2 documented orphans. It ranks 73rd of the 74 Oklahoma counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 456,595 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
53
Active
0
Plugged
48
Documented orphans
2
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Cherokee County?
0% of Cherokee County's wells are active, 28 percentage points below the Oklahoma share of 28%. 91% are plugged & abandoned, against 54% statewide and 47% nationally. 2 wells (4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 5% across Oklahoma and 4% nationally. The remaining 3 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Cherokee County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 5 (9%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 40% and the gas share 16%. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Cherokee County compare with other Oklahoma counties?
Cherokee County has the 73rd-most catalogued wells of the 74 Oklahoma counties with at least 25. The median Oklahoma county on WellCensus has 4,129 wells. The largest, Creek County, has 33,057. By documented orphans it ranks 69th in Oklahoma.
Who operates wells in Cherokee County?
13 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Cherokee County. 96% 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 Cherokee County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis #1 | 35-021-20031 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petrotech Inc |
| W N Patrick #1 | 35-021-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Rigsby #1 | 35-021-00001 | Other status | Other type | Hoxsey Oil Co & H R Wharton |
| Webb #1 | 35-021-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Fred Davis #1 | 35-021-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Walker James L |
| J M Smith #1 | 35-021-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Walker James L |
| Mcneil #1 | 35-021-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Norbla Oil Company |
| Kennedy #1 | 35-021-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Cookson #1 | 35-021-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Petroleum Waste Recovery Inc |
| Benge #1 | 35-021-00776 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Rose #1 | 35-021-00777 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Davis Leon #1 | 35-021-00778 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| R J Owens #1 | 35-021-00779 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Smith Bennie #1 | 35-021-00780 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Brixey #1 | 35-021-00781 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Begeman #1 | 35-021-00782 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Winkle #1 | 35-021-00783 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Crittendon #1 | 35-021-00784 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Moore Td #1 | 35-021-00785 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | State Fund Plugging |
| Hatchcock #1 | 35-021-00786 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Woods J #1 | 35-021-00787 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
| Lemon #1 | 35-021-00788 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pine William H |
| Well API 35-021-71000 | 35-021-71000 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | State Fund Plugging |
| Sharpe #2a | 35-021-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mitchell Oil Company |
| Sharpe #1a | 35-021-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Otc/Occ Not Assigned |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 53 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 Cherokee County, OK?
Cherokee County, Oklahoma has 53 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 48 plugged and 2 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Cherokee County?
2 wells in Cherokee County, Oklahoma are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 69th-highest count among Oklahoma counties.
What share of wells in Cherokee County are plugged?
48 of Cherokee County's 53 catalogued wells (91%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 54% across Oklahoma.
Which Oklahoma county has the most oil and gas wells?
Creek County has the most catalogued wells of any Oklahoma county on WellCensus (33,057); Cherokee County ranks 73rd with 53.
How many companies operate wells in Cherokee County?
13 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Cherokee County, Oklahoma.
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About this data
Source: Oklahoma Corporation Commission (RBDMS) 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 Cherokee County, Oklahoma”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/oklahoma/cherokee (data as of October 10, 2026).