Oil & gas wells in Bradford County, PA
4,066 catalogued wells in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Bradford County, Pennsylvania has 4,066 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,796 active (44%), 287 plugged & abandoned (7%) and 15 documented orphans. It ranks 19th of the 37 Pennsylvania counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 224,189 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
4,066
Active
1,796
Plugged
287
Documented orphans
15
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Bradford County?
44% of Bradford County's wells are active, close to the Pennsylvania share of 45%. 7% are plugged & abandoned, against 25% statewide and 47% nationally. 15 wells (0.4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across Pennsylvania and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,968 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Bradford County?
By product class, 29 of the county's wells (0.7%) are oil wells, 4,004 (98%) gas wells and 5 (0.1%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 37% and the gas share 51%. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Bradford County compare with other Pennsylvania counties?
Bradford County has the 19th-most catalogued wells of the 37 Pennsylvania counties with at least 25. The median Pennsylvania county on WellCensus has 4,066 wells. The largest, McKean County, has 38,160. By documented orphans it ranks 29th in Pennsylvania.
Who operates wells in Bradford County?
35 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Bradford 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 Bradford County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C Dickenson 1 | 37-015-00001 | Orphaned | Other type | Pa Dep Ofc Oil & Gas Mgmt |
| Yoder Farm 1 | 37-015-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Pa Dep Ofc Oil & Gas Mgmt |
| Speigel 1 | 37-015-00003 | Orphaned | Gas | Pa Dep Ofc Oil & Gas Mgmt |
| Kepplinger 1 | 37-015-00004 | Orphaned | Gas | Pa Dep Ofc Oil & Gas Mgmt |
| Burbage 1 | 37-015-00005 | Orphaned | Oil | Pa Dep Ofc Oil & Gas Mgmt |
| Charles Blemle 1 | 37-015-20001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pure Oil Co |
| Harold W Lundy 1 | 37-015-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fairman Drilling Co |
| Ajw Headlee 1 | 37-015-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shaw Obie |
| Edward D & Mary Strickland 1 | 37-015-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fenix & Scisson Inc |
| Dimmig 1 | 37-015-20006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pennzoil Prod Co |
| Frank J Bonin Jr & Bernice E Bonin 1 | 37-015-20007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Weaver Oil & Gas Corp |
| Henry Comiskey Unit 1 | 37-015-20008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Co |
| Ralph Kissell Unit 1 | 37-015-20009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Shell Oil Co |
| Caseman Gross Et Al Unit 1 | 37-015-20010 | Active | Gas | Bti Energy Inc |
| Gross 2 | 37-015-20011 | Other status | Oil | Mark Resources Corp |
| Gross 3 | 37-015-20012 | Other status | Oil | Mark Resources Corp |
| Lloyd Jones 1 | 37-015-20013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Goodwin Ind Inc |
| Amato 01 | 37-015-20014 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Stagecoach Pipeline & Storage Co LLC |
| Ellis 1 | 37-015-20015 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Eog Resources Inc |
| Twigg 01 | 37-015-20016 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Quaker State Corp |
| Twigg 02 | 37-015-20017 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Enervest Opr LLC |
| Silkman 01 | 37-015-20018 | Other status | Gas | Quaker State Corp |
| R Campbell 01 | 37-015-20019 | Other status | Gas | Quaker State Corp |
| Bruce Barnhart 01 | 37-015-20020 | Active | Gas | Stagecoach Pipeline & Storage Co LLC |
| Amato 02 | 37-015-20021 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Stagecoach Pipeline & Storage Co LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 4,066 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 Bradford County, PA?
Bradford County, Pennsylvania has 4,066 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,796 active, 287 plugged and 15 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Bradford County?
15 wells in Bradford County, Pennsylvania are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 29th-highest count among Pennsylvania counties.
What share of wells in Bradford County are plugged?
287 of Bradford County's 4,066 catalogued wells (7%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 25% across Pennsylvania.
Which Pennsylvania county has the most oil and gas wells?
McKean County has the most catalogued wells of any Pennsylvania county on WellCensus (38,160); Bradford County ranks 19th with 4,066.
How many companies operate wells in Bradford County?
35 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
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About this data
Source: Pennsylvania DEP 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 Bradford County, Pennsylvania”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/pennsylvania/bradford (data as of October 10, 2026).