Oil & gas wells in Cambria County, PA
975 catalogued wells in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Cambria County, Pennsylvania has 975 catalogued oil & gas wells: 502 active (51%), 141 plugged & abandoned (14%) and 64 documented orphans. It ranks 27th of the 37 Pennsylvania counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 224,189 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
975
Active
502
Plugged
141
Documented orphans
64
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Cambria County?
51% of Cambria County's wells are active, 6 percentage points above the Pennsylvania share of 45%. 14% are plugged & abandoned, against 25% statewide and 47% nationally. 64 wells (7%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across Pennsylvania and 4% nationally. The remaining 268 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Cambria County?
By product class, 3 of the county's wells (0.3%) are oil wells, 932 (96%) gas wells and 14 (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 Cambria County compare with other Pennsylvania counties?
Cambria County has the 27th-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 26th in Pennsylvania.
Who operates wells in Cambria County?
97 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Cambria 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 Cambria County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy S Varner 3757 | 37-021-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Natural Gas Co LLC |
| Joseph Gavany Etux 3878 | 37-021-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Natural Gas Co LLC |
| Sara Baker Est., Fmly Elijah Baker 1 | 37-021-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Peoples Gas Co LLC |
| Mrs Nathalie G Gibson 232a 1 | 37-021-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Peoples Gas Co LLC |
| A B Westover 260a 1 | 37-021-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Peoples Gas Co LLC |
| Bethlehem Cuba Iron Mines Co 1 | 37-021-20001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas Co LLC |
| Piney Run Mining Co 1 | 37-021-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Grabiak Charles S |
| Jacob & Henry Leiden Heirs 1 | 37-021-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Dorso LP |
| Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp 1 | 37-021-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Natural Gas Co LLC |
| George L Reade 1 | 37-021-20005 | Active | Injection | Equitrans LP |
| Maude Emma Bole Et Al 1 | 37-021-20006 | Active | Gas | Equitrans LP |
| Louis Sabo 1 | 37-021-20007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Natural Gas Co LLC |
| Charles Miller 4500 | 37-021-20008 | Active | Other type | Equitrans LP |
| George W Griffith 1 | 37-021-20009 | Active | Gas | Equitrans LP |
| Patele Coal Corp Et Al Shoemaker 1 | 37-021-20010 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Peoples Natural Gas Co LLC |
| Rebecca T Mcfadden 1 | 37-021-20011 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Peoples Natural Gas Co LLC |
| Johnstown Rod & Gun Club 1 | 37-021-20012 | Active | Injection | Equitrans LP |
| F W Heidingsfelder 1 | 37-021-20013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Natural Gas Co LLC |
| Burley 1 | 37-021-20014 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Chevron USA Inc |
| Albert Kubat Et Ux 1 4585 | 37-021-20015 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Fairman Corp |
| Shero 1 | 37-021-20016 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Chevron USA Inc |
| Webster Griffith 4611 | 37-021-20017 | Active | Gas | Fairman Corp |
| The Peoples Natural Gas Co 4627x | 37-021-20018 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Peoples Natural Gas Co LLC |
| F Noble Tract Patele Coal Company F487 | 37-021-20019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Fairman Drilling Co |
| G H Sloan Et Ux Et Al 4635 | 37-021-20020 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Peoples Natural Gas Co LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 975 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 Cambria County, PA?
Cambria County, Pennsylvania has 975 catalogued oil & gas wells: 502 active, 141 plugged and 64 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Cambria County?
64 wells in Cambria County, Pennsylvania are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 26th-highest count among Pennsylvania counties.
What share of wells in Cambria County are plugged?
141 of Cambria County's 975 catalogued wells (14%) 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); Cambria County ranks 27th with 975.
How many companies operate wells in Cambria County?
97 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Cambria 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 Cambria County, Pennsylvania”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/pennsylvania/cambria (data as of October 10, 2026).