Oil & gas wells in Clarion County, PA
6,242 catalogued wells in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Clarion County, Pennsylvania has 6,242 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3,449 active (55%), 896 plugged & abandoned (14%) and 646 documented orphans. It ranks 13th of the 37 Pennsylvania counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 224,189 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
6,242
Active
3,449
Plugged
896
Documented orphans
646
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Clarion County?
55% of Clarion County's wells are active, 10 percentage points above the Pennsylvania share of 45%. 14% are plugged & abandoned, against 25% statewide and 47% nationally. 646 wells (10%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across Pennsylvania and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,251 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Clarion County?
By product class, 1,323 of the county's wells (21%) are oil wells, 4,339 (70%) gas wells and 32 (0.5%) 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 Clarion County compare with other Pennsylvania counties?
Clarion County has the 13th-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 12th in Pennsylvania.
Who operates wells in Clarion County?
520 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Clarion 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 Clarion County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denny Reed 1 | 37-031-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Frank Etzell Co |
| Denny Reed Fmly Mccabe 1 | 37-031-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Frank Etzell Co |
| Denny Reed 3 | 37-031-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Frank Etzell Co |
| Denny Reed 4 | 37-031-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Frank Etzell Co |
| Harvey Dillen 1 | 37-031-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Frank Etzell Co |
| Harvey Dillen 2 | 37-031-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Frank Etzell Co |
| Mrs Catherine Fuller 1 | 37-031-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Frank Etzell Co |
| Mrs Catherine Fuller 2 | 37-031-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Frank Etzell Co |
| Mrs Catherine Fuller 3 | 37-031-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Frank Etzell Co |
| Mrs Catherine Fuller 4 | 37-031-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Frank Etzell Co |
| Mrs Catherine Fuller 5 | 37-031-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Frank Etzell Co |
| Mrs Catherine Fuller 6 | 37-031-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Frank Etzell Co |
| Mrs Catherine Fuller 7 | 37-031-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Frank Etzell Co |
| Charles Thompson 127 | 37-031-00034 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Owens Brockway Glass Container Inc |
| William White P 651 | 37-031-00048 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Columbia Gas Trans LLC |
| Collner Heirs Jm Mclaughlin & Co 211 | 37-031-00079 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | North Penn Gas Co |
| Collner Heirs Jm Mclaughlin & Co 219 | 37-031-00080 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | North Penn Gas Co |
| Thomas Mccloskey 246 | 37-031-00096 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | North Penn Gas Co |
| James W Dodson 158 | 37-031-00102 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | North Penn Gas Co |
| Jm Mclaughlin & Co 274 | 37-031-00120 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | North Penn Gas Co |
| Se & Margaret Bashline 251 | 37-031-00126 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | North Penn Gas Co |
| Ab Collner Heirs Jm Mclaughlin & 215 | 37-031-00132 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | North Penn Gas Co |
| Catherine Stahlman 1583 | 37-031-00136 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Peoples Natural Gas Co LLC |
| Dc & Ml Bodenhorn Geo Larson 3 | 37-031-00150 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Peoples Gas Co LLC |
| John B Stubble 884 | 37-031-00220 | Active | Gas | Homer Henry |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 6,242 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 Clarion County, PA?
Clarion County, Pennsylvania has 6,242 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3,449 active, 896 plugged and 646 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Clarion County?
646 wells in Clarion County, Pennsylvania are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 12th-highest count among Pennsylvania counties.
What share of wells in Clarion County are plugged?
896 of Clarion County's 6,242 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); Clarion County ranks 13th with 6,242.
How many companies operate wells in Clarion County?
520 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Clarion 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 Clarion County, Pennsylvania”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/pennsylvania/clarion (data as of October 10, 2026).