Oil & gas wells in Clearfield County, PA
6,758 catalogued wells in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania has 6,758 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3,906 active (58%), 706 plugged & abandoned (10%) and 257 documented orphans. It ranks 11th of the 37 Pennsylvania counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 224,189 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
6,758
Active
3,906
Plugged
706
Documented orphans
257
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Clearfield County?
58% of Clearfield County's wells are active, 12 percentage points above the Pennsylvania share of 45%. 10% are plugged & abandoned, against 25% statewide and 47% nationally. 257 wells (4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across Pennsylvania and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,889 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Clearfield County?
By product class, 8 of the county's wells (0.1%) are oil wells, 6,616 (98%) gas wells and 7 (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 Clearfield County compare with other Pennsylvania counties?
Clearfield County has the 11th-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 18th in Pennsylvania.
Who operates wells in Clearfield County?
256 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Clearfield 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 Clearfield County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M L & Grace G Kirk 1 | 37-033-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas Co LLC |
| M L & Grace G Kirk 2 | 37-033-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas Co LLC |
| Ward Kougher 1 | 37-033-00004 | Active | Other type | Rockton Drilling Corp |
| O M Read F10 | 37-033-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Fairman Drilling Co |
| Wm A & Ruth M Nelson (Ord L&laura Oa 1 | 37-033-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas Co LLC |
| Alverta Wingert Et Al C E&alverta Wi 1 | 37-033-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Peoples Gas Co LLC |
| Mary Knarr 1 | 37-033-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Kewanee Oil Co |
| S E Kuntz 1 | 37-033-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Kewanee Oil Co |
| Lloyd Shively 1 | 37-033-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Kewanee Oil Co |
| Fee "A" 4 | 37-033-00024 | Orphaned | Gas | Kewanee Oil Co |
| Fee "A" 27 | 37-033-00025 | Orphaned | Gas | Kewanee Oil Co |
| Fee "A" 3 | 37-033-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Kewanee Oil Co |
| Fee "A" 9 | 37-033-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Kewanee Oil Co |
| Fee "A" 12 | 37-033-00029 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Kewanee Oil Co |
| Fee "A" 28 | 37-033-00030 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Kewanee Oil Co |
| M L Beatty 125a 1 | 37-033-00033 | Orphaned | Gas | Diversified Prod LLC |
| M Nicodemus 61a 1 | 37-033-00034 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Phillips Exploration Inc |
| W P Clark 200a 2 | 37-033-00035 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Peoples Gas Co LLC |
| J Gallagher 587a 1 | 37-033-00036 | Active | Gas | Diversified Prod LLC |
| M J & R P Tonkin 717a 1 | 37-033-00037 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Peoples Gas Co LLC |
| M J & R P Tonkin 717a 2 | 37-033-00038 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Peoples Gas Co LLC |
| G. P. Tozer - 405a 1 | 37-033-00039 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Peoples Gas Co LLC |
| Pa Dept Of F & W Tr32 4 | 37-033-00040 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Eqt Prod Co |
| State Of Pa Tr52 1 | 37-033-00041 | Other status | Gas | Eastern Gas Trans & Storage Inc |
| John E Hayes 1 | 37-033-00042 | Active | Gas | Diversified Prod LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 6,758 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 Clearfield County, PA?
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania has 6,758 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3,906 active, 706 plugged and 257 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Clearfield County?
257 wells in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 18th-highest count among Pennsylvania counties.
What share of wells in Clearfield County are plugged?
706 of Clearfield County's 6,758 catalogued wells (10%) 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); Clearfield County ranks 11th with 6,758.
How many companies operate wells in Clearfield County?
256 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Clearfield 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 Clearfield County, Pennsylvania”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/pennsylvania/clearfield (data as of October 10, 2026).