Oil & gas wells in Scott County, TN
167 catalogued wells in Scott County, Tennessee, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Scott County, Tennessee has 167 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 0 plugged & abandoned (0%) and 158 documented orphans. It ranks 3rd of the 7 Tennessee counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 17% of the state's 989 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
167
Active
0
Plugged
0
Documented orphans
158
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Scott County?
0% of Scott County's wells are active, close to the Tennessee share of 0%. 0% are plugged & abandoned, against 0% statewide and 47% nationally. 158 wells (95%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 90% across Tennessee and 4% nationally. The remaining 9 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Scott County?
By product class, 0 of the county's wells (0%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 0% and the gas share 0%. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Scott County compare with other Tennessee counties?
Scott County has the 3rd-most catalogued wells of the 7 Tennessee counties with at least 25. The median Tennessee county on WellCensus has 156 wells. The largest, Fentress County, has 200. By documented orphans it ranks 2nd in Tennessee.
Who operates wells in Scott County?
Tennessee records currently come only from the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026); the state's own registry of active and plugged wells is not yet ingested, so counts cover documented orphans only.
Wells in Scott County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Walter #1 | 41-151-10013 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Thomas Walter #2 | 41-151-10014 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Well API 41-151-10028 | 41-151-10028 | Other status | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-151-10030 | 41-151-10030 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Kelley Terry #1 | 41-151-10035 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Kelley Terry #2 | 41-151-10037 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Well API 41-151-10052 | 41-151-10052 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Dewey Sweet #1 | 41-151-10127 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Dewey Sweet #2 | 41-151-10128 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Well API 41-151-10130 | 41-151-10130 | Other status | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-151-10131 | 41-151-10131 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-151-10132 | 41-151-10132 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-151-10147 | 41-151-10147 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-151-10196 | 41-151-10196 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-151-10203 | 41-151-10203 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-151-10204 | 41-151-10204 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Puckett Joe #1 | 41-151-20012 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Puckett Joe #3 | 41-151-20036 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Duncan O C #2 | 41-151-20055 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Mckinley-Strunk Unit #1 | 41-151-20066 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Mcdonald Loten #1 | 41-151-20069 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Strunk Lonnie #1 | 41-151-20070 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Mckinley Everett #1 | 41-151-20077 | Orphaned | Other type | — |
| Well API 41-151-20175 | 41-151-20175 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
| Well API 41-151-20193 | 41-151-20193 | Orphaned | Unknown | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 167 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 Scott County, TN?
Scott County, Tennessee has 167 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 0 plugged and 158 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Scott County?
158 wells in Scott County, Tennessee are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 2nd-highest count among Tennessee counties.
What share of wells in Scott County are plugged?
0 of Scott County's 167 catalogued wells (0%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 0% across Tennessee.
Which Tennessee county has the most oil and gas wells?
Fentress County has the most catalogued wells of any Tennessee county on WellCensus (200); Scott County ranks 3rd with 167.
Nearby in the Tennessee rankings
About this data
Source: 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 Scott County, Tennessee”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/tennessee/scott (data as of October 10, 2026).