Oil & gas wells in Boone County, WV
2,392 catalogued wells in Boone County, West Virginia, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Boone County, West Virginia has 2,392 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,091 active (46%), 770 plugged & abandoned (32%) and 242 documented orphans. It ranks 23rd of the 50 West Virginia counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 118,569 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,392
Active
1,091
Plugged
770
Documented orphans
242
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Boone County?
46% of Boone County's wells are active, 5 percentage points below the West Virginia share of 51%. 32% are plugged & abandoned, against 22% statewide and 47% nationally. 242 wells (10%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across West Virginia and 4% nationally. The remaining 289 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Boone County?
By product class, 5 of the county's wells (0.2%) are oil wells, 1,335 (56%) gas wells and 2 (0.1%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 4% and the gas share 55%. 95% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Boone County compare with other West Virginia counties?
Boone County has the 23rd-most catalogued wells of the 50 West Virginia counties with at least 25. The median West Virginia county on WellCensus has 2,037 wells. The largest, Ritchie County, has 10,708. By documented orphans it ranks 22nd in West Virginia.
Who operates wells in Boone County?
104 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Boone 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 Boone County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Coal Co. 33 | 47-005-00009 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Federal Coal Co. 605 | 47-005-00021 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Federal Coal Co. 606 | 47-005-00022 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Sutphin, L. & N. 3-S-610 | 47-005-00033 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Roberts, Lonnie C. 1 | 47-005-00040 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Stollings, D. B. 1 | 47-005-00047 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Federal Coal Co. 673 | 47-005-00053 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Warren, J. C. 676 | 47-005-00057 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Nelson Oil & Land 678 | 47-005-00067 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Mohler Lumber Co. 4070 | 47-005-00074 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Federal Coal Co. 545 | 47-005-00081 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Arbogast, E. M. 719 | 47-005-00123 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Federal Coal Co. 575 | 47-005-00148 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Federal Coal Co. 578 | 47-005-00152 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Central Trust Co. 749 | 47-005-00178 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Central Trust Co. 754 | 47-005-00190 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Federal Coal Co. 784 | 47-005-00232 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| White, Sidney, Et Al 790 | 47-005-00240 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Prichard, A. M. 3 | 47-005-00260 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Boone Co. Coal Corp. "A" | 47-005-00261 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Broun, T. L. 4 | 47-005-00281 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Dolan, Mary & Delmar 1 | 47-005-00285 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Lafollette, R. & P. 41 | 47-005-00296 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Mckinney, J. N. 447 | 47-005-00326 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Brown & Cochran 393 | 47-005-00332 | Other status | Other type | Operator Unknown |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,392 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 Boone County, WV?
Boone County, West Virginia has 2,392 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,091 active, 770 plugged and 242 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Boone County?
242 wells in Boone County, West Virginia are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 22nd-highest count among West Virginia counties.
What share of wells in Boone County are plugged?
770 of Boone County's 2,392 catalogued wells (32%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 22% across West Virginia.
Which West Virginia county has the most oil and gas wells?
Ritchie County has the most catalogued wells of any West Virginia county on WellCensus (10,708); Boone County ranks 23rd with 2,392.
How many companies operate wells in Boone County?
104 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Boone County, West Virginia.
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About this data
Source: West Virginia DEP Office of Oil & Gas 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 Boone County, West Virginia”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/west-virginia/boone (data as of October 10, 2026).