Oil & gas wells in Calhoun County, WV
4,767 catalogued wells in Calhoun County, West Virginia, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Calhoun County, West Virginia has 4,767 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,935 active (62%), 738 plugged & abandoned (15%) and 602 documented orphans. It ranks 8th of the 50 West Virginia counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 4% of the state's 118,569 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
4,767
Active
2,935
Plugged
738
Documented orphans
602
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Calhoun County?
62% of Calhoun County's wells are active, 11 percentage points above the West Virginia share of 51%. 15% are plugged & abandoned, against 22% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.0%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 602 wells (13%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across West Virginia and 4% nationally. The remaining 491 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Calhoun County?
By product class, 347 of the county's wells (7%) are oil wells, 2,828 (59%) gas wells and 22 (0.5%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 4% and the gas share 55%. 96% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Calhoun County compare with other West Virginia counties?
Calhoun County has the 8th-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 7th in West Virginia.
Who operates wells in Calhoun County?
259 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snider, Martin 1 | 47-013-00011 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Proudfoot, Everett 4223 | 47-013-00014 | Other status | Other type | Unknown - Dep Paid Plugging Contract |
| Blake, Mary 2 | 47-013-00015 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Wilson, D. W. Wilson 1 | 47-013-00016 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Jarvis, L. V. 1 | 47-013-00027 | Orphaned | Gas | Operator Unknown |
| Hicks, P. 1 | 47-013-00030 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Camden Heirs 8 | 47-013-00035 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Johnson, Willard C. 1 | 47-013-00039 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Jackson, T. J. 1 | 47-013-00075 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Jackson, T. J. 2 | 47-013-00076 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Jackson, T. J. 3 | 47-013-00077 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Jackson, T. J. 4 | 47-013-00078 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Jackson, T. J. 5 | 47-013-00079 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Hall Heirs 2 | 47-013-00082 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Kerby, Talman 2 | 47-013-00096 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Evans, John L. 4 | 47-013-00101 | Other status | Other type | Unknown - Dep Paid Plugging Contract |
| Chenoweth, C. S. 2 | 47-013-00119 | Other status | Other type | Unknown - Dep Paid Plugging Contract |
| Carroll, L. B. 3 | 47-013-00130 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Jones, Lee Ray 1 | 47-013-00137 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Wilson, Lloyd 1 | 47-013-00139 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Groves, C. A. 1 | 47-013-00140 | Other status | Other type | Unknown - Dep Paid Plugging Contract |
| Mace, Mandy & Rufus 1 | 47-013-00151 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Whipkey, Ida M. 2 | 47-013-00154 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Jones, Leroy 2 | 47-013-00159 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Wright, B. R. 1 | 47-013-00162 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
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Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Calhoun County, WV?
Calhoun County, West Virginia has 4,767 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,935 active, 738 plugged and 602 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Calhoun County?
602 wells in Calhoun County, West Virginia are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 7th-highest count among West Virginia counties.
What share of wells in Calhoun County are plugged?
738 of Calhoun County's 4,767 catalogued wells (15%) 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); Calhoun County ranks 8th with 4,767.
How many companies operate wells in Calhoun County?
259 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County, West Virginia”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/west-virginia/calhoun (data as of October 10, 2026).