Oil & gas wells in Gilmer County, WV
5,814 catalogued wells in Gilmer County, West Virginia, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Gilmer County, West Virginia has 5,814 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3,372 active (58%), 1,061 plugged & abandoned (18%) and 708 documented orphans. It ranks 5th of the 50 West Virginia counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 5% of the state's 118,569 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
5,814
Active
3,372
Plugged
1,061
Documented orphans
708
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Gilmer County?
58% of Gilmer County's wells are active, 7 percentage points above the West Virginia share of 51%. 18% are plugged & abandoned, against 22% statewide and 47% nationally. 708 wells (12%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across West Virginia and 4% nationally. The remaining 673 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Gilmer County?
By product class, 192 of the county's wells (3%) are oil wells, 3,667 (63%) gas wells and 35 (0.6%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 4% and the gas share 55%. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Gilmer County compare with other West Virginia counties?
Gilmer County has the 5th-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 4th in West Virginia.
Who operates wells in Gilmer County?
279 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Gilmer 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 Gilmer County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell 7202 | 47-021-00003 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Stump, Mary A. 1149 | 47-021-00008 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Harden, F. 15 | 47-021-00029 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| House, L. 2 | 47-021-00038 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Ayers, Alice 1 | 47-021-00047 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Fisher, C. W. 2 | 47-021-00048 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Engle, H. E. 1 | 47-021-00049 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Snider, J. M. 1 | 47-021-00052 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Lydick, L. H. 1 | 47-021-00055 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Ellis, A. E. 1 | 47-021-00057 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Amos, M. L. 1 | 47-021-00060 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Webster, Roscoe 1 | 47-021-00062 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Webster, Roscoe 2 | 47-021-00063 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Gainer, Lee 3-87 | 47-021-00065 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Stump, A. H. 3 | 47-021-00076 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Stump, Mary A. 3569 | 47-021-00077 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Stump, Mary A. 3570 | 47-021-00080 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Dobbins, H. J. 1 | 47-021-00081 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Blackshire, A. H. 190 | 47-021-00084 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Elmer, M.S. & Cawthorn, R 92 | 47-021-00085 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Ralston, J. R., Et Al 1 | 47-021-00088 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Cawthon, Elmer 2-94 | 47-021-00092 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Bennett, R. W. 179 | 47-021-00101 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Campbell, A. B. 1-102 | 47-021-00116 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Gainer, Silas T. 1 | 47-021-00118 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 5,814 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 Gilmer County, WV?
Gilmer County, West Virginia has 5,814 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3,372 active, 1,061 plugged and 708 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Gilmer County?
708 wells in Gilmer County, West Virginia are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 4th-highest count among West Virginia counties.
What share of wells in Gilmer County are plugged?
1,061 of Gilmer County's 5,814 catalogued wells (18%) 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); Gilmer County ranks 5th with 5,814.
How many companies operate wells in Gilmer County?
279 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Gilmer 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 Gilmer County, West Virginia”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/west-virginia/gilmer (data as of October 10, 2026).