Oil & gas wells in Mcdowell County, WV
2,801 catalogued wells in Mcdowell County, West Virginia, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Mcdowell County, West Virginia has 2,801 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,981 active (71%), 245 plugged & abandoned (9%) and 159 documented orphans. It ranks 17th of the 50 West Virginia counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 118,569 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,801
Active
1,981
Plugged
245
Documented orphans
159
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Mcdowell County?
71% of Mcdowell County's wells are active, 20 percentage points above the West Virginia share of 51%. 9% are plugged & abandoned, against 22% statewide and 47% nationally. 159 wells (6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across West Virginia and 4% nationally. The remaining 416 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Mcdowell County?
By product class, 53 of the county's wells (2%) are oil wells, 2,278 (81%) gas wells and 4 (0.1%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 4% and the gas share 55%. 98% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Mcdowell County compare with other West Virginia counties?
Mcdowell County has the 17th-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 26th in West Virginia.
Who operates wells in Mcdowell County?
80 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Mcdowell 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 Mcdowell County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pocahontas Coal & Coke 1 | 47-047-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Penn-Ohio Investment Corp. |
| City Of Welch 11 | 47-047-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation Of West Virginia |
| Gilbert, John 2-S-1069 | 47-047-00025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation |
| Ford Motor Co. 4 1202 | 47-047-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation |
| Ford Motor Co. 5 1208 | 47-047-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation |
| Gilbert, John 8 | 47-047-00029 | Active | Gas | Diversified Production LLC |
| Pocahontas Land Co. 9143 | 47-047-00030 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eastern Gas Transmission And Storage, Inc |
| New River Poca Coal 6219 | 47-047-00031 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Columbia Natural Resources, LLC |
| Ford Motor 6-1261 | 47-047-00032 | Active | Gas | Diversified Production LLC |
| Crozer Land Co. 9161 | 47-047-00033 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Eastern Gas Transmission And Storage, Inc |
| Pocahontas Land 9186 | 47-047-00034 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eastern Gas Transmission And Storage, Inc |
| Ford Motor Co. 7 | 47-047-00035 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation |
| Pocahontas Land Corp. 22-Sr-1278 | 47-047-00036 | Other status | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Pocahontas Land Corp. Pocahontas 23 | 47-047-00037 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pinnacle Mining Company, LLC |
| New River Poca Consol Co 9216 | 47-047-00038 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eastern Gas Transmission And Storage, Inc |
| Crozer Land 9232 | 47-047-00039 | Active | Gas | Diversified Production LLC |
| Pocahontas Land Co. 9249 | 47-047-00040 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation Of West Virginia |
| Pocahontas Land Corp. 24 1292 | 47-047-00041 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation |
| Pocahontas Land Corp. Pocahontas 25 | 47-047-00042 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Pinnacle Mining Company, LLC |
| New River 9305 | 47-047-00043 | Active | Gas | Diversified Production LLC |
| Pocahontas Land 26 | 47-047-00044 | Active | Gas | Diversified Production LLC |
| Pocahontas Land 27 | 47-047-00045 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation |
| Pocahontas Land 28 | 47-047-00046 | Active | Gas | Diversified Production LLC |
| Pocahontas Land Co. 9337 | 47-047-00047 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Eastern Gas Transmission And Storage, Inc |
| Pocahontas Land Corp. 29 | 47-047-00048 | Other status | Other type | Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation |
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Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Mcdowell County, WV?
Mcdowell County, West Virginia has 2,801 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,981 active, 245 plugged and 159 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Mcdowell County?
159 wells in Mcdowell County, West Virginia are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 26th-highest count among West Virginia counties.
What share of wells in Mcdowell County are plugged?
245 of Mcdowell County's 2,801 catalogued wells (9%) 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); Mcdowell County ranks 17th with 2,801.
How many companies operate wells in Mcdowell County?
80 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Mcdowell 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 Mcdowell County, West Virginia”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/west-virginia/mcdowell (data as of October 10, 2026).