Oil & gas wells in Putnam County, WV
1,549 catalogued wells in Putnam County, West Virginia, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Putnam County, West Virginia has 1,549 catalogued oil & gas wells: 882 active (57%), 367 plugged & abandoned (24%) and 123 documented orphans. It ranks 29th of the 50 West Virginia counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 118,569 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,549
Active
882
Plugged
367
Documented orphans
123
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Putnam County?
57% of Putnam County's wells are active, 6 percentage points above the West Virginia share of 51%. 24% are plugged & abandoned, against 22% statewide and 47% nationally. 123 wells (8%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across West Virginia and 4% nationally. The remaining 177 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Putnam County?
By product class, 4 of the county's wells (0.3%) are oil wells, 902 (58%) gas wells and 40 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 4% and the gas share 55%. 94% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Putnam County compare with other West Virginia counties?
Putnam County has the 29th-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 32nd in West Virginia.
Who operates wells in Putnam County?
82 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Putnam 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 Putnam County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris, R. L. Morris 1 | 47-079-00001 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Lawson, Julian 1 | 47-079-00002 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Moore, A.J. 1 | 47-079-00007 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Cottle, W.L. & F.E. 1 | 47-079-00010 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Rubber Services Lab, Inc. 2 | 47-079-00016 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Simms Heirs 1 | 47-079-00029 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Simms Heirs 2 | 47-079-00030 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Nitro Industrial Corp 3 | 47-079-00031 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Payne, J. H. - Heirs 1 | 47-079-00046 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Simms, R. G. & Martha 1 | 47-079-00048 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Nichols, Charles W. 1 | 47-079-00054 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Johnson, Ella, Etal 1 | 47-079-00058 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Clark, I. R. & Alice A | 47-079-00065 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Callahan, E. M. 1 | 47-079-00070 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Hollandsworth, C. S. 1 | 47-079-00074 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Edwards, J. T. 1 | 47-079-00081 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Hollandsworth, C. S. 2 | 47-079-00088 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Wood, Sam 2 | 47-079-00117 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Fletcher, G. R. 1 | 47-079-00122 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Smith, Maude - Heirs 2 | 47-079-00124 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Harper, D. W. 1 | 47-079-00125 | Orphaned | Gas | Operator Unknown |
| Hedrick, John 1 | 47-079-00131 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Chaney, J. M. & Mynes 1 | 47-079-00132 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Vance, J. F. 1 | 47-079-00141 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Smith, Maude 3 | 47-079-00202 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,549 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 Putnam County, WV?
Putnam County, West Virginia has 1,549 catalogued oil & gas wells: 882 active, 367 plugged and 123 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Putnam County?
123 wells in Putnam County, West Virginia are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 32nd-highest count among West Virginia counties.
What share of wells in Putnam County are plugged?
367 of Putnam County's 1,549 catalogued wells (24%) 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); Putnam County ranks 29th with 1,549.
How many companies operate wells in Putnam County?
82 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Putnam 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 Putnam County, West Virginia”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/west-virginia/putnam (data as of October 10, 2026).