Oil & gas wells in Wayne County, WV
2,270 catalogued wells in Wayne County, West Virginia, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Wayne County, West Virginia has 2,270 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,042 active (46%), 753 plugged & abandoned (33%) and 317 documented orphans. It ranks 24th of the 50 West Virginia counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 118,569 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,270
Active
1,042
Plugged
753
Documented orphans
317
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Wayne County?
46% of Wayne County's wells are active, 5 percentage points below the West Virginia share of 51%. 33% are plugged & abandoned, against 22% statewide and 47% nationally. 317 wells (14%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 12% across West Virginia and 4% nationally. The remaining 158 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Wayne County?
By product class, 70 of the county's wells (3%) are oil wells, 1,226 (54%) gas wells and 9 (0.4%) 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 Wayne County compare with other West Virginia counties?
Wayne County has the 24th-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 18th in West Virginia.
Who operates wells in Wayne County?
110 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Wayne 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 Wayne County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbour, J. P. 645 | 47-099-00271 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Ferguson, W. B. 9 | 47-099-01736 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Napier, Sherman 1-W-52 | 47-099-00061 | Other status | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Napier, Boyd 1-W-53 | 47-099-00062 | Other status | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Tco Min Tr 1 H-309 | 47-099-00353 | Other status | Other type | Diversified Production LLC |
| Glenhayes Co. 9112 | 47-099-01398 | Other status | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| U.F.G. Co. Min. Tr. #1 2317 | 47-099-01414 | Other status | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| U.F.G. Co. Min. Tr. #1 9192 | 47-099-01430 | Other status | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Bartram, David 483 | 47-099-00003 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Cyrus, C. 1 | 47-099-00004 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Marcum, Moses W-22 | 47-099-00012 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Damron, Samuel W-10 | 47-099-00014 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Marcum, James W. W-49 | 47-099-00040 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Spring Valley Country Cl. 1 | 47-099-00074 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Stark, H. J. & J. H. 2 | 47-099-00099 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Sansom, R. S., Etux W-49 | 47-099-00109 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Adkins, Otto 1 | 47-099-00111 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Crum, J. B. Sr. 1 | 47-099-00121 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Ferguson, Hartley 14 | 47-099-00123 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Adkins, Ottie 2 | 47-099-00125 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Adkins, Sigman & Louisa 1 | 47-099-00131 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Adkins, Martha - Heirs 1 | 47-099-00136 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Brown, Mary F. 1 | 47-099-00148 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
| Carter, Daisy 1 | 47-099-00154 | Orphaned | Gas | Operator Unknown |
| Morrison, N. B. 1 | 47-099-00170 | Orphaned | Other type | Operator Unknown |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,270 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 Wayne County, WV?
Wayne County, West Virginia has 2,270 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,042 active, 753 plugged and 317 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Wayne County?
317 wells in Wayne County, West Virginia are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 18th-highest count among West Virginia counties.
What share of wells in Wayne County are plugged?
753 of Wayne County's 2,270 catalogued wells (33%) 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); Wayne County ranks 24th with 2,270.
How many companies operate wells in Wayne County?
110 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Wayne 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 Wayne County, West Virginia”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/west-virginia/wayne (data as of October 10, 2026).