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KY Geological Survey — Oil & Gas Wells

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Kentucky Geological Survey oil and gas well-records repository — every Appalachian and Illinois Basin KY well in one HTTP call. - searchWells (~144.9K) ⭐ filter county/operator/boreType/resultSymbol (D&A/OIL/GAS/CBM)/basinCode/formation/pool - searchWellsByOperator ⭐ + searchWellsByCounty ⭐ — convenience wrappers exploiting the 1M page cap - getWellByApi (api OR record_number lookup), getServiceInfo §0 verified: maxRecordCount=1,000,000 confirmed — all 144,902 wells returned in one query. Native CRS EPSG:6473 (KY Single Zone); outSR=4326 reprojects on the wire. KY is 99% vertical drilling (143K V vs 1.5K H). Top counties: Henderson 6.9K, Cumberland 6.6K, Daviess 6.3K, Pike 6.3K. Top result symbols: D&A 45.7K, OIL 39.2K, GAS 28.8K, LOC 20K.

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PublisherKY Geological Survey — Oil & Gas Wells
API basehttps://kgs.uky.edu/arcgis/rest/services

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Methods (5)

  • searchWells

    read

    KY oil and gas wells (~144.9K). Filter county/operator/boreType/resultSymbol/basinCode.

    Entitieswell
    Input schema
    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "county": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "Pike"
      ]
    },
    "operator": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "boreType": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "H"
      ],
      "oneOf": [
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "H"
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "V"
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "D"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    "resultSymbol": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "basinCode": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "formation": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "pool": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "pluggedOnly": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "unpluggedOnly": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "bbox": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "number"
      }
    },
    "near": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "lat": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "lon": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "radiusMiles": {
          "type": "number"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "lat",
        "lon",
        "radiusMiles"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "format": {
      "oneOf": [
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "records"
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "geojson"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

    maxRecordCount=1M — entire state returnable in one call. KY is 99% vertical.

  • searchWellsByOperator

    read

    Every well an operator has worked. Operator stored space-padded — handler trims.

    Required paramsoperator
    Entitiesoperator, well
    Input schema
    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "operator": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "EQUITABLE PRODUCTION"
      ]
    },
    "county": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "format": {
      "oneOf": [
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "records"
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "geojson"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    "bbox": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "number"
      }
    },
    "near": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "lat": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "lon": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "radiusMiles": {
          "type": "number"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "lat",
        "lon",
        "radiusMiles"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "boreType": {
      "oneOf": [
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "H"
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "V"
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "D"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    "resultSymbol": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "basinCode": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "formation": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "pool": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "pluggedOnly": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "unpluggedOnly": {
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "required": [
    "operator"
  ]
}

  • searchWellsByCounty

    read

    Every well in a KY county. County names mixed-case — handler matches case-insensitively.

    Required paramscounty
    Entitieswell
    Input schema
    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "county": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "Henderson"
      ]
    },
    "operator": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "format": {
      "oneOf": [
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "records"
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "geojson"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    "bbox": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "number"
      }
    },
    "near": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "lat": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "lon": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "radiusMiles": {
          "type": "number"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "lat",
        "lon",
        "radiusMiles"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "boreType": {
      "oneOf": [
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "H"
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "V"
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "D"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    "resultSymbol": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "basinCode": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "formation": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "pool": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "pluggedOnly": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "unpluggedOnly": {
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "required": [
    "county"
  ]
}

  • getWellByApi

    read

    Single well lookup by API_Number (14-digit) OR record_number (KGS primary id).

    Entitieswell
    Input schema
    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "api": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "apiNumber": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "api_number": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "recordNumber": {
      "type": "number",
      "examples": [
        12345
      ]
    },
    "record_number": {
      "type": "number"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

    API_Number ~30% NULL on legacy KY wells — record_number is more reliable.

  • getServiceInfo

    read

    Schema, record count, max-page cap, enum values, §0 probe notes.

    Entitiesmetadata
    Input schema
    {
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "additionalProperties": false
}