Butler County Well Counts

Here are the number of well pads and individual wells in each township in the county, as well as boroughs with enough land area to allow well pads. This data is taken from the DEP's Oil and Gas Mapping System
Adams
  • Well Pads: 2
  • Wells: 6
Allegheny
  • Well Pads: 6
  • Wells: 27
Brady
  • Well Pads: 0
  • Wells: 0
Bruin Borough
  • Well Pads: 0
  • Wells: 0
Buffalo
  • Well Pads: 6
  • Wells: 10
Butler
  • Well Pads: 8
  • Wells: 30
Center
  • Well Pads: 6
  • Wells: 19
Cherry
  • Well Pads: 1
  • Wells: 3
Cherry Valley Borough
  • Well Pads: 0
  • Wells: 0
Clay
  • Well Pads: 5
  • Wells: 8
Clearfield
  • Well Pads: 9
  • Wells: 34
Clinton
  • Well Pads: 12
  • Wells: 42
Concord
  • Well Pads: 6
  • Wells: 24
Connoquenessing
  • Well Pads: 15
  • Wells: 52
Connoquenessing Borough
  • Well Pads: 1
  • Wells: 3
Cranberry
  • Well Pads: 0
  • Wells: 0
Donegal
  • Well Pads: 7
  • Wells: 16
Eau Claire Borough
  • Well Pads: 0
  • Wells: 0
Fairview
  • Wells Pads: 0
  • Wells: 0
Forward
  • Well Pads: 21
  • Wells: 41
Franklin
  • Well Pads: 3
  • Wells: 6
Jackson
  • Well Pads: 12
  • Wells: 40
Jefferson
  • Well Pads: 17
  • Wells: 41
Lancaster
  • Well Pads: 12
  • Wells: 28
Marion
  • Well Pads: 0
  • Wells: 0
Mercer
  • Well Pads: 1
  • Wells: 11
Middlesex
  • Well Pads: 4
  • Wells: 11
Muddy Creek
  • Well Pads: 5
  • Wells: 10
Oakland
  • Well Pads: 8
  • Wells: 42
Parker
  • Well Pads: 1
  • Wells: 7
Penn
  • Well Pads: 9
  • Wells: 26
Slippery Rock
  • Well Pads: 2
  • Wells: 7
Summit
  • Well Pads: 9
  • Wells: 36
Washington
  • Well Pads: 3
  • Wells: 12
West Liberty Borough
  • Well Pads: 0
  • Wells: 0
Winfield
  • Well Pads: 13
  • Wells: 48
Worth
  • Well Pads: 1
  • Wells: 4
This list includes all unconventional (fracked) gas wells in Butler County, both horizontal and vertical, drilled between 1987 and 2018. It includes active, regulatory inactive, plugged, and abandoned fracked gas wells. List last updated 4/30/2018.