These well locations were derived from historical mine maps known as the WPA, Ksheet, and Hsheet collections. These locations are provided for informational purposes only and should not be sole means of decision making and are in no way a substitute for actual on the ground observation. In 1859, the United States’ first commercial oil well was drilled in Venango County, Pennsylvania. In the 150 years subsequent to this, an unknown number of oil and gas wells have been drilled in the state. A current estimate by the Independent Petroleum Association of America places that number at approximately 325,000. Of those 325,000 wells, over 200,000 are still unaccounted for. As these wells are found and verified, they are cataloged in the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Abandoned and Orphan Well database to facilitate plugging. There are currently over 8,200 wells listed in this database (2013). With so many unknown oil and gas wells scattered across Pennsylvania and the environmental threats that they pose, identification remains a vital component of DEP’s Oil and Gas Program. Currently, the DEP, Office of Active and Abandoned Mine Operations is involved in many projects dealing with historic and active mine map restoration and geo-referencing. These maps, which vary in age, not only contain information on historic mine locations, but also oil and gas locations. Through collaboration between the Bureau of Mining Programs and the Bureau of Oil and Gas Planning and Program Management, potential oil and gas well locations were assembled using three mine map collections. These collections include the WPA mine map collection, Ksheets collection, and the Hsheets collection. From these sources, over 30,000 potential historic oil and gas well locations were derived. The Bureau of Oil and Gas Planning and Program Management is constantly looking for historic sources to help locate oil and gas wells in the state that remain unaccounted for. This particular dataset was created using georeferenced mine maps of various/unknown accuracy and various/unknown coordinate systems to various base maps, including but not limited to USGS topographic maps and PAMAP aerial photography. The locations were then digitized using the georeferenced mine maps. These locations are provided for informational purposes only and should not be sole means of decision making and are in no way a substitute for actual field observations.

The following data set contains all the Oil & Gas Wells in Pennsylvania that the Dept of Environmental Protection has locational information on. The wells are broken into two formation types of conventional and unconventional wells. A conventional well is a bore hole drilled or being drilled for the purpose of or to be used for the production of oil or natural gas from only conventional formation(s). A conventional formation is any formation that does not meet the statutory definition of an unconventional formation. An unconventional gas well is a bore hole drilled or being drilled for the purpose of or to be used for the production of natural gas from an unconventional formation. Unconventional formation is a geological shale formation existing below the base of the Elk Sandstone or its geologic equivalent stratigraphic interval where natural gas generally cannot be produced at economic flow rates or in economic volumes except by vertical or horizontal well bores stimulated by hydraulic fracture treatments or by using multilateral well bores or other techniques to expose more of the formation to the well bore.

This dataset represents the Air Emission air quality data including permit number for Oil & Gas wells and well sites for 2014.

An Oil and Gas Location is a DEP primary facility type related to the Oil & Gas Program. The sub-facility types related to Oil and Gas that are included in this layer are:_ Land Application -- An area where drilling cuttings or waste are disposed by land application Well-- A well associated with oil and/or gas production Pit -- An approved pit that is used for storage of oil and gas well fluids . Some sub facility types are not included in this layer due to security policies.

This layer is sourced from maps.pasda.psu.edu.

This layer is sourced from maps.pasda.psu.edu.

An Erosion and Sediment Control Facility is a DEP primary facility type related to the Water Pollution Control program. Any of the following development activities that may discharge stormwater during construction fall under the erosion and sediment control permit category. The following is a list of sub-facility types related to Erosion and Sediment Control Facilities that are included in eMapPA: Agricultural ActivitiesCommercial or Industrial DevelopmentGovernment FacilitiesOil and Gas DevelopmentPrivate Road or ResidencePublic Road ConstructionRecreational ActivitiesRemediation/RestorationResidential SubdivisionSewerage or Water SystemsSilviculture Utility Facility / Transmission Line

The plugged conservation well layer identifies the permitted surface location of oil and gas conservation wells that have been plugged. A conservation well is any well which penetrates the Onondaga horizon, or in those areas in which the Onondaga horizon is nearer to the surface than thirty-eight hundred feet, any well which exceeds a depth of thirty-eight hundred feet beneath the surface.

An Oil and Gas Location is a DEP primary facility type related to the Oil & Gas Program. The sub-facility types related to Oil and Gas that are included in this layer are:_ Land Application -- An area where drilling cuttings or waste are disposed by land application Well-- A well associated with oil and/or gas production Pit -- An approved pit that is used for storage of oil and gas well fluids . Some sub facility types are not included in this layer due to security policies.

Coal Pillar Locations are pillars of coal that must remain in place to provide support for an oil and gas well on the surface.

DEP's Regional Offices are responsible for implementing department programs through permitting, inspection, enforcement, and other field services for environmental and public health protection; program and technical support to Pennsylvania's 66 conservation districts; and compliance assistance to our regulated community. In addition, staff in the regional offices provide assistance to the public in the form of emergency response, disaster recovery, pollution prevention, and energy assistance and complaint response.The regional offices directly implement the Air Quality, Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields, Radiation Protection, Waste Management, Watershed Conservation and Restoration, Clean Water, Waterways and Wetlands, and Safe Drinking Water Programs. Each regional field office is structured in the same manner to consistently implement these programs and services statewide. Additionally, the regional offices provide support services to the Active and Abandoned Mining Operations and Oil and Gas Management programs. In 2019, DEP launched the Regional Permit Coordination Office (RPCO). This move addressed a need to establish a centralized entity to provide Chapter 102/105 permitting functions for certain large and complex projects and to provide statewide technical support and coordination. Visit the RPCO website for more details.https://www.dep.pa.gov/About/Regional/Pages/default.aspx

This map contains layers relevant to understanding impacts of the potential development activities of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in the Clarence Moore tracts of the Loyalsock State Forest. Neither DCNR nor Anadarko has made public any official proposed development maps. The data for this map were obtained using a combination of documentation in the field by the Pennsylvania Forest Coalition and documents provided to Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in fulfillment of a Right-to-Know Law request. Please note that there could be additional proposed impacts that are not included on this map, because some of the source documentation is of questionable quality. Additionally, some locations may be off by about 25 meters, due to georeferencing low resolution scanned maps. Available data layers include:Proposed Compressor StationsCompressor stations that Anadarko Petroleum Corporation appears to have proposed in the Clarence Moore Tracts of the Loyalsock State Forest in Pennsylvania. The location of these features were determined in the field by the Pennsylvania Forest Coalition, and by documents supplied from a Right to Know Law request from Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future to DCNR. These locations were then digitized by the FracTracker Alliance. Credits: DCNR, PA Forest Coalition, PennFuture, FracTracker AllianceProposed Impoundments Water impoundments that Anadarko Petroleum Corporation appears to have proposed in the Clarence Moore Tracts of the Loyalsock State Forest in Pennsylvania. The location of these features were determined in the field by the Pennsylvania Forest Coalition, and by documents supplied from a Right to Know Law request from Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future to DCNR. These locations were then digitized by the FracTracker Alliance. Credits: DCNR, PA Forest Coalition, PennFuture, FracTracker AllianceProposed Well Pads Well pads that Anadarko Petroleum Corporation appears to have proposed in the Clarence Moore Tracts of the Loyalsock State Forest in Pennsylvania. The location of these features were determined in the field by the Pennsylvania Forest Coalition, and by documents supplied from a Right to Know Law request from Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future to DCNR. These locations were then digitized by the FracTracker Alliance. Credits: DCNR, PA Forest Coalition, PennFuture, FracTracker AllianceProposed Pipelines and Roads (co-located) Proposed access roads associated with proposed gas activity in the Clarence Moore Tract area of the Loyalsock National Forest in Pennsylvania. These roads are not listed in PennDOT Local Roads or State Roads files, below. As all of the wellpads would need to be connected with pipelines, many of these roads would be cleared wide enough for both activities. The location of these features were determined in the field by the Pennsylvania Forest Coalition, and by documents supplied from a Right to Know Law request from Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future to DCNR. These locations were then digitized by the FracTracker Alliance. Credits: DCNR, PA Forest Coalition, PennFuture, FracTracker AllianceProposed Pipelines Proposed pipelines associated with other proposed oil and gas activity, but not associated with roads. The location of these features were determined in the field by the Pennsylvania Forest Coalition, and by documents supplied from a Right to Know Law request from Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future to DCNR. These locations were then digitized by the FracTracker Alliance. Credits: DCNR, PA Forest Coalition, PennFuture, FracTracker AllianceTrails Trails in the vicinity of the Clarence Moore Tracts of the Loyalsock State Forest in Pennsylvania. This is modified from a statewide shapefile of trails published by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) on PASDA for the sake of reduced file size. Credits: DCNR, modified by FracTracker. Local Roads Local roads in the vicinity of the Loyalsock State Forest Clarence Moore Tract lands in Pennsylvania. This was derived from a statewide shapefile of state roads published by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) on PASDA. In the immediate vicinity of the proposed gas activity, some of these roads would have to be widened to accommodate truck traffic, and may have associated pipelines as well. Credits: PennDOT, modified by FracTracker Alliance State Roads State roads in the vicinity of the Loyalsock State Forest Clarence Moore Tract lands in Pennsylvania. This was derived from a statewide shapefile of state roads published by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) on PASDA.Credits: PennDOT, modified by FracTracker Alliance Exceptional Value and High Quality Streams This layer consists of streams designated to be either exceptional value (EV) or high quality (HQ) by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. The original data is published on PASDA. This version is modified by including only the EV and HQ steams, and by limiting the results to stream segments that intersect with the Clarence Moore tract portion of the Loyalsock State Forest. Credits: PADEP, modified by FracTracker AllianceLoyalsock Wetlands This layer includes Pennsylvania wetlands from the US Fish and Wildlife Service 2009 National Wetland Inventory as found on PASDA. It has been modified by FracTracker Alliance to only include those wetlands that intersect with the Loyalsock State Forest. Credits: US Fish and Wildlife Service, modified by FracTracker AllianceCM Tracts – Exclusive DCNR Surface ControlThe Clarence Moore tracts are part of the Loyalsock State Forest where the state owns the land, but the mineral rights are maintained by another party. In these portions (drawn in yellow on this map), while the mineral rights are owned by private parties, access to those minerals was judged to expire in 1983 by the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in 1989. This data is based on a scanned image obtained Dick Martin of the Pennsylvania Forest Coalition by the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and was subsequently digitized by the FracTracker Alliance. Credits: DCNR, digitized by FracTracker AllianceCM Tracts – Non-Exclusive DCNR Surface ControlThe Clarence Moore tracts are part of the Loyalsock State Forest where the state owns the land, but the mineral rights are maintained by another party. In these portions (drawn in blue on this map), the mineral rights owner has the right to access the minerals through the surface. This data is based on a scanned image obtained Dick Martin of the Pennsylvania Forest Coalition by the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and was subsequently digitized by the FracTracker Alliance. Credits: DCNR, digitized by FracTracker AllianceLoyalsock State Forest The boundary of the Loyalsock State Forest in Pennsylvania. This was extracted from a layer of all state forests in Pennsylvania, published by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) on PASDA. Credits: DCNR, altered by FracTracker Alliance

Mine Drainage Treatment/Land Reclamation Locations are clean-up projects that are working to eliminate some form of abandoned mine. The following sub-facility types are included: Abandoned Coal Refuse Pile Reclamation, Abandoned Deep Mine Reclamation, Abandoned Mine Drainage Treatment, Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Reclamation, Abandoned Surface Mine Reclamation Internal Monitoring Point