Oil & gas wells in Atchison County, KS
137 catalogued wells in Atchison County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Atchison County, Kansas has 137 catalogued oil & gas wells: 6 active (4%), 95 plugged & abandoned (69%) and 7 documented orphans. It ranks 90th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
137
Active
6
Plugged
95
Documented orphans
7
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Atchison County?
4% of Atchison County's wells are active, 17 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 69% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (0.7%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 7 wells (5%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 28 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Atchison County?
By product class, 16 of the county's wells (12%) are oil wells, 37 (27%) gas wells and 3 (2%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Atchison County well is 3,135 ft, against 11,300 ft for Kansas as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Atchison County compare with other Kansas counties?
Atchison County has the 90th-most catalogued wells of the 104 Kansas counties with at least 25. The median Kansas county on WellCensus has 2,220 wells. The largest, Montgomery County, has 21,956. By documented orphans it ranks 60th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Atchison County?
23 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Atchison County. 57% 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 Atchison County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JV-P Hawk 20104 | 15-005-20101 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Heartland Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| 20104 JV-P Boldridge 1 | 15-005-20102 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Heartland Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| 20104 JV-P Lanter 1 | 15-005-20103 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Heartland Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Highfill 2 | 15-005-20044 | Other status | Gas | Oilwell Equipment Company |
| WALNUT aka NIES 32-1 aka W 1 | 15-005-20105 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Heartland Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| WALNUT aka BOLDRIDGE 32-2 aka 1 | 15-005-20106 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Heartland Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Smith 'H' 1 | 15-005-20107 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Heartland Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Chapman 'M' 1 | 15-005-20108 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Heartland Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Smith 'H' 2 | 15-005-20109 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Heartland Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Boldridge 'C' 1 | 15-005-20110 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Heartland Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| 20104 JV-P Walnut 4-1 | 15-005-20111 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Heartland Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| 20104 Jv-P Walnut 4-2 | 15-005-20112 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Heartland Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| 20104 JV-P Walnut 4-3 | 15-005-20113 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Heartland Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| 20104 Jv-P Walnut 4-4 | 15-005-20114 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Heartland Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| 20104 JV-P Walnut 5-1 | 15-005-20115 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Heartland Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Walnut 5-1 Swd | 15-005-20116 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Heartland Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Warner 1 | 15-005-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bubb 1 | 15-005-19001 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Herman Bubb 1 | 15-005-19000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Trompeter 1 | 15-005-19007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Tipling 1 | 15-005-19002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Worner 2 | 15-005-19004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| National Life Ins 1 | 15-005-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Pohl 1 | 15-005-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Tosh 1-23 | 15-005-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 137 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 Atchison County, KS?
Atchison County, Kansas has 137 catalogued oil & gas wells: 6 active, 95 plugged and 7 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Atchison County?
7 wells in Atchison County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 60th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Atchison County are plugged?
95 of Atchison County's 137 catalogued wells (69%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 55% across Kansas.
Which Kansas county has the most oil and gas wells?
Montgomery County has the most catalogued wells of any Kansas county on WellCensus (21,956); Atchison County ranks 90th with 137.
How many companies operate wells in Atchison County?
23 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Atchison County, Kansas.
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About this data
Source: Kansas Geological Survey 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 Atchison County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/atchison (data as of October 10, 2026).