Oil & gas wells in Barton County, KS
15,966 catalogued wells in Barton County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Barton County, Kansas has 15,966 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,479 active (16%), 12,629 plugged & abandoned (79%) and 19 documented orphans. It ranks 4th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
15,966
Active
2,479
Plugged
12,629
Documented orphans
19
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Barton County?
16% of Barton County's wells are active, 6 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 79% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 127 wells (0.8%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 19 wells (0.1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 712 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Barton County?
By product class, 8,147 of the county's wells (51%) are oil wells, 217 (1%) gas wells and 1,174 (7%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Barton County well is 5,090 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 Barton County compare with other Kansas counties?
Barton County has the 4th-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 33rd in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Barton County?
628 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Barton County. 38% 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 Barton County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weber 1 | 15-009-24673 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Downing-Nelson Oil Co Inc |
| B & D 4 | 15-009-24678 | Active | Oil | Richlan Drilling, a General Partnership |
| Hester 1-34 | 15-009-24684 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | White & Ellis Drilling, Inc. |
| Willenberg 10 | 15-009-24685 | Active | Oil | C & K Oil Company |
| Barrow 1 | 15-009-24686 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Raymond Oil Company, Inc. |
| Wenz 16 | 15-009-24687 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | C & K Oil Company |
| Kraft 12 | 15-009-24688 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | American Warrior, Inc. |
| Lawrence J. Finger 1 | 15-009-24689 | Active | Oil | Hoffman Resources LLC |
| Brown 2 | 15-009-24690 | Active | Injection | American Warrior, Inc. |
| Little 1 | 15-009-24705 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Raymond Oil Company, Inc. |
| West 3 | 15-009-24708 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Trek AEC, LLC |
| Conner 2 | 15-009-24710 | Active | Oil | Edison Operating Company LLC |
| Bloomer 1 | 15-009-24714 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Grady Bolding Corporation |
| Burmeister North 6 | 15-009-24717 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Zinszer Oil Co., Inc. |
| Panning 1 | 15-009-24723 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Popp Operating, Inc. |
| Panning 1 SWD | 15-009-24724 | Active | Injection | Popp Operating, Inc. |
| Panning 2 | 15-009-24728 | Active | Oil | Popp Operating, Inc. |
| Panning 3 | 15-009-24730 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Popp Operating, Inc. |
| Panning 4 | 15-009-24734 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Popp Operating, Inc. |
| Davidson 1 | 15-009-01050 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Anshutz Oil |
| B & D 5 | 15-009-24720 | Active | Injection | Richlan Drilling, a General Partnership |
| Mauler 1 | 15-009-24701 | Active | Oil | Grady Bolding Corporation |
| Bieberle 1 | 15-009-24729 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Globe Operating, Inc. |
| Skolaut 1 | 15-009-24736 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Richlan Drilling, a General Partnership |
| Wiedemann 3 | 15-009-24670 | Active | Oil | Vess Oil Corporation |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 15,966 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 Barton County, KS?
Barton County, Kansas has 15,966 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2,479 active, 12,629 plugged and 19 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Barton County?
19 wells in Barton County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 33rd-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Barton County are plugged?
12,629 of Barton County's 15,966 catalogued wells (79%) 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); Barton County ranks 4th with 15,966.
How many companies operate wells in Barton County?
628 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Barton 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 Barton County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/barton (data as of October 10, 2026).