Oil & gas wells in Butler County, KS
14,102 catalogued wells in Butler County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Butler County, Kansas has 14,102 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,787 active (13%), 11,540 plugged & abandoned (82%) and 76 documented orphans. It ranks 7th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
14,102
Active
1,787
Plugged
11,540
Documented orphans
76
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Butler County?
13% of Butler County's wells are active, 9 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 82% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 220 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 76 wells (0.5%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 479 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Butler County?
By product class, 7,951 of the county's wells (56%) are oil wells, 93 (0.7%) gas wells and 1,287 (9%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Butler County well is 6,841 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 Butler County compare with other Kansas counties?
Butler County has the 7th-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 21st in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Butler County?
421 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Butler County. 39% 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 Butler County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lathrop North 11 | 15-015-70602 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Lathrop South 12 | 15-015-70600 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Lathrop 1 | 15-015-70636 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Floyd J. Hoss 1 | 15-015-70658 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mellor 3 | 15-015-70869 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Mellor 4 | 15-015-70870 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Claassen 2 | 15-015-70959 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Claassen 3 | 15-015-79146 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Claassen 1 | 15-015-70962 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Lathrop 1 | 15-015-70999 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kemper 2 | 15-015-71006 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Mellor 3 | 15-015-71025 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mellor 4 | 15-015-71026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Maxwell 13 | 15-015-71055 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Guy Maxwell 4 | 15-015-71043 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Klaassan 1 | 15-015-71060 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Moore 2 | 15-015-71062 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Moore 3 | 15-015-71063 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Moore 4 | 15-015-71064 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Nellans 1 | 15-015-71067 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Penner 1 | 15-015-71070 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Penner 2 | 15-015-71071 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Timmercamp 1 | 15-015-71073 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Walters 1 | 15-015-71137 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Charles Joseph 1 | 15-015-71139 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 14,102 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 Butler County, KS?
Butler County, Kansas has 14,102 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,787 active, 11,540 plugged and 76 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Butler County?
76 wells in Butler County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 21st-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Butler County are plugged?
11,540 of Butler County's 14,102 catalogued wells (82%) 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); Butler County ranks 7th with 14,102.
How many companies operate wells in Butler County?
421 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Butler 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 Butler County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/butler (data as of October 10, 2026).