Oil & gas wells in Chautauqua County, KS
13,527 catalogued wells in Chautauqua County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Chautauqua County, Kansas has 13,527 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,823 active (13%), 6,585 plugged & abandoned (49%) and 764 documented orphans. It ranks 9th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 3% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
13,527
Active
1,823
Plugged
6,585
Documented orphans
764
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Chautauqua County?
13% of Chautauqua County's wells are active, 8 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 49% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 997 wells (7%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 764 wells (6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 3,358 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Chautauqua County?
By product class, 7,110 of the county's wells (53%) are oil wells, 650 (5%) gas wells and 978 (7%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Chautauqua County well is 9,890 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 Chautauqua County compare with other Kansas counties?
Chautauqua County has the 9th-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 5th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Chautauqua County?
366 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Chautauqua County. 44% 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 Chautauqua County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. F. Pitts 1 | 15-019-26478 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Steve Shaffer 1 | 15-019-19094 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Steve Shaffer 2 | 15-019-19095 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Steve Shaffer 3 | 15-019-19096 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Steve Shaffer 6 | 15-019-19097 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| J. Goode 1 | 15-019-21838 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Wil-Max Co. |
| Eldorado To Coffeyville Rect Mp 53.81 | 15-019-26521 | Shut-in | Other type | Mid-America Pipeline Company, LLC |
| Fildes 8 | 15-019-26533 | Active | Oil | Keen Oil Co |
| Harrold 12 | 15-019-26534 | Active | Oil | Keen Oil Co |
| Jarboe-Kelly Unit 1 | 15-019-26545 | Shut-in | Oil | Kloberdanz, Paul E. |
| Powers 22 | 15-019-26562 | Active | Oil | Keen Oil Co |
| Brinkman 2-B | 15-019-26229 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | C & E Oil |
| Brinkman 3-B | 15-019-26230 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | C & E Oil |
| Brinkman JBD-1 | 15-019-26423 | Other status | Other type | Jones & Buck Development, LLC |
| Rogers 1 | 15-019-26569 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cambern, Rex |
| Mcgill-Goode 1 | 15-019-22682 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Wil-Max Co. |
| Mcgill-Goode 2 | 15-019-23140 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wil-Max Co. |
| Mcgill-Goode 3 | 15-019-23291 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wil-Max Co. |
| J. Goode 3 | 15-019-23507 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wil-Max Co. |
| J. Goode 4 | 15-019-24038 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wil-Max Co. |
| J. Goode 5 | 15-019-24039 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wil-Max Co. |
| Ballard 3 | 15-019-26508 | Active | Oil | Keen Oil Co |
| Jarboe-Kelly Unit 2 | 15-019-26570 | Shut-in | Oil | Kloberdanz, Paul E. |
| Mordy 6-A | 15-019-26540 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Jones and Sons Well Service |
| Jordan 10 | 15-019-26518 | Active | Oil | Bull Oil Company, LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 13,527 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 Chautauqua County, KS?
Chautauqua County, Kansas has 13,527 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,823 active, 6,585 plugged and 764 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Chautauqua County?
764 wells in Chautauqua County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 5th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Chautauqua County are plugged?
6,585 of Chautauqua County's 13,527 catalogued wells (49%) 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); Chautauqua County ranks 9th with 13,527.
How many companies operate wells in Chautauqua County?
366 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Chautauqua 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 Chautauqua County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/chautauqua (data as of October 10, 2026).