Oil & gas wells in Cheyenne County, KS
1,733 catalogued wells in Cheyenne County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Cheyenne County, Kansas has 1,733 catalogued oil & gas wells: 735 active (42%), 593 plugged & abandoned (34%) and 7 documented orphans. It ranks 63rd of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,733
Active
735
Plugged
593
Documented orphans
7
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Cheyenne County?
42% of Cheyenne County's wells are active, 21 percentage points above the Kansas share of 21%. 34% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 35 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 7 wells (0.4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 363 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Cheyenne County?
By product class, 215 of the county's wells (12%) are oil wells, 724 (42%) gas wells and 31 (2%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Cheyenne County well is 5,804 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 Cheyenne County compare with other Kansas counties?
Cheyenne County has the 63rd-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 58th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Cheyenne County?
109 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Cheyenne County. 91% 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 Cheyenne County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Francis Feed Yard 1-18 | 15-023-20387 | Active | Gas | Smith Oil & Gas LLC |
| St. Francis Feedyard 2-7 | 15-023-20388 | Active | Gas | Smith Oil & Gas LLC |
| Lauer Trust 1-8 | 15-023-20389 | Active | Gas | Smith Oil & Gas LLC |
| Lauer Trust 2-17 | 15-023-20390 | Active | Gas | Smith Oil & Gas LLC |
| Bandel 1-8 | 15-023-20391 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Priority Oil & Gas LLC |
| Schorzman 1-6 | 15-023-20392 | Active | Gas | Smith Oil & Gas LLC |
| Wieck 1-6 | 15-023-20393 | Active | Gas | Smith Oil & Gas LLC |
| Morrow 1-1 | 15-023-20396 | Active | Gas | Smith Oil & Gas LLC |
| Lampe 2-30 | 15-023-20397 | Active | Gas | Smith Oil & Gas LLC |
| Lampe 3-30 | 15-023-20398 | Active | Gas | Smith Oil & Gas LLC |
| Raile 1-25 | 15-023-20400 | Active | Gas | Smith Oil & Gas LLC |
| Raile 2-24 | 15-023-20404 | Active | Gas | Smith Oil & Gas LLC |
| Raile 2-25 | 15-023-20405 | Active | Gas | Smith Oil & Gas LLC |
| Harkins 1-10 | 15-023-20408 | Active | Gas | Smith Oil & Gas LLC |
| Briggs-Vincent 2-23 | 15-023-20410 | Active | Gas | Smith Oil & Gas LLC |
| Briggs-Vincent 3-23 | 15-023-20411 | Active | Gas | Smith Oil & Gas LLC |
| Briggs-Vincent 1-22 | 15-023-20412 | Active | Gas | Smith Oil & Gas LLC |
| Briggs-Vincent 2-22 | 15-023-20413 | Active | Gas | Smith Oil & Gas LLC |
| Briggs-Vincent 3-22 | 15-023-20414 | Active | Gas | Smith Oil & Gas LLC |
| Briggs-Vincent 4-22 | 15-023-20415 | Active | Gas | Smith Oil & Gas LLC |
| Raile 3-24 | 15-023-20416 | Active | Gas | Smith Oil & Gas LLC |
| Rueb 1-23 | 15-023-20417 | Active | Gas | Smith Oil & Gas LLC |
| Gustav Hilt 2-14 | 15-023-20418 | Active | Gas | Smith Oil & Gas LLC |
| Neitzel 1-12 | 15-023-20427 | Active | Gas | Smith Oil & Gas LLC |
| Bucholtz Gas Unit 2-15H | 15-023-20429 | Active | Gas | Own Resources Operating LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,733 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 Cheyenne County, KS?
Cheyenne County, Kansas has 1,733 catalogued oil & gas wells: 735 active, 593 plugged and 7 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Cheyenne County?
7 wells in Cheyenne County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 58th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Cheyenne County are plugged?
593 of Cheyenne County's 1,733 catalogued wells (34%) 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); Cheyenne County ranks 63rd with 1,733.
How many companies operate wells in Cheyenne County?
109 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Cheyenne 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 Cheyenne County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/cheyenne (data as of October 10, 2026).