Oil & gas wells in Clay County, KS
111 catalogued wells in Clay County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Clay County, Kansas has 111 catalogued oil & gas wells: 5 active (5%), 88 plugged & abandoned (79%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 93rd of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
111
Active
5
Plugged
88
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Clay County?
5% of Clay County's wells are active, 17 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 79% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 4 wells (4%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Clay County; Kansas as a whole has 10,557. The remaining 14 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Clay County?
By product class, 41 of the county's wells (37%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 4 (4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Clay County well is 3,660 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 Clay County compare with other Kansas counties?
Clay County has the 93rd-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.
Who operates wells in Clay County?
6 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Clay County. 23% 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 Clay County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bergemeier 1 | 15-027-20011 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Schaulis 2 | 15-027-19031 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Llewellyn 1 | 15-027-19020 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Bloom Strat Test 1 | 15-027-00003 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Alquist 1 | 15-027-19029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Longford 1 | 15-027-19028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Weilhoff 1 | 15-027-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hull 1 | 15-027-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| E. H. Swenson 1 | 15-027-19010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wieland 1 | 15-027-19004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Conrad 1 | 15-027-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| F. L. Griffiths 1 | 15-027-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Avery 1 | 15-027-19026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Gaston 1 | 15-027-19027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| W. F. Hafner 1 | 15-027-19009 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Faidley 1 | 15-027-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Faidley 1 | 15-027-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hoffman 1 | 15-027-19005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Glace 1 | 15-027-19024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| John Hollen 'A' 1 | 15-027-19019 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Tannehill 1 | 15-027-00026 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Hill 1 | 15-027-00027 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Weise 1 | 15-027-00028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Lippert 1 | 15-027-00029 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Concord 1 | 15-027-00030 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 111 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 Clay County, KS?
Clay County, Kansas has 111 catalogued oil & gas wells: 5 active, 88 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Clay County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Clay County, Kansas.
What share of wells in Clay County are plugged?
88 of Clay County's 111 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); Clay County ranks 93rd with 111.
How many companies operate wells in Clay County?
6 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Clay 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 Clay County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/clay (data as of October 10, 2026).