Oil & gas wells in Crawford County, KS
4,766 catalogued wells in Crawford County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Crawford County, Kansas has 4,766 catalogued oil & gas wells: 951 active (20%), 1,869 plugged & abandoned (39%) and 331 documented orphans. It ranks 29th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
4,766
Active
951
Plugged
1,869
Documented orphans
331
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Crawford County?
20% of Crawford County's wells are active, close to the Kansas share of 21%. 39% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 50 wells (1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 331 wells (7%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,565 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Crawford County?
By product class, 2,801 of the county's wells (59%) are oil wells, 280 (6%) gas wells and 654 (14%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Crawford County well is 3,097 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 Crawford County compare with other Kansas counties?
Crawford County has the 29th-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 9th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Crawford County?
132 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Crawford County. 51% 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 Crawford County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett 5 | 15-037-19146 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Bennett 13 | 15-037-19147 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Bennett 60 | 15-037-19148 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | — |
| Bennett 95 | 15-037-19149 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Bennett 93 | 15-037-19150 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Bennett 99 | 15-037-19151 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Bennett 101 | 15-037-19152 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Bennett 55 | 15-037-19153 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Bennett 56 | 15-037-19154 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | — |
| Bennett 58 | 15-037-19155 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Bennett 67 | 15-037-19156 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Bennett 98 | 15-037-19157 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Bennett 66 | 15-037-19158 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Bennett 59 | 15-037-19159 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Bennett 64 | 15-037-19160 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Bennett 63 | 15-037-19161 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Albert Elmer Ix-5a | 15-037-21490 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phoenix Kansas Energy, LLC |
| Albert Elmer G-4a | 15-037-21491 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Phoenix Kansas Energy, LLC |
| Maffei 2 | 15-037-21497 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Double 7 Oil and Gas LLC |
| Smith 1 | 15-037-21510 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Double 7 Oil and Gas LLC |
| Smith 2 | 15-037-21511 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Double 7 Oil and Gas LLC |
| Smith 3 | 15-037-21512 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Double 7 Oil and Gas LLC |
| Maffei 5 | 15-037-21516 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Double 7 Oil and Gas LLC |
| Davidson 1 | 15-037-21521 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Double 7 Oil and Gas LLC |
| John Maffei 3 | 15-037-21526 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Double 7 Oil and Gas LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 4,766 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 Crawford County, KS?
Crawford County, Kansas has 4,766 catalogued oil & gas wells: 951 active, 1,869 plugged and 331 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Crawford County?
331 wells in Crawford County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 9th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Crawford County are plugged?
1,869 of Crawford County's 4,766 catalogued wells (39%) 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); Crawford County ranks 29th with 4,766.
How many companies operate wells in Crawford County?
132 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Crawford 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 Crawford County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/crawford (data as of October 10, 2026).