Oil & gas wells in Decatur County, KS
1,760 catalogued wells in Decatur County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Decatur County, Kansas has 1,760 catalogued oil & gas wells: 232 active (13%), 1,417 plugged & abandoned (81%) and 6 documented orphans. It ranks 60th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,760
Active
232
Plugged
1,417
Documented orphans
6
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Decatur County?
13% of Decatur County's wells are active, 8 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 81% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 22 wells (1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 6 wells (0.3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 83 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Decatur County?
By product class, 564 of the county's wells (32%) are oil wells, 4 (0.2%) gas wells and 126 (7%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Decatur County well is 5,033 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 Decatur County compare with other Kansas counties?
Decatur County has the 60th-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 61st in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Decatur County?
178 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Decatur County. 57% 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 Decatur County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long-Simpson 2-22 | 15-039-20917 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Murfin Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Long Ranch 3 | 15-039-20915 | Active | Oil | Murfin Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Long Ranch 4 | 15-039-20918 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dark Horse Oil Company |
| Long 1 | 15-039-20919 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Castle Resources, Inc. |
| Long Ranch 'B' 2 Swd | 15-039-20922 | Active | Injection | Murfin Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Long Family Trust 1-24 | 15-039-20923 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Murfin Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Shirley Trust 2-29 | 15-039-20924 | Active | Oil | Murfin Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Decatur Center Unit 1-Ws | 15-039-20246 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Halliburton Oil Producing Co. |
| Kolsky 2-13WD | 15-039-20669 | Other status | Other type | Murfin Drilling Co. |
| Kincaid 2-24 Wd | 15-039-20670 | Other status | Other type | Murfin Drilling Co. |
| Kolsky 2-13WD | 15-039-20691 | Other status | Other type | Murfin Drilling Co. |
| Herb Shirley 1-20 | 15-039-20925 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dark Horse Oil Company |
| Long Family Trust 2-13 | 15-039-20926 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Dark Horse Oil Company |
| Burns 1-16 | 15-039-20422 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Schroer 1 | 15-039-20461 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | — |
| Lawson 1 | 15-039-20502 | Other status | Oil | — |
| D. H. Metcalf 1 | 15-039-20543 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Helm 1-2 | 15-039-20701 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| P. A. Stramel 1-8 | 15-039-20756 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Scott 1-26 | 15-039-20789 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Reager 1 | 15-039-00602 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Monaghan 2 | 15-039-00554 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| F. E. Cook 1 | 15-039-00422 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Anna Miller 'B' 1 | 15-039-00463 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Miller D 3 | 15-039-16620 | Active | Oil | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,760 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 Decatur County, KS?
Decatur County, Kansas has 1,760 catalogued oil & gas wells: 232 active, 1,417 plugged and 6 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Decatur County?
6 wells in Decatur County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 61st-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Decatur County are plugged?
1,417 of Decatur County's 1,760 catalogued wells (81%) 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); Decatur County ranks 60th with 1,760.
How many companies operate wells in Decatur County?
178 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Decatur 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 Decatur County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/decatur (data as of October 10, 2026).