Oil & gas wells in Dickinson County, KS
516 catalogued wells in Dickinson County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Dickinson County, Kansas has 516 catalogued oil & gas wells: 35 active (7%), 430 plugged & abandoned (83%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 81st of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
516
Active
35
Plugged
430
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Dickinson County?
7% of Dickinson County's wells are active, 15 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 83% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 24 wells (5%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Dickinson County; Kansas as a whole has 10,557. The remaining 27 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Dickinson County?
By product class, 172 of the county's wells (33%) are oil wells, 1 (0.2%) gas wells and 19 (4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Dickinson County well is 3,550 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 Dickinson County compare with other Kansas counties?
Dickinson County has the 81st-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 Dickinson County?
27 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Dickinson County. 20% 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 Dickinson County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utech 5 | 15-041-20001 | Shut-in | Oil | Randon Production Company Inc. |
| Daetwiler 6 | 15-041-20002 | Shut-in | Oil | Montgomery Production & Operating LLC |
| William Martin 'B' 14 | 15-041-20003 | Active | Oil | Montgomery Production & Operating LLC |
| William Martin 'B' 15 | 15-041-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Moore, Brent L. |
| Utech 6 | 15-041-20007 | Shut-in | Oil | Randon Production Company Inc. |
| William Martin 'B' 16 | 15-041-20014 | Active | Oil | Montgomery Production & Operating LLC |
| Utech 'A' 2 | 15-041-19000 | Shut-in | Oil | Randon Production Company Inc. |
| Utech 3 | 15-041-19001 | Shut-in | Oil | Randon Production Company Inc. |
| Utech 4 | 15-041-19002 | Shut-in | Oil | Randon Production Company Inc. |
| John Biehler 'B' 1 | 15-041-19003 | Shut-in | Oil | Randon Production Company Inc. |
| Schlesener 1 | 15-041-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kuntz 1 | 15-041-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bogart 1 | 15-041-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Albrecht 1 | 15-041-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Steinbruck 1 | 15-041-19006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| L. O. Chrisman 1 | 15-041-19009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Miller 1 | 15-041-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Shirack 1 | 15-041-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Shirack 1 | 15-041-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Medley 1 | 15-041-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Lauxman 1 | 15-041-00017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Jones 1 | 15-041-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| P. Miller 1 | 15-041-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Flora 1 | 15-041-00021 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Woods 1 | 15-041-00022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 516 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 Dickinson County, KS?
Dickinson County, Kansas has 516 catalogued oil & gas wells: 35 active, 430 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Dickinson County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Dickinson County, Kansas.
What share of wells in Dickinson County are plugged?
430 of Dickinson County's 516 catalogued wells (83%) 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); Dickinson County ranks 81st with 516.
How many companies operate wells in Dickinson County?
27 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Dickinson 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 Dickinson County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/dickinson (data as of October 10, 2026).