Oil & gas wells in Doniphan County, KS
60 catalogued wells in Doniphan County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Doniphan County, Kansas has 60 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 39 plugged & abandoned (65%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 98th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
60
Active
0
Plugged
39
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Doniphan County?
0% of Doniphan County's wells are active, 21 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 65% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 1 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Doniphan County; Kansas as a whole has 10,557. The remaining 20 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Doniphan County?
By product class, 2 of the county's wells (3%) are oil wells, 15 (25%) gas wells and 2 (3%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Doniphan County well is 3,400 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 Doniphan County compare with other Kansas counties?
Doniphan County has the 98th-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 Doniphan County?
8 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Doniphan County. 52% 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 Doniphan County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Hollow 1-14 | 15-043-20025 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Heartland Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Rawhide Camp 1-30 | 15-043-20026 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Heartland Oil & Gas, Inc. |
| Fcb Corehole 2 | 15-043-20034 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | El Paso Production Company |
| Hopp 1-16 | 15-043-20027 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Forest City LLC |
| Gladhart 1-23 | 15-043-20028 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Forest City LLC |
| R. Elliott 1 | 15-043-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| John Mann 1 | 15-043-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Nity 1 | 15-043-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dannevik 1 | 15-043-20001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Roundy 1 | 15-043-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Laepple 1 | 15-043-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rush Farms 'A' 1 | 15-043-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dittemore 'A' 1 | 15-043-20005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Chapple 'A' 1 | 15-043-20006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Webb 'A' 1 | 15-043-20007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Roy F Sharp 1 | 15-043-20008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rush Farms 'B' 1 | 15-043-20009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Benitz 'A' 1 | 15-043-20010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Euler 'A' 1 | 15-043-20011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Schneider 'D' 1 | 15-043-20012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Gaither 'A' 1 | 15-043-20013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Weidmare 'A' 1 | 15-043-20014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kendall 'A' 1 | 15-043-20016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hunter 'A' 1 | 15-043-20017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| R. Meyers 1 | 15-043-20018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 60 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 Doniphan County, KS?
Doniphan County, Kansas has 60 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 39 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Doniphan County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Doniphan County, Kansas.
What share of wells in Doniphan County are plugged?
39 of Doniphan County's 60 catalogued wells (65%) 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); Doniphan County ranks 98th with 60.
How many companies operate wells in Doniphan County?
8 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Doniphan County, Kansas.
Nearby in the Kansas rankings
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 Doniphan County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/doniphan (data as of October 10, 2026).