Oil & gas wells in Elk County, KS
4,408 catalogued wells in Elk County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Elk County, Kansas has 4,408 catalogued oil & gas wells: 509 active (12%), 2,304 plugged & abandoned (52%) and 258 documented orphans. It ranks 32nd of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.9% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
4,408
Active
509
Plugged
2,304
Documented orphans
258
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Elk County?
12% of Elk County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 52% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 130 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 258 wells (6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,207 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Elk County?
By product class, 1,825 of the county's wells (41%) are oil wells, 290 (7%) gas wells and 324 (7%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Elk County well is 4,820 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 Elk County compare with other Kansas counties?
Elk County has the 32nd-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 11th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Elk County?
156 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Elk County. 33% 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 Elk County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimzey West 1 | 15-049-22378 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Genesis Exploration, Inc. |
| Kimzey East 1 | 15-049-22379 | Orphaned | Oil | Genesis Exploration, Inc. |
| Kimzey West 1-A | 15-049-22380 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Genesis Exploration, Inc. |
| Ross 1 | 15-049-19011 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | McCann Drilling, Inc. |
| Smith A Jayma #1 | 15-049-22375 | Other status | Other type | VEEM Jade Oil & Gas LLC |
| Williams 2 | 15-049-22381 | Active | Injection | MaxCrude, LLC |
| Shinkle-Bracken BI-5 | 15-049-20874 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Kansas Oil Company |
| Swartz/Glasscock 10 | 15-049-22367 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | T & R Oil Company, a General Partnership |
| Sleeper C-1 | 15-049-22372 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Phillips Oil Properties Inc. |
| Owens 1 | 15-049-19431 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Gilbert 1 | 15-049-19012 | Active | Injection | Longton Explorations |
| Schrader 'B' 4 | 15-049-20001 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Gragg 1 | 15-049-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Inge O-98 | 15-049-20013 | Shut-in | Oil | VanRoyen Oil and Gas, L.L.C. |
| Inge O-99 | 15-049-20014 | Shut-in | Oil | VanRoyen Oil and Gas, L.L.C. |
| Inge O-82 | 15-049-20015 | Shut-in | Oil | VanRoyen Oil and Gas, L.L.C. |
| Inge O-83 | 15-049-20016 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | VanRoyen Oil and Gas, L.L.C. |
| Inge O-84 | 15-049-20017 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | VanRoyen Oil and Gas, L.L.C. |
| Inge W-76 | 15-049-20018 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | VanRoyen Oil and Gas, L.L.C. |
| Inge W-77 | 15-049-20019 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | VanRoyen Oil and Gas, L.L.C. |
| Inge W-78 | 15-049-20020 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Vision Production, Inc. |
| Inge W-79 | 15-049-20021 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Vision Production, Inc. |
| Inge W-90 | 15-049-20022 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | VanRoyen Oil and Gas, L.L.C. |
| Inge W-91 | 15-049-20023 | Shut-in | Injection | VanRoyen Oil and Gas, L.L.C. |
| Inge W-92 | 15-049-20024 | Shut-in | Injection | VanRoyen Oil and Gas, L.L.C. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 4,408 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 Elk County, KS?
Elk County, Kansas has 4,408 catalogued oil & gas wells: 509 active, 2,304 plugged and 258 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Elk County?
258 wells in Elk County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 11th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Elk County are plugged?
2,304 of Elk County's 4,408 catalogued wells (52%) 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); Elk County ranks 32nd with 4,408.
How many companies operate wells in Elk County?
156 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Elk 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 Elk County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/elk (data as of October 10, 2026).