Oil & gas wells in Ellsworth County, KS
3,553 catalogued wells in Ellsworth County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Ellsworth County, Kansas has 3,553 catalogued oil & gas wells: 417 active (12%), 2,778 plugged & abandoned (78%) and 7 documented orphans. It ranks 39th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.8% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
3,553
Active
417
Plugged
2,778
Documented orphans
7
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Ellsworth County?
12% of Ellsworth County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 78% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 120 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 7 wells (0.2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 231 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Ellsworth County?
By product class, 1,668 of the county's wells (47%) are oil wells, 89 (3%) gas wells and 272 (8%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Ellsworth County well is 5,360 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 Ellsworth County compare with other Kansas counties?
Ellsworth County has the 39th-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 54th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Ellsworth County?
217 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Ellsworth County. 40% 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 Ellsworth County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grizzell 23 | 15-053-21107 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Grady Bolding Corporation |
| Chase 1 | 15-053-21108 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kenmark Corporation |
| Ashley 1 | 15-053-21109 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kent Operating Company |
| Lanzl 1 | 15-053-19000 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Manuel Corporation |
| Wilkens 1-BB | 15-053-25547 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Harbacek 2 | 15-053-19004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Jezek 1 | 15-053-19005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Chevron USA, Inc. |
| Miller 4 | 15-053-20317 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Russ Harvey 1 | 15-053-20695 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Janssen 1 | 15-053-20956 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Grizzell 24 | 15-053-21110 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Grady Bolding Corporation |
| Ellsworth Rect. | 15-053-21111 | Shut-in | Other type | Northern Natural Gas Co. |
| Albert Gregory 1 | 15-053-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Peterka Victor 1 | 15-053-20038 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Heitschmidt 1 | 15-053-20041 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Frank Sibrava 2 | 15-053-20065 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Edward Sebesta 1 | 15-053-20068 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Vopat 2-C | 15-053-20182 | Shut-in | Other type | — |
| Northern Natural Gas Products Co. 3-32 | 15-053-20184 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Huseman W F 1 | 15-053-20259 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Vopat 'A' 4 | 15-053-20272 | Shut-in | Other type | — |
| Foran 3 | 15-053-20273 | Shut-in | Other type | — |
| Stepanek 1 | 15-053-20284 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Jack Rathbun 1 | 15-053-20319 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Janousek 1 | 15-053-20321 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 3,553 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 Ellsworth County, KS?
Ellsworth County, Kansas has 3,553 catalogued oil & gas wells: 417 active, 2,778 plugged and 7 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Ellsworth County?
7 wells in Ellsworth County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 54th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Ellsworth County are plugged?
2,778 of Ellsworth County's 3,553 catalogued wells (78%) 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); Ellsworth County ranks 39th with 3,553.
How many companies operate wells in Ellsworth County?
217 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Ellsworth 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 Ellsworth County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/ellsworth (data as of October 10, 2026).