Oil & gas wells in Franklin County, KS
10,221 catalogued wells in Franklin County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Franklin County, Kansas has 10,221 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3,232 active (32%), 3,467 plugged & abandoned (34%) and 245 documented orphans. It ranks 15th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
10,221
Active
3,232
Plugged
3,467
Documented orphans
245
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Franklin County?
32% of Franklin County's wells are active, 10 percentage points above the Kansas share of 21%. 34% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 355 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 245 wells (2%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 2,922 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Franklin County?
By product class, 6,128 of the county's wells (60%) are oil wells, 303 (3%) gas wells and 1,478 (14%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Franklin County well is 3,097 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 Franklin County compare with other Kansas counties?
Franklin County has the 15th-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 12th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Franklin County?
265 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Franklin County. 66% 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 Franklin County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Hughes 2 | 15-059-24892 | Active | Oil | Hughes Drilling Co, a General Partnership |
| Smith 4 | 15-059-24899 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Rader Oil Company |
| South Hughes 3 | 15-059-24917 | Active | Oil | Hughes Drilling Co, a General Partnership |
| Hermes 29 | 15-059-24858 | Active | Oil | Rader Oil Company |
| Lowell Broers 3 | 15-059-24058 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hughes Drilling Co, a General Partnership |
| Bleakley Bl-1 | 15-059-20925 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Colt Energy Inc |
| Hahn 'B' 4-D | 15-059-24884 | Active | Oil | JTC Oil, Inc. |
| Trent-Burkdoll 51 | 15-059-24893 | Active | Oil | BG-5, Inc. |
| Trent-Burkdoll 52 | 15-059-24894 | Active | Oil | BG-5, Inc. |
| FLORA was LINDA SNOW TRUST 25 | 15-059-24895 | Active | Oil | BG-5, Inc. |
| NEEDHAM (was H-4) 25 | 15-059-24907 | Active | Oil | BG-5, Inc. |
| Richards 32 | 15-059-24853 | Active | Oil | Big Wehner Drilling, LLC |
| Smith 18 | 15-059-24859 | Active | Oil | V. R. Oil Co. |
| Noe 4-W | 15-059-24862 | Active | Injection | Superior Oilfield Services LLC |
| Noe 3-W | 15-059-24865 | Active | Injection | Superior Oilfield Services LLC |
| Noe 1-T | 15-059-24866 | Active | Oil | Superior Oilfield Services LLC |
| Noe 3-T | 15-059-24868 | Active | Oil | Superior Oilfield Services LLC |
| Noe 2-T | 15-059-24864 | Active | Oil | Superior Oilfield Services LLC |
| Noe 1-W | 15-059-24860 | Active | Injection | Superior Oilfield Services LLC |
| Orser 28 | 15-059-24160 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Carpenter 1 | 15-059-91095 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | — |
| Deters 7 | 15-059-24919 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Haas, Mark L. |
| Davis B-3 | 15-059-24816 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Colt Energy Inc |
| Davis C-2 | 15-059-24493 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Colt Energy Inc |
| Davis C-1 | 15-059-24492 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Colt Energy Inc |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 10,221 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 Franklin County, KS?
Franklin County, Kansas has 10,221 catalogued oil & gas wells: 3,232 active, 3,467 plugged and 245 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Franklin County?
245 wells in Franklin County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 12th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Franklin County are plugged?
3,467 of Franklin County's 10,221 catalogued wells (34%) 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); Franklin County ranks 15th with 10,221.
How many companies operate wells in Franklin County?
265 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Franklin 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 Franklin County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/franklin (data as of October 10, 2026).