Oil & gas wells in Geary County, KS
114 catalogued wells in Geary County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Geary County, Kansas has 114 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active (0%), 88 plugged & abandoned (77%) and 10 documented orphans. It ranks 92nd of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
114
Active
0
Plugged
88
Documented orphans
10
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Geary County?
0% of Geary County's wells are active, 21 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 77% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 10 wells (9%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 16 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Geary County?
By product class, 32 of the county's wells (28%) are oil wells, 0 (0%) gas wells and 2 (2%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Geary County well is 3,638 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 Geary County compare with other Kansas counties?
Geary County has the 92nd-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 49th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Geary County?
10 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Geary County. 27% 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 Geary County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. R. Clark A 1 | 15-061-20023 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Roesler 1 | 15-061-00012 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Steinfort 1 | 15-061-20046 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Poole 1 | 15-061-19015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Poole Ranch 1 | 15-061-19008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Scott 2 | 15-061-19004 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Fox 1 | 15-061-19013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Devenney 1 | 15-061-19000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Salazar 1 | 15-061-19007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hodgson 1 | 15-061-19016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| G. G. Green 1 | 15-061-19018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Aye 1 | 15-061-00031 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Chase 1 | 15-061-00032 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Munson 1 | 15-061-00033 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Younkin 1 | 15-061-00034 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Fawley 1 | 15-061-00035 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kurtze 1 | 15-061-00036 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Henry Stellwagon 1 | 15-061-00037 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Foster 1 | 15-061-00039 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Fechner 1 | 15-061-19017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Aye 4 | 15-061-20001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Porter 1 | 15-061-20002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Fiest 1 | 15-061-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Asher 1 | 15-061-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Poole 1 | 15-061-20005 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 114 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 Geary County, KS?
Geary County, Kansas has 114 catalogued oil & gas wells: 0 active, 88 plugged and 10 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Geary County?
10 wells in Geary County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 49th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Geary County are plugged?
88 of Geary County's 114 catalogued wells (77%) 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); Geary County ranks 92nd with 114.
How many companies operate wells in Geary County?
10 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Geary 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 Geary County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/geary (data as of October 10, 2026).