Oil & gas wells in Graham County, KS
7,647 catalogued wells in Graham County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Graham County, Kansas has 7,647 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,172 active (15%), 6,085 plugged & abandoned (80%) and 31 documented orphans. It ranks 20th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
7,647
Active
1,172
Plugged
6,085
Documented orphans
31
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Graham County?
15% of Graham County's wells are active, 6 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 80% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 74 wells (1.0%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 31 wells (0.4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 285 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Graham County?
By product class, 2,846 of the county's wells (37%) are oil wells, 2 (0.0%) gas wells and 744 (10%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Graham County well is 5,052 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 Graham County compare with other Kansas counties?
Graham County has the 20th-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 27th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Graham County?
511 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Graham County. 56% 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 Graham County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickelson 'B' 1-13 | 15-065-22813 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ron's Oil Operations Inc |
| Pfeifer 1-35 | 15-065-22815 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Harris Oil & Gas Company |
| College 2 | 15-065-22822 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gore Oil Company |
| Nickelson 'A' 1-23 | 15-065-22824 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ron's Oil Operations Inc |
| College 'A' 1-24 | 15-065-22826 | Active | Oil | Gore Oil Company |
| College 1-24 | 15-065-22795 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Gore Oil Company |
| Billips Brothers 'A' 1 | 15-065-22831 | Active | Oil | Gore Oil Company |
| McCauley 1 | 15-065-22798 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ritchie Exploration, Inc. |
| Knoll 'C' 1 | 15-065-22803 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Energy One Oil Operations |
| Voss 1 | 15-065-22805 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Viking Resources, Inc |
| Smith 1 | 15-065-22809 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Coral Production Corporation |
| Grecian 1 | 15-065-22810 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Russell Oil, Inc. |
| Wasinger 1 | 15-065-22811 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | White Exploration, Inc. |
| Riggs 1 | 15-065-22812 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | A & A Production |
| College 'C' 1 | 15-065-22814 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | A & A Production |
| Barber B-1 | 15-065-22816 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Viking Resources, Inc |
| Dreiling 4 | 15-065-22817 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | RL Investment, LLC |
| Swenson 'B' 8 | 15-065-22820 | Active | Oil | Farmer, John O., Inc. |
| Trexler 1 | 15-065-22823 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | A & A Production |
| R. E. T. 1 | 15-065-22827 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Ritchie Exploration, Inc. |
| Grecian 2 | 15-065-22828 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Russell Oil, Inc. |
| Quint 'A' 1 | 15-065-22829 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Russell Oil, Inc. |
| Clack 'A' 1 | 15-065-22830 | Active | Oil | Farmer, John O., Inc. |
| Greving 1 | 15-065-22832 | Active | Oil | Gore Oil Company |
| Billips Brothers 'B' 1 | 15-065-22833 | Active | Oil | Gore Oil Company |
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Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Graham County, KS?
Graham County, Kansas has 7,647 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,172 active, 6,085 plugged and 31 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Graham County?
31 wells in Graham County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 27th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Graham County are plugged?
6,085 of Graham County's 7,647 catalogued wells (80%) 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); Graham County ranks 20th with 7,647.
How many companies operate wells in Graham County?
511 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Graham 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 Graham County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/graham (data as of October 10, 2026).