Oil & gas wells in Gray County, KS
548 catalogued wells in Gray County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Gray County, Kansas has 548 catalogued oil & gas wells: 90 active (16%), 390 plugged & abandoned (71%) and 17 documented orphans. It ranks 80th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
548
Active
90
Plugged
390
Documented orphans
17
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Gray County?
16% of Gray County's wells are active, 5 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 71% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 20 wells (4%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 17 wells (3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 31 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Gray County?
By product class, 148 of the county's wells (27%) are oil wells, 44 (8%) gas wells and 13 (2%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Gray County well is 9,405 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 Gray County compare with other Kansas counties?
Gray County has the 80th-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 36th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Gray County?
78 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Gray County. 70% 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 Gray County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeChant Trust 1-6 | 15-069-20273 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Bird Creek Resources, Inc. |
| Montezuma Station 2 | 15-069-20268 | Shut-in | Other type | Williams Gas Pipeline Central, Inc. |
| Montezuma Station 1 | 15-069-20267 | Shut-in | Other type | Williams Gas Pipeline Central, Inc. |
| Elwell 1 | 15-069-20274 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Murfin Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Renick 2 | 15-069-20108 | Active | Gas | American Warrior, Inc. |
| Lucy Salmon 1 | 15-069-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| DeVore 1 | 15-069-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Voth 1-9 | 15-069-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Yeager 1 | 15-069-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Leese, M.J. 1 | 15-069-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Schartz 'A' 1 | 15-069-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Lasater 1 | 15-069-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Knober, Olivia 1 | 15-069-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Snyder 1 | 15-069-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Seal, A.L. 1 | 15-069-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hartnett Gertrude Mary Owwo 1 | 15-069-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Slocum, Arthur G. 1 | 15-069-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| BECKER was DIRKS 1 | 15-069-00020 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Bunnell, Harry J. 1 | 15-069-00023 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Newman Gas Unit 1 | 15-069-00024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Gonder , M.D., Estate 1 | 15-069-10000 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hartnett 'Twin' 1 | 15-069-20003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hamilton 1 | 15-069-20004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Gamble 1 | 15-069-20007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Flair 1 | 15-069-20008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 548 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 Gray County, KS?
Gray County, Kansas has 548 catalogued oil & gas wells: 90 active, 390 plugged and 17 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Gray County?
17 wells in Gray County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 36th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Gray County are plugged?
390 of Gray County's 548 catalogued wells (71%) 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); Gray County ranks 80th with 548.
How many companies operate wells in Gray County?
78 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Gray 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 Gray County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/gray (data as of October 10, 2026).