Oil & gas wells in Harvey County, KS
1,975 catalogued wells in Harvey County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Harvey County, Kansas has 1,975 catalogued oil & gas wells: 234 active (12%), 1,622 plugged & abandoned (82%) and 7 documented orphans. It ranks 57th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.4% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,975
Active
234
Plugged
1,622
Documented orphans
7
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Harvey County?
12% of Harvey County's wells are active, 9 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 82% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 37 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 7 wells (0.4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 75 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Harvey County?
By product class, 743 of the county's wells (38%) are oil wells, 173 (9%) gas wells and 171 (9%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Harvey County well is 7,352 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 Harvey County compare with other Kansas counties?
Harvey County has the 57th-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 57th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Harvey County?
173 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Harvey County. 35% 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 Harvey County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Well API 15-079-35337 | 15-079-35337 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Funk 'B' 1 | 15-079-20064 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Ulmer 2 | 15-079-20074 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hoskinson J 1 | 15-079-20132 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| W. Albrecht 1 | 15-079-20212 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | — |
| R. Corfman 1 | 15-079-20223 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Roland Decker 1 | 15-079-20498 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Md Gehring 1 | 15-079-20499 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Stephenson 1 | 15-079-20520 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Yost 1 | 15-079-00600 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Schowalter 1 | 15-079-70441 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| B. D. Stucky 1 | 15-079-00648 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Wedel 'A' 1 | 15-079-70470 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | — |
| J. L. Hege 2 | 15-079-70473 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Hege 1 | 15-079-70471 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Lehmann 2 | 15-079-70479 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Lehmann 1 | 15-079-00602 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Harvey County 2 | 15-079-20518 | Active | Injection | Lachenmayr Oil LLC |
| Bartel 2 | 15-079-20535 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Lachenmayr Oil LLC |
| Schrag 'A' 4 | 15-079-20559 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Commonwealth Petroleum Corporation |
| Stutzman 1 | 15-079-20603 | Other status | Other type | Source Petroleum |
| Dyck A 1 | 15-079-20620 | Other status | Other type | Source Petroleum |
| Dyck A 2 | 15-079-20621 | Other status | Other type | Source Petroleum |
| Legree 2 | 15-079-00649 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. |
| Hege 3 | 15-079-70475 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Wofford Enterprises, Inc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,975 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 Harvey County, KS?
Harvey County, Kansas has 1,975 catalogued oil & gas wells: 234 active, 1,622 plugged and 7 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Harvey County?
7 wells in Harvey County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 57th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Harvey County are plugged?
1,622 of Harvey County's 1,975 catalogued wells (82%) 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); Harvey County ranks 57th with 1,975.
How many companies operate wells in Harvey County?
173 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Harvey 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 Harvey County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/harvey (data as of October 10, 2026).