Oil & gas wells in Jackson County, KS
160 catalogued wells in Jackson County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Jackson County, Kansas has 160 catalogued oil & gas wells: 6 active (4%), 117 plugged & abandoned (73%) and 17 documented orphans. It ranks 87th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
160
Active
6
Plugged
117
Documented orphans
17
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Jackson County?
4% of Jackson County's wells are active, 18 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 73% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 3 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 17 wells (11%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 17 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Jackson County?
By product class, 54 of the county's wells (34%) are oil wells, 17 (11%) gas wells and 7 (4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Jackson County well is 3,992 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 Jackson County compare with other Kansas counties?
Jackson County has the 87th-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 37th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Jackson County?
19 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Jackson County. 48% 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 Jackson County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fcb Corehole 4 | 15-085-20058 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | El Paso Production Company |
| Hladky 1 | 15-085-19012 | Orphaned | Oil | Stroke of Luck Energy & Exploration LLC |
| Grahm 1-A | 15-085-20025 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Leach 6 | 15-085-20033 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Glacier Petroleum Co., Inc. |
| Hladky 5 | 15-085-20035 | Other status | Other type | Glacier Petroleum Co., Inc. |
| Bennett 1 | 15-085-19028 | Orphaned | Oil | Stroke of Luck Energy & Exploration LLC |
| Bennett 2 | 15-085-19029 | Orphaned | Oil | Stroke of Luck Energy & Exploration LLC |
| Leajack 1 | 15-085-19033 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Leach Oil Company, Inc. |
| Graham 1 | 15-085-19036 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Godfrey 1 | 15-085-19014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Graham 1 | 15-085-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rieschieck 1 | 15-085-19017 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Brees 1 | 15-085-19041 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Lempenau 1 | 15-085-19045 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Robb 1 | 15-085-19043 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Biggart 1 | 15-085-19022 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mabel 1 | 15-085-19034 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Blumberg 1 | 15-085-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Beightel 1 | 15-085-19024 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Starr 1 | 15-085-19026 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Leach 1 | 15-085-19008 | Orphaned | Oil | Stroke of Luck Energy & Exploration LLC |
| Bennett 3 | 15-085-20016 | Orphaned | Oil | Stroke of Luck Energy & Exploration LLC |
| Bennett 1 | 15-085-20022 | Orphaned | Oil | Stroke of Luck Energy & Exploration LLC |
| Bennett 2 | 15-085-20027 | Orphaned | Injection | Stroke of Luck Energy & Exploration LLC |
| Bennett 'A' 4 | 15-085-20031 | Orphaned | Oil | Stroke of Luck Energy & Exploration LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 160 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 Jackson County, KS?
Jackson County, Kansas has 160 catalogued oil & gas wells: 6 active, 117 plugged and 17 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Jackson County?
17 wells in Jackson County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 37th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Jackson County are plugged?
117 of Jackson County's 160 catalogued wells (73%) 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); Jackson County ranks 87th with 160.
How many companies operate wells in Jackson County?
19 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Jackson 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 Jackson County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/jackson (data as of October 10, 2026).