Oil & gas wells in Johnson County, KS
5,068 catalogued wells in Johnson County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Johnson County, Kansas has 5,068 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,627 active (32%), 1,998 plugged & abandoned (39%) and 51 documented orphans. It ranks 28th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
5,068
Active
1,627
Plugged
1,998
Documented orphans
51
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Johnson County?
32% of Johnson County's wells are active, 11 percentage points above the Kansas share of 21%. 39% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 134 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 51 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 1,258 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Johnson County?
By product class, 1,947 of the county's wells (38%) are oil wells, 560 (11%) gas wells and 912 (18%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Johnson County well is 9,326 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 Johnson County compare with other Kansas counties?
Johnson County has the 28th-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 24th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Johnson County?
203 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Johnson 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 Johnson County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Gordon 12-A | 15-091-22952 | Active | Injection | HB Energy LLC |
| Effertz 2-G | 15-091-21550 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Colt Energy Inc |
| Braun 5-I | 15-091-22911 | Active | Injection | Hughes Drilling Co, a General Partnership |
| Braun 7-I | 15-091-22912 | Active | Injection | Hughes Drilling Co, a General Partnership |
| Braun 8-I | 15-091-22913 | Active | Injection | Hughes Drilling Co, a General Partnership |
| Braun 14-I | 15-091-22914 | Active | Injection | Hughes Drilling Co, a General Partnership |
| Braun 15 | 15-091-22915 | Active | Injection | Hughes Drilling Co, a General Partnership |
| Braun 20 | 15-091-22916 | Active | Oil | Hughes Drilling Co, a General Partnership |
| Braun 19 | 15-091-22917 | Active | Oil | Hughes Drilling Co, a General Partnership |
| Stricker 1 | 15-091-22936 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stricker, Larry |
| Effertz 6-G | 15-091-21552 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Colt Energy Inc |
| Van Larberg 2 | 15-091-20340 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Steve Vanlerberg |
| North Olathe Ract 1 | 15-091-22933 | Other status | Other type | Williams Gas Pipeline Central, Inc. |
| Schmidt North 1 | 15-091-22937 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bradley Oil Company |
| Schmidt North 2 | 15-091-22938 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bradley Oil Company |
| Schmidt North 'I' 1 | 15-091-22939 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Bradley Oil Company |
| Agnew 'A' 1 | 15-091-22870 | Active | Gas | Osborn Energy, L.L.C. |
| Brisky 1 | 15-091-22824 | Active | Gas | Osborn Energy, L.L.C. |
| Bill Garrett 1-16 | 15-091-22849 | Active | Gas | Osborn Energy, L.L.C. |
| Heartland 1 | 15-091-22879 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Osborn Energy, L.L.C. |
| Sinclair Pipeline Crossing/Terminal 1 | 15-091-22883 | Other status | Other type | Sinclair Oil Corporation |
| Vielhauer 1 | 15-091-22884 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vielhauer, Bob |
| Brisky 'B' 1 | 15-091-22885 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Osborn Energy, L.L.C. |
| Vielhauer 2 | 15-091-22894 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vielhauer, Bob |
| Brisky 'C' 1 | 15-091-22896 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Osborn Energy, L.L.C. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 5,068 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 Johnson County, KS?
Johnson County, Kansas has 5,068 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,627 active, 1,998 plugged and 51 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Johnson County?
51 wells in Johnson County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 24th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Johnson County are plugged?
1,998 of Johnson County's 5,068 catalogued wells (39%) 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); Johnson County ranks 28th with 5,068.
How many companies operate wells in Johnson County?
203 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Johnson 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 Johnson County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/johnson (data as of October 10, 2026).