Oil & gas wells in Kearny County, KS
2,951 catalogued wells in Kearny County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Kearny County, Kansas has 2,951 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,898 active (64%), 626 plugged & abandoned (21%) and 14 documented orphans. It ranks 46th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.6% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,951
Active
1,898
Plugged
626
Documented orphans
14
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Kearny County?
64% of Kearny County's wells are active, 43 percentage points above the Kansas share of 21%. 21% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 269 wells (9%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 14 wells (0.5%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 144 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Kearny County?
By product class, 201 of the county's wells (7%) are oil wells, 2,010 (68%) gas wells and 240 (8%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Kearny County well is 7,534 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 Kearny County compare with other Kansas counties?
Kearny County has the 46th-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 41st in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Kearny County?
124 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Kearny County. 85% 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 Kearny County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kleeman 'D' 4 | 15-093-21701 | Active | Gas | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| I. R. Miller 3 | 15-093-21702 | Shut-in | Gas | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| Kropp 3-Hi | 15-093-21704 | Active | Gas | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| SNIDER 'C' Gas Unit 2-HI | 15-093-21705 | Active | Gas | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| M. F. Powers Gas Unit 'B' 2-32 | 15-093-21657 | Active | Gas | Edison Operating Company LLC |
| H.J.V. Tate 'A' 1 | 15-093-21662 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation |
| Wright 1 | 15-093-21655 | Active | Gas | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| Powers 'B' 3-32 | 15-093-21665 | Active | Gas | Edison Operating Company LLC |
| Warthen 1-R | 15-093-21666 | Active | Gas | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| BAUMGARDNER 1 Replacmt | 15-093-21668 | Active | Gas | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| THOMAS Gas Unit 'B' 3 | 15-093-21680 | Active | Gas | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| Burnett 'B' 1 | 15-093-21688 | Active | Gas | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| Burnett 1 | 15-093-00364 | Active | Gas | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| DA MAE STUART 1-Replacmt | 15-093-21667 | Active | Gas | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| Fike (K-4) 1 (Cp1) | 15-093-21647 | Shut-in | Other type | Midwest Energy, Inc. |
| Cps 40745-2 | 15-093-21646 | Shut-in | Other type | Colorado Interstate Gas Co., LLC |
| David 'B' 1 | 15-093-21685 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| Finn 'B' 2 | 15-093-21687 | Active | Gas | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| Martin 1 | 15-093-21697 | Active | Gas | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| Bardwell 3 | 15-093-21703 | Active | Gas | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| Lakin Site 3-1 | 15-093-21684 | Shut-in | Other type | Tallgrass Interstate Gas Transmission, LLC |
| Shuster 'A' 1 | 15-093-00455 | Active | Gas | Eiger Operating Company, LLC |
| Cramer 3 | 15-093-21682 | Active | Gas | Petroleum Development Company |
| Johnson 'B' 5 | 15-093-00001 | Active | Gas | Osborn Heirs Company, LTD |
| USA 'B' 4 | 15-093-21693 | Shut-in | Oil | Casillas Petroleum Corp |
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Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Kearny County, KS?
Kearny County, Kansas has 2,951 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,898 active, 626 plugged and 14 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Kearny County?
14 wells in Kearny County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 41st-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Kearny County are plugged?
626 of Kearny County's 2,951 catalogued wells (21%) 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); Kearny County ranks 46th with 2,951.
How many companies operate wells in Kearny County?
124 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Kearny 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 Kearny County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/kearny (data as of October 10, 2026).