Oil & gas wells in Kiowa County, KS
2,513 catalogued wells in Kiowa County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Kiowa County, Kansas has 2,513 catalogued oil & gas wells: 394 active (16%), 1,905 plugged & abandoned (76%) and 0 documented orphans. It ranks 52nd of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.5% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,513
Active
394
Plugged
1,905
Documented orphans
0
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Kiowa County?
16% of Kiowa County's wells are active, 6 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 76% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 78 wells (3%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. No documented orphaned wells are recorded in Kiowa County; Kansas as a whole has 10,557. The remaining 136 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Kiowa County?
By product class, 801 of the county's wells (32%) are oil wells, 437 (17%) gas wells and 116 (5%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Kiowa County well is 6,659 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 Kiowa County compare with other Kansas counties?
Kiowa County has the 52nd-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.
Who operates wells in Kiowa County?
228 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Kiowa County. 59% 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 Kiowa County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. P. 49.5 1 | 15-097-21485 | Shut-in | Other type | ANR Pipeline Company |
| Ed Perry-Robbins 1 | 15-097-21453 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | James B. Read Operating, Inc. |
| Larkin 1-13 | 15-097-21457 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Vincent Oil Corporation |
| Comanche County Hospital 1-31 | 15-097-21462 | Shut-in | Oil | Edison Operating Company LLC |
| Keller 'A' 2 | 15-097-21479 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | McGinness Oil Company of Kansas, Inc. |
| Koehn 1-24 | 15-097-21443 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Vincent Oil Corporation |
| Rhoads-Sherer 1 | 15-097-21445 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | LB Exploration, Inc. |
| M. P. 49.5 2 | 15-097-21486 | Shut-in | Other type | ANR Pipeline Company |
| Grey-Unruh 1-18 | 15-097-21441 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Magnum Oil & Gas |
| Cullins 2-30 | 15-097-21477 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Vincent Oil Corporation |
| Schmidt 'K' 1 | 15-097-21458 | Active | Oil | Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas |
| Fark 'L' 1-1 | 15-097-21459 | Active | Gas | Harper Oil and Gas, LLC |
| Borth 1 | 15-097-21446 | Active | Oil | Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas |
| Anna Laura 1 | 15-097-21460 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas |
| Hunt 31-2 | 15-097-21464 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | SandRidge Exploration and Production LLC |
| Parnell 3 | 15-097-21470 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Advantage Resources, Inc. |
| McElwain 'B' 1 | 15-097-21471 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Advantage Resources, Inc. |
| Byrd Hardy 3 | 15-097-21469 | Active | Gas | Advantage Resources, Inc. |
| McKinley 1 | 15-097-21472 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Roberts Resources, Inc. |
| Cobb 1-20 | 15-097-21487 | Active | Oil | Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas |
| Miller Unit 5 | 15-097-21488 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | T. T. Production, Inc. |
| Fromme 1 | 15-097-21447 | Active | Oil | Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas |
| Wadel 1 | 15-097-21489 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Roberts Resources, Inc. |
| Unruh 1-2 | 15-097-21475 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Vincent Oil Corporation |
| Buhl 1-4 | 15-097-21491 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,513 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 Kiowa County, KS?
Kiowa County, Kansas has 2,513 catalogued oil & gas wells: 394 active, 1,905 plugged and 0 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Kiowa County?
No documented orphaned wells are currently recorded in Kiowa County, Kansas.
What share of wells in Kiowa County are plugged?
1,905 of Kiowa County's 2,513 catalogued wells (76%) 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); Kiowa County ranks 52nd with 2,513.
How many companies operate wells in Kiowa County?
228 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Kiowa 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 Kiowa County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/kiowa (data as of October 10, 2026).