Oil & gas wells in Labette County, KS
7,330 catalogued wells in Labette County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Labette County, Kansas has 7,330 catalogued oil & gas wells: 976 active (13%), 2,371 plugged & abandoned (32%) and 1,163 documented orphans. It ranks 21st of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
7,330
Active
976
Plugged
2,371
Documented orphans
1,163
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Labette County?
13% of Labette County's wells are active, 8 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 32% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 342 wells (5%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 1,163 wells (16%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 2,478 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Labette County?
By product class, 2,440 of the county's wells (33%) are oil wells, 2,003 (27%) gas wells and 271 (4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Labette County well is 7,600 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 Labette County compare with other Kansas counties?
Labette County has the 21st-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 3rd in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Labette County?
201 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Labette County. 45% 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 Labette County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McMILLAN 2 | 15-099-23139 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Double 7 Oil and Gas LLC |
| Jones 8-19 | 15-099-23143 | Active | Gas | River Rock Operating, LLC |
| McMILLAN 6 | 15-099-23145 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Double 7 Oil and Gas LLC |
| Virginia Wheeler 3 | 15-099-22140 | Shut-in | Oil | Foster Gas Corporation |
| Conroy 1-32 | 15-099-23208 | Active | Gas | River Rock Operating, LLC |
| Conroy 1-7 | 15-099-23209 | Active | Gas | River Rock Operating, LLC |
| Neidigh 1-14 | 15-099-23210 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | River Rock Operating, LLC |
| Ruttgen 1 | 15-099-23104 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Foster Gas Corporation |
| Ruttgen 'B' 1 | 15-099-23150 | Orphaned | Oil | Foster Gas Corporation |
| G. J. Rutgen 'B' 2 | 15-099-23151 | Orphaned | Oil | Foster Gas Corporation |
| Johnson 1 | 15-099-19043 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brecheisen Oil Co. |
| Johnson 2 | 15-099-19044 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brecheisen Oil Co. |
| Johnson 3 | 15-099-19045 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Brecheisen Oil Co. |
| Neer 2-18 | 15-099-23177 | Active | Gas | River Rock Operating, LLC |
| Jones 1-24 | 15-099-23178 | Active | Gas | River Rock Operating, LLC |
| Roberts 5-25 | 15-099-23179 | Active | Gas | River Rock Operating, LLC |
| Carlson 2-A | 15-099-23110 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Foster Gas Corporation |
| Larry Gregory 5 | 15-099-22763 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Colt Energy Inc |
| Lorenz 13 | 15-099-19057 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Lorenz, James D. |
| O'Brien 7 | 15-099-22077 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cook, Roy W. |
| Boaz 1 | 15-099-22050 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cook, Roy W. |
| Musser 1-P-84 | 15-099-22070 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brecheisen Oil Co. |
| Giltner 1p84 | 15-099-22096 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Brecheisen Oil Co. |
| Meyer 1 | 15-099-23128 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Wax, William T. |
| Czapansky 10 | 15-099-23135 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Smith, Loren L. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 7,330 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 Labette County, KS?
Labette County, Kansas has 7,330 catalogued oil & gas wells: 976 active, 2,371 plugged and 1,163 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Labette County?
1,163 wells in Labette County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 3rd-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Labette County are plugged?
2,371 of Labette County's 7,330 catalogued wells (32%) 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); Labette County ranks 21st with 7,330.
How many companies operate wells in Labette County?
201 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Labette 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 Labette County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/labette (data as of October 10, 2026).