Oil & gas wells in Lincoln County, KS
72 catalogued wells in Lincoln County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Lincoln County, Kansas has 72 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2 active (3%), 36 plugged & abandoned (50%) and 2 documented orphans. It ranks 97th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.0% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
72
Active
2
Plugged
36
Documented orphans
2
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Lincoln County?
3% of Lincoln County's wells are active, 19 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 50% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 19 wells (26%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 2 wells (3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 13 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Lincoln County?
By product class, 1 of the county's wells (1%) are oil wells, 2 (3%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Lincoln County well is 4,306 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 Lincoln County compare with other Kansas counties?
Lincoln County has the 97th-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 81st in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Lincoln County?
12 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Lincoln County. 39% 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 Lincoln County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eckart 1 | 15-105-00001 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rathbun 1 | 15-105-00002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Shilling 1 | 15-105-00003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Oral Meyer 1 | 15-105-00004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Emil Gabelmann 1 | 15-105-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Pruitt 1 | 15-105-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rassmussen 1 | 15-105-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rhudy 1 | 15-105-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Brockway 1 | 15-105-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Metz 1 | 15-105-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Harms 1 | 15-105-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Vancura 1 | 15-105-00012 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Peckham 1 | 15-105-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rahmeier 1 | 15-105-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Olsen 1 | 15-105-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Cole Estate 1 | 15-105-20007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Homeier 1 | 15-105-20008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Oetting 1 | 15-105-20009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Etzold 1 | 15-105-20010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| John Peterman 1 | 15-105-20011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Crawford 1 | 15-105-20012 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Kottman 1 | 15-105-20013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Good 1 | 15-105-20016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Mid-Continent Energy Corp. |
| Crawford Farms 1 | 15-105-20019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Creation Oil |
| WINCKLER was JAMES A. PETERKA 1 | 15-105-20004 | Active | Gas | Winckler, David P |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 72 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 Lincoln County, KS?
Lincoln County, Kansas has 72 catalogued oil & gas wells: 2 active, 36 plugged and 2 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Lincoln County?
2 wells in Lincoln County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 81st-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Lincoln County are plugged?
36 of Lincoln County's 72 catalogued wells (50%) 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); Lincoln County ranks 97th with 72.
How many companies operate wells in Lincoln County?
12 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/lincoln (data as of October 10, 2026).