Oil & gas wells in Linn County, KS
7,663 catalogued wells in Linn County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Linn County, Kansas has 7,663 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,747 active (23%), 3,285 plugged & abandoned (43%) and 238 documented orphans. It ranks 19th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 2% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
7,663
Active
1,747
Plugged
3,285
Documented orphans
238
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Linn County?
23% of Linn County's wells are active, close to the Kansas share of 21%. 43% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 273 wells (4%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 238 wells (3%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 2,120 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Linn County?
By product class, 4,253 of the county's wells (56%) are oil wells, 350 (5%) gas wells and 1,381 (18%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Linn County well is 9,720 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 Linn County compare with other Kansas counties?
Linn County has the 19th-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 13th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Linn County?
203 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Linn County. 62% 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 Linn County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teagarden Pl-4 | 15-107-19050 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | J & J Oil, a General Partnership |
| Woodrum 1 | 15-107-23631 | Orphaned | Gas | Woodrum, David C. |
| Midkiff 1 | 15-107-23637 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Evans Energy Development, Inc. |
| Markley 7 | 15-107-22781 | Other status | Oil | Jayhawk Drilling |
| Tim-Can 12-B | 15-107-19037 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Palmer Clint |
| Tim-Can 3-B | 15-107-19038 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Palmer Clint |
| Tim-Can 14 | 15-107-19039 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Palmer Clint |
| Tim-Can 16 | 15-107-19040 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Palmer Clint |
| Wollard A 8 | 15-107-19041 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Palmer Clint |
| Teagarden Pj-12 | 15-107-20654 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | J & J Oil, a General Partnership |
| Cox 7-A | 15-107-23645 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Viva International, Inc. |
| Fausett 28 | 15-107-23596 | Active | Oil | M.A.E. Resources, Inc. |
| Weber 'A' 2 | 15-107-23609 | Active | Oil | 325 Energy Operations, LLC |
| Weber 'A' 3 | 15-107-23610 | Active | Oil | 325 Energy Operations, LLC |
| Weber 'A' 1 | 15-107-23608 | Active | Oil | 325 Energy Operations, LLC |
| Carbon 12-8 | 15-107-20957 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Prutaal Resources, Inc. |
| Bundy M-3 | 15-107-21842 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Miller, Eugene |
| Bundy M-7 | 15-107-22014 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Miller, Eugene |
| Martin Byerley 9 | 15-107-22027 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Miller, Eugene |
| Cox K-5 | 15-107-19045 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Nickell & Son Oil & Salvage |
| Wollard A 12 | 15-107-22085 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hillenburg Oil Co., a General Partnership |
| Cox 11-A | 15-107-23646 | Active | Oil | 325 Energy Operations, LLC |
| Cox F-4 | 15-107-19046 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Cox 41 | 15-107-19047 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Cox 43 | 15-107-19048 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 7,663 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 Linn County, KS?
Linn County, Kansas has 7,663 catalogued oil & gas wells: 1,747 active, 3,285 plugged and 238 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Linn County?
238 wells in Linn County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 13th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Linn County are plugged?
3,285 of Linn County's 7,663 catalogued wells (43%) 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); Linn County ranks 19th with 7,663.
How many companies operate wells in Linn County?
203 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Linn 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 Linn County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/linn (data as of October 10, 2026).