Oil & gas wells in Lyon County, KS
1,132 catalogued wells in Lyon County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Lyon County, Kansas has 1,132 catalogued oil & gas wells: 168 active (15%), 724 plugged & abandoned (64%) and 12 documented orphans. It ranks 73rd of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.2% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,132
Active
168
Plugged
724
Documented orphans
12
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Lyon County?
15% of Lyon County's wells are active, 6 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 64% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 21 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 12 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 207 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Lyon County?
By product class, 431 of the county's wells (38%) are oil wells, 19 (2%) gas wells and 79 (7%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Lyon County well is 3,484 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 Lyon County compare with other Kansas counties?
Lyon County has the 73rd-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 44th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Lyon County?
63 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Lyon County. 33% 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 Lyon County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olpe 8.4a | 15-111-20406 | Other status | Other type | Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company |
| Mp 308+48 Olpe 1 | 15-111-20407 | Shut-in | Other type | Southwest Gas Storage Company |
| Mp 308+48 Olpe 2 | 15-111-20408 | Shut-in | Other type | Southwest Gas Storage Company |
| Murphy 13 | 15-111-20005 | Shut-in | Oil | CJ Oil Inc |
| Harlan 'A' 1 | 15-111-20296 | Active | Oil | Dreyer Oil |
| Hodges 'A' 6 | 15-111-20311 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Milberger 1 | 15-111-20314 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Hensley, Cloide J. & Hazel M. |
| Johnson 1 | 15-111-20322 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Jones-Rathke Unit B-4 | 15-111-20347 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Milberger 4 | 15-111-20353 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Hensley, Cloide J. & Hazel M. |
| Venning 1 | 15-111-00005 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Kiene 1 | 15-111-00006 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rees 1 | 15-111-00007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Korphage 1 | 15-111-00008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Nuessen 1 | 15-111-00009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Hinds 1 | 15-111-00010 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Frank Smith 1 | 15-111-00011 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Pedroja 21 | 15-111-00012 | Active | Oil | — |
| Grimmet 1 | 15-111-00013 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Miller 1 | 15-111-00014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Lowell 1 | 15-111-00015 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Welch 1 | 15-111-00016 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| J. M. Hagins 1 | 15-111-00017 | Active | Oil | — |
| Davis 1 | 15-111-00018 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Claus Voghts 1 | 15-111-00019 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,132 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 Lyon County, KS?
Lyon County, Kansas has 1,132 catalogued oil & gas wells: 168 active, 724 plugged and 12 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Lyon County?
12 wells in Lyon County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 44th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Lyon County are plugged?
724 of Lyon County's 1,132 catalogued wells (64%) 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); Lyon County ranks 73rd with 1,132.
How many companies operate wells in Lyon County?
63 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Lyon 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 Lyon County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/lyon (data as of October 10, 2026).