Oil & gas wells in Marion County, KS
4,538 catalogued wells in Marion County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Marion County, Kansas has 4,538 catalogued oil & gas wells: 517 active (11%), 3,638 plugged & abandoned (80%) and 47 documented orphans. It ranks 30th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 1.0% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
4,538
Active
517
Plugged
3,638
Documented orphans
47
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Marion County?
11% of Marion County's wells are active, 10 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 80% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 99 wells (2%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 47 wells (1%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 237 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Marion County?
By product class, 2,268 of the county's wells (50%) are oil wells, 268 (6%) gas wells and 238 (5%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Marion County well is 4,613 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 Marion County compare with other Kansas counties?
Marion County has the 30th-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 26th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Marion County?
209 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Marion County. 35% 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 Marion County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCoy 1 | 15-115-70227 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| McCoy 1 | 15-115-70224 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Mitchell 1 | 15-115-70230 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Riffel 3 | 15-115-90297 | Active | Oil | — |
| Bernhardt A 2 | 15-115-70256 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Pospisil 1 | 15-115-70268 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Pospisil 2 | 15-115-70271 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Pospisil A 1 | 15-115-70270 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Bevans 2 | 15-115-70284 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Jones 1 | 15-115-21307 | Active | Oil | Hett Oil & Gas, LLC |
| Pritz 'A' 10 | 15-115-21306 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Cyclone Petroleum, Incorporated |
| McCoy 5 or 2 | 15-115-70213 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | K.C. Development, Inc. |
| Pospisil 2 | 15-115-20087 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Speedy Well Service |
| Tenbarge 1 | 15-115-21310 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Range Oil Company, Inc. |
| Rogers Est 9 | 15-115-20006 | Other status | Oil | — |
| G. Schubert 1 | 15-115-20008 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Rogers Est 11 | 15-115-20037 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Bernhardt 1 | 15-115-20001 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Novak 3 | 15-115-20007 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | — |
| Schoneman 3 | 15-115-20014 | Shut-in | Oil | — |
| Stovall 1 | 15-115-20021 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Nellans 1-V | 15-115-20027 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Rice Estate 1 | 15-115-20031 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Davis 1 | 15-115-20093 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Podszus 3 | 15-115-20040 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Randon Production Company Inc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 4,538 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 Marion County, KS?
Marion County, Kansas has 4,538 catalogued oil & gas wells: 517 active, 3,638 plugged and 47 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Marion County?
47 wells in Marion County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 26th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Marion County are plugged?
3,638 of Marion County's 4,538 catalogued wells (80%) 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); Marion County ranks 30th with 4,538.
How many companies operate wells in Marion County?
209 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Marion 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 Marion County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/marion (data as of October 10, 2026).