Oil & gas wells in Meade County, KS
2,175 catalogued wells in Meade County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Meade County, Kansas has 2,175 catalogued oil & gas wells: 436 active (20%), 1,431 plugged & abandoned (66%) and 8 documented orphans. It ranks 54th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.5% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
2,175
Active
436
Plugged
1,431
Documented orphans
8
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Meade County?
20% of Meade County's wells are active, close to the Kansas share of 21%. 66% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 188 wells (9%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 8 wells (0.4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 112 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Meade County?
By product class, 428 of the county's wells (20%) are oil wells, 594 (27%) gas wells and 113 (5%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Meade County well is 8,480 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 Meade County compare with other Kansas counties?
Meade County has the 54th-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 52nd in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Meade County?
244 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Meade County. 63% 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 Meade County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cimarron 1-15 | 15-119-21063 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Special Energy Corp. |
| Reimer 1-30 | 15-119-21030 | Active | Gas | Red Hills Resources, Inc. |
| Bachman 16-1 | 15-119-21031 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Triple T Resources, LP |
| Medlynn 23-1 | 15-119-21038 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | EOG Resources, Inc. |
| Adams 1-8 | 15-119-21040 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Raydon Exploration, Inc. |
| Smu 304 | 15-119-21039 | Active | Gas | HG Oil Holdings, LLC |
| Stevens-Morrow Unit 'A' 309 | 15-119-21056 | Shut-in | Injection | HG Oil Holdings, LLC |
| Stevens Morrow Unit 'A' 307 | 15-119-21060 | Active | Injection | HG Oil Holdings, LLC |
| Stevens-Morrow Unit 'A' 311 | 15-119-21062 | Shut-in | Injection | HG Oil Holdings, LLC |
| Cimarron 2-22 | 15-119-21058 | Active | Gas | Edison Operating Company LLC |
| Crooked L Ranch 'A' 1-21 | 15-119-21057 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Quinque Operating Company |
| Hop Sing 28-1R | 15-119-21059 | Active | Gas | O'Brien Energy Resources Corp. |
| Rectifier CPW 1K56 | 15-119-21009 | Shut-in | Other type | Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC |
| Wynona 1-17 | 15-119-21073 | Active | Oil | Raydon Exploration, Inc. |
| M.P. 74.0 1 | 15-119-21083 | Shut-in | Other type | ANR Pipeline Company |
| M. P. 69.6 1 | 15-119-21084 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | ANR Pipeline Company |
| M. P. 74.0 2 | 15-119-21085 | Shut-in | Other type | ANR Pipeline Company |
| M. P. 74.0 3 | 15-119-21086 | Shut-in | Other type | ANR Pipeline Company |
| M. P. 74.0 4 | 15-119-21087 | Shut-in | Other type | ANR Pipeline Company |
| Reiss 1-23 | 15-119-21008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Chesapeake Operating, LLC |
| Colton 1 | 15-119-21041 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Marlin Oil Corporation |
| Adams Ranch 2-15 | 15-119-21037 | Active | Oil | ELM III Operating Company LLC |
| Cimarron 1-23 | 15-119-21042 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Claassen Oil and Gas, Inc. |
| Roberts, Dorothy 1 | 15-119-21045 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Parwest Land Exploration, Inc. |
| Adams Ranch 5-15 | 15-119-21051 | Active | Oil | ELM III Operating Company LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 2,175 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 Meade County, KS?
Meade County, Kansas has 2,175 catalogued oil & gas wells: 436 active, 1,431 plugged and 8 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Meade County?
8 wells in Meade County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 52nd-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Meade County are plugged?
1,431 of Meade County's 2,175 catalogued wells (66%) 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); Meade County ranks 54th with 2,175.
How many companies operate wells in Meade County?
244 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Meade 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 Meade County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/meade (data as of October 10, 2026).