Oil & gas wells in Morris County, KS
963 catalogued wells in Morris County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Morris County, Kansas has 963 catalogued oil & gas wells: 84 active (9%), 702 plugged & abandoned (73%) and 5 documented orphans. It ranks 74th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.2% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
963
Active
84
Plugged
702
Documented orphans
5
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Morris County?
9% of Morris County's wells are active, 13 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 73% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 51 wells (5%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 5 wells (0.5%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 121 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Morris County?
By product class, 219 of the county's wells (23%) are oil wells, 254 (26%) gas wells and 43 (4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Morris County well is 5,300 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 Morris County compare with other Kansas counties?
Morris County has the 74th-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 67th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Morris County?
80 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Morris County. 48% 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 Morris County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Council Grove Rect 3 Dw 4 | 15-127-20561 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atmos Energy Corporation |
| Council Grove Rect4 Dw5 | 15-127-20563 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atmos Energy Corporation |
| Council Grove Hp 3 9 | 15-127-20568 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Atmos Energy Corporation |
| Fuson 2-20 Twin | 15-127-21000 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Benson Mineral Group, Inc. |
| South Bosch 1 | 15-127-20544 | Other status | Oil | Gaines, Franklin D. |
| Porter 'A' 5 | 15-127-20574 | Active | Oil | Phillips Oil Company, LLC |
| Ucker 1 | 15-127-70321 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Meyers R. Peterson 1 | 15-127-19001 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | B & T Oil |
| Carlson 1 | 15-127-20571 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Randon Production Co. |
| Peterson 1 | 15-127-20572 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Randon Production Co. |
| Holaday 5 | 15-127-20004 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Geiswein 1 | 15-127-20053 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Downes 'B' 1 | 15-127-20059 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Cassidy 1 | 15-127-20061 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Belt 3 | 15-127-20062 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Varnier 1-24 | 15-127-20122 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Loomis 1 | 15-127-20132 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Barr 4 | 15-127-20142 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Olsen 4 | 15-127-20343 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Lillie H Mcculle 1 | 15-127-20376 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Braun 1 | 15-127-20424 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Peterson 1 | 15-127-20426 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Schoof-Leads 1-7 | 15-127-20427 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Strand S-2 | 15-127-20428 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Ruddy R1 | 15-127-20429 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Canaco Resources, Inc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 963 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 Morris County, KS?
Morris County, Kansas has 963 catalogued oil & gas wells: 84 active, 702 plugged and 5 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Morris County?
5 wells in Morris County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 67th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Morris County are plugged?
702 of Morris County's 963 catalogued wells (73%) 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); Morris County ranks 74th with 963.
How many companies operate wells in Morris County?
80 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Morris 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 Morris County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/morris (data as of October 10, 2026).