Oil & gas wells in Nemaha County, KS
309 catalogued wells in Nemaha County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Nemaha County, Kansas has 309 catalogued oil & gas wells: 38 active (12%), 223 plugged & abandoned (72%) and 3 documented orphans. It ranks 85th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.1% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
309
Active
38
Plugged
223
Documented orphans
3
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Nemaha County?
12% of Nemaha County's wells are active, 9 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 72% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 4 wells (1%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 3 wells (1.0%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 41 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Nemaha County?
By product class, 121 of the county's wells (39%) are oil wells, 17 (6%) gas wells and 11 (4%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Nemaha County well is 4,912 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 Nemaha County compare with other Kansas counties?
Nemaha County has the 85th-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 73rd in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Nemaha County?
42 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Nemaha County. 56% 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 Nemaha County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William R. Emery Trust 1 | 15-131-20167 | Shut-in | Other type | — |
| Haverkamp West 1 | 15-131-20168 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Good Steward Financial Services LLC |
| King, B. 1-6 | 15-131-20174 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Kinney Oil Company |
| Mike McClain 1 | 15-131-20173 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Wilton Petroleum, Inc. |
| Strahm 1 | 15-131-20007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Pyle 8-83 | 15-131-19010 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Falcon Exploration, Inc. |
| Bahr 2 | 15-131-20009 | Active | Injection | Rock Creek Crude, LLC |
| Meyer 1 | 15-131-01003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Stucky, Edward P. |
| Meyer 1 | 15-131-20147 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Meyer 2 | 15-131-20148 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Beck 4 | 15-131-20149 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Rieschick 1 | 15-131-20150 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dandliker 1 | 15-131-19002 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Havercamp 1 | 15-131-19004 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Mowder 1 | 15-131-19007 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Koch-Ransom 1 | 15-131-30003 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Walker 2 | 15-131-19012 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Steibler 2 | 15-131-30008 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Dreibelbis 1 | 15-131-30009 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Porter 1 | 15-131-19014 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Parli School District 1 | 15-131-30042 | Active | Oil | — |
| Achten 1 | 15-131-30043 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | — |
| Lierz 'A' 2 | 15-131-20097 | Orphaned | Oil | Stroke of Luck Energy & Exploration LLC |
| Lierz 'A' 3 | 15-131-20098 | Orphaned | Oil | Stroke of Luck Energy & Exploration LLC |
| Priest 'B' 1 | 15-131-20100 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Teichgraeber Oil, Inc. |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 309 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 Nemaha County, KS?
Nemaha County, Kansas has 309 catalogued oil & gas wells: 38 active, 223 plugged and 3 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Nemaha County?
3 wells in Nemaha County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 73rd-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Nemaha County are plugged?
223 of Nemaha County's 309 catalogued wells (72%) 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); Nemaha County ranks 85th with 309.
How many companies operate wells in Nemaha County?
42 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Nemaha 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 Nemaha County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/nemaha (data as of October 10, 2026).