Oil & gas wells in Rawlins County, KS
1,625 catalogued wells in Rawlins County, Kansas, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Rawlins County, Kansas has 1,625 catalogued oil & gas wells: 307 active (19%), 1,157 plugged & abandoned (71%) and 7 documented orphans. It ranks 65th of the 104 Kansas counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 0.3% of the state's 473,140 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
1,625
Active
307
Plugged
1,157
Documented orphans
7
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Rawlins County?
19% of Rawlins County's wells are active, 2 percentage points below the Kansas share of 21%. 71% are plugged & abandoned, against 55% statewide and 47% nationally. 78 wells (5%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 7 wells (0.4%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 2% across Kansas and 4% nationally. The remaining 76 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Rawlins County?
By product class, 644 of the county's wells (40%) are oil wells, 4 (0.2%) gas wells and 122 (8%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 42% and the gas share 9%. The deepest total depth published for a Rawlins County well is 5,361 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 Rawlins County compare with other Kansas counties?
Rawlins County has the 65th-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 59th in Kansas.
Who operates wells in Rawlins County?
157 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Rawlins County. 70% 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 Rawlins County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilhelm Unit 12 | 15-153-05216 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Bow Creek Oil Company, General Partnership |
| C. G. KISLING or CAHOJ 16 4 | 15-153-05228 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Rama Operating Co., Inc. |
| CAHOJ UNIT, was CAHOJ UNIT 57 & was PAUL DOZBABA 2 40 | 15-153-05291 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Getty Oil Company |
| Briney Trust 1 | 15-153-20818 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Ritchie Exploration, Inc. |
| Micek 3 | 15-153-20066 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | — |
| Ruda 6 | 15-153-20069 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Ruda 2 | 15-153-20188 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Steele 1 | 15-153-20285 | Other status | Oil | — |
| Bryan 3 | 15-153-20371 | Other status | Other type | — |
| Elliott 2-Inj | 15-153-20023 | Active | Injection | Viking Resources, Inc |
| Cahoj Unit 59 | 15-153-20143 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Rama Operating Co., Inc. |
| Cahoj 'B' 1 | 15-153-20489 | Plugged & abandoned | Oil | Murfin Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Hubbard 6-28v | 15-153-20516 | Active | Oil | Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation |
| Dewey A 1 | 15-153-20518 | Other status | Other type | F & M Oil Co., Inc. |
| Cahoj Unit 31-A | 15-153-20544 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Murfin Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Cahoj Unit 'A' 24 | 15-153-20545 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Murfin Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Cahoj Unit 910 | 15-153-20549 | Other status | Other type | Murfin Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Stepper-Young 1 | 15-153-20563 | Other status | Other type | West Kansas Oil Corporation |
| Walters 1-17 | 15-153-20570 | Other status | Oil | Stoeppelwerth Drilling, Inc. |
| Cahoj Ne B 1-W | 15-153-20599 | Shut-in | Injection | Murfin Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Cahoj Ne Unit 'B' 2-W | 15-153-20600 | Plugged & abandoned | Injection | Murfin Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Cahoj Ne A 1-W | 15-153-20602 | Active | Injection | Murfin Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Cahoj Ne A 2-W | 15-153-20603 | Active | Injection | Murfin Drilling Co., Inc. |
| Fisher 4-33k | 15-153-20621 | Active | Oil | Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation |
| Timm 'A' 3 | 15-153-20711 | Other status | Oil | Source Petroleum, Div. of Presley Pet Company |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 1,625 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 Rawlins County, KS?
Rawlins County, Kansas has 1,625 catalogued oil & gas wells: 307 active, 1,157 plugged and 7 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Rawlins County?
7 wells in Rawlins County, Kansas are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 59th-highest count among Kansas counties.
What share of wells in Rawlins County are plugged?
1,157 of Rawlins County's 1,625 catalogued wells (71%) 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); Rawlins County ranks 65th with 1,625.
How many companies operate wells in Rawlins County?
157 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Rawlins 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 Rawlins County, Kansas”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/kansas/rawlins (data as of October 10, 2026).